Dr Dog is a relatively new indie rock band from Philadelphia, PA. On their third release, Fate, they take elements from great 1960’s pop acts and mash them together to create their own style.
Take for example the Beach Boys harmonies, the Beatles sense of melody and exploration and mix it with the rootsy guitars and high lonesome voices of the Band and you come up with Dr Dog.
Dr Dog is very good with melody and vocal harmony. Every song on Fate has a surprising and welcomed twist to it. Every time I listen to the album I find something new that I did not notice before.
Some people may categorize them as psychedelic or lo-fi because of their previously mentioned exploration of pop songwriting and their ‘do it yourself’ mentality.
Dr Dog is a band that is not concerned with current trends in music. They are not famous at all and do not seem to be concerned with being famous. For instance, most of the recording is done on analog reel to reel instead of using computers and just their style of music alone would probably negate them from winning a Grammy or being heard on top 40 radio.
It is easily my pick for best album of 2008. Feel free to comment on whether you agree with my choice or not.
Plain and simple, social networks like Facebook and MySpace are made for advertising - free advertising. Whether it’s a product, brand, small business, charity event or yourself, social networking sites have made it easy for anyone to log on and create awareness toward whatever cause or object they want people to know about.
When President Elect Barack Obama announced his candidacy on Feb 10, 2007 he already had a full fledged web site with tools making it easy for supporters to meet and organize, as well as contribute to the campaign. This gave him a head start against his competitors. Throughout the election race, Obama’s campaign utilized the internet more and more.
This video contains one of the most unique instruments I have ever seen. Buffy Sainte is playing what seems to be a mouth harp of some sort. Pete Seeger sings and plays the banjo and Marie Seeger is off camera singing harmony.
You think that WiiMote is only good for bowling and tossing threw tv screens? Well take a look at this video. Johnny Lee has come up with some pretty awesome uses for that $40 peice of hardware.
A great little anti-establishment song written by Tom Paxton and performed by the one and only Pete Seeger. I have provided the lyrics so you can sing along.
Lyrics:
What Did You Learn in School Today
(Tom Paxton)
What did you learn in school today,
dear little boy of mine?
I learned that Washington never told a lie
I learned that soldiers seldom die
I learned that everybody's free
That's what the teacher said to me
And that's what I learned in school today
That's what I learned in school
What did you learn in school today,
dear little boy of mine?
I learned that policemen are my friends
I learned that justice never ends
I learned that murderers die for their crimes
Even if we make a mistake sometimes
And that's what I learned in school today
That's what I learned in school
What did you learn in school today,
dear little boy of mine?
I learned that war is not so bad
I learned about the great ones we have had
We fought in Germany and in France
And someday I might get my chance
And that's what I learned in school today
That's what I learned in school
What did you learn in school today,
dear little boy of mine?
I learned that our government must be strong
It's always right and never wrong
Our leaders are the finest men
So we elect them again and again
And that's what I learned in school today
That's what I learned in school
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Recently ISP’s have started putting caps on internet bandwidth governing how much data we can access per month and also putting forth a bill to congress that would allow them to monitor all files and web pages that users access under the guise of filtering child pornography.
In no way do I condone child pornography, but using it as an excuse to pry into our privacy is a little much. Little by little we are losing our freedom and privacy to phone and cable companies.
Here is how the software being considered by ISP’s would work:
Whenever an Internet user searched the Web, attached a file to an e-mail or examined a menu of files using file-sharing software on a peer-to-peer network, the software would compare the hash values of those files against the file registry.
If there were no match, the file would be provided to the user who requested it. But if there were a match, transmission of the file would be blocked. The users would instead receive another image or movie or document, containing only a warning screen.
The following video takes a look at Net Neutrality and examines the possibility of the internet going the way of newspapers and television- being entirely controlled by corporate interests. No more independent media, no more blogs, no more voice.
Dr Dog is a relatively new indie rock band from Philadelphia, PA. On their third release, Fate, they take elements from great 1960’s pop acts and mash them together to create their own style.
