Scooby-Doo and Kiss Team Up To Battle The Bad Guys
Scooby Doo’s Rock and Roll Mystery not only features the voices of Kiss members Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer, the soundtrack includes an assortment of the band’s songs — including one new number, “Don’t Touch My Ascot,” recorded specially for the film.
When a ghoul begins to terrorize an amusement park, the Mystery Inc. gang come head to head with the legendary rock group, KISS, who claim they’re also there to solve the mystery. Now the two groups must learn to work together as the clues lead them on a cosmic journey to another dimension.
In addition to the regular Scooby voice cast and the members of Kiss, Rock and Roll Mystery features a group of special guests that includes Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, Darius Rucker, Garry Marshall, Penny Marshall, Jennifer Carpenter and Pauley Perrette, all of whom collaborate to deliver what the studio promises is “a rockin’ good time” and “an explosive, new, must-see musical adventure no Kiss Army member will want to miss.”
Check out the clip from Scooby-Doo! and Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery below. The film is now available to buy, just in time for Halloween.
Zakk Wylde Gets His Own Guitar Gods Figurine
The next figure in the Guitar Gods series is the founder of Black Label Society, Zakk Wylde.
This figure representing the American musician, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist is limited to 1500 numbered units, stands at 7 inches tall, and is made of a lightweight polyresin.
Displayed in a full color window box, here Zakk is accurately sculpted down to his beard, vest patches, and signature bulls-eye guitar.
All Guitar Gods figures are available at many independent retailers, comic shops, tattoo parlors, etc via distribution by MVD Entertainment Group – a company specializing in music-related distribution since 1986.
The 2015 Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize Winners Announced: Joni Mitchell, Cowboy Junkies, Sloan, Peaches
The Polaris Music Prize today announced the winners of the 2015 Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize. The winners, by designated time periods, are: Blue by Joni Mitchell (60s & 70s), The Trinity Session by Cowboy Junkies (80s), Twice Removed by Sloan (90s) and The Teaches of Peaches by Peaches (00s: 2000-2005).
The jury for the Heritage Prize consisted of 25 people from current and past Polaris juries as well as former members of the Canadian music media and Canadian music historians. The jury selected 5 title short lists for each of the periods. The public then voted between September 18th and October 5th to determine the winners.
Polaris Music Prize, produced in association with Blue Ant Media, is a not-for-profit organization that annually honours, celebrates and rewards creativity and diversity in Canadian recorded music. Polaris Music Prize recognizes and then markets the albums of the highest artistic integrity, without regard for musical genre, professional affiliation or sales history, as judged by a panel of selected music critics.
“These first recipients are such an incredible mosaic of artists and recordings. My father Allan and the Slaight Family are very proud to be supporting this recognition and we look forward to honouring more inspirational recordings in the coming years,“ said Slaight Communications President and CEO Gary Slaight.
The Heritage Prize and its short lists are an ongoing annual honour. “This is the Polaris version of a hall of fame. As with the main Prize, we hope this award will lead to more discussion and discovery of timeless recorded art from our history, ” said Polaris Founder and Executive Director Steve Jordan.
This jury selected records in these periods in accordance with current Polaris criteria; records of the highest artistic quality without regards to sales or affiliations. The programming team at Roy Thomson / Massey Hall will produce a tribute concert to the four winning albums of the Slaight Family Heritage Prize winners in early 2016. Commemorative prints of each winning album will be made especially for the winners and made available for purchase to the public.
11 Times Movie And TV Stars Recorded An Album
These are the albums the music industry forgot. But at the time of their release, these LPs were quite huge, sometimes selling millions of copies. Created out of a need to capitalize on their TV or movie success, or even just because they wanted to, these celebs didn’t give The Beatles a run for their money in the creative department, but good for these stars for creating something eclectic in their own right.
Loyal Dog Waiting For His Owner in The Hospital Will Make The Room Very Dusty
This touching commercial featuring a dying pet owner and his dog making its rounds on the internet will tear you and consider donating your organs.
https://youtu.be/mz2kDH0MCn4
Facebook releases “Reactions,” a new set of six emojis instead of Unlike button
In September, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made some waves when he hinted Facebook was working on a way to expand its famous Like button — not by adding the much-fabled “dislike” option, but by making it way more empathetic, expressing sadness and other emotions. Today, Facebook is taking the wraps off what form the new Like may take. It is rolling out “Reactions,” a new set of six emoji that will sit alongside the original thumbs-up to let users quickly respond with love, laughter, happiness, shock, sadness and anger.
Facebook tells us that the pop-up feature will first start out as a test in two markets only, Spain and Ireland, before it decides whether to tweak it and/or how to roll it out further.
Via TechCrunch
Artist Creates 1/12 Scale Model Of CBGB’s. Gabba Gabba Hey!
CBGB, the iconic punk rock venue in New York’s East Village home to such great rock and rollers like The Ramones, Blondie, Richard Hell, and Patti Smith, shut its doors in 2006, but it’s coming back. Kinda. Hyperrealist sculptor Randy Hage created a marvellous 1/12 scale model of the club, and the photos are remarkable. If you’re in the Pasadena, California area, you can check them out at on October 10th, 2015 at Flower Pepper Gallery.
By the way, the full name of the club is CBGB & OMFUG, which stands for “Country, Bluegrass, Blues and Other Music For Uplifting Gormandizers”. Gabba Gabba Hey!
Via Supersonic Art
Glen Hansard On World Cafe
Glen Hansard won international acclaim for his starring role in the 2007 film Once. The Irish singer-songwriter, who’s spent 25 years leading The Frames, also wrote or co-wrote the film’s music — including “Falling Slowly,” which won an Oscar for Best Original Song. Now, Hansard has released his second solo album, Didn’t He Ramble, which he wrote and recorded in Ireland, France and the U.S.
In this session, Hansard and a six-piece band perform songs from Didn’t He Ramble at World Cafe Live in Philadelphia. Hansard also recounts stories about songwriting and Bruce Springsteen and shares where he keeps his Oscar. Hear the full session at the audio link above and download four web-only songs from the performance below.
