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Animated interview with Lou Reed

“I write a song called ‘Heroin’, you would have thought that I murdered the Pope or something.”
– Lou Reed on March 20, 1987, as told to Joe Smith

Lou Reed. Lou Reed. Lou Reed. Here we bring you a rarely heard interview Lou recored in 1987. It’s vintage Lou. Salty and sweet. Earnest and cocky. Grouchy and kind of endearing. Reed (and his legendary band The Velvet Underground) were those musicians who never got the extensive accolades or awards–nor the riches many of their contemporaries found. Yet he never seemed to waver in his search for the perfect sound and his quest “to elevate the rock and roll song and take it where it hadn’t been taken before.” Here we present some interview outtakes that give a taste for this iconic American musician. Lou Reed died of liver disease on October 27, 2013. He was 71.

In this animated film Lou Reed talks about chasing off nosy college kids on his porch with his shotgun, how he dreamed about writing the great American novel while at Syracuse University, “how savage the reaction against” the Velvet Underground was, the intention of taking books and putting them into songs, writing rock and roll you could grow old with, not thinking The Doors or the Beatles were up to the level of his band, and how he hoped to elevate the rock and roll song to where it hadn’t been before.

RIP, Lou.

JUNO Week Event Details Announced

The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) and the 2015 JUNO Host Committee today announced the details for an exciting lineup of events slated for Hamilton as part of the 2015 JUNO Week celebrations, March 9 – 15.

JUNO Photography Exhibition
Date: January 24 – April 19, 2015
Time: Open during regular gallery hours, visit artgalleryofhamilton.com
Location: Art Gallery of Hamilton, Jean and Ross Fischer Gallery, 123 King St. W., Hamilton
What: A stunning retrospective photography exhibition showcasing the past 40+ years of Canadian music and the JUNO Awards. More than 50 photos from the JUNO Awards’ 40th Anniversary book, Music from Far and Wide, as well as never before seen photos taken by Canada’s foremost rock and roll photographers including Barry Roden, Bruce Cole, Grant Martin, Tom Sandler, Alex Urosevic and photographers from iPhoto Inc.
Purchase Details: Free

Francophone Singer/Songwriter Circle
Date: Thursday, March 12, 2015
Time: 8:00 pm
Location: Spice Factory, 121 Hughson Street North, Hamilton
What: Enjoy performances by Eric Dubeau, Michel Bénac (SWING), Stef Paquette, Mastik and Le Rover cocktails.
Purchase Details: $15 in advance or $20 at the door. Tickets are available online www.centrefrancais.ca or pick up at the Centre française Hamilton show office; 95 King St., Hamilton, ON L8N 1A9. Phone: 905-547-5702

SiriusXM JUNO Awards Kickoff
Date: Thursday, March 12, 2015
Time: 8:00 pm – Midnight
Location: Liuna Station, 360 James St N, Hamilton
What: SiriusXM Canada, CARAS, and the Hamilton Host Committee present four-time JUNO Award winners The Sheepdogs, with special guests three-time JUNO Award nominees Tokyo Police Club and Say Yes (members of Alexisonfire and Saint Alvia). The bands will play Hamilton’s historic Liuna Station with all proceeds from ticket sales going to MusiCounts, Canada’s music education charity associated with CARAS and part of SiriusXM’s ongoing dedication to music charities developed for youth. Featuring national broadcast on SiriusXM’s JUNO Radio on the weekend.
Purchase Details: Tickets available on ticketmaster.ca for $20.00

Turn It On Music Crawl
Presented by Horizon Utilities
Date: Friday, March 13, 2015
Time: 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Location: JUNO Zone, which includes Jackson Square, James Street North/South and King Street
East/West
What: Enhanced Art Crawl with live music performances throughout the JUNO Zone and Jackson Square (mall). Local entertainment will be highlighted in these areas with food trucks at various venues, galleries and stores. Jackson Square will feature 10 stages during the day as a lead up to the Art Crawl that evening.

JUNO Cup
Presented By Pizza Pizza
Date: Friday, March 13, 2015
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Dave Andreychuk Mountain Arena, 25 Hester Street, Hamilton ON, L9A 2N3
What: JUNO Awards Weekend kicks off with a celebrity fundraising hockey game in support of MusiCounts, Canada’s music education charity associated with CARAS. NHL Greats and Canadian musicians will face off in a fun, competitive, non contact hockey game.
Rockers: (To date)
AJ Johnson (Cuff the
Duke/Odd Years)
Amanda Rheaume
Beard Guy (Walk Off The
Earth)
Brian Murphy (Alvvays)*
Casey Laforet (Elliott
Brood)*
Chris Crippin (Hedley)*
Chris Biggs (HTZ FM)
Chris Ziemniak (Y108)
Cosmo Ferraro (Ferraro)
Dallas Smith*
Del Barber*
Devin Cuddy (Devin Cuddy
Band)
Dylan Hudecki
Graham Walsh (Holy Fuck)
Jay Bodner (Eagle and
Hawk)
Jeremy Widerman (Monster
Truck)
Jim Cuddy (Blue Rodeo)
Jimmy Hayes (Harlan
Pepper)
Jon Gallant (Billy Talent)
Mark Sasso (Elliott Brood)*
Mark Hebscher (CHCH)-
Coach
Menno Versteeg
(Hollerado)*
Michael Hollett
Paul Brandt
Peter Kesper (NQ Arbuckle)
Phil MacIssac (Alvvays)*
Sam Roberts*
Sarah Harmer
Serge Sargento (The
Reason)
Tyler Armes (Down With
Webster)*
Vince Fontaine (Eagle and
Hawk)
*Denotes a 2015 JUNO Award nominee
NHL Greats: (To date)
Brad Dalgarno (New York Islanders)
Gary Leeman (Toronto Maple Leafs, Vancouver Canucks, Columbus Blue Jackets)
Gary Roberts (Toronto Maple Leafs, Calgary Flames)
Mark Napier (Montréal Canadiens, Minnesota North Stars, Edmonton Oilers, Buffalo Sabres)
Mike Pelyk (Toronto Maple Leafs)
Natalie Spooner (Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games Gold Medallists in Women’s Hockey)
Ric Nattres (Montréal Canadiens, Calgary Flames)
Rick Vaive (Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Blackhawks, Buffalo Sabers)
Tessa Bonhomme (Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Gold Medallists in Women’s Hockey)
Troy Crowder (Vancouver Canucks, Los Angeles Kings, Detroit Red Wings, New Jersey Devils)
Wendel Clark (Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Islanders, Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Blackhawks,
Tampa Bay Lighting)
Purchase Details: Available on ticketmaster.ca for $20.00 (plus service charges). Proceeds benefit MusiCounts, Canada’s music education charity associated with CARAS.

BLAME IT ON HAMILTON, A Celebration of Hamilton’s Musical Heritage
Presented by Front Room Entertainment, with support from Slaight Music
Date: Friday, March 13th
Time: 7:00pm Doors, 8:30pm Show
Location: Hamilton Public Library, 4th Floor, 55 York Boulevard, Hamilton
Participating Artists: Matt Andersen, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, Digging Roots, Sarah Harmer, Jon Harvey (Monster Truck), Terra Lightfoot, Ian Thornley (Big Wreck), Tomi Swick, Hawksley Workman, Jeremy Fisher and more.
Purchase Details: Tickets are $70 and can be purchased in person at Picks & Sticks, Dr. Disc and Hamilton Public Library Central Branch. 50 JUNOfest wristband holders will be permitted standing room access on a first come first served basis. (Must arrive to the box office by 7pm)

JUNIOR JUNOS – Featuring the 2015 Children’s Album of the Year Nominees
Date: Saturday, March 14, 2015
Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Location: Hamilton Public Library, Hamilton – Wentworth Room, 55 York Boulevard, Hamilton
What: JUNO Week festivities in Hamilton will include a family oriented musical concert featuring nominees for the 2015 Children’s Album of the Year JUNO Award. Emceeing the concert will be “Hamilton’s Special Music Ambassador” Jude Johnson. Don’t miss this opportunity to walk the red carpet, listen to some amazing Canadian children’s music and participate in some exciting JUNO themed activities.
Who: Fred Penner*, LuLu et le Matou*, Splash’ N Boots*, More artist to be announced
*Denotes a 2015 JUNO Award Nominee
Purchase Details: $15.00 (plus tax) per person, available at the first floor customer service desk at
Central Library or online at ticketscene.ca

JUNO Fan Fare
Presented by hmv Canada
Date: Saturday, March 14, 2015
Time: 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Location: Lime Ridge Mall, 999 Upper Wentworth Street, Hamilton
What: One of the most popular events of JUNO week, JUNO Fan Fare, presented by hmv Canada, gives Canadian music fans the opportunity to meet their favourite artists including:
Artists:
Arkells*
Dallas Smith*
Glenn Morrison*
JRDN*
Kiesza*
Kira Isabella*
Lights*
MacKenzie Porter*
Melanie Durrant*
Nikki Yanofsky*
Paul Brandt
Sam Roberts*
Shawn Mendes*
The Road Hammers*
Trevor Guthrie*
Zeds Dead*
*Denotes a 2015 JUNO Award nominee
Much VJ Liz Trinnear and Tyrone Edwards host of E!, will be hosting the event featuring interviews with artists, autograph sessions, live performances, prize giveaways and much more.
Purchase Details: Free public event. There will be 4 artist tables for fans to choose from. Tickets are available on a first come first serve basis, so visit www.junofanfare.ca to sign up today!

JUNO Songwriters’ Circle
Presented by SOCAN and Yamaha Canada Music
Date: Sunday, March 15, 2015
Time: 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Location: The Great Hall at Hamilton Place, 10 MacNab Street South, Hamilton
What: JUNO Songwriters’ Circle brings together some of the most talented Canadian singer-songwriters, sharing songs and stories on stage. Tom Power of CBC Radio will be our on-stage host to lead the discussion and introduce the artists in this truly unique setting and not-to-be-missed event.
Performers:
Emmanuel Jal*
Fred Penner*
Ian Thornley (Big Wreck)*
Jenn Grant*
Jess Moskaluke*
Lights*
Matt Andersen*
Ryan Guldemond (Mother Mother)*
*Denotes a 2015 JUNO Award nominee
Purchase Details: $39.75 (plus taxes and service charges) available through the FirstOntario Centre box office, by phone 1-855-872-5000, at all Ticketmaster outlets and online at ticketmaster.ca

The JUNO Awards Red Carpet
Date: Sunday, March 15, 2015
Time: 5:00 pm – 6:45 pm
Location: Outside FirstOntario Centre, 101 York Boulevard, Hamilton
What: The evening begins with an exciting Red Carpet show prior to the live CTV Broadcast.
The 2015 JUNO Awards Broadcast
Date: Sunday, March 15, 2015
Time: 5:30pm Doors, 6:45pm Seated, 7:00pm Show
Location: FirstOntario Centre, 101 York Boulevard, Hamilton
What: The 2015 JUNO Awards airs live from Hamilton’s FirstOntario Centre on CTV and CTV GO at 7 p.m. ET/8 p.m. AT and at 7 p.m. in all other markets.
Performing: Arkells, Deadmau5, Hedley, Kiesza, MAGIC!, and Shawn Mendes, with more to be announced!
Purchase Details: Tickets are on sale now! They are available through the FirstOntario Centre Box Office, by phone at 1-855-872-5000, and online at www.ticketmaster.ca. Tickets range from $39 to $149 (plus service charges).

CBC Music’s Searchlight Opens March 2

Don’t miss your chance to weigh in on who should be declared winner of CBC’s Searchlight competition! Searchlight will return in 2015. Starting March 2, 2015, bands can enter for the chance to be named Canada’s best new band. Get your song ready, and create your CBC Music artist page and check back here for more details.

For details on last year’s voting rounds and everything else, check out the rules and regulations.

To avoid slipping on the ice, walk like penguin

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The trick to balancing on slick sidewalks is to “walk like a penguin.”

At least, that’s the advice coming out of Little Baby’s Ice Cream in Northern Liberties.

Instinct tells us to do the opposite and center our weight mid-stride, which works on dry walkways.

However this tactic forces legs to split your body weight in half and rely on both feet to maintain balance — not the best idea for icy streets.

The local ice cream parlor posted a simple infographic on their blog to remind everyone to think of gravity and mimic penguins. Shifting one’s weight onto the front leg keeps people – and penguins – from slipping.

 

Fest300 Announces First Annual List Of World’s Top 300 Festivals

Fest300, the world’s most comprehensive guide to the planet’s best festivals, today unveiled its highly anticipated first annual list of the 300 most-loved festivals in the world. Included are some well known events like Rio’s Carnival, Burning Man in the U.S. and Glastonbury in the U.K., plus some very unusual suspects like Spain’s unique El Colacho. You can view Fest300’s complete 2015 list here.

The Fest300 team deliberated over countless festivals to curate a world class list of 300 events. The team curated 270 top tier festivals but the final 30 were suggested by festival goers themselves in a crowd sourced campaign held in November. There’s something for everyone on the list, giving adventure seekers and music lovers alike a road map to fill the year ahead with some of the world’s most unique experiences.

“Fest300 is the best URL to help people have an amazing IRL (In Real Life) experience. The more digital we get, the more ritual we need and festivals everywhere are experiencing huge growth in attendance. We’re providing a great experience online so that people can discover the best festivals offline,“ said Fest300 cofounder Chip Conley.

Designed to connect people with rich experiences, Fest300 is a vibrant virtual community that fosters more in-person face time and encourages cultural curiosity. Along with expert and thoughtfully curated event lists and spotlights to help members comb through the ever-growing number of festivals around the world, Fest300 provides a platform for attendees themselves to reminisce and recommend.

Fest300 offers a telling snapshot of today’s festival scene:
● You’re always close to a top festival . Down south, back east, on the west coast, or somewhere in the middle, every region of the U.S. features a major event.
● The most-loved festivals are global. In fact, the Fest300 list includes best fests from every continent but Antarctica.
● We’re all in this together . Unlike other best-of compilations, like the Fortune 500 and Forbes 400, Fest300 does not rank its list. Each of the 300 festivals stands on equal footing and offers the potential for connecting with a like-minded community.
● Music makes the world go round . The vast majority of the 30 top votegetters are music festivals, underscoring people’s undiminished love for experiencing music communally. However, only half of the 300 are music festivals as the list includes arts and cultural festivals, film and food festivals, health and wellness festivals, and religious pilgrimages.

Fascinating to note – 6 festivals in Canada made the list:

  1. Banff Snowdays – In Banff National Park’s winter wonderland, celebrate the best of snowy fun, sports and food for an entire month.
  2. Calgary Stampede – The Calgary Stampede is a western show like no other, encompassing parades, rodeo shows, stage coach races, a fair – and pancakes. Lots and lots of pancakes.
  3. Osheaga – Big-time artists and up-and-comers take the stages together outdoors at this alternative rock fest.
  4. Pemberton Music Festival – Take in the sounds—and unbeatable sights—at one of Canada’s most scenic festivals.
  5. Quebec Winter Carnival – With an outdoor amusement park, ice slides, dogsled rides, parades and more, there are more than enough reasons to bundle up and go out to play at the Quebec Winter Carnival.
  6. Shambala – Thanks to the Bundschuh family who open the gates to their 500-acre Salmo River Ranch each year, the largest EDM festival in Western Canada, (Shambhala) has a down-home family vibe.

This Time Lapse Of Artists Pouring Paint On Blocks Is The Trippest Thing You’ll See All Day

Time Lapse Video of three paintings and the construction process that goes into it.

Herbie Hancock Performs On an Early Synthesizer on Sesame Street

Check out this 1983 episode of Sesame Street starring Herbie Hancock demonstrating the Fairlight CMI synthesizer to a group of kids, including a very young Tatyana Ali (who grew up to play Ashley Banks on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air). The Fairlight CMI (Computer Music Instrument) was a synthesizer and sampler with 28 megabytes or more of memory, used by a roster of classic electronic artists like Jean-Michel Jarre, Jan Hammer, Art of Noise, and Depeche Mode, to name only a few. And, of course, by Herbie Hancock, one of the first jazz pianists to embrace electronic keyboards.

The Fairlight CMI was designed in 1979 by the founders of Fairlight, Peter Vogel and Kim Ryrie, and based on a dual-6800 microprocessor computer designed by Tony Furse in Sydney, Australia. It rose to prominence in the early 1980s and competed in the market with the Synclavier from New England Digital.

In casting about for a name, Ryrie and Vogel settled upon Fairlight, the name of a hydrofoil (named in turn after a suburb of Sydney) that sped each day past Ryrie’s grandmother’s large house in Point Piper, underneath which Ryrie had a workroom.

By 1979, the Fairlight CMI Series I was being demonstrated in Australia, the UK and the US. In the US, demonstrations were covered by Bruce Springsteen’s concert sound engineer Bruce Jackson, who was once Ryrie’s neighbour in Point Piper.

Via Open Culture

Marc Almond on His, Kevin Rowland, Boy George or Adam Ant’s Chances On The X Factor

How do you think you’d fare on The X Factor, if your 21-year-old self turned up now, with the voice you had?

MA: I either wouldn’t get through, or I’d be put in that comedy section, with the novelty acts. They always have one or two every season, don’t they, so everyone could have a laugh at them. I hate that thing of, “This is how you have to sing.” Frank Sinatra said this great thing, that singing isn’t about singing in tune, or great technical singing. It’s about making people believe in the story you’re telling. I hate that Mariah Carey thing of turning singing into a ballet, singing 50 notes a second. Stick to the fucking melody! And tell the story. If I was a judge on there, that’s what I’d be saying. And don’t sing a song you can’t carry off, like some 16-year-old kid singing ‘My Way’. That song’s not for you. You haven’t lived that.

Most of the wonderful individualistic singers of the early 80s would completely baffle the judges. Imagine Kevin Rowland on there.

MA: Yeah, Kevin Rowland! How would they ever understand Kevin Rowland? All the great singers, a lot of people from that era. And so often, the singer is the sound of the record. People think they can cover anything, but the whole voice is the thing that’s unrepeatable. Like Boy George or Adam Ant. I still haven’t seen Adam on his comeback. I turned up to an Adam Ant show a MONTH early. I was stood outside the Indigo2 and no-one was there. I was thinking, “Has he cancelled the show?” And I looked again, “Bloody hell, I’m a month early!”

You, George, Adam, Kevin, you’d all be laughed out of the record company lobby now. Especially if you didn’t have a hit at the first attempt.

MA: What was great about the 80s was that you still had record companies who would get behind developing you as an artist. You had these bonkers heads of department and A&R people who, even after a flop album, would let you make another one. Or pursue some crazy idea. Phonogram, EMI, Warners, Virgin, Chrysalis, Echo, Cherry Red, I’ve been through them all – I think I ruined them all, one by one! They’ve all collapsed behind me. I’m the serial killer of record companies, I think. But they allowed me to do something like Marc And The Mambas and make a double album like Torment And Toreros. When Antony asked me to perform that album live for Meltdown I thought, how can we recreate something that came out of late nights at Trident Studios and loads of drugs? Because we never properly toured it at the time. We recorded it over three weeks, late at night because it was really cheap, and made it up as it went along. I’d come in and I’d say, “Now we’re going to do this, right?” And I’d have a tape loop of something and we’d turn the tape backwards, and Matt Johnson (The The) would come up with something, and Jim Thirlwell (Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel) would come in… He’s amazing. One of the things I enjoyed most about the Meltdown show was getting to work with Jim again.

Via The Quietus

KORN’s Jonathan Davis Reveals His Struggles with Depression & Anxiety

Jonathan Davis, singer of Korn, speaks with The You Rock Foundation about his anxiety, depression, panic attacks, PTSD, schizophrenia, and substance abuse. But more importantly, he discusses what helped him through it, explaining how much medication, therapy, exercise, and creative outlets for self-expression like music make a difference.

Fit For An Autopsy Begin Work On New LP

New Jersey metal heavyweights FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY have wrapped up production on a yet to be titled LP due out later this year via eOne Music / Good Fight Music. “The new album is a bit of a step in a new direction for the band,” says guitarist Pat Sheridan. “You’ll hear a lot of new influences in our sound and a real creative move towards other genres we have never experimented with until now. It’s dark, sad and aggressive all at once and we’re really happy with the vibe. It’s also a very literal and real record and in more of a first person view of the world than we’ve ever done, and it feels really intense.”

The band set up camp at The Machine Shop in New Jersey with guitar player and renowned producer Will Putney at the helm. The new effort will be the anticipated follow-up to the critically acclaimed Hellbound, released in 2013. The biggest change since then has been the band’s vocalist. After the departure of Nate Johnson earlier last year, Greg Wilburn (Oblige) briefly filled in so the band could carry out their touring plans. Just before the band entered The Machine Shop, they brought in Joe Badolato (Diamond Cutter) as the brand new full-time vocalist.

“We found Joe at a perfect time,” says guitarist Will Putney. “We had just come off months of touring with a vocalist we knew wasn’t built to handle the lifestyle and stresses that come with being in a full-time band.” Badolato’s first show with the band was at The Brooklyn Asylum in Brooklyn, NY before gearing up to head out west to start their tour supporting SUICIDE SILENCE alongside label-mates WITHIN THE RUINS. Putney concludes, “Joe is an extremely humble and down to earth dude and is a killer singer. Bringing him into Fit For An Autopsy has elevated the band to a really cool creative spot, and we’re excited about the future with him as our frontman.”

FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY TOUR DATES
Date Venue Location
Feb 17 The Catalyst Santa Cruz, CA
Feb 19 Jub Jubs Reno, NV
Feb 23 Mesa Theater Grand Junction, CO
Feb 24 Aggie Theatre Fort Collins, CO
Feb 25 Black Sheep Colorado Springs, CO
Feb 27 Wooly’s Des Moines, IA
Mar 06 The Altar Bar Pittsburgh, PA
Mar 07 Water Street Music Hall Rochester, NY
Mar 08 Higher Ground Ballroom South Burlington, VT
Mar 10 The Webster Hartford, CT
Mar 11 The Chance Poughkeepsie, NY
Mar 12 Emporium Patchogue, NY
Mar 13 Reverb Reading, PA
Mar 14 Baltimore Soundstage Baltimore, MD
Mar 15 The Norva Norfolk, VA
Mar 17 Ziggy’s By The Sea Wilmington, NC
Mar 18 Ziggy’s Winston Salem, NC
Mar 20 Zydeco Birmingham, AL
Mar 21 New Daisy Theatre Memphis, TN
Mar 24 Tricky Falls El Paso, TX
Mar 26 The Rock Tucson, AZ
Apr 17 Palladium Worcester, MA

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