‪本琴 Book Xylophone

Book xylophone is an electronically sequenced xylophone made of books struck by strikers.

‪本琴 BOOK XYLOPHONE‬
(Honkin)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZrnjevlx4g

It follows along the Docomo Forest Xylophone CM ... and other ideas ...

‪森の木琴‬
(Mori no mokkin. Forest Xylophone)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_CDLBTJD4M


‪琴古流尺八本曲「鹿の遠音」‬
(Koto koryuu shakuhachi hankyoku, Shika no toone)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VC4ORADzi8


‪悲しい酒　尺八演奏‬
(Kanashii sake, Shakuhachi ensou)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJdAsq0eDtw


‪尺八　路上ライブ‬
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLfq2aFA3Ac

尺八と太鼓　路上ライブ　をかしな仲間たち
(Shakuhachi to taiko - roujo raibu wo kashi na nakamatachi)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLfq2aFA3Ac

Readings:

木琴 【もっきん】 (n) xylophone; ED
‪本琴‬ -　ほんきん

Matona mia cara

In slight remembrance of national poetry month ... Orlando di Lasso's "Matona mia cara."

First, as exploration of the underlying poem ... prompted by the comments on the Bucharest performance.

"Matona, mia cara", Orlando Lassus (2:32)
- The Hilliard Ensemble
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUSeiOaTnsQ

Orlando di Lasso - Matona mia cara (3:33)
- Madrigal Choir, Bucharest
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7Beb2uQHo0

King's Singers - Madrigal History Tour - Matona mia cara
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPlb2jKCCQI

Matona mia cara. Orlando di Lasso (with English subtitles)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OoKx-yV5dY

And then some musical fun ...

Matona mia cara (3:03)
- KammerKorEtviva
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSA-o3ER2HY

Matona, mia cara 親愛的小姐 (2:24)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_sIUlY6uf8

Matona Mia Cara
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2Gn3ld8_cY

Collegium Vocale Bydgoszcz - Matona mia cara‬ (2:46)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m05aLoYLBzE

Nina Simone

Listening to Nina Simone

Nina Simone - Love Me Or Leave Me‬ (2:49)
- on Ed Sullivan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sAbW0ONRBU

‪Love Me Or Leave Me - Nina Simone‬ )3:25)
- Japanese Ombnibus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-QY-H2ekZo

Nina Simone - Love Me Or Leave Me.flv (3:23)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wpfidugbB8

Nina Simone "Love Me or Leave Me" (3:22)
- The Essential Nina Simone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgTP1OqYqFY

Love or leave me - Nina Simone (4:06)
- Paris
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEQpipS_qfc


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Love Me Or Leave Me - Sheke & Bruno ( A Nina Simone Cover) (2:14)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCuiHA8g7LY

Billie Holiday - Love Me Or Leave Me (2:27)
"Love Me Or Leave Me" performed by Billie Holiday written by Walter Donaldson and the lyrics by Gus Kahn.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwSssDYMLvs

Love Me Or Leave Me - Frank Sinatra (2:22)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQVoyLV9sSU

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64-Nina Simone - Mississippi Goddam
- Tribute to Nat King Cole
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiaSXO9--OA

Nina Simone - In the morning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lOGn__tq5E

NINA SIMONE - Revolution (1969)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16a3BX-uV4k

Nina Simone - Who am I? (4:15)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INLBcBGwr0g

New Wave Musical Timeline

New Wave Musical Timeline

(The task was to identify 15 new wave albums one would not part with. Here's my version with a prelude and a postlude - picking up on persistent riffs.)


Preparation: (Under the influence of WBUR and WTBS of MIT)


1965, Bob Dylan, Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine),
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEwix-Zi0zw

1967, Jefferson Airplaine, Somebody to Love (Surealistic Pillow)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIkoSPqjaU4

1967, Velvet Underground, Waiting for My Man (The Velvet Underground and Nico)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hugY9CwhfzE

1970, Gil Scott-Heron, The Revolution will not be Televised (Small Talk at 125th and Lenox)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGaRtqrlGy8


The New Wave (Under the influence of WRUV)


1975, Patti Smith, Gloria (Horses)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBN5aaApg9Q

1977, ‪Talking Heads, Uh Oh Love Comes To Town‬
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBiRthbmiAE

1977, B-52s, Rock Lobster (The B-52's)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnU3WoQZHJE,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPMm1Noh-ow

1977, Jackson Browne, Running on Empty
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJYRtOPUonA

1977, Jonathan Richmond, RoadRunner
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHv8Rok9UfA

1978, Elvis Costello, Pump it up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpprOGsLWUo

1978, Blondie, Heart of Glass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGU_4-5RaxU

1979, English Beat, Mirror in a Bathroom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTNpaaPHENE

1979, ‪Lene Lovich, Lucky Number‬ (Stateless)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnIJOO__jVo

1979, The Knack, My Sharon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVdnqEyToqg

1980, Devo, Whip It (Freedom of Choice)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbt30UnzRWw

1981, Gil Scott Heron, B Movie,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80JoQY3Oelk

1981, Men at Work, ‪Down Under, ‬
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqWOlTqn6YU

1981, Blondie, Rapture,
http://www.mtv.com/videos/blondie/18111/rapture.jhtml#id=1535994

1981, Tom Tom Club, Wordy Rappinghood (Tom Tom Club)
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2arqg_tom-tom-club-wordy-rappinghood_music

1983, Talking Heads, I Get Wild/Wild Gravity (Speaking in Tongues)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcX3aWNOxQM

1984, The Pretenders, My CIty Was Gone (Learning to Crawl)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA56J8zlAdo

1984, Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ5LmQmQZqg

Soon there after

1984, The Flying Lizards, And then he kissed me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4qvoAbe_TM

1984, The Flying Lizards, ‪ Get Up (Sex Machine - 6 Machine)‬,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Vh3cnWLHaI

1984, ‪The Flying Lizards, Money‬
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-P2qL3qkzk

1985, Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVwFeQpy_Us


1989, B-52s, Love Shack
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leohcvmf8kM


1997, Aqua, Barbie Girl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyhrYis509A


And more recently (Under the influence of Radio Canada, CBF, and Youtube)


2003, ‪Boogie Pimps, Somebody To Love‬
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4yraqRiZ6s

2005, Vitalic, My Friend Dario (OK Cowboy)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOtmWxqN1fY

2005,‪ lcd soundsystem‬, ‪daft punk is playing at my house -‬
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbaOFkC8tQE

2006, lcd soundsystem, movement
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6MIChyCBAU

2007, ‪LCD Soundsystem - Losing My Edge‬
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON1eRJtoOrg

2008, Amadou & Mariam, Senegal Fast Food, Dimanche à Bamako
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J43T8rEOg-I

2009, Martin Léon, Tu comprends rien (Moon Grill)
http://www.myspace.com/video/martin-leon/tu-comprends-rien-de-martin-l-on/59175038

2010, LCD Soundsystem, Drunk Girls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdRaf3-OEh4


NOTES :

R.E.M/, ‪Imitation Of Life‬
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2AGvj2cdlY

2006. The Sultan's Elephant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQbTMEupTpk

1959, Barrett Strong, Money (That's What I Want)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6xkT7FMyTc

1963, The Beatles, Money (that's what I want)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k5ooaufrLM

1970, ‪James Brown, Get Up I feel Like A Sex Machine‬,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3adatc-W0M4