…that’s what Nick has, for unexpected musical moments. Here’s George Hrab, offering a lot for the viewer to consider:
Monthly Archives: February 2008
links for 2008-02-09
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“Mashing together genetic and epidemiological data, utilising the mapping tools provided by Google, is providing an important new way of analysing and displaying epidemiological data…”
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glorious collection
E.M.D.
E.M.D. (Eat My Dust) is, for my money, David Grisman’s most paradigm-shattering tune, and made its first appearance on the 1976 David Grisman Quintet record. The mandolin parts are wonderful, but Tony Rice’s guitar break
(this one)
forever changed my conception of what the guitar could be made to do. There are several versions of the tune out there in YouTube land, each demonstrating different facets of the tune and showcasing the approaches of virtuoso players:
Grisman Quartet, early 1980s I think. Tony’s break: 1:10-1:45
Bluegrass All-Stars, with Alison Krauss. Tony’s break: 2:40-3:20 (good sound but jerky video)
Tim May and David Harvey, the tune starting after 3:30
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Dueling Mastodons
I’m a sucker for mandocellos, and you don’t often get to see/hear them in duet:
links for 2008-02-07
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from Open Source, and as usual Chris Lydon is ahead of the rest of us
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from Larry Lessig: a gem of persuasion, a paragon of presentational style
More innocent times?
ok ok just one more…
Just goes to show
Quote of the ummmm week
“It’s a very strange paper. There is a core that is competently done; it’s a review of the various functions of the mitochondrion, and 90% of it is useful, detailed stuff. It’s a bit outside my field, but what I could follow seemed reasonable. But then…oh, man. Every once in a while, it just goes cockeyed and throws out these incredible non sequiturs, making bizarre assertions that are unjustified by the evidence. If Norman Bates were the author of this paper, I’d be able to tell you exactly which parts he wrote while wearing a dress.”
(PZ Myers, over at Pharyngula, and thanks to Nick for calling it to my attention)