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Great narration and content direction combined with irony, humor and intelligent critique. A magazine to be enjoyed alone and by yourself – no other distraction should be allowed. Quote by Kimberly Lloyd.
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Editor’s Choice
Eric Sanderson
400 years after Hudson found New York harbor, Eric Sanderson shares how he made a 3D map of Mannahatta’s fascinating pre-city ecology of hills, rivers, wildlife – accurate down to the block – when Times Square was a wetland and you couldn't get delivery.
Watch Eric Sanderson on Ted.
How much would you pay for the Universe?
Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson on the importance of NASA for the United States and the world.
Watch the video here.
Introducing
Aubrey de Grey
CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta teams with anti-aging experts Aubrey de Grey and Dan Buettner to bring you an in-depth discussion on the search for immortality. Watch it here.
Arcademi
Art Lawyer
Music
Thursday, 24.06.2010
We all know this but just for the record:
Thriller is the sixth studio album by American recording artist Michael Jackson. It was released on November 30, 1982 by Epic Records as the follow-up to Jackson's critically and commercially successful 1979 album Off the Wall. Recording sessions took place between April and November 1982 at Westlake Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California, with a production budget of $750,000. Assisted by producer Quincy Jones, Jackson wrote four of Thriller's nine tracks. In just over a year, Thriller became—and currently remains—the best-selling album of all time, with sales estimated by various sources as somewhere between 75 and 110 million copies worldwide, and as the best-selling album in the United States. Seven of the album's nine songs were released as singles, and all reached the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album won a record-breaking eight Grammy Awards at the 1984 Grammys.
Music
Lies run sprints but the truth runs marathons.
Michael Joseph Jackson
Music
Wednesday, 23.06.2010
Ethan Hein has an interesting approach on Michael Jackson and other musicians sampling his work into their music.
Checkt it out on Ethan Hein's Flickr to download it.
Music
Wednesday, 23.06.2010
Darren Julien is founder and president of Julien’s Auctions, the premier auction house for high-end celebrity estate and entertainment auctions, located in West Hollywood, California, Julien’s has dominated the entertainment memorabilia market since its inception, both on its own and in collaboration with both Christie’s and Sotheby’s.
Music
Wednesday, 23.06.2010
With his seventh studio album, Bad, Michael Jackson was able to exercise even more artistic freedom than he did with his two previous Epic releases (Off the Wall and Thriller). On Bad, Jackson composed nine of the album's eleven tracks and received co-producer credit for the entire album. Bad sold over 30 million opies worldwide and has been cited as beiing one og the best selling albums of all times next to Thriller.
Music
Black or White
"Black or White" released on November 14, 1991; written, composed, and aranged by Jackson with the rap lyrics by Bill Bottrell as well as becoming the best selling single of 1991.
In memory of Michael Joseph Jackson
June 25, 2009
Music
Tuesday, 22.06.2010
"Black or White" released on November 14, 1991; written, composed, and aranged by Jackson with the rap lyrics by Bill Bottrell as well as becoming the best selling single of 1991.
In memory of Michael Joseph Jackson
June 25, 2009
Find the song lyrics here.
VideoWe don’t play Guitar |
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Eclectic to see the Chicks on Speed do their rehearsals and sound checks with Phil Speiser of Dirty Disco Youth. Click to see for yourself. |
Music
I do not see myself as a Disc Jockey. On the weekends, I showcase the results of what I have worked on during the week.
Phil Speiser aka. Dirty Disco Youth
Music
Sunday, 20.06.2010
A fantastic happening with 6 straight hours of music, fashion, madness and Qompendium stage diving in our favorite Spanish city, Barcelona. A line up to dream of: Chicks on Speed, Silvia Prada, Kim-Ann Foxman, Patrick Pulsinger, Tito, Dirty Disco Youth, Upstart, Ferdiyei and Qompendium.
We enjoyed every minute and now are also big fans of Dirty Disco Youth!
Check out the images here.
Music
Saturday, 12.06.2010
Chicks on Speed are an ever-changing multi-disciplinary art group with a punk-inspired DIY ethic. Their first major solo exhibition in the United Kingdom interrogates the boundaries of art, craft, fashion and music. Don’t Art, Fashion, Music – an exhibition by CoS merges traditional techniques with new research in technical innovation and the world premier of the world’s first wireless guitar stilettos - soon to be seen at the MoMA.
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Music
Friday, 21.05.2010
A must have for all music lovers is this remastered The Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra covering the soundtracks of the famous two German sex education movies of the 60s. And not to forget Peter Thomas was also responsible for the track Opium for the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. Buy it for US Dollars 18,00 only.
Music
How Much Do Music Artists Earn Online?
New rules, laws and even more regulations. But how much money do musicians really get paid in this new digital marketplace?
Read full article by David McCandless, Toby Slater, James Key on Information is beautiful.
Music
Wednesday, 14.04.2010
New rules, laws and even more regulations. But how much money do musicians really get paid in this new digital marketplace?
Read full article by David McCandless, Toby Slater, James Key on Information is beautiful.
Music
Wednesday, 14.04.2010
Meet the trio made up of Colonel Schneebanger, Commander Heat, Captain de la Rosa, the masters of ceremony behind the group "Friends with Displays".
At Qompendium's presentation at the Mudam, Luxembourg we proudly presented our newly found love: Friends with Displays.
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Podcast
Friends with Displays
Meet the trio made up of Colonel Schneebanger, Commander Heat, Captain de la Rosa, the masters of ceremony behind the group "Friends with Displays".
At Qompendium's presentation at the Mudam, Luxembourg we proudly presented our newly found love: Friends with Displays.
Music
A Cyborg Composer
David Cope’s software creates beautiful, original music. Why are people so angry about that?
Listen to sample here.
Read article on Miller McCune.
Music
Tuesday, 06.04.2010
David Cope’s software creates beautiful, original music. Why are people so angry about that?
Listen to sample here.
Read article on Miller McCune. News via Barry Mahfood.
Podcast
The Beat is Happening
Qompendium Exclusive Pre-Release
feat. Chicks on Speed
Qompendium presents the new single by Chicks on Speed, "The Beat is Happening", produced by Phil Speiser aka. Dirty Disco Youth.
Music
Thursday, 25.03.2010
Chicks on Speed announce, The death of the traditional album, long live free music distribution!
Qompendium presents the new single by Chicks on Speed, "The Beat is Happening", produced by Phil Speiser aka. Dirty Disco Youth.
Official release 1st April 2010
Qompendium Exclusive Pre-Release
feat. Chicks on Speed
Complimentary download here.
Music
Thursday, 11.03.2010
Kaiku Pop Wave Festival has a beautiful architectural stage and offers excellent gigs: Toe, Mono Look, The Lowbrows, Mouse on Mars, Skunkheads, Shibusashrazu, Natsumen and others.
April 10th to 11th 2010
Music
Monday, 08.03.2010
Qompendium Exclusive Pre-Release
feat. Chicks on Speed
Qompendium presents the new single by Chicks on Speed, "The Beat is Happening", produced by Phil Speiser aka. Dirty Disco Youth.
Official release 1st April 2010
Pre-Release on Qompendium 25th March 2010
Music
Wednesday, 17.02.2010
The new album 'Things Are What They Used To Be' has by no means strayed from the dark and atmospheric, hooky and melodic road, but what we now hear is a strikingly upfront, passionate, and mature development.
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Music
Maximilian Hecker
I like Nick Drake quite a lot, but I think my music is different.
Music
Friday, 06.11.2009
Music
Saturday, 24.10.2009
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