Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Didn't It Rain

"Sister Rosetta Tharpe performing Didn't It Rain. If you've never seen this before, you have to watch her play guitar. She's badass way before her time. "

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7lN1R2LP-4


"Rosetta Tharpe (March 20, 1915 – October 9, 1973) was a pioneering gospel singer, songwriter and recording artist who attained great popularity in the 1930s and 1940s with a unique mixture of spiritual lyrics and early rock and roll accompaniment. She became the first great recording star of gospel music in the late 1930s and also became known as the "original soul sister" of recorded music.

Willing to cross the line between sacred and secular by performing her inspirational music of 'light' in the 'darkness' of the nightclubs and concert halls with big bands behind her, her witty, idiosyncratic style also left a lasting mark on more conventional gospel artists, such as Ira Tucker, Sr., of the Dixie Hummingbirds. While she offended some conservative churchgoers with her forays into the world of pop music, she never left gospel music."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sister_Rosetta_Tharpe

Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale

World Science Festival 2009: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale from World Science Festival on Vimeo.

"Bobby McFerrin demonstrates the power of the pentatonic scale, using audience participation, at the event "Notes & Neurons: In Search of the Common Chorus", from the 2009 World Science Festival, June 12, 2009."

http://vimeo.com/5732745

Lemmings Music

Music from lemmings games

http://www.codiekitty.com/LEM/Music/

Beast : http://www.codiekitty.com/LEM/Music/LemGen_Beast.mp3

Fluid Images

 "... set a max-width of 100% on all images on my website:

img {
  max-width: 100%;
}

This solved the problem beautifully. Instead of just rendering at its native width and overflowing its containing box, the image would render at its native dimensions as long as its width didn’t exceed the width of its container. "

http://unstoppablerobotninja.com/entry/fluid-images/

Narrating Karma and Rebirth

"Project Abstract: Buddhism and Jainism share the concepts of karma, rebirth, and the possibility (and desirability) of escape from rebirth, though each has a different interpretation of these. Within the literature of both traditions we find many stories about remembered past births, illustrating progress on the path to awakening, the workings of karma, or the jumbled nature of rebirth that makes renunciation the only way to avoid incest. These stories have much to reveal about Buddhist and Jain attitudes towards the mechanisms of rebirth and the pursuit of long-term (multi-life) religious goals. This project will compare birth stories from the different traditions in relation to: the role of karma in rebirth; the key religious paths and goals; and the role of birth stories in the teaching careers of awakened beings. The project will help to ascertain the distinctively Buddhist and Jain uses of this genre, thereby illuminating both the significance of the stories within each tradition, and the extent of interaction between Buddhist and Jain schools during their formative periods."

http://blogs.cf.ac.uk/birthstories/entry/introduction_to_the_project