Richard Thompson on how shyness affects creative people
You've described yourself as very shy when you were younger. How do you think shyness affects creative people?
Richard Thompson: It's a funny thing. I...
David Foster Wallace: “Why on earth we were so miserable when we’d been so lucky”
In 1996, David Foster Wallace's novel Infinite Jest was a critical and popular success. The new movie The End of The Tour recreates the...
This 1958 Kodak Documentary Will Make You Long For The Old Days
This fascinating 1958 documentary titled "How Film Is Made", documents the production process and birth of photographic and cinematic film, was initially uncovered as...
Chelsea’s Crowd Goes Wild After Kid Scores A Goal
After Chelsea’s last match of the season, Josh Turnbull, a little boy takes a soccer ball and runs as fast as he can towards...
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Swears on Sesame Street, Elmo Stays In Character
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, from Seinfeld and Veep, cursing on the set of Sesame Street in front of Elmo and Zoe. What the Muppets do next...
U2 Cancels HBO Live Broadcast From Paris Due To Terrorist Attacks
U2 has opted to cancel its planned concert Saturday in Paris following Friday's terrorist attacks and state of emergency.
U2 and Live Nation, along...
The Music Industry’s Most-Loved Albums Of All Time, Part 39
This is part 39 of an ongoing series where the kind folk of the music business reveal their favourite album of all time.
Ask people...
Canadian music legend Tom Wilson: “I guess I had some authority issues”
Eric: I was going to start this interview off by telling you Lee Harvey Osmond's bio, aka Tom Wilson aka One of Three Rodeo Kings...
The story of the first Sex Pistols gig
Forty years ago, over the course of 15 minutes on a rainy November night in London’s Charing Cross Road, four obstreperous youths with spiky...
Sony has announced that it will stop selling Betamax tapes in March 2016
Sony has announced that it will stop selling Betamax tapes in March 2016 – over forty years after the ill-fated video format was first...
Beats Music ends on November 30
Beats Music ends on November 30. Your subscription will be cancelled, but you can move your picks and preferences over to Apple Music right...
Fans click on Facebook ads nearly 3 times as much as non-Fans
New Socialbakers data shows that Fans click on Facebook ads nearly 3 times as much as non-Fans.
Yes, organic reach has declined. But when posts...
Diplo: “Technology Has Never Benefited the Artist. It’s Always Benefited the Audience.”
Charlie Rose: Let’s look at this clip with Daniel Ek, here it is.
Daniel Ek clip (from 5/1/2014): What I hope is that we...
5 Horror And Thriller Theme Songs Done In Major Key Changes EVERYTHING
Changing a song from a minor key to a major one makes it sound like an illusory pop Utopianiam, fabulous in constructing a completely...
Watch A Pre-AC/DC Bon Scott Perform “Nick Nack Paddy Wack” In 1969
Check out Bon Scott & Vince Lovegrove with The Valentines performing Nick Nack Paddy Wack on the Australian TV show Hit Scene on July...
That Time Kiss’s Gene Simmons Appeared On The Mike Douglas Show In 1974.
KISS's Gene Simmons on The Mike Douglas Show in 1974. I think I remember this as a kid. 1970s Kiss? Think about how much...