Category: Music

Japanese hologram concert and music videos

Was poking through the LA Times when I came across this interesting story about hologram-based pop stars. So I followed the links over to Youtube and was floored. Some pretty amazing technology involved in presenting a “live” concert with real musicians, singing fans, and a totally computer generated singer named Hatsune Miku. Actually like this next song a bit better–> Just be Friends by Megurine Luka (I say it is by her but she basically exists only in a computer).  I may need a shrink soon. ]]>

Download Youtube videos via Safari Extension

http://mac.appstorm.net/ By far one of the most exciting is the Youtube downloader extension that lets you save a local copy of the content you are watching on Youtube. Quite a bit of fun. It’s on that list at the bottom of the page. note: many people have reported problems with Safari 5 so you may want to wait until version 5.1 is available and sorts out some of the issues. ]]>

The Asteroids Galaxy Tour – Around the Bend: Random music for Thursday

September Issue. So I did some Googling and found this song, Ladytron-Everything you Touch, during the opening credits, which is kind of interesting, but didn’t quite sound perfect and was a tad dark.  Luckily I kept listening and found the song in question.  The Asteroids Galaxy Tour – Around the Bend. ]]>