In 2015, sales of vinyl records in the United States grew by an astounding 30%. That figure brought the total number of records sold to just under 12 million (11.92 million if you want the real number), up from 9.19 million in 2014.
As a way to say hello to all you new vinyl lovers, now’s a good time to show exactly how that record in your hands was made.
Even when she was a 30-year-old actress starting out, Helen powerful. In this 1975 interview, Mirren takes on British talk show host Michael Parkinson who asks questions so bizarre it would be passable for a cheap gossip site now.
It begins on an awkward note when Parkinson introduced Mirren as a “sex queen,” and then said, “You are in quotes a serious actress.”
“Because serious actresses can’t have big bosoms, is that what you mean?” Mirren asked.
“Well, I think that they might sort of detract from the performance,” Parkinson said with a laugh.
“What a crummy performance if people are obsessed with the size of your bosoms more than anything else,” Mirren said.
And you wonder why some actresses don’t like doing media.
Magician Criss Angel has directed a video of Dee Snider performing Twisted Sister’s “We’re Not Gonna Take It” — as a solo piano ballad. The video raises funds for Angel’s charitable organization, which benefits children fighting cancer.
Neil Young’s annual Bridge School benefit concert will be headlined this year by Metallica and Roger Waters — in addition to Young himself, with other amazing artists including Willie Nelson, Cage the Elephant, My Morning Jacket, and Norah Jones. The benefit takes place October 22 and 23 in Mountain View, California.
On Sunday night at the Rose Bowl, Coldplay invited James Corden to join them onstage for a cover of Prince’s “Nothing Compares 2 U.” It being Corden’s birthday, the band brought a cake out to give to the TV host after their duet.
There are more than 600,000 bridges in the United States alone. When those bridges can no longer do their job, every ounce of steel can be recycled and reused.
When Red Hot Chili Peppers’ bassist Flea was visiting the Gorilla Foundation in Northern California, he loaned his bass to the amazing Koko. “My sweet and true friend Koko rocks a flea bass like it ain’t nuthin'” says Flea, who should be very careful of being replaced in the band.
The BBC has sold the rights to theme tunes and music from hit shows including Idris Elba’s Luther, Doctor Who and Wolf Hall.
BMG, the music company with artists including David Bowie, Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters, Keith Richards and Mick Jagger and Iron Maiden, has snapped up the potentially highly lucrative rights to more than 1,000 copyrights to theme tunes, background music and music cues in BBC shows.
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, only looks to sell the music rights to shows once every five or so years when it has built a decent archive of music from more recent shows.
