"Smoke on the Water" is a song by English rock band #DeepPurple, released on their 1972 studio album #MachineHead. The song's lyrics are based on true events, chronicling the 1971 fire at #MontreuxCasino in Montreux, Switzerland. It is considered the band's signature song and its guitar #riff is considered to be one of the most iconic in rock history. In 2004, #RollingStone magazine placed #SmokeOnTheWater number 434 on its list of the "#500GreatestSongsOfAllTime".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rfirxs_NUcE
#fileformat Friday! Mastering CD's with CD Architect project files. #digipres #avpres #RIFF https://preservation.tylerthorsted.com/2024/12/13/cd-architect/
Moroccan #cannabis (#marijuana) farms threaten #forests & #biodiversity, in the Talassemtane National Park, #Riff, #Marocco, https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adq5140
French & Arabic versions are also available:
Les cultures de cannabis au Maroc menacent la biodiversité
زراعة القنب في المغرب تشكل تهديدًا للتنوع البيولوجي
https://www.uv.es/jgpausas/papers/Chergui-2024-Science_Cannabis_fr-ar-en.pdf
@ecology @plants @plantscience @nature @biodiversity @conservation @management @marijuana
Anyone know if RIFF chunks with id "\0\0\0\0" (4 zero bytes) with zero size is valid and a thing? I've seen WAV files multiples times with these in between other chunks or last in a file. Can't find anything in specs about it, most players and decoders seem to ignore them.
New Blood Splattered Cinema!
This week The Horror Guru riffs & reviews the 1962 Kaiju Classic King Kong vs. Godzilla!
The very first time both monsters were put in a movie together, and what a wild ride it is!
"Losing My Religion" is a song by #American #alternativeRock band #REM, released in February 1991 as the first single and the second track from the group's seventh album, #OutOfTime (1991). Built on a #mandolin #riff, the song was an unlikely hit for the group, garnering extensive airplay on radio as well as on #MTV and #VH1 due to its critically acclaimed #musicVideo. The single became R.E.M.'s highest-charting hit in the United States.
https://youtu.be/OKvCV8MFIaw
#UkrainianMetal 23. #KasuWeri are an excellent #Sludge #SludgeMetal #StonerMetal band from #Kyiv, where 70% of people still were without electricity this morning, after the #MissileStrikes by #Russia yesterday. #Riff https://kasuweri.bandcamp.com/album/from-soil-to-ashes