A collection of digital wonders and some other stuff
Happy 2025! Every year Andrea and I put together a playlist and use it as our go-to music for the year1. If you’re signed in to Apple Music, feel free to enjoy our 2024 music playlist2:
I’ve also exported it using tunemymusic.com as 2024 Youtube playlist and converted it to My 2024 Apple Music Library in .CSV format.
Every year since 2017, Vanity Fair has interviewed Billie Eilish about her life and career. They didnt release last year’s conversation but they are back this year with the eighth iteration.
It’s amazing that Vanity Fair picked Eilish for this project when they could have picked any number of up-and-coming stars from 2017. They got lucky picking not only the one who went supernova winning multiple grammies and maintaining popularity but who is also self-reflective, eloquent, and willing to talk about her emotions.
The long awaited authorized documentary Becoming Led Zeppelin has finally released the first trailer:
From Angie Maroccio at Rolling Stone Magazine:
The film was first announced five years ago, then premiered at the 2021 Venice Film Festival. That same year, an early clip of “Good Times Bad Times” was released. In May 2024, the “hybrid docu-concert film” was acquired by Sony Pictures Classics.
Making the film was challenging for MacMahon and writer-producer Allison McGourty, as hardly any footage from the band’s early years existed. Through their research, they were able to include unseen concert footage, including their early performances at the Fillmore West in January 1969 and the Texas Pop Festival in August 1969.
“We spent five years flying back and forth across the Atlantic scouring attics and basements in pursuit of rare and unseen film footage, photographs, and music recordings,” McGourty said in a statement. “Then we transferred each piece of media with custom techniques, so that in IMAX, these 55-year-old clips and music would look and sound like they came out of the lab yesterday.”
Becoming Led Zeppelin will be released on February 7th, 2025 in 200 IMAX theatres.
Cabel Sasser won an auction of Dixieland jazz 78rpm records and found a long lost song cut from Cinderella:
My goal was to preserve some never-before-heard recordings of an incredible Dixieland jazz band made up of mostly Disney employees, the Firehouse Five Plus Two. But along the way, I accidentally discovered an incredible lost song that was cut from Walt Disney’s Cinderella. And you’re about to hear it too. Let’s go…
Read on cabel.com/2024/02/13/firehouse-five-and-the-cinderella-surprise/
Happy new year! It’s become a tradition at this time of year to export our annual music playlist1. Here it is, our 2023 music playlist on Apple Music (make sure you’re logged in or you’ll only get a preview):
I’ve also exported it using tunemymusic.com as 2023 Youtube playlist and converted it to My 2023 Apple Music Library in .CSV format.
Last night Andrea and I hit up the concert of two time Juno award winning musician Dan Mangan at the Yates here in Lethbridge. He puts on a fantastic show. About halfway through the night he explained that the show was being recorded and a link would be sent out so that we could all have a copy if we want to listen again later. In the age of (basically) free digital storage… why not?
The default ring for the iPhone used to change every year or two evolving through various iterations of the tunes: “Marimba”, “Opening”, and “Reflection”. In the video above composer and pianist Tony Ann reimagines “Opening” as a complete ballad.
(via Kottke)
As this video explains, line array speakers in sound system design have revolutionized audio quality in live music events. Dave Rat, a sound engineer and sound system designer who has provided audio for Coachella since 2001, explains the differences between point source and line array speakers and how the latter has helped improve the even distribution of sound across large festival areas. Additionally, advancements in technology, such as laser range finders and 3D mapping, have helped sound designers create precise and targeted sound systems, minimizing sound bleeding and creating a better experience for festival-goers. Next time I’m at a concert, I’m going to notice the speaker arrangement and appreciate how far we’ve come in sound design.
Once again1 in 2022, Andrea and I made a playlist for the year:
Just like last year I used tunemymusic.com to collect the same songs in a Youtube playlist and also exported My 2022 Apple Playlist in .CSV format.
I watch this same interview every year and every year I think I should post it so you can enjoy it too. I finally am.