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Re: TED Talks.

Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 3:35 pm
by 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.
:D

Re: TED Talks.

Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 7:45 pm
by crumhorn
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.

Re: TED Talks.

Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 8:38 pm
by crumhorn
Mint Invader wrote:
oxygen23 wrote:
Pitch Black wrote:Love 'em! A real get-smart-quick corner of the internet. :wink:

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 :D

big fan here :wink:

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

Re: TED Talks.

Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 12:51 am
by oblique strategies
Me likey too. Thanks all for the links to specific talks.

Re: TED Talks.

Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 11:18 am
by Forge.
Pitch Black wrote: 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"... )

Re: TED Talks.

Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 12:17 pm
by Forge.