Musical Notes and Mathematical Tragedies

Resources to Find Good Music

Tune Find is a great resource to finding songs to your favorite T.V. shows and movies.
The music played in Sons of Anarchy and Supernatural is fabulous.   The tunes set up the feel and keep fan interest in tune (no pun intended, or maybe there was).

Musical Notes and Mathematical Tragedies

What Are You Listening To?

   Jazz  

and                                   

 Lee Ronaldo!

1. Albert Ayler Live in Greenwich Village: The Complete Impulse Recordings discovered this album from the book 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die.   The album is at times challenging as it is a Jazz Battle between Albert Ayler and his band mates.  
2. If you are into something smoother, why not try Robert Glasper.  His music blends a nice groove with a hip hop sensibility to offer a mood that is relaxed yet will not lull you to sleep.
3. Blackilicious and Friends: I love these hip hopper jazz droppers and they have a new album.
4. Lee Ronaldo was featured in Amoeba Record's "What's In Your Bag".  I was not sure who he was but knew he was in Sonic Youth.  His musical talent is outstanding, and seem to fit my mood today.  He has that old REM sound but with his own unique spin.   Also his lyrics are poetic and give one a full range of pictures to fit your mood.   Sit down.  Pour some Glen Levitt on the Rocks.  And as you sip, relax, smile... and do whatever.  

Mathematical Tragedies

Can Binary Star Systems Harbor Habitable Planets?

Astronomers recently announced the discovery of a short period Earth-mass planet in the Alpha Centauri system. Could Earth-mass planets exist in the habitable zones of binary stars?

Musical Notes and Mathematical Tragedies: Fractals

What am I currently listening to on Spotify.

1. Dan Deacon America discovered from the review, in  the September Issue of Mojo Magazine.  His sound is very ambient and seems to be the sound of the Zeitgeist of our current American Dream.



2. Blackalicious: My favorite hip hop band just released a new album. 



3. I first heard The Reverend Paytons' Big Damn Band at a Flogging Molly concert.  Also listened to Doo Rag.



4. Bill Fay- Life is People discovered from the  review, in the September Issue of Mojo Magazine. He is the voice of the invisible worker, and his Life is People shares a unique perspective.  The album at times shares the pain that is the modern condition.  



5. And my list of 50+ Greatest Electronic Records ever Produced according and influenced by Mojo Magazine.   Mojo Magazine, the best rock and roll magazine ever produced, released their 50 greatest Electronic Records of all time in the September Magazine.   The Spotify list is three days long and is full of ambient noises to keep you company, while reading your favorite novel.  Or writing your favorite novel.  

Mathematical Tragedies: Fractals

rho = sin(a * phi)^b + cos(c * phi)^d + sin(e * theta)^f + cos(g * theta)^h

Musical Notes and Mathematical Tragedies

What am I listening to currently, week of 10-18-2012:

1. Jarvis Cocker (known for his stint as the frontman for Pulp).  I love his quirky lyrics, they tell of a life so normal that it seems to be odd.  I love writers and Jarvis Cocker is definitely a  humorous writer:
   
   And so I come to you filled with guilt and self-loathing
   And I am praying that you could make me good
   And so I fall upon your neck just like a vampire
   Yeah, like a vampire who faints at the sight of blood  
2. London Phillharmonic's The Greatest Video Game Music. 
3. Unashamed Ad for Spotify  
   I am now subscribed to Spotify and think that it is such a place of discovery for music.   Check it out and I bet you will love the service.  

Mathematical Tragedies the history of Pi

1699:	Sharp used Gregory's result to get 71 correct digits
1701:	Machin used an improvement to get 100 digits and the following used his methods:
1719:	de Lagny found 112 correct digits
1789:	Vega got 126 places and in 1794 got 136
1841:	Rutherford calculated 152 digits and in 1853 got 440
1873:	Shanks calculated 707 places of which 527 were correct

 2012 Rothbard finished scarf of Pi.