Pretty: Handmade love makes the finest music
January 31, 2012, by happykatie in Music, PrettyThere’s something about seeing and being near beauty that inspires awesomeness. Have you ever checked out some of the amazing handcrafted instruments to be found on Etsy? They make my eyes happy and my fingers itch to tickle some strings. Just looking at this Ganesh mandolin above is like music. It’s delicate, original, a touch playful [...]
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Hip Hop Word Count – data visualization for rap nerds
August 16, 2011, by happykatie in Music, VideoPinch me, my music geeker self is swooning with data set magic. The Hip-Hop Word Count: Searchable Rap Almanac is one of the greatest ideas I’ve seen in ages. A database housing over 40,000 hip hop songs recorded since 1979, what delicious cultural memes and shifts there are to be found in those lyrical battles [...]
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One love with the Railroad Revival Tour in Marfa, TX
May 3, 2011, by happykatie in Music, Personal, TravelAll this weekend, I’ve been thinking ‘one week ago right now I was…’: Loving the West Texas 10 hour drive In Marfa, TX Trying to out-eat the Blue Bell ice cream cone drips in front of Frama Singing happy birthday to an old lady in a country church on Easter Sunday Loving a quiet morning [...]
Continue reading →Drupal, Drupal… gotta’ lotta’ users (when geeks rap and do it well)
March 3, 2011, by happykatie in Music, Schipulstory, Video"Monster (Drupal Remix feat. A.Hughes and D.Stagg)" from Schipul – The Web Marketing Co. on Vimeo. When you love your job, it shows Check out the Schipul crew's most recent Drupal rap video – props to DStagg and Al Hughes (and Kanye, of course) for the beats and Brian Potter for his video magic. [...]
Continue reading →Friday Fun: Tightrope with Janelle Monáe
May 21, 2010, by happykatie in Music, VideoThanks to Gwen Bell for pointing this out in Twitter-land.
Continue reading →Best of 2009: Album of the Year (Day 10)
December 10, 2009, by happykatie in Music, PersonalLife kept me from typing my heart for a day or two, but I'm still kicking it with Gwen Bell's daily writing exercise Best of 2009 Blog Challenge. I adore Neko. I really really do. Middle Cyclone has been a pretty constant soundtrack – the This Tornado Loves You track in particular (makes me think [...]
Continue reading →When a rapper hates your software and your geekdom becomes pop culture
July 30, 2009, by happykatie in Advertising, Music, PR / Marketing, Video, Web/TechJay-Z hates Auto Tune. So much, in fact, that he includes the software in a recent song release entitled DOA – Death Of Auto-Tune (no kidding) — and features exploding software boxes in his rap video. Best PR EVER!?!?!? It’s not every day that an influential celebrity takes that kind of swipe at a product [...]
Continue reading →Go Rockets flow from one cool Schipulite
May 8, 2009, by happykatie in MusicYet another-another reason I love working at Schipul – meet Albert (aka: ahughes). He's rawking.
Continue reading →Saturday Silliness: Not Second Life, but similarly Sim-y
May 31, 2008, by happykatie in Music, Totally random, VideoA little New Pornographers music video gone Sims style. Dorky, yes. But that’s kind of what makes me happy. Thanks to Adam for uncovering this YouTube gem.
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