Welcome to Shift, where Tom Allen takes you on a daily musical journey from the stalwarts of Classical music to the cutting edge of Contemporary tunes. Join us here on CBC music for a round-up of the stories of the day, some videos of music (or maybe just videos interesting to music fans) and a place to speak your voice.
Wednesday November 14th
Music is incredible fact #1: The man serenading Austin and Vanessa in this scene of Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me was a student of Bohuslav Martinu:
Neil Turok is this year's Massey lecturer. On top of discussing revolutions to mobile communications and the internet, he's picked out a playlist for you. Check out Neil Turok's playlist, or tune into Ideas until Nov 16th to hear his theories concerning the coming quantum revolution. CBC has provided a great digital space for the Massey Lectures this year, as well.
It's November, which means it's Guitar Month! Here at the CBC we're flooding you with all things guitar. For one, you can decide what the best guitar riffs of all time are. We've got tons of options, and by this Friday we're breaking it down to the top 8. Help us decide the best guitar riff in pop music history!
Here's one of the best players, playing one of the best riffs:
Keeping track of your money becomes much easier when you can fit it all in the palm of your hand. It helps even more when that small handful happens to contain a diamond worth $21 million.
SRP seeks similiarly-minded celestial bodies for warmth, consistency and atmosphere. Stars only, please.
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