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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

Magneto sings that he was “Born This Way”

What do the X-Men and Lady Gaga have in common besides extravagant fashion tastes? As Magneto notes in this X-Men: The First Class-inspired song parody, they were both “Born This Way.” [via Neatorama]

io9 Lauren Davis

Cicadas On a Six Story Wall Are Very Noisy

Cicadas like to sing. And when thousands of them gather on a six-story wall, the noise they produce is deafening. As with most ostentatious displays, these male cicadas are looking for a mate. When in full singing mode, male cicadas can reach 100 decibels at their loudest. That’s as loud as a chain saw or…

Tech News Kelly

A Gizmodo Theme Song, by Killabite

The awesome LA-based band Killabite just recorded an unofficial theme song for Gizmodo. Listen to it now. It’s classy and techy and nerdy, and which describes the band pretty well. If you want to hear more of them, including my personal favorite and their debut single KillaBYTE (below), check out their YouTube page. Also their…

Tech News Jason Chen

The Universe Is Even Stranger Than You Realize

You know what’s weird about the universe? Everything, for starters. But especially what’s mentioned in this song, inspired by a Reddit thread about the most mindblowing facts you ever heard. Time to appreciate our strange and wonderful existence. I’m still not sure how I feel about Cleopatra having lived closer to the moon landing than…

Tech News Brian Barrett

How Shazam Works To Identify (Nearly) Every Song You Throw At It

Many of us are prone to using the Shazam music-identification service whenever we encounter unfamiliar songs. After all, it’s just so easy to whip out our phones, open an app, and know everything about a mystery song in seconds. But how does Shazam gives us all this information so quickly? There is a cool service…

Tech News Bryan Jacobs

Apple Store is Down—New Sh*t Is On Its Way!

The Apple Store is down. Let’s celebrate with Joel Johnson’s “Apple Store is Down” song, recorded while he was Boing Boing Gadgets editor a couple of years ago. Check it out here. https://gizmodo.com/boingboing-gadgets-apple-keynote-song-the-apple-store-5014453 Lyrics are below, but if you want to hear Joel’s catchy tune played out over some randomly-generated (and I mean random) Apple…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

The Rap Map Maps Out Hip Hop Lyrics On Google Maps

Even if you think you understand what’s being said in hip hop music, you still might not really understand what’s being said. ‘The Rap Map’ helps educate by using Google Maps to plot out references and origins in rap lyrics. A lot of the major cities are plotted (with New York having the most landmarks,…

Tech News Casey Chan

A Python Code That Makes Any Song Swing

We rarely write about coding projects, but this particular one is too wonderful to keep to ourselves. It basically makes any song swing by “time-stretching the first half of each beat while time-shrinking the second half.” The results sound fantastic: Guns N’ Roses – Sweet Child O’ Mine Journey – Don’t Stop Believin’ Daft Punk…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

iTunes Store Nearing 10 Billion Song Downloads, Apple Giving Away $10K Gift Card

The iTunes Store is close to hitting 10 billion song downloads and to celebrate Apple is giving a lucky boy or gal a $10,000 iTunes Gift Card. Of course, no purchase is necessary to be entered into the drawing. To throw your name into the hat, you can either purchase a song from the iTunes…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

LittleBigPlanet Getting 3D Makeover For PS3

The next game announced for the 3D world is LittleBigPlanet, though Sony hasn’t said when it will become available. Sackboy apparently dons 3D glasses, which is when the 3D viewing gets switched on in the game. [Eurogamer via Kotaku] https://kotaku.com/littlebigplanet-is-also-playable-in-3d-5452302

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Biff Answers Your Back To The Future 4 Questions, In Song

Actor Tom Wilson, known better as time traveling bully Biff from the Back to the Future, gets asked the same BTTF questions so often, he’s put the answers to music. So butthead, any hope for a fourth film?

Movies Meredith Woerner

The Best Windows 7 Song You’ll Hear Today

It’s official: Windows 7 mania has reached a fever pitch. First a burger dedicated to the OS, now fifth-grader Will Smith gives us this adorable performance of “Windows Rising,” set to the tune of CCR’s “Bad Moon Rising.” https://gizmodo.com/i-ate-the-windows-7-burger-5394184 According to the source, Will wants to program for Microsoft when he gets older. Let me…

Tech News Chris Jacob

Auto-Tune the News

We all know that Auto-Tune has been making singers sound better for years, but what happens when you put it to the news? Magic. https://gizmodo.com/the-secret-of-auto-tune-kanye-and-t-pain-are-not-good-5148867 And a bonus. Is anyone else getting the idea that video reviewing stuff with Auto-Tune, in song, is a genius proposition? Just us? [YouTube channel via BoingBoing]

Tech News Jason Chen

Sony Says Goodbye To Rear Projection TVs

UPDATE: We have confirmed that this means no 70XBR5 70-inch SXRD!! One of our favorite TVs of the 2007 lineup will now just be a fondly remembered one-night stand. We knew the delay sounded suspicious. A Sony spokesman has stated that Sony will soon be exiting the rear projection TV business as soon as their…

Television Christopher Mascari

The Space Shuttle Has Its Own Theme Song

Magneto sings that he was “Born This Way”

Cicadas On a Six Story Wall Are Very Noisy

A Gizmodo Theme Song, by Killabite

The Universe Is Even Stranger Than You Realize

How Shazam Works To Identify (Nearly) Every Song You Throw At It

Apple Store is Down—New Sh*t Is On Its Way!

The Rap Map Maps Out Hip Hop Lyrics On Google Maps

A Python Code That Makes Any Song Swing

iTunes Store Nearing 10 Billion Song Downloads, Apple Giving Away $10K Gift Card

LittleBigPlanet Getting 3D Makeover For PS3

Biff Answers Your Back To The Future 4 Questions, In Song

The Best Windows 7 Song You’ll Hear Today

Auto-Tune the News

Sony Says Goodbye To Rear Projection TVs

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