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Archive for November, 2006

Bill Gates Interviewed on Charlie Rose

Yazan: Jason | 30 November 2006 | No Comments
Categories: technology, videos

Bill Gates was recently interviewed on Charlie Rose. Check it out here–it is worth watching. You’ll see a lot of Windows Vista in action in this video:

Rachmaninoff Vocalise Versions

Yazan: Jason | 29 November 2006 | No Comments
Categories: bass, bass videos, education, student resources, videos

I have been noticing more and more double bass videos popping up on YouTube, which is great to see. I put my Amati recital video up there a few days ago, but it looks much better if you watch it from my site. Here is a version of the Vocalise by Jacy Cobalis: Yoshihiro Utsumi [...]

Nirvana’s "Smells Like Teen Spirit" best song of last two decades?

Yazan: Jason | 29 November 2006 | No Comments
Categories: music news

Britain’s Q Magazine recently named “Smells Like Teen Spirit” the best song of the last twenty years. A recent ABC News story reads: In its November issue, which celebrates Q’s 20th anniversary, the publication set out to identify the top 20 singles of the past two decades. Their picks range from pop sensations like Britney [...]

Extreme Firefox Extensions

Yazan: Jason | 29 November 2006 | No Comments
Categories: humor, technology

Those of you who use Firefox as your internet browser know that you can add as many extensions as you want to the browser. I use all sorts of fun extensions like StumbleUpon, Performancing, Greasemonkey, and the del.icio.us extension. Here’s a great screen shot I recently found of someone who went all out on their [...]

Grant Park Symphony Audition Story (BRAAAAAAACK!)

Yazan: Jason | 28 November 2006 | No Comments
Categories: crazy gig stories, humor, orchestra news

I heard this great audition story a few years ago firsthand from the people who were involved. This was one of the rare times where I actually knew both the committee members and the audition candidate in this story. Auditioning for the Grant Park Symphony The Grant Park Symphony of Chicago, Illinois was having violin [...]