Category Archives: Music

When The Levee Breaks feat. John Paul Jones | Playing For Change | Song Around The World

Posted on February 21, 2022 by Dr. Scot Trodick

1,151,406 views • Feb 18, 2022 • “When The Levee Breaks” is a powerful, thought-provoking and emotionally-charged classic by Led Zeppelin, from their Led Zeppelin IV album. The song is a rework of the 1929 original release by Kansas Joe … Continue reading →

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50 of the Greatest Album Covers of All Time

Posted on December 4, 2017 by Dr. Scot Trodick

“WHIPPED CREAM & OTHER DELIGHTS” — HERB ALPERT & THE TIJUANA BRASS (1965) Cover model Dolores Erickson was three months pregnant when she posed in whipped cream for this album. It sold 6 million copies (99 percent of them to teenage … Continue reading →

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Animated video from the 80s – Take on Me – A-ha

Posted on November 29, 2017 by Dr. Scot Trodick

Put this video in the context of time (1985) and you have a real cutting edge piece of art.

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SpongeBob – War Pigs (Black Sabbath Music Video)

Posted on June 7, 2017 by Dr. Scot Trodick

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Visit the last cassette factory in the U.S.

Posted on June 8, 2016 by Dr. Scot Trodick

Yes, cassettes are making a comeback,but there’s only one factory in the US that manufactures them: National Audio Company in Springfield, Missouri. And they’re having a banner year.

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Fantastic psychedelic video for Kraftwerk’s Autobahn (1979)

Posted on May 24, 2016 by Dr. Scot Trodick

In 1979, Roger Mainwood, just out of the Royal College of Art, created this wonderfully trippy animation for Kraftwerk’s “Autobahn.” It was a commission from the band’s record company but Kraftwerk had no input on the film, and Mainwood says … Continue reading →

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Listen! Far out Moog music for your plants

Posted on May 5, 2015 by Dr. Scot Trodick

In 1976, electronic music pioneer Mort Garson followed up his series of 12 zodiac albums and numerous other far out LPs with the deeply trippy and wonderful Mother Earth’s Plantasia, described on the cover as “warm earth music for plants … Continue reading →

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In a secluded green forest, a very long automated xylophone

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Dr. Scot Trodick

In a secluded green forest, a very long automated xylophone. This is a wonderful video, and a wonderful work of art.

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Electric Prunes – I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night) (stereo)

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Dr. Scot Trodick

“Last night your shadow fell upon my lonely room, I touched your golden hair and tasted your perfume.” The Electric Prunes’ second single, “I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)” was released in 1966. It was chosen from material … Continue reading →

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Experimental 60s music sounds like a 80s video arcade

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Dr. Scot Trodick

Enjoy ‘Mixed Paganini,’ by the Studio Di Fonologia Musicale Di Firenze. Published in 1967, it sounds like a weird, hectic video game from 15 years later. The songs were programmed by Pietro Grossi; the 7″ disk was “distributed as a … Continue reading →

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