Mother Nature is still out to get us, since my last post we've had both snow here and highs in the 90s with high humidity. Yuck.

Have two weeks of @recthething recs (NIF, MDZS, DMBJ. Fics, art and a vid):
NIF: Accidental Immortal by DC_Derringer (34k ( Read more... )

I wanted to share this with you all- thousands of old 78s are being digitized and uploaded to archive.org and now available for listening completely free and legally- collection here, article with info about the project here. Eventually 400k songs will be available ( Read more... )

I'm not hugely into music and usually official vids leave me apathetic at best, but I thought I'd share this one as one that gets so many things right. "Brave" by Sara Bareilles, a song about not letting yourself be limited by outside forces and basically just being yourself, has one of the most body positive videos I've seen in a long time. ( Read more... )

Playing for Change is a foundation dedicated to connecting the world through music. Here is the Ben E. King classic "Stand By Me" done by musicians around the world adding their part to the song as it traveled the globe. Listen and be amazed.

You can watch this video on www.livejournal.com

Playing For Change | Song Around The World "Stand By Me" from Concord Music Group on Vimeo.