Stone Temple Pilots performed last week at Irving Plaza in NYC with new lead singer Chester Bennington in tow. Around the 1:40 of this video, you’ll hear a ‘fan’ screaming “You’re not Scott!” to Chester. Guitarist Dean DeLeo doesn’t care if you pay your money, you respect the stage and the band. Dean brings the show to a halt, telling security in an epic manner to throw the guy out.
Read Morrissey Letter To Al Gore Wanting Live Earth’s Food Options To Be Vegetarian
Morrissey is pushing Al Gore and Kevin Wall, the two Live Earth concert organizers to have an all-vegan menu. The series of concerts are to call attention to the need for climate change reform with the six shows on six continents on 6/18. Morrissey would like everyone to consider the role that animal agriculture plays in climate change. And he’s right, and writes a letter than only Moz can.
Dear Mr. Gore and Mr. Wall,
I am writing to ask you to do the one thing that will do the most good for the planet and the majority of its inhabitants: not serve meat or dairy products at Live Earth 2015. I don’t mean offering a vegan option-I mean not serving animal products at all. Otherwise, the event will make no sense-it’ll be “greenwashing.” Serving meat and dairy products at an event to combat climate change is like selling pistols at a gun-control rally. Your responsibility is to alert people to a crisis, not sell out to the vendors responsible for it.
Not only is it possible for venues to provide a 100 percent meat-free menu-as is done now at every concert venue in which I perform, including Madison Square Garden, where I have a show at the end of June-it’s also a moral duty.
We already know that raising animals for food is a leading cause of climate change and that moving toward a vegan diet is necessary to combat climate change’s worst effects. Animal agriculture severely affects the world’s freshwater supply and is a major contributor to global greenhouse-gas emissions, deforestation, loss of biodiversity, and air and water pollution, among many other harmful effects.
Since you can’t miss the fact that meat consumption is killing the planet-your own sponsor organization, the United Nations, states this-and since venues can and will cater vegan food for events, if you choose to serve animal flesh at Live Earth, you’ll be making a mockery of the very concept of the event, in which case it should be renamed “Dead Earth: We Contributed!”
Don’t be a denier of the causes of climate change. You know the facts. Make the right choice.
Sincerely, Morrissey
Trailer: Netflix’s Nina Simone Doc ‘What Happened, Miss Simone?’ This Looks Amazing.
What Happened, Miss Simone? is the story of legendary singer and activist Nina Simone. Directed by Academy Award-nominated Liz Garbus (Killing In The Name), it’s an authorized documentary – made in cooperation with Simone’s family and close colleagues, so expect a lot of never-before-heard recordings, rare archival footage and her best-known songs. It has a release date set for June 26, so mark it down.
Rival Sons debut a monstrous music video for “Electric Man”
Rival Sons have debuted the music video for their latest single Electric Man. The song is taken from their latest album Great Western Valkyrie out in June 2014 via Earache Records. They remain the only band to have 2 #1 Rock Radio hits in Canada without having a Billboard Top 100 hit.
RUSH Drummer Neil Peart Has Chronic Tendonitis, Next Tour Is Likely The Last Tour
Nobody is really sure if Rush’s next tour would be the last time the group would ever go out on the road, but certainly it’ll be the final time the band will do a tour this size. Guitarist Alex Lifeson has revealed to Global News that drummer Neil Peart has serious tendonitis and perhaps a new studio album is in their future.
“I have mixed feelings about it. In one way I feel relief – I think 40 years is a long time to be touring the way we tour.
“I still love playing. But in Neil’s case, for example, his job is really tough. Playing the way he does is very, very difficult on his body. He has chronic tendonitis in his arms and he’s had problems with his shoulders.
“It’s getting to the point, no matter how much we love doing it, that it’s much more demanding and much more difficult.
We’re not finished as a band. We still talk about recording.
Who knows, there may be an opportunity in the future to do not a big tour, but a series of concerts … like a week in Massey Hall or Radio City Music Hall.
Ged and I are just itching to get back into writing. He just revamped his studio, and he’s not a tech kind of studio guy. He doesn’t know how probably even one per cent of that stuff works.
But he’s had this renaissance of being a musician and wanting to play and study more — it’s really inspiring to see. When things slow down we’ll start to do some writing, for whatever purpose. We’ve always talked about doing some soundtrack work.”
‘Assembled!’, A Pop Chart Lab Art Print Mapping Which Avengers Appear in Individual Issues Of The Marvel Comics
Avengers, infographically assemble! Pop Chart Lab have brought together a nigh-infinite gauntlet of Earth’s greatest heroes in this mighty mapping of which Avengers appear in EVERY individual issue of the eponymous comic book series.
From #1 in September 1963 all the way through the “final” chapter in April 2015—that’s 583 issues in all—this chart of champions visually tracks (via 82 hand-drawn, heroic head icons) the full membership of every iteration of the esteemed super-squad. Featuring everyone from A-list legends like Captain America and Iron Man to forgotten footnotes like Gilgamesh and Dr. Druid, this titanic undertaking is a testament to the enduring power of Marvel’s premiere team. Excelsior!
(Addendum for die-hard fans: Please note that this roll call is restricted to official, full-time members of the main team only. This means: no reserves, no substitutes, no backups, no probationary trainees, no hangers-on, no Dark-, no Secret-, no Young-, no Pet-, no West Coast, and DEFINITELY no Great Lakes—sorry, Dinah-Soar!)
Each print is signed and numbered by the artists, and just might be the greatest poster ever.
Ever Wonder How Do Draft Picks Get Personalized Jerseys So Fast? Here You Go
Since 2012 the N.F.L. has added a special touch to draft day: It personalizes the jersey given to each first-round selection. But how do they do it so fast?
“After a team makes its first-round pick…workers from Stahls’, a company that specializes in personalizing sports gear that is hired by Nike, then jump into action. In advance, they made nameplates for each of the 30 prospects at Radio City in the color scheme that matches each of the 32 teams’ jerseys, or 960 nameplates in all.”
David Letterman’s Very FIRST Top 10 List
The very first Top 10 List? “Things that almost rhyme with peas.” You can watch it before. Speaking of the list, Letterman’s fictional Top 10 Office has been located in 11 different cities. The first was Milwaukee, followed by Lebanon, Pa.; Lincoln, Neb.; Oklahoma City; Omaha, Neb.; Scottsdale, Ariz.; Tahlequah, Okla.; Oneonta, N.Y. (the last Late Night home office); Sioux City, Iowa (the first Late Show home office); Grand Rapids, Mich.; and the current city, Wahoo, Neb. Incidentally, Nebraska has hosted the most home offices, with a total of three.
https://youtu.be/gKjBNuGypnw
Kobalt’s ambition to monetise 1.5 billion people over the next six months
Kobalt founder and CEO Willard Ahdritz has laid out ambitious plans for his company over the next six months, from expanding into new territories to helping drive a $30 billion industry.
Ahdritz told Billboard that Kobalt has “grown 40% per annum on average for the past 10 years”, with a 98.5% client retention rate despite avoiding lock-in terms.
Looking ahead at the next six months, the exec said: “My target is to increase the number of people we are able to monetise from 400 million to 1.5 billion people. If we as an industry can get this right, we should be able to double the industry’s total revenue from $15 billion to $30 billion. That is what we are targeting.”
Via Music Week
