Heart!

Heart is one of the greatest R&R bands... here's a terrific video of "Crazy on You."

Quarterlife

Hey, this isn't bad.... 30 Something for 20 somethings...

Daily Show writers do their "bit" for the strike

So, we've all been starving for some of the acerbic humor of the Daily Show since the writers' strike started... here's a bit from some of those writers, focusing on the strike, Viacom, and Mr. Redstone:

Curved Air - who would have thought?

One of my favorite bands of all time is Curved Air... an early '70s prog rock band from the UK.

So, I am messing around with Amazon's new music store and looking for Curved Air. Can't find any, so I search using Google. And, lo and behold, there's a whole ecosystem built around Curved Air!

So, here's a YouTube video of a live performance... esoteric and typically 70's progressive, but darn good!

Nano Nano Radio

Berkeley researchers have created a radio receiver that is roughly the size of a human hair. Take that, ipods! Now, the dream of every station manager - implanting a radio tuned to their station in every child born - can be realized.

From the San Francisco Chronicle:

Physicists at UC Berkeley say they have produced the world's smallest radio out of a single carbon nanotube that is 10,000 times thinner than a human hair.
Professor Alex Zettl led a team that developed the minuscule filament, which can be tuned to receive AM or FM transmissions.
The first song it played? "Layla" by Derek & the Dominos. Eric Clapton's unmistakable guitar riff can be heard on a scratchy recording of the nanoradio's output posted by Zettl online.

On You Tube (of course!):