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Perhaps the least enthusiastic rendition of Thriller ever performed

At last month’s Denver Pridefest, a trio of dancers reenacted Michael Jackson’s zombie-stomp number “Thriller.” The performance would’ve been otherwise serviceable if it hadn’t been for a flailing werewolf who appeared perpetually on the verge of forgetting his choreography. [Via Buzzfeed]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Pioneer Invades Your Computer Workspace with Multimedia Speakers

Pioneer makes nice A/V receivers and car audio products, so it’s not entirely shocking to see them move into the PC space. Their first offering will be a pair of 2.0 multimedia speakers and a 2.1 system as well. https://gizmodo.com/airplay-turns-up-on-pioneers-new-elite-receivers-5809646 In addition to media playback controls and DSP bass enhancement, each speaker carries 10W of…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Numark iDJ Live Makes iPad DJing a Bit More Hands-On

Let’s get this straight: The iPad/iPhone-powered iDJ Live controller from Numark is likely not something any serious DJ would use. But the amateurs who have outgrown the DJ apps on their iOS devices might find some value in this controller, which uses the iOS app Djay. https://gizmodo.com/app-of-the-day-djay-for-ipad-5704401 Judging from the video, iDJ Live seems to…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Spotify’s Launching Next Week? Say Whut?

So Spotify’s invited music-hungry Americans to the service after months, nay years, of teasing. But when is it actually going to launch? According to All Things D, Spotify reps have told record labels it’ll be next week…though I wouldn’t hold your breath. https://gizmodo.com/rejoice-spotify-us-invites-are-officially-here-5818564 This is Spotify and its US launch we’re talking about, and their…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Who Is the World’s Most Popular Turntable.fm DJ, Exactly?

BetaBlog says that Turntable.fm user Woooooo has more likes (over 9000) and more fans (over 1000) than anyone else on the service. They also quote him spouting absurd things like “‘You want to be me? You have to have your own room. DJ Wooooo is a brand.'” So, who the hell is this guy? Woooooo…

Tech News Adrian Covert

The Space Shuttle Has Its Own Theme Song

There’s nothing like a good theme song to give a memorable moment some emotional oomph. It’s only fitting that tomorrows Space Shuttle launch has its own composition created by Bear McCreary, the man behind the Battlestar Galactica theme. The song, Fanfare for STS-135, captures both the “celebration and reflection” of the event says McCreary. It’s…

Space & Spaceflight Kelly

Is Facebook Planning an Online Music Service?

It’s a circus with Amazon, Google, Apple and possibly Facebook launching an online music service. Software Engineer Jeff Rose peered into the code of the app required for the new Facebook video chat and discovered a reference to Vibes and a MusicDownloadDialog. Here’s the code he found: if(paramString.equals(“com.facebook.peep”)) return this.window.getMember(“VideoChatPlugin”); if (paramString.equals(“com.facebook.vibes”)) { return this.window.getMember(“MusicDownloadDialog”);…

Social Media Kelly

Amazon Brings Its Cloud Player To The iPad, Adds Unlimited Storage

Amazon sweetened its Cloud Drive service by adding support for the iPad and giving both its free and paying customers unlimited storage. https://gizmodo.com/amazon-cloud-player-goes-live-will-let-you-upload-and-5786628 iPad owners can play their music by opening the web-based Cloud Player in mobile Safari. The web player is not as elegant as a native app, but it’s better than nothing. Amazon…

Tech News Kelly

Rejoice! Spotify US Invites Are Officially Here

Spotify is coming to the US! This time, it’s for real! They’ve even put up a (trumpet-blaring) page letting Yanks request an invite to the streaming music service. https://gizmodo.com/spotify-signs-universal-music-could-arrive-in-the-u-s-5810827 Why do you care? Because Spotify is the greatest thing since sliced bread, if sliced bread could play you any song you wanted at any time.…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

An entire Taiwanese city does Lady Gaga cosplay for “Lady Gaga Day”

Yesterday was “Lady Gaga Day” in the Taiwanese city of Taichung, and the whole city went all out. Little children dressed in post-apocalyptic space disco outfits. Women wore meat bikinis. Acrobats tumbled in front of a giant Gaga face. Lady Gaga herself was there, performing a concert, watching children do a ceremonial Gaga dance, and…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Vegetable orchestra: grow your own guitar

The Vienna-based Vegetable Orchestra is just what it sounds like: an orchestra that plays instruments made of fresh vegetables. The 13-year-old musical ensemble has played its experimental pieces in concert houses all over the world. Now they are working with scientist Wolfgang Palme from the Horticultural College and Research Institute Schönbrunn to develop the next…

io9 Chelsea Wald - New Scientist

Electro-Maestros Radio Soulwax Dish Up 24 Hours of Mixes and Record Sleeve-Influenced Visuals

Otherwise known as 2 Many DJs, the Belgian electronica brothers have released their first app, which has a full day’s worth of mixes with battery-sapping mind-warping visuals. Treating them like “musical films based on the record sleeves,” it’s a free download. You don’t have to use up that valuable storage downloading the mixes if you…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

The Matrix Lobby Scene A Capella Style

Everyone remembers the classic shoot-em-up lobby scene from The Matrix. Bullets flying, people flying, it was awesome. What would happen to that scene if you took out the original soundtrack and replaced it with a multi-track a capella performance from Matt Mulholland? You would get the video above which is guaranteed to make you smile,…

Tech News Kelly

Turntable.fm Smells Like Team Spirit

Like many Turntable.fm users, I remain in awe of this new service, which has taken certain music nerd parts of the world by storm even as it has restricted users to the United States. A group listening web app, Turntable.fm (invite only via Facebook) lets people DJ to each other and rate each other’s choices,…

Tech News Eliot Van Buskirk - Evolver.fm

Apple’s Secret Cloud Weapon Is Already Inside Your Phone

The battle for the cloud. That’s what keeps Google, Amazon, and Apple execs and engineers up at night. That’s where the next generation of tech dominance is going to be won or lost. Unless, as the WSJ suggests today, Apple’s already won. Google Music, Amazon Cloud Drive, and Apple’s iCloud may sound similar, but the…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Now You Can Pretend to be Bjork With a Tenori-On iOS App

Musicians and musician-wannabes *raises hand* all fell for the Tenori-On musical synthesizer a couple of years ago, but were put off by its $1,200 price-tag. If you own an iPhone or iPad though, cough up £12/$19 for the app version instead. https://gizmodo.com/tenori-on-light-up-synthesizer-on-sale-in-us-5018131 The TNR-i from Yamaha might not have the full features of the actual…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Danish Trolls Are Playing All Sorts of Twinkly Music On This Pan Pipes Bridge

“Who’s that tripping over my bridge?!” roared the troll. “It is I, the creator of elevator and massage room muzak, and I’ve come to have a tinkle on your bridge’s underbelly-pipes!” With 600 pipes hanging from the bridge, located in Aarhus, Denmark, CZWG’s Chimecco sculpture must be pretty popular with billy goat gruffs, too. [Mark…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Watch Spike Jonze and the Arcade Fire’s 30-minute dystopian movie, Scenes From The Suburbs

Remember The Suburbs, the totalitarian-urban-sprawl music video collaboration between Being John Malkovich’s Spike Jonze and indie darlings Arcade Fire? Now you can watch a much longer companion piece, Scenes from the Suburbs. Growing up sucks in a police state. https://gizmodo.com/two-futures-decades-apart-arcade-fires-suburbs-vs-ru-5760333 Here’s the synopsis from Mubi (where you can also watch it): Director Spike Jonze teams…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

A Modem Dial-Up Sound Slowed Down 700 Percent Is Pure Creepfest

The sound of waiting for your dial-up modem to connect probably induces enough nightmarish flashbacks as it is. But when you slow that same smattering of scratches and clangs down 700%, you get the soundtrack to the scariest part of every Wes Craven movie ever. It’s agonizing. Don’t worry, there’s an antidote! It’s called Jurassic…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Hooray, a version of the Jaws theme that sounds like a 1970s porno

In 1976, legendary composer Lalo Schifrin (Mission: Impossible, Enter the Dragon) released this astounding disco-funk cover of John Williams’ Jaws theme. It sounds like afternoon delight with a megalodon…or riding shotgun with a hammerhead for a Bay Area car chase. I’ve listened to this straight for the past 25 minutes. If you liked the Alien…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Perhaps the least enthusiastic rendition of Thriller ever performed

Pioneer Invades Your Computer Workspace with Multimedia Speakers

Numark iDJ Live Makes iPad DJing a Bit More Hands-On

Spotify’s Launching Next Week? Say Whut?

Who Is the World’s Most Popular Turntable.fm DJ, Exactly?

The Space Shuttle Has Its Own Theme Song

Is Facebook Planning an Online Music Service?

Amazon Brings Its Cloud Player To The iPad, Adds Unlimited Storage

Rejoice! Spotify US Invites Are Officially Here

An entire Taiwanese city does Lady Gaga cosplay for “Lady Gaga Day”

Vegetable orchestra: grow your own guitar

Electro-Maestros Radio Soulwax Dish Up 24 Hours of Mixes and Record Sleeve-Influenced Visuals

The Matrix Lobby Scene A Capella Style

Turntable.fm Smells Like Team Spirit

Apple’s Secret Cloud Weapon Is Already Inside Your Phone

Now You Can Pretend to be Bjork With a Tenori-On iOS App

Danish Trolls Are Playing All Sorts of Twinkly Music On This Pan Pipes Bridge

Watch Spike Jonze and the Arcade Fire’s 30-minute dystopian movie, Scenes From The Suburbs

A Modem Dial-Up Sound Slowed Down 700 Percent Is Pure Creepfest

Hooray, a version of the Jaws theme that sounds like a 1970s porno

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