Archive for July, 2008

“The Beatles were a Christian band” - Lennon

Can this really be true? Well I’ve just listened to the recording myself on the BBC’s iPlayer service and it is genuine. It is strange that a man who declared “we’re bigger than Jesus” and “Imagine a world without religion” believes strongly in Christ’s teachings and even said that the Beatles were essentially a Christian band trying to push a Christian message.

Of course, this is somewhat watered down Christianity. While Lennon obviously admires Jesus’ teachings, he doesn’t say anything about accepting Him as a personal saviour and also said he follows Mohammed and Buddha. It’s certainly reassuring that Lennon admits he’s not against God but against the hypocrisy in the Church: “…the hat wearing and the tea parties…”.

I feel a bit daft now, given my rant about Lennon here!

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Hardware orchestra

I was randomly surfing YouTube today when I came across a new form of music - produced by computer hardware. Of course, computers have played a central part in modern music for some time now, but never before has “electronic music” been taken so literally:

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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008