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2012-05-29 20:41:15 (13 comments, 16 reshares, 51 +1s)

"Mount Roraima, Venezuela" by Uwe George (National Geographic)

The majestic Mount Roraima is the highest mountain in the Pacaraima Mountains.

Roraima lies on the three borders of Venezuela, Brazil, and Guyana. The mountain is part of Venezuela’s Canaima National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Angel Falls is also part of this beautiful park.

Mount Roraima’s highest point is Maverick Rock at 2,810 meters (9,219 feet), and the whole of Mount Roraima’s fairly flat top surface area is surrounded by 400+ meter (1,312+ feet) high sheer cliffs.

It can be climbed, though all routes besides the Paraitepui route require technical climbing gear. Visitors can get a stunning view of Mount Roraima and the greater Canaima National Park from a memorable helicopter ride.

2012-05-29 14:16:51 (400 comments, 488 reshares, 1534 +1s)

The Tunnel Of Love

Klevan is an urban-type settlement in the Rivne Raion of Rivne Oblast in western Ukraine. Its population is 7,470 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census. Klevan is accessed via the T1B17 and H22 roads, and is located 28.3 km northwest of Rivne and 50.4 kilometres southeast of Lutsk along the H22. Klevan lies on the Stubla River.

There’s a real place in the Ukraine that looks like this. This beautiful train tunnel filled with greenery is located in Kleven, Ukraine. Locals call it the “Tunnel of Love” and it’s beautiful even when it’s not all green.

Source: http://www.zacktravel.com/tunnel-love/

2012-05-29 13:45:48 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

Black Sabbath - Planet Caravan

We sail through endless skies,
Stars shine like eyes,
the black night sighs

The moon in silver dreams
falls down in beams,
Light of the night

The earth, a purple blaze
of sapphire haze in orbit always

While down below the trees,
bathed in cool breeze,
Silver starlight breaks down from night

And so we pass on by
the crimson eye
of great god Mars

As we travel the universe...

2012-05-29 14:05:56 (1 comments, 8 reshares, 39 +1s)

Stone Footprints by Ian Blake

You can check all of his footprint art by clicking the following link.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/iainblake/sets/72157627872410805/

2012-05-29 13:22:43 (3 comments, 3 reshares, 9 +1s)

How...How could you!?

[ From PBFcomics: http://goo.gl/QD03C ]

2012-05-28 03:47:43 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 14 +1s)

2012-05-29 16:25:03 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 10 +1s)

Woah, woah! It's been a long time since I last checked G+ and so many things have been modified/implemented. I'm absolutely digging the improved animated GIFs feature. Time to come back! See you guys around!

2012-04-27 12:47:28 (2 comments, 4 reshares, 29 +1s)

An Albino Killer Whale!

[Link to NatGeo: http://tinyurl.com/7mu748o ]

A fascinating sighting took place over the Bering Ocean, in Russia. I hope we're able to get some underwater pictures of "Iceberg", the white killer whale:

"Scientists were studying acoustic and social interactions among whales and dolphins off the North Pacific's Commander Islands (map) when the team noticed a six-foot-tall (nearly two-meter-tall) white dorsal fin jutting above the waves—hence the whale's new name: Iceberg.
Though Iceberg's moniker is new, he may be the same killer whale scientists spotted in 2000 and 2008 in Alaska's Aleutian Islands, Holly Fearnbach, a research biologist at the University of Aberdeen in the U.K., said by email.


For one thing, Iceberg and the previously seen whales look very similar, Fearnbach said.more »

2012-04-07 19:40:50 (55 comments, 99 reshares, 196 +1s)

Majestic Sunrise from the Summit of Mount Fuji by Spreng Ben

Flickr Source: [ http://goo.gl/Evjhi ]

In the Photographer's words:

"Are 11 hours of hiking through the night worth this photo?

I really asked myself this question as I stood at the summit of Fuji-San in Tokyo, Japan. Me and three friends started around 8 pm at the bottom of the volcano. We hiked up the whole night until we arrived at the summit around 5 pm. Gasping for air I stood there and watched the spectacular sunrise above the pacific.

I can tell you the sunrise was majestic and definitely worth the hike! The bad thing was the descent. We arrived in a really aggressive mood around 14 pm at the bottom. You can or cannot imagine the scene.

The whole night there was the stress of hiking and after you got the present of seeing the sunrise you still have to... more »

2012-03-14 05:49:07 (0 comments, 3 reshares, 13 +1s)

Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No.4 in E flat - IV: Rondó: Poco Allegretto e grazioso.

The last movement of his 4th Sonata depicts both tranquility and a passionate burst of anger/introspection (2:20 mark). From total serenity to a profound state of awareness. Beethoven solves the conflict by reaching a point of absolute balance (6:48 mark) between the main vibrant theme and the upbeat nature of the minor key section.

The sweat coming out of Daniel's face only adds up to the dramatic nature of the piece. A fantastic rendition!

Piano: Daniel Barenboim

#Beethoven #Classical
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2012-02-22 19:54:13 (3 comments, 2 reshares, 14 +1s)

Do it Corgi!

This video never fails to make me smile. He tries with all his might to reach out!

#Funny
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2012-02-22 14:15:08 (3 comments, 5 reshares, 6 +1s)

Hidrophobic nanocoating a.k.a. "NeverWet"
[ http://goo.gl/EcXKp ]

Ready for some new nanotech that's just about to reach your home? The guys at Ross Technology Corp. created a silicon-based spray-on coating that repels water and heavy oils. They also assure that any surface protected by this coating won't get any bacteria at all.

One of the scientists sprayed his own iPhone with the coating, submerged it for 30 minutes underwater and it was good to go afterwards, no damage taken.

I remember having seen similar tech some years ago in a documentary, but at that time the stuff had just been recently discovered. It didn't take too long for it to hit the shelves!

The product will be available from this year onwards.

#Science #nanotechnology
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2012-02-21 16:02:42 (37 comments, 212 reshares, 190 +1s)

Shrinking data storage to the atomic level
[ http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=81745 ]

IBM researched for years a way to cut down the data storage size to the smallest theorethical limit we have to this day, and they succeded.

Even though the conditions for the experiment were extreme (close to absloute zero temperatures) "the research team said that a similar effect can be accomplished at standard room temperature, with as little as 150 atoms."

1 bit of information can now be stored in 12 atoms. 1 byte (8 bits) requires 92 atoms. To put things in perspective: Current technology requires around 1 million atoms to store 1 single bit. We're speaking orders of magnitude shrinkage here.

As much as I'm excited about this technology it's also a given fact that this won't reach our homes at reasonable prices for... more »

2012-02-18 08:55:59 (6 comments, 2 reshares, 17 +1s)

Jean Michel Jarre - "Equinoxe 4"

Feeling quite airy and floaty tonight.
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2012-02-17 14:59:46 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 15 +1s)

For those that are suffering at the hands of the storm, when the rain passes it brings a new day and the rains will pass.

2012-02-17 14:32:17 (0 comments, 8 reshares, 20 +1s)

Isaac Asimov predicting Wikipedia and Free Online Education ~15 years in advance.
One of the greatest visionaries of the last century.

He was interviewed by Bill Moyers in 1988.

Wikipedia was born in 2001, and the Khan Academy in 2006.

#Science
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2012-02-17 08:20:15 (2 comments, 8 reshares, 10 +1s)

Final Fantasy VI - "Terra's Theme"

A soothing song from one of the most important J-RPGs of the 16-bit era. The Piano Collections' arrangement fits the mood of the piece perfectly well.

You can also listen to an amazing cover-improvisation by Kyle Landry here: Final Fantasy VI - Terra's Theme (piano cover) .

#VideogameMusic
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2012-02-17 03:40:32 (15 comments, 6 reshares, 36 +1s)

Duck in a cup

Resistance is futile. Saw it on tumblr and went "aww".

#Cute
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2012-02-16 08:57:43 (7 comments, 2 reshares, 20 +1s)

I just love this section of Beethoven's 4th Piano Sonata (click to jump straight into the action):

Beethoven Piano Sonata #4 In E Flat , Op. 7, No. 4 - 3. Allegro by Daniel Barenboim

Corresponds to the 3rd movement, performed by Daniel Baremboim. Of course the whole Sonata is an impecable work, but just felt like sharing one of those Beethovenesque bursts of energy soaked in darkness.

#Beethoven
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2012-02-15 18:19:52 (7 comments, 12 reshares, 12 +1s)

I Want My Hat Back by +Jon Klassen

We definitely need more books like this :).

Buy on Amazon at: http://tinyurl.com/bllrrf6
Sneaky peek: http://tinyurl.com/78v8cag

#Humor
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2012-02-15 18:00:18 (6 comments, 4 reshares, 18 +1s)

False Kiva by Wally Pacholka
From September 29th 2008's APOD: http://tinyurl.com/4u4t4z

Seriously, who needs Sci-Fi when you can find these landscapes at home.

Quoting the source:

"Is there any place in the world you could see a sight like this? Yes! This digital mosaic shows the night sky as seen from False Kiva in Canyonlands National Park, eastern Utah, USA. Diving into the Earth far in the distance is part of the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy. Much closer, the planet Jupiter is visible as the bright point just to band's left. Closer still are the park's picturesque buttes and mesas lit by a crescent moon. In the foreground is the cave housing a stone circle of unknown origin named False Kiva. The cave itself was briefly lit by flashlight during the exposure. Astrophotographer Wally Pacholka reports that getting to the cave was... more »

2012-02-15 10:38:31 (0 comments, 12 reshares, 9 +1s)

Metronome Cat

The first step for any aspiring "Keyboard Cat".

#Funny
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2012-02-15 10:03:37 (3 comments, 7 reshares, 11 +1s)

Sounds of the FOREVER, Charlie Brown Edition

Because slowing down almost any recorded song in human history by 600% or more can produce the most bizarre results and/or accidentally sound like Sigur Ros.

This is Charlie Brown's Peanuts Theme 600% slower.

#Bizarre #Music

2012-02-15 09:54:13 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 18 +1s)

feather to fire
fire to blood
blood to bone
bone to marrow
marrow to ashes
ashes to snow

2012-02-15 09:48:50 (0 comments, 3 reshares, 3 +1s)

Science off the Sphere: Knitting Needle Experiment

I honestly can't say this is one of the things I ever wondered, but it's pretty cool to watch the behaviour of water droplets reacting to the static charges of a knitting needle in outer space.

#Science
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2012-02-15 18:09:31 (3 comments, 6 reshares, 34 +1s)

* +Gregory Colbert *: "Ashes and Snow"
[ http://www.ashesandsnow.org ]

Photos at: http://tinyurl.com/7xbv2ho

#Photographers.

2012-02-03 17:38:13 (10 comments, 7 reshares, 15 +1s)

So many dogs, so much joy! (and so many unanswered questions, lol)

2011-11-15 21:14:28 (5 comments, 13 reshares, 45 +1s)

Salvador Dalí - "The Elephants" (1948)
Oil on canvas, 51 x 77 cm

#Paintings #Dalí
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2011-11-15 21:18:29 (2 comments, 27 reshares, 39 +1s)

Haha, well, gotta love when they come up with fresh stuff like this. An asian violinist performs both the background music and sound effects of the first couple of stages of Super Mario Bros.

#Videogames

2011-11-10 15:33:01 (3 comments, 39 reshares, 70 +1s)

So that's what happens when you're not looking at them... Hmm...

#Humor

2011-11-09 05:32:01 (5 comments, 8 reshares, 22 +1s)

Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky
"Violin Concerto in D major Op.35" - Allegro moderato (1/2)
(Complete set of links at the end of this post)

Violin: Anne-Sophie Mutter

Written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1878, is one of the best known of all violin concertos. It is also considered to be among the most technically difficult works for violin.


The piece was written in Clarens, a Swiss resort on the shores of Lake Geneva, where Tchaikovsky had gone to recover from the depression brought on by his disastrous marriage to Antonina Miliukova. Tchaikovsky was joined there by his composition pupil, the violinist Iosif Kotek, who had been in Berlin for violin studies with Joseph Joachim. The two played works for violin and piano together, including a violin-and-piano arrangement of Édouard Lalo's Symphonie espagnole, which they may have... more »

2011-11-05 18:01:59 (5 comments, 24 reshares, 30 +1s)

I seriously wouldn't be able to hold myself either if I had to report such news.... 13 bears sitting around, protecting a big marijuana plantation together with a vietnamese pig, a raccoon and a big dog! lol ( Hello G+! )

2011-10-22 22:25:02 (6 comments, 5 reshares, 35 +1s)

The Bahamas are definitely on the list of Top Ten Most Photogenic places on Earth. It was one of my favorite areas to photograph from space. I have some breathtaking shots of the Bahamas that I'll post when I'm able to dig them up. Until then here's a couple to wet your appetite

2011-10-22 22:19:09 (4 comments, 11 reshares, 29 +1s)

"...I do believe Marsellus, my husband, your boss, told you to take ME out and do whatever I wanted. Now I wanna dance, I wanna win. I want that trophy, so dance good."

#Movies

2011-10-22 01:29:40 (9 comments, 10 reshares, 16 +1s)

The international ITER project for fusion
It's fuel—a mixture of Deuterium and Tritium, two isotopes of Hydrogen—will be heated to temperatures in excess of 150 million°C, forming a hot plasma.

[http://www.iter.org/]

ITER is a large-scale scientific experiment that aims to demonstrate that it is possible to produce commercial energy from fusion.

Video Explanation: ITER, the way to fusion power (1 of 2) & ITER, the way to fusion power (2 of 2)

Q ≥ 10 [http://goo.gl/Qz9DD]

The Q in the formula symbolizes the ratio of fusion power to input power. Q ≥ 10 represents the scientific goal of the ITER project: to deliver ten times the power it consumes. From 50 MW of input power, the ITER machine is designed to produce 500 MW of fusion power—the first of all fusion experiments to produce net energy.

Duringits operat... more »

2011-10-22 01:34:12 (2 comments, 10 reshares, 25 +1s)

The Eye of Gaia: A Billion-Pixel camera to map the Milky Way
[http://goo.gl/wGATP]

Video Render: Eye of Gaia: The Billion Pixel Camera

The largest digital camera ever built for a space mission has been painstakingly mosaicked together from 106 separate electronic detectors. The resulting “billion-pixel array” will serve as the super-sensitive ‘eye’ of ESA’s Galaxy-mapping Gaia mission.

While the naked human eye can see several thousand stars on a clear night, Gaia will map a billion stars within our own Milky Way Galaxy and its neighbours over the course of its five-year mission from 2013, charting their brightness and spectral characteristics along with their three-dimensional positions and motions.

In order to detect distant stars up to a million times fainter than the eye can see, Gaia will carry 106 charge coupled devices (CCDs),advanced ... more »

2011-10-20 23:40:14 (8 comments, 15 reshares, 57 +1s)

Spring Meadow (a.k.a. Relax-O-vision)
[http://nature-other.ambient-mixer.com/grassland]

Having a tough day at work? Click the link above, put on your headphones and turn up the volume. This customizable soundscape will do wonders for you.

"Spring Meadow, full of flowers, wonderful colours and sounds coming to your ears. Crickets are calling, bees and other insects buzzing around in haste. But you are not in haste. You came here to enjoy the beautiful view and the soundscape. You came here to see all forms of life that have just woken up from the deep winter sleep by the pleasant heat of the sun."

Photo: High Park Sunbeams 2010 Edition by Hamish Grant
M: [http://goo.gl/qbVuG] L: [http://goo.gl/PT3MN]

Hamish Grant's Flickr: http://goo.gl/2b7Sa

#Relaxing #Soundscape

2011-10-20 16:39:16 (8 comments, 6 reshares, 47 +1s)

Aurora Swirl by Tony Prower
M: [http://goo.gl/2aBhH] L: [http://goo.gl/KsRMu]

Tony Prower's Flickr: http://goo.gl/dwuYF

#Photography

2011-10-20 15:45:00 (10 comments, 26 reshares, 37 +1s)

Super Mario Bros. Crossover
[http://goo.gl/3xuF]

You're really, really gonna love this version of the father of all platformers. You can play the entire SMB1 game using 9 different iconic characters from the NES era: Metroid's Samus Aran, Ninja Gaiden's Ryu Hayabusa, The Legend of Zelda's Link, Mario, Blaster Master's Sophia III, Megaman, Castlevania's Simon Belmont and Contra's Bill Rizer.

All of them keep their original gameplay features, so you can expect to climb blocks with Ryu, evaporate your enemies with Samus' or Megaman's cannon, whip their asses with Simon, slash them with your sword with Link... The combinations are really worth checking this out. The best part is that not only they remain loyal action wise but also jump wise. You have to play it in order to feel the magic.

For an in-depth explanation of all... more »

2011-10-20 06:47:16 (4 comments, 5 reshares, 22 +1s)

Rubik’s Cube Clock
[http://goo.gl/0YudN]

The perfect gift for Holidays! I am so owning one of these soon, and it's not too pricey ($20). Clicking the link will take you to ThinkGeek.com, the site that sells this fantastic geeky artifact.

Details:

+ 3 inch cube clock
+ Twist the top row to change between functions: Clock, Alarm, Calendar, Temperature.
+ Requires 1 AA battery (not included)
+ Colorfully awesome desktop accessory
+ Officially licensed from Rubik's Cube

#Rubik
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2011-10-19 20:50:10 (1 comments, 5 reshares, 24 +1s)

Johann Sebastian Bach
"Great Fantasia & Fugue in G minor BWV 542" I: Fantasia
II - Fugue: J.S.Bach G minor fugue (the great) BWV 542/2

Fasten your seatbelts...

Evidence suggests that J.S. Bach completed and revised the Fantasia and Fugue in G minor for organ, BWV 542 (the "Great" G minor, as opposed to BWV 578, the "Little" G minor), as an audition for an organist position in Hamburg in 1720. Bach didn't get the job, but, happily enough, posterity did get the piece; generations of organists since then have considered it one of their repertoire's crown jewels. The two parts of BWV 542 (the fantasia -- sometimes titled Prelude instead -- and the fugue) are thought to have been composed separately: the fugue is assigned Bach's Weimar years (1708-1717) and the fantasia to his time in Cöthen (1717-1723, but, if... more »

2011-10-19 17:56:57 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 17 +1s)

The Sands of Time by Aled Lewis
[http://goo.gl/5Z3iL] Shirt: [http://goo.gl/Blgbu]

Cool stuff!

#Shirts
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2011-10-19 16:04:01 (20 comments, 22 reshares, 80 +1s)

September's Aurora by Yuichi Takasaka
APOD: [http://goo.gl/isCgu]

September's equinox arrived on the 23rd at 0905 UT. As the Sun crosses the celestial equator heading south, spring begins in the southern hemisphere and autumn in the north. And though the seasonal connection is still puzzling, both spring and autumn bring an increase in geomagnetic storms. So as northern nights grow longer, the equinox also heralds the arrival of a good season for viewing aurora. Recorded earlier the past month, these curtains of September's shimmering green light sprawl across a gorgeous night skyscape. In the foreground lies Hidden Lake Territorial Park near Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. Calm water reflects the aurora, with bright star trails peering through the mesmerizing sky glow. Of course, shining at altitudes of 100 kilometers or so, planet Earth's auroras... more »

2011-10-19 07:28:30 (6 comments, 8 reshares, 19 +1s)

The Shortest Runway In The World (400m)
Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport

Wiki: [http://goo.gl/gjcn0]
Video: Shortest runway in the world?

Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport is the only airport on the Caribbean island of Saba. It is widely regarded as having the shortest commercially serviceable runway in the world.

Despite a reputation as the most dangerous airport in the world, no accidents have occurred at Juancho E. Yrausquin. The airport's risky reputation arises from the airport's physical position: it is flanked on one side by high hills; and on the runway's other side and both ends, cliffs drop into the sea. Additionally, the runway at the airport is extremely short (400m); this creates the possibility that an airplane could under/overshoot the runway during landing or takeoff and end up in the sea or dashed on the rocky cliffs.
... more »

2011-10-20 16:38:49 (4 comments, 4 reshares, 43 +1s)

Overlooking The Alps by heavenuphere (Ellen)
M: [http://goo.gl/2qC7T] L: [http://goo.gl/tqg8T]

heavenuphere(Ellen)'s Flickr: http://goo.gl/E5sFk

#Photography

2011-10-19 03:29:19 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 17 +1s)

Do you remember the time when horse limos were at the height of fashion?

[ #Humor ]

2011-10-18 20:16:02 (9 comments, 20 reshares, 63 +1s)

Hồ Plitvice, thiên đường là đây

Công viên quốc gia hồ Plitvice có phong cảnh cực kỳ đẹp nằm trong khu vực Lika của Croatia. Công viên được bao quanh bởi các ngọn núi Plješevica , Mala Kapela, và Medveđak, nó cũng chính là một phần của dãy núi Alps Dinaric. Có tất cả 16 hồ với màu xanh lục và xanh dương xen kẻ tại Plitvice, được phân cách bởi các vách đá vôi tự nhiên nằm trên cao nguyên Plitvice. Thác nước kết nối các hồ với nhau. Thác nước cao nhất tại đây có tên là Veliki Slap, có độ cao khoảng 70 mét (230 feet). Các khu vực quanh hồ Plitvice có thể tự hào với một lượng lớn các hệ thực vật phong phú đầy màu sắc và các loài động vật thú vị . Du khách có thể đi bộ theo nhiều con đường mòn và nhântạo xuyên qua các tán lá cây và hồ nước trong xanh, hoặc khám phá mặt hồ bằng thuyền. Công viên có 3 khách sạn và một khu cắm trại, nếu không thích ở đây du khách có thể lựa chọn nơi nghĩ khá... more »

2011-10-19 06:53:02 (6 comments, 8 reshares, 33 +1s)

Samurai Sword Umbrella
[ http://goo.gl/3qTAe ]

Man oh man... Why didn't they sell these when I was a kid?! -

"You can pretend that you've never acted like an umbrella was a sword because, I don't know, you're mature or something? Or you can get this awesome umbrella with a samurai sword handle. So, whether you're expecting a downpour of rain or ninja assassins, you're covered."

[ #Humor ]

2011-10-18 17:16:04 (11 comments, 8 reshares, 20 +1s)

Remixing A Remix: Madeon's Pop Culture (Live Mashup)
[ http://www.youtube.com/user/itsmadeon ]

This sounds really good! YouTube user Madeon used samples of 39 Tracks he likes and created a mash up that works wonderfully. Sounds like an original song by itself, which is really amazing considering this is basically pure improvisation. Very refreshing to hear Pop and Electronica blend together into this unique shape.

Tracklist:

Alphabeat - Boyfriend
Alphabeat - Fascination
Bag Raiders - Shooting Stars
Black Eyed Peas - Gotta Feeling
Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time
Capsule - Can I Have A Word
Chromeo - Momma's Boy
Coldplay - Viva La Vida
Daft Punk - Aerodynamic
Daft Punk - Around The World
Deadmau5 - Raise Your Weapon (Madeon Remix)
Deadmau5 - Right This Second
Ellie Goulding - Starry Eyed... more »

2011-10-18 10:52:43 (8 comments, 7 reshares, 25 +1s)

Antonio Vivaldi
"The Four Seasons - IV: Winter"

Probably the best performance of The Four Seasons by Fabio Biondi's "Europa Galante". Even if you've listened to this plenty of times before, trust me, Fabio's rendition really is something else. The First section is chilling to the bone, electrifying, the instrumentists even manage to reproduce the sound of squeaky teeth [http://goo.gl/9ljWE] . Second section [http://goo.gl/7L4o5] is one of the most beautiful things... After being exposed to the coldest of winds you are now watching the rain hit your window from inside your house while you sit in front of a fireplace, drinking a hot cup of coffee. Third movement [http://goo.gl/OO4Ny] just concludes graciously, as its Sonet claims: "this is winter, which nonetheless brings its own delights."

And for a more precise reference here... more »