What is the song used in this YouTube video? I know it's kind of a stretch, but I can't get it out of my head! Recommendations of similar music are good too.
posted by DolorousEdd on Oct 29, 2009 - 10 answers

IANAMusician: The Libertines' song "Last Post on the Bugle" (in the intro) and "Pull Shapes" by the Pipettes (in the first verse) are examples of this beatbeat-beat rhythm that I keep hearing in songs that I like. My Google-fu has failed me; is there a name for this kind of beat? What other songs have it?
posted by theraflu on Aug 30, 2009 - 5 answers

I'd like any software or website that helps visualize rhythms. [more inside]
posted by argybarg on Jul 29, 2009 - 9 answers

Can you beat a San Francisco parking ticket if it has no VIN number on it? [more inside]
posted by roxie110 on Mar 29, 2009 - 14 answers

Do drummers count drum beats separate for each limb, or coordinated all together? [more inside]
posted by qvantamon on Mar 2, 2009 - 15 answers

Q: What do Butch Cassidy and Bonsai Kitty have in common? A: A terrific, zany soundtrack. What kind of music is this? [more inside]
posted by andromache on Jan 3, 2009 - 5 answers

Weird Body-Filter: Two days ago I started to become abnormally aware of my own heartbeat. [more inside]
posted by downing street memo on Dec 29, 2008 - 12 answers

The drums in the Mad Men theme drive me, um, mad! Where can I get more? [more inside]
posted by COBRA! on Sep 12, 2008 - 9 answers

Where did Jack Kerouac actually stay when he went On the Road? Is there anywhere I could stay where he once did?
posted by MrMerlot on Mar 30, 2008 - 7 answers

I need a free or absurdly inexpensive English translation of a Japanese message board post page. It's a skosh long, but might make for a good exercise? All of the automatic web translators turn it into a grammar trainwreck. [more inside]
posted by vanoakenfold on Jul 19, 2007 - 7 answers

I create loop-based MIDI music. I want to jam with a live drummer who can't play to a click track so I'll have to manually sync to him. Come!! Let us discuss tactics and tools. [more inside]
posted by Moistener on Mar 1, 2007 - 9 answers

I need the text of a poem I can no longer recall, one dedicated to William Everson (Bro. Antoninus). [more inside]
posted by faineant on Dec 18, 2006 - 3 answers

Help me find Beat music. I've got my beret and black turtleneck, now I just need tunes. [more inside]
posted by cosmicbandito on Oct 1, 2006 - 14 answers

Which poker site has the best players? Or am I just a terrible poker player? [more inside]
posted by Ugh on Sep 26, 2006 - 31 answers

ObscureHipHopFilter: identify this sample. [more inside]
posted by dead_ on May 12, 2006 - 5 answers

I'm reading a book that has a lot of references to Paris between the wars and culture that flowed underneath it. The surrealist movement, people like Gertrude Stein, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, the brothels and debauchery, etc. Similar situations have happened everywhere - the Harlem Renaissance, the Beat Generation and countless others. I'm sure you can think of more. My question is this: Where is this stuff happening now? [more inside]
posted by borkingchikapa on Mar 27, 2006 - 23 answers

Every year I run a caravan from Los Angeles to Las Vegas for the annual Defcon hacker convention. We net about 50 cars and run a micropower radio station out of the pace car to keep them all up to date. Since listening to traffic updates for three hours isn't very compelling we liven up the mix by throwing down a mix of road trip friendly music spooled off a laptop in the off times.

Basically, I've played DJ [spinning everything from techno to punk to country] for the past five years and I'm starting to run out of fresh ideas. I thought I'd ask the collective at Ask.MeFi what they like to listen to when they take a road trip. Genre isn't an issue, as long as it has a driving beat I'd be likely to use it. Thanks!
posted by boogah on Jul 11, 2004 - 34 answers

Weird music question: In The Rasmus' "In the Shadows," the song begins with a recurring siren that initially seems to set the rhythm of the song. When the guitars come in, they very strongly take over the rhythm, relegating the siren to background syncopation. This produces a very strange "about-face" sensation when listening to the song. [more inside]
posted by precocious on Jun 12, 2004 - 12 answers