Why “I Love Onions” is such a wonderfully quirky song
What combines kazoos, scatting, muppet voices, a Billboard 100 appearance, and played on Captain Kangaroo? Answer: this song!
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When Spotify thinks you enjoy elevator jazz music
Every week Spotify makes a custom playlist of 30 songs just for you—based on what you listen to. It’s sort of like a close friend making a very personal playlist for you. In fact, it’s even more personal in a way, because this weekly discover is not what your friend likes. It’s based on what …
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When your 3-year-old influences your Spotify Discover Weekly
Amusing to see “The Unicorn Song” in my Spotify “Discover Weekly”. This cute song starts with a little child saying “Unicorns da dumm. Unicorns da dumm”. It sounds like she is saying something about unicorns, but I can’t make it out. This unicorn phrase repeats for about 36 seconds, then a little techno electronic beat …
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Mister Rogers auto-tuned “In the Garden of your Mind”
I can’t believe that PBS actually made this. It’s really good. I want to be Mister Rogers. Mister Rogers Remixed | Garden of Your Mind | PBS Digital Studios (hat-tip to Dubplate Dionysus). It‚Äôs good to be curious about many things. You can think about things and make believe All you have to do is …
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The music service of the future
Do you know what would make for a great music-listening service? If they allowed you to embed playable clips on your own website. So if I blog about a song, people can play it right on my site. If someone clicks the buy button, I get a cut of the money, however small. The entire …