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adidas Partners with Spotify to Release First of its Kind Running App

May 2, 2015

adidas has partnered with Spotify to launch adidas go, the first running app that uses iPhone’s accelerometer to instantly match a runner’s favorite music to their workout.

adidas go calculates the user’s stride rate to automatically identify and play tracks with matching beats per minute from Spotify’s extensive music library. This brings runners a unique and intuitive way to improve their running experience with the perfect music to match their workout.

“For many people having the right music playing while you run can provide the perfect boost of energy to enhance your running experience,” said Adrian Leek, General Manager of adidas Running. “adidas go lets your energy level control the music that plays during your run, so you’re always in control. For the first time, instead of runners listening to music, music will listen to runners.”

adidas go also allows runners to effortlessly expand their running soundtrack to explore new music on the go. The app intuitively streams Spotify tracks that match the runner’s interests based on their preferred playlists, artists and genres without having to assemble playlists before they head out

Once a workout is complete, users have the chance to review and save their distance, time, pace and adidas miCoach Runscore as well as the new music they’ve experienced to add to their collection. Users can then share their results on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

adidas go will be available for iOS only via the Apple App Store, with support for devices from iPhone 4Smodels or later beginning April 10. When opening the app for the first time, users enter a 7-day Spotify Premium trial. Users can either pick workout playlists from their existing preferences or select from a number of proposed playlists that adidas provides. After the trial expires there is a choice between upgrading to Spotify Premium and using their local music library.

The Jesus and Mary Chain’s Jim Reid On Shyness

May 2, 2015

You’ve played a few gigs for the 30th anniversary tour in the U.K. already and you’re getting ready for Canada and the States. Do you notice any differences between the U.K. crowds and the North American ones?
Generally speaking, an audience is pretty much the same the world over. You’re standing in front of a bunch of people that hopefully have bought your records and seem to know what you’re all about. Obviously, the longer you’ve been around, the friendlier the audience is.

Back in ’85, during the Psychocandy times, it wasn’t necessarily like that. There was a lot of hostility from the audience because, basically, the Mary Chain grabbed people by the throat. Live, it was quite aggressive. We were quite shy people so the only way we could think to do it was to get pretty fucked up on stage, which made it all a bit chaotic. It wasn’t “show business,” put it that way. A lot of people had heard the hype and had been coming along out of pure curiosity. You certainly weren’t standing in front of an audience that you already had in the bag. You had to win them over. We were not very good at doing that.

How have you changed as a performer over the years?
I’ve come to terms with what I can and can’t do. But back in those days, I felt as if I just didn’t have what it took, andthat was a lot of the reason I would get very, very drunk or take drugs on stage. It’s because I just never felt good enough. I used to want to be Iggy Pop but I couldn’t — I was just too crushed with shyness. It’s not easy for me. I don’t talk to the audience and I hope at this stage of the game, people know that I’m not being aloof and I’m not being rude. I just focus on the songs and by doing that, I think I enjoy it now more than I ever have.

Via Spin

This Pug Should Have Been In The Police’s Every Breath You Take Video

May 1, 2015

I’ve decided that this pug should have been in The Police’s “Every Breath You Take” video. It’s certainly this dog’s theme song.

Stan Lee Cameo School, feat. Kevin Smith, Tara Reid, Michael Rooker, Jason Mewes and Lou Ferrigno

May 1, 2015

Discover the hidden talents of comic book legend Stan Lee as he teaches a very unique acting class. Directed by Kevin Smith and starring Tara Reid, Michael Rooker, Lou Ferrigno, Jason Mewes, and an Audi S8, it’s time for the world to appreciate the subtle art of cameo acting.

https://youtu.be/N8m-NxpUIP0

Anna Kendrick Stars in New Short Film for Kate Spade’s #missadventure Series

May 1, 2015

In part two of Kate Spade’s #MissAdventure web series, the always amazing Anna Kendrick gets mistaken for a personal meditation instructor while staying at the Sunset Tower Hotel in Hollywood, California.

You can watch part one here:

“Weird Al” Yankovic made an unboxing video for the 2015 Grammy Award

May 1, 2015

“Weird Al” Yankovic made an unboxing video for his 2015 Grammy Award for “Best Comedy Album of 2014” that he won for his Mandatory Fun album. I think I might make mine for when I get the JUNOs next week.

“Ohhh, look at this! I can make my own molds of Grammy Awards from now on.”

Cartoon: Going To The Park From A Dog’s Perspective

May 1, 2015

With a little help from his best friend and a bottle of Coke, one man discovers that a change in perspective can make all the difference in the world. Yes, this is EXACTLY how I feel after drinking it. I do!

https://youtu.be/7X2m2WueNcU

The Time David Letterman Hosted A Game Show In 1977

May 1, 2015

“This week, [insert celebrity introductions here], will be competing against [insert other team name here] on… THE RIDDLERS! With your host, David Letterman!”

This is a bizarre pilot in which five celebrities played against five contestants.

Five celebrities played against five contestants of the same occupation, hobby, etc. in a game of asking & answering riddles. At the start of a team’s first turn, host Letterman read a riddle to the first player, and a correct answer allowed that player to read a riddle to his/her partner, who then a read a riddle to the next player, and so on and so forth. As soon as a team got five correct answers, progress went the other way. When a player missed a riddle, control went over to the other team. The first team to answer nine riddles correctly won the game and $500.

The winning team went on to play a bonus game called “Crazy Quotes” for some extra money. Players on the winning team arranged themselves around in “intellectual ability”. Letterman read five quotes supposedly said by famous people. Each correct answer won more money and they increase in difficulty. The first four questions were worth $100, $200, $300, & $400, and the last question was worth $1,000, for a maximum total of $2,000.

But who cares, really? IT WAS HOSTED BY DAVID LETTERMAN!

That Time Frank Zappa Was Interviewed By Andy Warhol – And They Both Hated It

May 1, 2015

Just look at the expression on Frank Zappa’s face…You can tell Zappa isn’t really having any of it, and the feeling was mutual – Andy Warhol hated Zappa. The interview made a lasting impression on Warhol. Here’s the entry from The Andy Warhol Diaries for June 26, 1983:

Frank Zappa came to be interviewed for our TV show and I think that after the interview I hated Zappa even more than when it started. I remember when he was so mean to us when the Mothers of Invention played with the Velvet Underground— I think both at the Trip, in L.A., and at the Fillmore in San Francisco. I hated him then and I still don’t like him. And he was awfully strange about Moon. I said how great she was, and he said, “Listen, I created her. I invented her.” Like, “She’s nothing, it’s all me.” And I mean, if it were my daughter I would be saying, “Gee, she’s so smart,” but he’s taking all the credit. It was peculiar.

Fulll Video: The Dean Martin Roasts Johnny Carson

May 1, 2015

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast is an NBC television special show hosted by entertainer Dean Martin from 1974 to 1984. For a series of 54 specials and shows, Martin would periodically “roast” a celebrity. These roasts were patterned after the roasts held at the New York Friars’ Club. The format would have the celebrity guest seated on a dais, and one by one the guest of honor was affectionately chided or insulted about his career by his fellow celebrity friends.

Forget the Justin Bieber Roast. Watch this one, featuring George Burns, Truman Capote, Doc Severinsen, Joey Bishop, Ruth Buzzi, Dom DeLuise, Bob Newhart, Louisa Moritz, Fred DeCordova, Jonathan Winters, Foster Brooks, Dionne Warwick, Rich Little, Barry Goldwater, Bette Davis, Martin Milner, Kent McCord, Redd Foxx, Jack Benny ALL taking a spin at Johnny Carson in 1973.

https://youtu.be/n4yz7gctes4