Austria is known for its music culture as well as its scurrility. Therefore it shouldn´t surprise us that Vienna hosts the Vegetable Orchestra performing on instruments made of fresh vegetables. “The utilization of various ever refined vegetable instruments creates a musically and aesthetically unique sound universe.” Just listen! By the way – the musicians are [...]
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Mittwochs-Tipp? Funstuff!
12. August 2009von Hagen Kohn· Keine Kommentare · Funstuff
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Funstuff: Tweet-Symphony
30. Juli 2009von Hagen Kohn· Keine Kommentare · Funstuff
Most orchestras haven´t yet discovered Twitter for their community building, but as always, there are exceptions to the rule: The National Symphony Orchestra will accompany tonight´s concert of Beethovens “Pastorale” with tweets of the conductor commenting on what´s happening in the score. Follow @NSOatWolfTrap if interested. Unfortunately the music can only be heard live at [...]
Funstuff: Florence Foster Jenkins revived!
23. Juli 2009von Hagen Kohn· 2 Kommentare · Funstuff
Friends of the memorable amateur-singer Florence Foster Jenkins will be delighted: the genious has resurrected! Does anybody know, where and why this rehearsal took place?
Funstuff: Mr. Brightside goes violin
16. Juli 2009von Hagen Kohn· Keine Kommentare · Funstuff
Today´s funstuff is actually quite serious, since we´re dealing with some serious musician here. A cover version of a “Killers”-song performed by the killer classic musician Eric Wuest. Better than the original!
Funstuff: Pillow 2.0
09. Juli 2009von Hagen Kohn· Keine Kommentare · Funstuff
Bar camps and conferences can sometimes be quite tiring. If you plan on taking a short nap on your desk, don´t just use a pillow, use a real geek-pillow. Craftsquatch offers a variety of Web 2.0. motives, ideal for sofa-surfing or gadget-blog poking. But I wouldn´t guarantee a recreative sleep on a twitter-pillow…
