Could be the best thing to happen to the internet since AOL.
The Bonhamizer: Add John Bonham’s Drums To Any Track
Al Gore might have invented the internet decades ago, or so he says, yet we still find our minds being blown on a daily basis by some of the inventive ways users continue to harness the power of the web. Today’s example? The Bonhamizer – a way to add the powerful drumming of Led Zeppelin’s John Bonham to any track you throw at it.
[Photo by Dina Regine]
The web app was created this past weekend at Music Hack Day San Francisco 2013 by Paul Lamere. According to the site, it works by “cutting songs up into beats and tatums, and aligning the beats to John Bonham Drum patterns.” If you go to “Pick A Song,”
you’ll see a list of Lamere’s favorite Bonhamizer tracks thus far such
as The Beatles’ Norwegian Wood, Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes,
Intro by The xx and The Postal Service’s Such Great Heights.Can we take this app out on the road with Dog & Saw is the real question....
2. Slideshow of the Day
The only problem is.. I dont know that I'd call a lot of these people "celebrities".. frankly, I've never heard of more than half of them
10 of the Ugliest Celebrities
10. Melanie Griffith
Poor MG.. it didn't use to be this way..
(how about Joan Cusack in that trailer! Hooray 80's for creating that hair)
(p.s. fun game : guess who's #1)
3. Professor of the Day
Why didn't I ever try this? Maybe I could have gotten a full-time gig at Emerson!
NYC professor strips to underwear, shows 9/11 footage during class
Columbia University says it's reviewing a science class in which a professor stripped to his underwear and showed 9/11 video footage during a lecture on quantum mechanics.Video of the event was posted to Bwog, the online home of Columbia's monthly undergraduate magazine.
It starts with the professor stripping with his back to the students as music plays and an image of a skull is projected on a screen. Later, two stuffed animals are placed on stools, one of which is stabbed by a person with a sword. In the background, a video shows the fall of the World Trade Center and an image of Osama bin Laden.
A female student watching Hughes could be heard repeating, "What is happening?" as the performance went on.
I'll say this.. it's one lecture they'll never forget! Mission accomplished!
4. Boardgame of the Day
Methopoly lets you play Breaking Bad at home without ruining your entire life
Your family will still probably hate you, though
Given that most attempts to "play Breaking Bad at home" generally turn out like this, Joanne Silverman has performed a genuine community service by turning the AMC drama into a board game—specifically Monopoly, whose aspects of empire-building and resenting your family translate quite naturally to the world of Breaking Bad. Inspired by the similar Lostopoly, Silverman’s Methopoly board (available for free download here)
features all your favorite properties and amenities to buy on the way
to becoming a ruthless kingpin—Los Pollos Hermanos, bottles of
hydrofluoric acid—while replacing the Community Chest and Chance cards
with “Heisenberg” and “Bell” (as in Hector Salamanca-ringing) cards
featuring in-game events like “Hank Sells His Mineral Collection; You
Get $50” and the inevitable “Yo, Collect $100 Bitch.”
You’ll still have to fashion your own player pieces, though Silverman also offers a few recommendations there, such as using a chunk of blue meth. Fake meth, of course. Again, we’re just playing a board game here. [via UPROXX]
5. Game Show of the Day
From the geniuses who bring you GGN.... I present to you..
THE DIME OF THE MONTH!
6. Cover Tune of the Day
Posted this on FB last night.. but I personally find this awesome. (Though I will say, I'm a lil less impressed now that I found it it's essentially part of a LIncoln Commercial.
Beck's opulent nine-minute remake of David Bowie's "Sound and Vision" came to life last week when he reimagined the 1977 single with a 157-piece orchestra conducted by his father, David Campbell. Beck teamed with director Chris Milk and Lincoln for a special concert video of the performance featuring three 360-degree cameras, and also 360-degree microphones, for an especially immersive experience.
"It was an experiment and an opportunity to try something completely irrational," Beck told Rolling Stone last week. "I attempted to conjure some scenario that could only exist in this kind of space for a one-time performance. It's doing something you could never do on a tour. I was thinking a lot about Busby Berkeley films and multiples of musicians and dancers." A fully interactive 360-degree video is on its way; visit Lincoln's Hello Again for more details and further installments.
9. Headline of the Day
Sometimes the jokes just write themselves..
The flour was sold in store between Dec. 24 and Feb. 15.
10. Surprise of the Day
Kareem Abdul Jabbar is actually a good writer.. who'dathunkit?
11. Drinking Game of the Day
Though, there's really no such thing as a BAD drinking game, is there..
You’ll still have to fashion your own player pieces, though Silverman also offers a few recommendations there, such as using a chunk of blue meth. Fake meth, of course. Again, we’re just playing a board game here. [via UPROXX]
5. Game Show of the Day
From the geniuses who bring you GGN.... I present to you..
THE DIME OF THE MONTH!
6. Cover Tune of the Day
Posted this on FB last night.. but I personally find this awesome. (Though I will say, I'm a lil less impressed now that I found it it's essentially part of a LIncoln Commercial.
February 11, 2013 3:55 PM
Beck's opulent nine-minute remake of David Bowie's "Sound and Vision" came to life last week when he reimagined the 1977 single with a 157-piece orchestra conducted by his father, David Campbell. Beck teamed with director Chris Milk and Lincoln for a special concert video of the performance featuring three 360-degree cameras, and also 360-degree microphones, for an especially immersive experience.
"It was an experiment and an opportunity to try something completely irrational," Beck told Rolling Stone last week. "I attempted to conjure some scenario that could only exist in this kind of space for a one-time performance. It's doing something you could never do on a tour. I was thinking a lot about Busby Berkeley films and multiples of musicians and dancers." A fully interactive 360-degree video is on its way; visit Lincoln's Hello Again for more details and further installments.
9. Headline of the Day
Sometimes the jokes just write themselves..
Local Wegmans Recalls Flour for Blue Balls, Breads for Wire Mesh
Wegmans Food Markets is recalling their store branded all-purpose flour and more than a dozen bread products.
Wegmans Food Markets has recalled the Wegmans branded all-purpose bleached flour, according to a report in the Democrat and Chronicle. The flour, which was sold in 5-pound packages with a best by date of 12/20/2013, may contain small blue polyurethane balls from the product's sifting equipment.The flour was sold in store between Dec. 24 and Feb. 15.
10. Surprise of the Day
Kareem Abdul Jabbar is actually a good writer.. who'dathunkit?
11. Drinking Game of the Day
Though, there's really no such thing as a BAD drinking game, is there..
Oscars Drinking Game 2013: Get Tipsy With A Little Help From Your Favorite Stars
The Huffington Post | By Leigh Blickley
Posted: 02/20/2013 4:37 pm EST | Updated: 02/21/2013 7:53 am EST
We hope you have a fully stocked bar because it's going to be a long show. And what better way to make the 2013 Academy Awards fly by than getting nice and tipsy along the way?
Whether you're rooting for Jessica Chastain over Jennifer Lawrence or hoping "Argo" wins for Best Picture, HuffPost Celebrity has compiled an Oscars Night drinking game that will ensure, in the end, you won't care who wins or loses.
So get out your cocktail glasses, mixers and shakers and start preparing your go-to drink, because let's face it, who doesn't want to pretend they're as famous as the people they'll be staring at for four hours?
On the Red Carpet take a drink every time:
• A celebrity evades a question.
• Someone says they are "so excited to be here."
• A celebrity is asked what they ate before the awards show.
• Someone asks George Clooney how Brad Pitt is doing.
• You see a celebrity who brought a parent/family member as their date.
• Someone wears a truly hideous dress (yes, we'll leave that up to your own discretion).
During the Oscars take a drink each time:
• Someone thanks their parents.
• Someone mispronounces Quvenzhané Wallis’ name (red carpet included).
• Someone acknowledges Meryl Streep.
• A loser begrudgingly smiles to the camera.
• Someone says they didn't have a speech prepared.
• Seth MacFarlane cracks a failed joke.
• Anne Hathaway thanks her husband.
• The camera cuts to Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner.
• The band tries to cut off someone's speech.
• Someone cries.
• If Jennifer Lawrence wins Best Actress and the camera pans to Meryl Streep.
• Someone says, "I couldn't have done this without … "
• If Adele gets a standing ovation after singing “Skyfall.”
• If Adele says something about motherhood during her speech (if she wins).
• Jodie Foster’s Golden Globes “coming out” speech is referenced.
• A winner uses their speech time as a political platform.
• Someone mentions “Argo.”
• Someone says they didn't have a speech prepared.
• Camera shows the ex (wife, husband, boyfriend, girlfriend) of the person onstage.
• Someone at your Oscar party comments on how hot Jennifer Lawrence is.
• Someone at your Oscar party laments the fact that Ben Affleck was snubbed.
P.S. Those looking to get really, really drunk should take a drink every time anyone says, "Thank you," "winner," "academy" or "film."
My own addition? Should Argo win best film, and Affleck walks up holding a "FAH-Q" Paddle.. finish whatever bottle you've been working on...
12. Montage of the Day
Perhaps.. the best montage of all time.. I'd seen a lot of these before, but so many more good ones I had not seen. I think tosh should dedicate an entire show to this...
13. One Day Late..
but Happy Birthday to Kurt Cobain... nice, creepy stroll down memory lane with Courtney Love here...
Originally published in the February 1996 issue. Kurt Cobain was born on February 20, 1967. He would've turned 46 today.
Late afternoon, Halloween, and a member of the Namgyal Monastery has gone out to get candy. The monks will leave the porch light on and will answer the door all evening to the parade of trick-or-treaters who venture down North Aurora Street and climb the steps to ring the bell. Winter has already come to Ithaca, New York. It is cold and windy, and the sky is the color of lead. Upstairs, the monks are preparing for the public meditation. A throat clears, a toilet flushes. About a dozen of the faithful will make their way past the knots of little monsters and mermaids tonight and enter the monastery, unaware that they are praying in the presence of Kurt Cobain's earthly remains.
Read more: Kurt Cobain Ashes - Kurt Cobain's Final Tour - Esquire http://www.esquire.com/features/kurt-cobains-final-tour-0296#ixzz2LZW5guq5
Whether you're rooting for Jessica Chastain over Jennifer Lawrence or hoping "Argo" wins for Best Picture, HuffPost Celebrity has compiled an Oscars Night drinking game that will ensure, in the end, you won't care who wins or loses.
So get out your cocktail glasses, mixers and shakers and start preparing your go-to drink, because let's face it, who doesn't want to pretend they're as famous as the people they'll be staring at for four hours?
On the Red Carpet take a drink every time:
• A celebrity evades a question.
• Someone says they are "so excited to be here."
• A celebrity is asked what they ate before the awards show.
• Someone asks George Clooney how Brad Pitt is doing.
• You see a celebrity who brought a parent/family member as their date.
• Someone wears a truly hideous dress (yes, we'll leave that up to your own discretion).
During the Oscars take a drink each time:
• Someone thanks their parents.
• Someone mispronounces Quvenzhané Wallis’ name (red carpet included).
• Someone acknowledges Meryl Streep.
• A loser begrudgingly smiles to the camera.
• Someone says they didn't have a speech prepared.
• Seth MacFarlane cracks a failed joke.
• Anne Hathaway thanks her husband.
• The camera cuts to Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner.
• The band tries to cut off someone's speech.
• Someone cries.
• If Jennifer Lawrence wins Best Actress and the camera pans to Meryl Streep.
• Someone says, "I couldn't have done this without … "
• If Adele gets a standing ovation after singing “Skyfall.”
• If Adele says something about motherhood during her speech (if she wins).
• Jodie Foster’s Golden Globes “coming out” speech is referenced.
• A winner uses their speech time as a political platform.
• Someone mentions “Argo.”
• Someone says they didn't have a speech prepared.
• Camera shows the ex (wife, husband, boyfriend, girlfriend) of the person onstage.
• Someone at your Oscar party comments on how hot Jennifer Lawrence is.
• Someone at your Oscar party laments the fact that Ben Affleck was snubbed.
P.S. Those looking to get really, really drunk should take a drink every time anyone says, "Thank you," "winner," "academy" or "film."
My own addition? Should Argo win best film, and Affleck walks up holding a "FAH-Q" Paddle.. finish whatever bottle you've been working on...
12. Montage of the Day
Perhaps.. the best montage of all time.. I'd seen a lot of these before, but so many more good ones I had not seen. I think tosh should dedicate an entire show to this...
13. One Day Late..
but Happy Birthday to Kurt Cobain... nice, creepy stroll down memory lane with Courtney Love here...
Kurt Cobain's Final Tour
By Amy Dickinson
Late afternoon, Halloween, and a member of the Namgyal Monastery has gone out to get candy. The monks will leave the porch light on and will answer the door all evening to the parade of trick-or-treaters who venture down North Aurora Street and climb the steps to ring the bell. Winter has already come to Ithaca, New York. It is cold and windy, and the sky is the color of lead. Upstairs, the monks are preparing for the public meditation. A throat clears, a toilet flushes. About a dozen of the faithful will make their way past the knots of little monsters and mermaids tonight and enter the monastery, unaware that they are praying in the presence of Kurt Cobain's earthly remains.
Read more: Kurt Cobain Ashes - Kurt Cobain's Final Tour - Esquire http://www.esquire.com/features/kurt-cobains-final-tour-0296#ixzz2LZW5guq5
That Kareem article is great, not that I've seen Django...but it's agreat read either way.
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