Paul Jacobson

Category: Music

  • The Boss' uplifting "Down in the Hole"

    I am enjoying Bruce Springsteen’s album “High Hopes” and his track, “Down in the Hole“, is a particularly good one:

  • The Millennium Falcon stop motion constructed in Lego

    This is so cool: The track is Chambermaid Swing by Parov Stelar.

  • Moving beyond physical media

    I received Thor from Amazon today and headed off to my nearest iStore to buy an external SuperDrive for my MacBook Air so I could sneak a peak at the movie over lunch. I walked in, took down the R799 item from the shelf and noticed how hefty it felt in my hand. Looking at…

  • The Flatley chronicles

    I have been listening to music from Lord of the Dance and pulled up a video of one of the scenes, Cry of the Celts. It reminded me about a performance on Britain’s Got Talent 2009 which was a brilliant parody of the original. Take a little time and watch these two, they are both…

  • This is why honest users pirate music

    The people who download content using options like BitTorrent don’t all intend to “steal” content. Sometimes, content “piracy” is committed by people who are just frustrated by bad content business models.

  • The truth about cheap flights

    The next time you are shopping for cheap flights, remember this little diddy: For more, check out Fascinating Aida’s site. Update: Here is another goodie:

  • How to cultivate lifelong fans

    This is fantastic: A fan shouted up to Paul Simon that she learned to play the guitar using this song. “Come on up here and play it on my guitar,” he told her. This is what happened next: (Source: Roger Ebert’s Journal)

  • Music to make food by

    We have an unwritten and evolving list of things we would like to do ay home. I am sure most people do. One of the things I would love to do is install some sort of system where we can play great sounding music in every room of the house and be able to pick…