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mental_floss Blog - Sep 30, 2008
Suzanne Vega’s catchy tune has made her “Mother of the MP3″ — though it took a while. Vega wrote “Tom’s Diner” as an a cappella song way back in 1982. By 1984 it has been released on an obscure folk compilation, and …
Also tagged: technology, blogs, computers
mental_floss Blog - Jul 22, 2008
Remember Showbiz Pizza Place? In the 80’s, Showbiz franchise restaurants competed with Chuck E. Cheese’s, offering animatronic robot rock, an arcade, and (perhaps only incidentally) pizza. The most memorable aspect of …
Also tagged: technology, blogs, weird, pop culture, bizarro, inventions
mental_floss Blog - Apr 22, 2008
In 1969, 14-year-old Jerry Levitan managed to snag a brief interview with John Lennon in his hotel room in Toronto. Using his reel-to-reel tape recorder, Levitan asked Lennon a series of questions about peace …
mental_floss Blog - Apr 15, 2008
In 1983, Billy Bragg released “A New England,” a young man’s song that began with the lyrics: I was twenty-one years when I wrote this song I’m twenty-two now, but I won’t be for long People ask me, “When will you …
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mental_floss Blog - Apr 8, 2008
The Grammy award for best new artist holds the unfortunate distinction of being the only Grammy ever to have been revoked (Milli Vanilli’s 1991 award was taken back after their lip-syching scandal). That’s probably not …
mental_floss Blog - Feb 21, 2008
Record collector Paul Mawhinney is selling his personal collection, including three million records, 300,000 CDs, and much, much more. Mawhinney is also throwing in: …(1) the rights to Spin-Clean, the owner’s patented …
Also tagged: blogs, current events
mental_floss Blog - Feb 6, 2008
I started blogging for the _floss one year ago yesterday, so I thought I’d share my second blog post ever: Nerdcore Hip Hop Could Reign Supreme. In a somewhat surprising coincidence, it was announced yesterday that …
Also tagged: blogs, humor, pop culture
mental_floss Blog - Jan 19, 2008
It’s officially a trend: acoustic, folk, and bluegrass bands can’t stop covering rap and hip-hop songs. Here are five of the best examples making the rounds on YouTube. 1. “Hey Ya” Mat Weddle of Obadiah Parker …
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mental_floss Blog - Dec 27, 2007
1. First Conductor Dies from Conducting You probably haven’t heard of the poor guy, but Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632–1687) was the first documented conductor. Before him, most musical groups just followed the lead of …
mental_floss Blog - Dec 27, 2007
Sonification is the act of representing data as sound. Any data will do, but data that has a pattern will make better music, and if you don’t know whether your data has a pattern or not, sonification may help you find …
Also tagged: blogs, science, miss cellania