Interesting new take on memorable advertising being tried by BMW in Germany.
Kudos for dreaming it up but, as the article notes, how long before somebody claims it triggers something like an epileptic fit?
Then, of course, as is the way of the current day, it’s lawsuit city.
Sarah has a unique take on the ongoing Chris Brown mess.
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A well-executed cover tune serves the two-fold purpose of illuminating one’s influences and bowing respectfully towards the source material, often sparking greater appreciation for the original version in the listener. However, the perfect balance of homage and a band’s own distinct flavors is tougher to pull off than most think. This week the Playlist inaugurates a spotlight on covers that have achieved this happy yin-yang, and we’ll circle back around periodically to present y’all with more killer interpretations.
We begin this super-sized Playlist with Swiss heavy metal legend Celtic Frost‘s WTF attack on Wall of Voodoos’s early MTV hit “Mexican Radio,” followed by a similarly raucous cover of Brian Eno’s “King’s Lead Hat” by magical punk noise purveyors The Dirtbombs. Next, it’s Oneida with a ballsy take on Creedence’s “Sinister Purpose.” Stick around after the false ending for about a minute for a blazing, crazed organ and abused electric guitar jam that pours out for a nearly 15-minute instrumental jam. Back into proper song territory, Joan Jett gets down on all fours for a spirited take on The Stooges’ “I Wanna Be Your Dog,” which is followed by Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder backed by Zeke on The Ramones’ “I Believe In Miracles.” Then it’s Mogwai‘s cheeky take on Sabbath’s stoner anthem “Sweet Leaf,” The Replacements moaning a remarkably sincere version of Kiss’ “Black Diamond” and Big Sugar putting some big beat behind Traffic’s “Dear Mr. Fantasy.”
The last section of our baker’s dozen shifts gears for a pair of reggae interpretations, namely Burning Spear‘s liberal reworking of the Grateful Dead’s “Estimated Prophet” and Sly & Robbie‘s cool take on The Police’s “Walking On The Moon.” One good Police cover deserves another, so we give you new kids Kicksville shining an “Invisible Sun” before the nervy final jolt of the Flying Lizards‘ beloved New Wave version of Barrett Strong’s much-covered “Money (That’s What I Want)” and Roxy Music’s Bryan Ferry doing Dylan proud on “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall.”
And check out last week’s highly energized Playlist with Mott The Hoople, Super 400, Boston and more! |
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said Georgia knows it “cannot take back its Russian-backed rebel regions militarily”, Reuters reported. But he told the news agency in an interview that he “fears Moscow has designs on Tbilisi”.
WE TAKE THE SONG FROM EVERY BIRD AND MAKE ‘EM SING IT JUST FOR YOU
 Gil Scott-Heron |
While often painted as a dour dude, Gil Scott-Heron conjured some of the most genuinely hopeful music to emerge from the 1970s. “I Think I’ll Call It Morning” from 1971′s Pieces of a Man, his landmark masterpiece with composing partner/creative foil Brian Jackson which contains “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” stands shoulder-to-shoulder with anything Stevie or Marvin dished up in the era. When hope emerges in the work of Jackson and Scott-Heron it’s had to fight its way through a lot of crap and emerges a bit worse for wear but ready for the hard road that still lies ahead. We offer this Monday wakeup in the hopes that it helps fuel a smile today and provide a melody for your subconscious this week.
And check out JamBase’s exclusive interview with Brian Jackson from 2005!
Cloud computing serves up computing power, data storage or applications from one data center location over a grid to thousands or millions of users on a subscription basis. This general kind of cloud for example, services provided online by Amazon EC2, Google Apps and Salesforce.com is known as a public cloud because any business or individual can subscribe. Private cloud computing is a different take on the mainstream version, in that smaller cloudlike IT systems within a firewall offer similar services, but to a closed internal network. This network may include corporate or division offices, other companies that are also business partners, raw-material suppliers, resellers, production-chain entities, and other organizations intimately connected with a corporate mother ship. Public or private, cloud computing is getting the IT industry excited. Gartner analysts in March 2009 said global cloud services revenue could move beyond $56.3 billion this year from $46.4 billion in 2008 and grow to $150.1 billion in 2013. IBM Vice President of Cloud Services Ric Telford offers eWEEK readers his take in the following slide show.
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