Wired compiled a list of hidden messages in popular music. One of the few on the list that I own on vinyl is Prince’s Purple Rain, so I’ll be sure to check this one out for myself.
1984 On Purple Rain‘s “Darling Nikki,” Prince closes with gibberish that, when played backward, sounds like “Hello, how are you? I’m fine, ’cause I know that the Lord is coming soon.”
Musical Mystery Tour: Messages Embedded in Your Favorite Album at Wired.com
Posted by Erik
12 May 2009
A little lesson in sleight of hand courtesy of Wired.
Posted by Erik
29 April 2009
The latest issue of Wired was guest edited by J.J. Abrams, creator of Lost, the new Star Trek and lest we forget, Felicity. As anyone familiar with Lost and its trapezoidal storylines might guess, there was a bit more than meets the eye in the special issue.
From the New York Times:
Mr. Bevacqua wrote on his blog, he spent the next several days following the hidden clues he believed he’d found, using Morse code, alternative computer keyboard layouts and even electrician’s wiring codes to solve the covert brainteasers. Finally he was directed to a hidden Web site, from which he sent an e-mail message to a secret account. A short while later he learned that he was the first Wired reader to solve an extensive hidden puzzle embedded throughout the magazine.
Thanks to J. J. Abrams, Wired Becomes a Magazine With a Buried Puzzle – NYTimes.com.
Posted by Erik
26 April 2009
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