There is no more insufferable group of people than cyclists, even more despised than the vegans. Music theorists are a close third in the insufferability Olympics, which is held in Portland each day. My small town wishes they could compete. One man can only be so insufferable, so I don’t consider myself a cyclist per […]
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Atonal Bald Eagle Whistling
In this Reddit video, a man whistles atonally to summon an American Bald Eagle for breakfast. Click on the video below to listen. Don’t be mad at my accidentals, you nerd. It’s atonal! I can only whistle atonally myself. It took me forever to learn how to blow a note. It wasn’t until my friend […]
Christmastime
It’s that time once again. Break out the Los Doggies Christmas Songbook. Be sure to add our OG Christmas songs to your yuletide playlist. And be sure to drink your Ovaltine.
PICO-8 Music
Born in the golden age of ’80s gaming, it was always my dream to become a real-life video-game composer. Now nearly one hundred years later, I’ve made that dream a reality with the help of PICO-8. PICO-8 is a virtual console and game-making machine. The music editor looks like pic below. Instead of being read […]
Whippoorwill
I am the whippoorwill that cries in the night. No, actually—I’m just a guy. But sometimes I do cry in the night. After sunset, you can hear whippoorwills sing their own name. Scientists call them “goatsuckers” in Latin. Guess how they got that name. There is not a poet born in America who hasn’t been […]
Oatly Jingle
Companies have become so lazy, they don’t even produce jingles anymore. They just score them out on the side of their product and expect you to grab three of your friends from the barbershop to make it audible. As you can see, there is no play button on this package so if you want to […]
Nailed It
There is a fine line between the spoken word and the musical tone. The more a phrase is repeated the more musical it becomes. This is illustrated in the speech-to-song illusion. Repeat a phrase over and over and listen as it magically transforms into a melody. This can be accomplished much quicker with sarcasm. Sarcasm […]
