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Sleater-Kinney’s Corin Tucker And Chvrches’ Lauren Mayberry On Sexism In The Music Industry

LAUREN MAYBERRY: I did an interview today with a reasonably respected British journalist and he actually asked me in the interview, “Do you think you’d like to take some time out of music in the next few years to focus on your personal life? I don’t know if you have a partner but have you considered how you would juggle children with touring?” I had never been asked that question before. I was like, “Well that’s not really your business, pal.”

CORIN TUCKER: Do you think a male musician would ever be asked that question?

MAYBERRY: Well, I didn’t want to scream on the phone at him. In my head, I was like, “I’ll find a polite way of getting out of it.” I figured if I was like, “Dude that’s incredibly rude, condescending, and offensive,” then I’m going to get tired of [being] that person who does that all the time. It’s inevitable that people are going to find out about my natural, god-given feminist rage. People are like, “Why are you angry all the time?” It’s like, I’m not angry. I’d like to think I’m a reasonably nice person, but unfortunately when those conversations come up, it does make me angry. It should make people angry. I did wonder in the interview if this guy was real-life trolling me.

TUCKER: I agree. There are so many times that as a woman in the music industry you’re asked questions no male musician would ever be asked. For me being a mom and having two kids, I don’t think men who are fathers in bands are being asked the responsibility questions, about touring with kids—up until recently. Recently there has been a cultural shift with fathers being parents, and it’s totally crucial. I do think we have a long way to go in terms of the culture around women still being career women, and asking a woman about her career and her work, just seeing them as fully validated human beings in the workplace. It’s so important that you are speaking up about this because so many women experience it and don’t have a way to talk about it. It’s incredibly hurtful and really unacceptable. If we don’t speak up about it, how do we expect to change it? Do you think that people are more prone to hateful language online, when it is anonymous?

MAYBERRY: We’ve had a few things at shows, but nothing as extreme and as aggressive as we’ve had online. I think the anonymity factor really wraps it up. It’s a weird protection for people. It’s so risky, because how do you ever crack down on that without cracking down on free speech in general, which is incredibly important? A part of me thinks that Twitter and message boards are worse because of the anonymity factor. I have a personal Twitter for band purposes, but I don’t use social media a lot. I fall in a weird age gap. I was on band message boards when I was 16, but I was on the early curve of Facebook. I did it for work when I worked in media, and I did it for the band, but I can’t relate to the idea that you live your life online. Part of me feels like I don’t really get drawn into a negative way of thinking about it. For us, the Internet has been really amazing, and I think it’s a place of great passion, creativity, and knowledge. Seeing people communicate about the band online has been amazing, but I think a lot of people spend a lot of time talking about what they hate rather than what they love. I don’t want to get trapped in that.

Via Interview Magazine

Cineplex’s New Animated Short Featuring Genesis Cover Song Will Make Your Room Very Dusty.

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With its new “See The Big Picture” brand platform, Cineplex Entertainment is trying to forge an emotional connection with Canadians who need to take a break.

The new platform launches today with an animated short called “Lily & the Snowman.” In it, a young girl’s snowman come to life, as do the stories he tells using the shadows cast from a light in the house. Once Lily sees that the morning light makes the snowman melt, she finds a daytime home for him in the garage fridge, bringing him out every night to play. That fridge becomes a more permanent, frost-bitten home as Lily gets older and has less time to play with him, until a late night at the office reminds her of how important taking some time for entertainment is for herself (and her family).

In January, the rendition of Genesis’ “Follow You, Follow Me” by Vapor featuring Adaline featured in the video will be made available for purchase, with proceeds going to Free the Children, Cineplex’s national charity partner.

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This LEGO Coca-Cola Vending Machine Actually Works And I Want One

LEGO builder ElectryDragonite made this Coca-Cola desktop vending machine using LEGO bricks, Mindstorms NXT controllers, and servo motors to dispense one of four different drink flavors. Don’t try and put fake coins in, though, it has a mechanism that rejects bad coins. It even keeps drinks cool, as you’ll be if you ever had one of these.

Steve From Blue’s Clues Talks About Being Fameish

“Fameish people are like famous people… without the public dignity.”

Steve Burns is best known for playing ‘Steve’ on Nickelodeon’s Blue’s Clues from 1996-2002. Since then, he has released a rock record for grown ups that received pretty good reviews, toured with The Flaming Lips, made an album of music for children, and appeared in strange plays, mostly in Brooklyn. In this video, he talks about the real meaning of fame.

Why You Should Run

Anyone can be a runner. All you have to do is start running. Even if you’re dead last in the race, you can finish the race.

https://youtu.be/OxunzQQNgQM

Guy Buys A Record Collection. Finds Out It Once Belonged To J Dilla

When Jeff Bubeck buys an old record collection, he has no idea it once belonged to J. Dilla, one of the greatest hip-hop producers of all time. But something else is uncovered. Something huge…



There was probably 6,000 records in there – tons of ’70s jazz. Really a lot of just off-the-wall obscure stuff, you know? And there was a little bit of everything in there, boxes upon boxes stacked up. There was stuff that had gotten wet, you know, stuff that actually had black mold growing on it. I mean, it was just – you know what I mean? It was – it was a mess.And one particular day, I went to the storage bin to pick up some boxes and I noticed a tub in the back of the storage bin. And I open the tub, and it was just full of cassettes. It was just, you know, mix-tapes, homemade tapes, you know? And then there was some junk mail in there. All of the junk mail had the name Yancey on it, Maureen Yancey. And there were some pieces that said James Yancey – didn’t think twice of it. Another few days had passed, and I have no idea why I did it, but I googled James Yancey. The first thing that popped up was the Wikipedia page for J Dilla – producer extraordinaire.

Musician Performs On Piano That Has All Its Keys Tuned To The Same Note

A piano has 88 keys. Each one is different. But what if they were all the same? To find out, Android took apart a piano and reengineered it so that it only plays one note: Middle C. Enter the talented piano player named Ji.

https://youtu.be/xLhJIFC8xkY

Check out how Android made it and see the “Monotune” extended cut.

https://youtu.be/xwls25ooBmY