In a struggle between Bud Weisser and Budweiser, the beer company seems to have won.
Bud A. Weisser, 19, received summonses from police Thursday accusing him of first-degree trespassing and resisting arrest after he allegedly entered the Anheuser-Busch brewery property at 9th and Arsenal Streets, where the “King of Beers” is produced.
Police said Weisser abandoned his car after a crash about 6:48 p.m. and hopped the fence into a secure area of the brewery, where he struggled with security officers who had asked him to leave.
David Spargo loves the Australian band Peking Duk. I mean, really, really like them. He came up a brilliant way, and one I’ve never ever heard of in all my years of working in the music industry. On Wednesday night in Melbourne, he went to the backstage area of a concert, where he was stopped by a security guard. David told him he was band member Reuben Styles’ stepbrother, and for proof, he pulled up Peking Duk’s Wikipedia page on his phone and pointed out his name. The name he added only a few minutes before. Guess what happened?
That’s right. He got in.
“It was probably the most genius, mastermind move that I’ve ever witnessed,” said Adam Hyde, Styles’ bandmate. “It’s crazy. He just did it on the spot, in a second on his phone.
“He told the security guard he was our stepbrother or something, and showed them the Wikipedia page and his ID.”
It goes to show, said Hyde, “never trust Wikipedia”.
Spargo introduced himself to the band, who were more impressed by his ingenuity than concerned by the security breach.
som1 edited our wiki 2 say he was our family. showed security, got in2 the green room and had a beer with the boys.. pic.twitter.com/DUZfki9hFS
It's that time of the year again, where websites, blogs, news media outlets and generally happy people endeavor into creating their Best Of The Year lists, highlighting works that will surely stand as their choices for high-water marks for music in 2015. You'll find a fairly diverse range of opinions, but all of their choices contain within the power, beauty and commitment to the art form, no matter how you chose to consume music these days. So, go ahead - choose a list. Many of them link up to a Spotify, Pandora or YouTube playlist so you can hear and see people's choices. The big winners from the critics include Adele, Sufjan Stevens, Grimes, Julia Holter, Sleater-Kinney, Courtney Barnett, Father John Misty and a whole lotta Kendrick Lamar. But, above all, you'll no doubt find one or two hidden gems in each critic's choices. I'll be updating this list daily, so if you have a list published, or want to direct me to one, please let me know by email EAlper@EntOneGroup.com
You'll notice, there's no worst of, or most-overrated lists below. You can easily find those by just hanging around social media for a moment or two. I choose to celebrate the great, not slam. And by the way, if you're looking to see what topped the list in 2014, you can go here to find all the year-end lists - over 1,100 of them, all in one place.
My choices? Best Album: Courtney Barnett, Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit. I missed her at SXSW. I missed her in Toronto. This won't happen again. This album sound so easy to make, but that's just how good she is. It's an instant classic, beautifully natural, exhilarating and brilliant. Best Artist: Justin Bieber/Adele/Taylor Swift. Justin, for what is the feel-good story of the year, and a rule for anyone: Focus on the music. Nothing else matters. Adele. Apparently she put out a record this year. Kidding. 25 debuted at number one in more than 20 markets and broke first-week sales records in multiple countries, including the United Kingdom and United States; in the US, the album sold 3.38 million copies in its first week of release, marking the largest single-week sales for an album since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking point-of-sale music purchases in 1991. When was the last time an artist had an impact to have people buy and/or listen to an album like this? Taylor Swift, she was everywhere, but it's her keen sense of social media and outreach to fans that make her #1 in my book. Best Canadian Album: BadBadNotGood and Ghostface Killah/Sour Soul. eOne Music Canada put this out. I did PR. I haven't been this honoured to work a record since J Dilla's Donuts. 25 years from now, your kids will be listening to this collaboration.
This is part 41 of an ongoing series where the kind folk of the music business reveal their favourite album of all time.
Ask people in the music industry the seemingly simple and straightforward question, “What is your favourite album of all time?” and you’ll find that it’s not always easy. After all, my industry peers listen to hundreds of albums a month – thousands of songs during that time. Because the question isn’t the best album of all time or the one that’s made them the most money in sales, or the most clicked-on review, but the one release they personally can’t live without, that one title they have two copies of in several formats, in case one breaks. It’s also about that album that for them has the best back stories and the one that has the most meaning in their lives.
S-Dot, Afternoon Drive Host, 97.9/105.5 KISS FM in Utica, NY Jay Z, The Black Album I love this album for so many reasons. First of all, I consider Jay Z the greatest rapper ever. He’s also my personal favorite artist of all time & I consider this his greatest album. December 4th features his mother on the track telling everyone her memories of Shawn as a child while at the same time he’s telling the story of how his parents met & an amazing story about growing up in Brooklyn. From that song, all the way through the end of the album, there’s nothing but classic lines & classic beats thanks to some of my favorite producers of all time including Timbaland, Pharrell (The Neptunes) & Kanye West. Jay’s lyrics and stories are solid on every song. Hands down. I don’t think anyone can say this isn’t one of Jay’s best albums. For me, it’s my favorite of all time.
Rob Jones, Blogger, The Delete Bin The Beatles, Abbey Road This album almost wasn’t made since all four Beatles (with the possible exception of Paul) had checked out where the Beatles were concerned. And on paper, it’s pretty uneven; lots of odd styles mashed into one place and with incomplete fragments of songs strung together. But, it is greater than the sum of its parts, coming off as downright Arthurian as the band sails off to Avalon, never to return. The last line (not including “Her Majesty” of course) is devastating, and entirely proper. It’s a summation of what the band meant to us all since they began; “And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make”. It sounds like a benediction. Maybe that’s what the whole album is, too.
Rita Ballou, KOKE FM Loretta Lynn, Greatest Hits Volume Two When I was a little girl I fell in love with the movie Coal Miner’s Daughter. I was obsessed with the music in the movie and that year I asked Santa to bring me the soundtrack. “Santa” couldn’t find that record, but instead he brought me Loretta Lynn’s Greatest Hits Volume 2, that included the song Coal Miner’s Daughter. I’ve always considered that album my “gateway drug” into my love for not only real country music, but my passion for songs written by strong, fearless women who aren’t afraid to voice their opinions, even if those opinions aren’t always the most popular.
Prospector, Anger Artist, ROCK 107 Too Much Joy, Cereal Killers A great piece of power pop, with punk attitude and an oddly early 90’s commercial sound. Great hooks, great guitars and great songwriting. I got the CD by mistake, I was in a record store (remember them?) and a cover of Seasons in the Sun came on, (the old Terry Jacks song) so I asked the owner who this was and he said it was Too Much Joy, I went to the Ts and grabbed the only TMJ CD they had. The song was on the album previous to this (Son of Sam I Am) but I fell in love with Cereal Killers. Just last week I had it cranked up at the house, much to the chagrin of my wife.
Mike Siegel, Host and one of the nation’s foremost experts in media and communication. James Brown, Live At The Apollo He is my favorite artist of all time. He appeared on my radio talk show for an interview and actually recorded an intro for my show that is used at the top of each hour. This album epitomizes the power of his music at live appearances on his audiences. As a teenager, I frequented his shows at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem every May and November when he appeared for a week at a time. His overwhelming presence and control of the audience was obvious. I had the opportunity to have a conversation with one of his body guards during a show and he actually pointed out the specific moments at which James would raise the emotional peak to a point that the crowd responded in unison. An amazing performer.
One Direction’s You & I, taken from their third studio album Midnight Memories, was released as the album’s fourth and final single, first impacting US contemporary hit radio in April, 2014 by Columbia Records and later being released in Europe in May, 2014.
“Nothing means anything” – Kurt Vonnegut on November 8, 1970
In November 1970, Kurt Vonnegut walked into a class room at NYU. He was a guest speaker that day. He’d prepared some handwritten notes on what he wanted to say: there were his thoughts on the art of writing, his childhood, the death of his parents. He jumped from topic to topic as he shuffled through his papers. Sometimes his voice trailed off. He delivered punchlines with perfect timing. The class roared. Listening to this tape, we get to be flies on the wall that day. So take a seat, but your book bag down and enjoy, thanks to the latest entry in PBS’ Blank On Blank series.
Here’s a cool infographic from SwitcherStudio that shows just how much things have changed since YouTube was created 10 years ago. Astounding, isn’t it?
In 1976, an 11-year-old Björk participated in a Christmas special for Icelandic TV station RUV in which she read the nativity story while accompanied by music played by fellow students from the Reykjavík Children’s Music School.
