The “Oldies But Goodies” Friday night at PPOV post last week got me recollecting about a neat thing that happened this summer. It was something that showed me how music can speak through the generations – when you least...
Welcome to our Friday Night Music thread! This week's theme is the music you grew up with, the songs you heard as a kid that always stayed with you, the music you first chose as "your" music, the songs...
Music has always been a part of film, even while running silent movies a pianist would play in the theater to enhance the drama, comedy or action that was being shown on the big screen. From the 40's to...
The earworms are coming!
A couple weeks ago I said my favorite musical instrument is the electric guitar but my favorite thing in the world to listen to is the female voice. I mean what can you say the female voice has...
DANCE, YOU SUCKERS!
Motown Records was formed in 1959 by Berry Gordy to give African Americans a record label where they could get the full artistic respect and freedom they deserved. Motown Records not only started a great musical movement but accelerated...
One of the scientific discoveries that change our perception of reality the most in the twentieth century was quantum mechanics. Einstein's theory of special relativity was the first theory of science that was not intuitive but it was...
HuffNo FRIDAY!!! I know it's early to start the party but I'm just too psyched about HuffNo so I can't wait to get things going. Now someone else can start a serious thread for HuffNo Friday if they want but...
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