friend of Luke Skywalker who met an unfortunate end during the attack on the Death Star in A New Hope, he finally gets his moment in the sun, proving nobody gets left behind.
Blast it Biggs! Where are you?! – By @jamieswb from Filmumentaries – Jamie Benning on Vimeo.
In the days of physical media dying, we’re seeing more and more expansive record collections pop up online. While there’s an entire industry of rare record buyers and a worldwide market of obscure vinyl collectors more connected than ever, seeing gigantic assortments of music appear on eBay or Craigslist is becoming increasingly common, with only the largest collection capturing the awe and wonder of music fans online. But while the majority of the expansive attention-grabbing personal libraries tend to be more so accumulations than actual collections, often attributed to the original collector being a former DJ or having had some other connection to the music industry, this summer’s most shared collection happens to be the product of dutiful keeping by a private collector.
When the 250,000-piece record collection with an asking price of $350,000 first popped up on Craigslist two months ago, it became a source of intrigue for record buyers and music fans alike. Located in Dunkirk, N.Y., the sheer size of the collection combined with no media attention or mention of it prior to the Craigslist post led to reactions ranging from skeptical to exuberant. What were all these records that spanned decades doing in this home? With the only information being the number of selections, the location, their condition, and the coda of belonging to the seller’s departed father, it was as if vinyl’s lost city of Atlantis had finally been uncovered.
This is the story of Frederic Bolling, a collector of many things including stamps, coins, toys, and yearbooks, but whose record collection was like no other of its kind. Complex Magazine spoke to Frederic’s daughter Patsy Klemens who told us how Frederic’s incredible collection came to be.
Over the weekend, over a dozen previously unheard Nirvana alternate mixes and demo takes inexplicably made their way online.
Intrepid Reddit users (via Stereogum) have meticulously combed through the tracks and pulled out as much information as they could. Though the source of the material is unclear, here’s what we do know: Included in the 14 songs are at least four outtakes from the band’s infamous Sound City sessions: a “Sappy” outtake, a new “Verse Chorus Verse” mix, and two versions of “Old Age”.
More info on the tracks here.
Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker, who both play in Sleater-Kinney, are also are givers of tender advice on coming out, kindly telling someone you don’t wanna date them, and kissing for the first time.
Ask a Grown Woman: Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker from Rookie on Vimeo.
If you’re not convinced Dave Grohl is the greatest rock star in the world, let me bring this video out from 2009. Dave stops the concert to prevent a small kid, Ethan from being crushed at the front of the crowd, at the end of ‘Dead End Friends’, at Blackpool’s Empress Ballroom during Them Crooked Vultures’ tour of Europe.
Clerks is a 1994 American black-and-white comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith, who also appears in the film as Silent Bob. Starring Brian O’Halloran as Dante Hicks and Jeff Anderson as Randal Graves, it presents a day in the lives of two store clerks and their acquaintances. Shot entirely in black and white, Clerks is the first of Smith’s View Askewniverse films, and introduces several recurring characters, notably Jay and Silent Bob. The structure of the movie contains nine scene breaks, signifying the nine rings of hell as in Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, from which the main character, Dante, clearly derives his name.
Clerks was shot for $27,575 in the convenience and video stores where director Kevin Smith worked in real life. Upon its theatrical release, the film grossed over $3 million in theaters, launching Smith’s career.
A pilot for a live-action TV series was produced in 1995. It was produced by Touchstone Television. The pilot only referenced the character names and starred none of the cast from the original film, contained no foul language, and did not feature Silent Bob. The character of Jay was featured, prompting Smith to point out that he owned the character rights to both Jay and Silent Bob (for the purposes of featuring them in separate films). The producers’ solution was to change the character’s name to Ray. Kevin Smith was unaware of the production of the series until casting was underway. Smith had been in production with Mallrats at the time and attempted to become involved in the series but became disheartened quickly as an episode he had written for the series was shot down. He would later use the script for an episode of Clerks: The Animated Series.
The unaired pilot for the attempted 1995 “Clerks” TV pilot. Long thought to have been lost, but recently discovered.
https://youtu.be/fk0ZWDeisls
There’s a newly discovered Dr. Seuss book for sale called “What Pet Should I Get?” It’s believed the book was written between 1958 and 1962, and because it was penned so long ago, Jimmy Kimmel thought it could use a modern twist. So they enlisted the help of friend Tyler, the Creator to do just that.
The Zappa Family Trust has partnered with Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) for a long-term, global licensing agreement for Frank Zappa’s entire recorded catalog, as well as rights management participation across the rest of the visionary cultural icon’s creative canon. The partnership spans Frank Zappa’s vast music and film Vault for new product releases, trademark licensing, film and theatrical production.
“This is literally an opportunity of a lifetime for me,” says Gail Zappa. “I am universally thrilled with this partnership because the fans will have unparalleled access to Frank Zappa’s Works-the doors to the Vault are now officially WIDE open. I’m especially grateful to announce that Ahmet, my personal Music Sherpa, worked directly with Bruce Resnikoff in creating this relationship and will be taking over the daily operations of the family business.”
“Stepping into this partnership with Bruce Resnikoff and Universal means we get to expand the business and continue to maintain the integrity of Frank Zappa’s entire body of Work,” says Ahmet Zappa. “The fans of Frank Zappa will have more music and more access-when they want it and how they want it. With Universal as our partner, I look forward to bringing to life Joe’s Garage, The Musical, the release of The Roxy Movie, the release of the Disney Hall performance of 200 MOTELS under the baton of Esa-Pekka Salonen and so many more projects of this caliber. I couldn’t be more excited about the future. It has been a privilege working with Gail and I’m passionate about what this opportunity with Universal means for our family moving forward. It is an honor to be stepping into my new role.”
“Frank Zappa is one of the most important and influential artists in music history,” says Bruce Resnikoff, President/CEO, Universal Music Enterprises (UMe). “An artist and composer, his prolific body of work, includes breakthrough and unforgettable rock ‘n roll concept albums. With his legacy protected and guided by Gail Zappa and the Zappa Family Trust, we are privileged and look forward to collaborating and bringing his creative legacy in various forms to his new and longtime fans.”
The first Zappa Records/UMe release under the new agreement will be a remastered 40th Anniversary Edition of Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention’s One Size Fits All album, to be released August 14 on 180-gram vinyl. Originally released in 1975, it was Zappa’s final album with the Mothers of Invention line-up, featuring guest vocals by Johnny “Guitar” Watson on two tracks, “San Ber’dino” and “Andy.” Additional releases confirmed for 2015 will be announced.
In 2012, when the rights to the pioneering composer’s masters reverted back to Zappa Records and the Zappa Family Trust-headed by Zappa’s widow, Gail Zappa-the family made his entire recorded catalog available on iTunes for the first time and began remastering the albums from the original analogue masters for reissue on vinyl. Presented with proper care and attention to detail, the releases honor the iconic legacy of the composer, guitarist, bandleader, filmmaker and irrepressible wit.
The Jazz musician, John Coltrane, discusses his art, the meaning of music in human experience, and his particular spiritual approach. This rare interview was done in November, 1966, less than a year before his death.
I wonder if there aren’t as many young black musicians devoting themselves to the blues. Do you worry about the future of blues music?
I worry about the future of blues music whether you are black or white. If they don’t hear it like I did and listen to it and don’t know about it — you ever been to Louisiana where they cook all this gumbo?
I have. I love it.
I do, too. [Laughs.] So if you never tasted it, you wouldn’t love it. That’s what’s happening with the blues. Now, the young people don’t know nothing about it unless — I know satellite [radio] do play blues, but we need more than that. I tell everybody I would love to hear Muddy Waters twice a week. I’m not telling you to play him all day, all night; just play him. Let the young people know where it all started.
For the younger people who don’t know much about the blues, what’s the case that you would make to go buy a Muddy Waters album as soon as they can?
If you don’t have the blues and don’t know about the blues, just keep livin’.
What do you mean by that?
[Laughs.] At least, you’re gonna see a better time or a worser time in life. Just listen to what I’m sayin’: Just keep livin’. Even if you get in the middle of the expressway and your car quit runnin’, you got blues.
Via NPR
