TED Talks.

[drchoc]

The Talks from TEDxBrighton are now up!

http://tedxbrighton.co.uk/previous/2011/

Of direct musical interest is

Loving the Machine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoL4KIPT ... r_embedded


Sarah Angliss has an optimisitic view of mechanisation, revealing some surprising connections between two types of dance music which flourished a century apart. Both were created by people who were working to the relentless beat of factory machines.

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Hey! thanks for posting that.

I googled Thomas Truax who she mentions in the talk and found this ->> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U73hX7cEO7Y

Insane brilliance. Check out the mechanical drum machine in operation at around 3:30.

This guy is playing in London tomorrow (20th feb) --> http://www.thomastruax.com/livedetails.html.

Shit I'm skint right now, but I'm seriously tempted to blow the overdraft limit and go anyway.

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Love 'em! A real get-smart-quick corner of the internet.

One of my faves: Benjamin Zander: Music with Shining Eyes.
http://www.ted.com/talks/benjamin_zande ... ssion.html

One of my fav TED talks..TED is king

big fan here

That talk was fantastic.

One of the most beautiful, inspiring and moving things I've ever experienced. Just wonderful.

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Me likey too. Thanks all for the links to specific talks.

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One of my faves: Benjamin Zander: Music with Shining Eyes.
http://www.ted.com/talks/benjamin_zande ... ssion.html

Just wow.

I think just about every one of your 5656 posts since winter solstice 2002 have been meaningful Paddy - how do you do it? I'm like your total opposite! (Forge here btw, new login trying to be more "meaningful"... )

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http://www.ted.com/talks/evelyn_glennie ... isten.html

http://www.ted.com/talks/john_walker_re ... ances.html