BijanBlog: Music

October 17, 2007

Death or Glory

I'm in a rocking mood these days. Especially UK rock and roll. New and old.

Before i left for my west coast trip I loaded up my macbook with The Who, Stones, the Alarm, Hard-Fi, Editors and one of my absolute favorites, The Clash.

So here is Death or Glory from London Calling. Turn up your speakers and enjoy.

Oct 17, 2007 8:38:50 AM | Music

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October 08, 2007

So Sad About Us

The song, So Sad About Us, was written by The Who in 1966 and was covered by The Jam.

Here is Paul Weller from The Jam and Pete singing it together a few years back. Absolutely fantastic.

Oct 8, 2007 7:11:00 AM | Music

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October 02, 2007

Radio 2.0

Several years ago I simply gave up on the radio. I decided it wasn't for me. Music on the radio felt stale and I couldn't stand the commercials.

So I decided to listen to my personal music collection as a substitute for radio. It began with a big honking server that stored my Mp3 collection. Even though we love our Sonos and mp3 server, it's not a system to discover new music. It's just a fancy home networked ipod in many ways.

Music discovery for me nowadays is practically 100% online. Places like Hype Machine, Project Playlist, various mp3 blogs, Last.fm give me more than i could imagine.

But I can't get any of that internet radio goodness in the car or on my home audio system. For our cars, we are satellite radio subscribers. Lauren has XM radio. I have SIRIUS in my car. It's better than terrestrial radio but in many ways it's still lame.

The big problem with broadcast radio (satellite or terrestrial) is that it's broadcast. It's one-way. You can't share it with friends. You can't comment on it. You can't keep history. You can't create a playlist. You can't personalize it. And broadcast will never give you the range of internet radio content. Even satellite radio, with all of their channels, has a limited playlist per channel.

The broadcast radio industry is trying to catch up. HD is smart. And they recently agreed on an iTunes-based tagging service. Linking broadcast with the web is a good idea. It's certainly better than my current method of tagging the radio :)

HD radio and satellite radio feel like a band-aid. it's just an interim step while we wait for the inevitable. We want a full internet radio experience in our cars, on our mobile phones and on our home entertainment systems.

That's what I want. Give me Radio 2.0

Oct 2, 2007 11:27:46 PM | Music

Here Comes the Sun

On Sunday we were hanging around Harvard Square before dinner. There was this guy singing his heart out - playing one beatles song after another. It was great.

Even Ellie & James were taken by the music.

I wish my Curve could have captured video instead of just this photo.

The best song of his mini-set was Here Comes the Sun. Lauren and I were singing right along.

Here's George's version.

Oct 2, 2007 8:44:00 PM | Family & Kids, Music

September 27, 2007

A walk through the Haight

End Haight
Originally uploaded by waywuwei.

Last night Eric, Alan and I wanted to see Clap Your Hands Say Yeah at The Independent but they were sold out. So we ended up getting a beer in the Upper Haight. We had a fun night.

After I left the bar, I took a quick stroll through the Haight before catching a cab to my hotel. My first apartment in San Francisco was just a few blocks away from that neighborhood. It brought back a lot of memories.

I saw a bunch of guys clearly strung out on the street. Made me think of the old Velvet Underground song, I'm Just Waiting For the Man. Classic. Hard to believe it was recorded 40 years ago.

This morning I bought the tune from Amazon's new Mp3 store. Couldn't be easier.

Here it is. Enjoy.

I'm Waiting for The Man

Sep 27, 2007 9:24:30 AM | Music