Category: Journal

I know this video has been making the rounds on the internet; unfortunately once I stopped using Twitter I lost that connection to the meme-of-the-day. It’s the only thing I miss, and sometimes I don’t even miss that. Anyway, here’s an amazing cover of “My Favorite Things” from the Rogers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music.

I can’t even begin to express how impressed I am (not that they care) with this cover. I love how they change the chord progressions entirely, but preserve the harmonic function. Also, the production value that they extract from a condenser mike, a camera and a laptop is impressive, and if anybody had any doubts about the democratizing potential of home recording studios, here’s proof that it is a positive thing for capital-m Music. Also, Nataly Dawn has a refined and enchanting beauty (not that it should matter, but I thought it was worth mentioning).

I’ve been meaning for a while to update my blogroll (I’ll get around to it when I can), but I recently came across Letters of Note, a cool blog that consists of letters from different people in time and history. It’s basically a grab bag of interesting primary sources, and a very fun place to kill some time. Here are a couple examples of the stuff they have:

1. A letter from Richard Nixon to President Reagan:

I don’t know if I’ve blogged about my irrational fascination with Richard Nixon, but I loved reading that. The man had balls.

2. A letter from Mick Jagger to Andy Warhol

Go check it out! All notes are transcribed on the blog.