David Achter de Molen, lead singer of Dutch band John Coffey, was in the middle of crowdwalking when a half-full beer came hurtling in his direction. What does he do? He becomes the greatest person on the planet, if only for a few minutes.
Ever Wanted To Know Why Pop-tarts Without Frosting Have More Calories Than Those With Frosting? Here You Go
Here’s something I’ve never, ever thought about before, but once I heard about this, always wondered in the back of my mind, since I already know how Caramilk gets the caramel in the chocolate bar. At 210 calories, an unfrosted strawberry Pop-Tart had 10 more calories per serving than its frosted counterpart.
The question has gone viral online, with a few blogs looking to capture an answer. After contacting Kellogg’s, Quartz finally has solved the mystery of the unfrosted Pop-Tarts.
“Unfrosted Pop-Tarts have a slightly thicker crust to compensate for the lack of frosting, resulting in a few more calories per serving,” a Kellogg’s representative told Quartz in an email. It compensates for its sad lack of frosting in several ways, the representative said: “the overall composition of the food, including weight, breakability, toastabilty.”
Via Quartz
Hear Sly Stone doing his radio show on San Francisco’s KSOL in 1967
In the mid-1960s, Stone worked as a disc jockey for San Francisco, California soul radio station KSOL, where he included white performers such as The Beatles and The Rolling Stones into his playlists. During the same period, he worked as a staff record producer for Autumn Records, producing for San Francisco-area bands such as The Beau Brummels, The Mojo Men, Bobby Freeman, and Grace Slick’s first band, the Great Society. Stone was influential in guiding KSOL-AM into soul music and started calling the station K-SOUL. The second was a popular soul music station (sans the K-SOUL moniker), at 107.7 FM (now known as KSAN).
So, he knew what was goin’ on. Below, you can hear nearly an hour of Stone broadcasting on KSOL in 1967. It’s an MP3 of a tape of an AM radio broadcast, so gather round the speakers, kid, and marvel to what free-form radio was truly all about.
Duran Duran Announce New Album “Paper Goods” Due September 18
Multi-platinum superstars Duran Duran will release their 14th studio album, Paper Gods. on September 18th through Warner Bros. Records. Singer Simon Le Bon, keyboardist Nick Rhodes, bassist John Taylor, and drummer Roger Taylor recorded the album in London with producers Nile Rodgers, Mark Ronson, Josh Blair,and Mr Hudson. The record features special guests Janelle Monáe (on the first single “Pressure Off”), former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante, Canadian Juno-Award winning singer Kiesza, British singer/songwriter Mr Hudson, violinist Davidé Rossi and actress Lindsay Lohan. The album was mixed by Mark ‘Spike’ Stent. Paper Gods will be available for pre-order and “Pressure Off” will be available for purchase at all participating digital retailers and DuranDuran.com this week.
The songs on Paper Gods capture the duality and sense of conflict at the heart of Duran Duran’s music. “It really goes back to that strange early Duran mix: the hard-edged pop, coexisting with this dark, weird, experimental side,” John says. “That’s something that’s essential to all of us,” Nick adds. “It’s great to be able to lift people’s spirits – and your own – with a strong shot of pure pop, but the world we live in isn’t all just made of that stuff, so it seems natural to me that we have kept one foot in the darker, more Gothic side of life.”
Early sessions for Paper Gods began in 2013, with Mark Ronson and engineer Josh Blair once again joining the band in their south London recording studio, as they had for 2011’s All You Need is Now, which was produced by Ronson. When Ronson was called away to begin working on his own album, Duran Duran and Blair hooked up with the Kanye West/Jay-Z collaborator Ben “Mr” Hudson, and the sessions caught fire. In the summer of 2014, Ronson returned once more to the project, adding long-time Duran collaborator, Nile Rodgers to the mix for two of the album’s standout tracks. The remaining songs were co-produced by Josh Blair and the band.
“We found a whole new level of inspiration on this album,” says Rhodes. “We’ve allowed ourselves the time to make music that we can be proud of,” adds Le Bon. “I judge what we release by my favourite albums – Horses, Harvest, Let It Bleed, Blue, Transformer, Aladdin Sane. Those are classic albums. The only rule is it’s got to be music you can live with for the rest of your life.”
CHIC co-founder Nile Rodgers and Mark Ronson co-wrote, and produced the tracks “Pressure Off” and “Only in Dreams.” Rodgers also features on the first single from what will be the band’s 14th studio release. The former harks back to the taut funk of Duran Duran’s 1986 album Notorious, which was also co-produced by Rodgers. “Notorious was a strong touchstone for the band,” says Roger Taylor. All You Need is Now definitely reflected our earlier albums, but our starting point here was Notorious. We’re fortunate to be able to be inspired by our own back catalogue – not many bands can say that.”
In a collaboration overseen by China Chow, the band worked closely with Los Angeles-based artist Alex Israel, who created the album’s cover art. It features a collage of images that reference the visual history of Duran Duran, each placed like a sticker on a reproduction of Israel’s “Sky Backdrop” painting. The logo and graphic design are by Brian Roettinger.
Alongside news of the new album, Duran Duran have also announced that they will perform a series of summer festivals, as well as several shows in the U.S. in September and October, followed by a UK arena tour that kicks off in late November. Fan Community members (www.duranduranmusic.com) will have access to pre-sale tickets and VIP packages. Following the Duran Duran VIP member presale, in the UK, American Express Card Members will have the ability to purchase tickets before the general public on-sale. (See below for full details and dates).
Formed in Birmingham, England, in 1978, Duran Duran is one of the most culturally influential and commercially successful bands of all time, topping the charts around the world over the past three decades and selling more than 100 million records worldwide. The band has been honored with multiple Grammy, BRIT, Ivor Novello, and MTV Video Music Lifetime Achievement Awards, as well as a 20th Century Style Icon award from the City of Milan. In July, they will receive the Spotify UK Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s 40th Anniversary O2 Silver Clef Awards. Tireless innovators, they are always at the vanguard of music, fashion, art, technology and film – a group with unique and everlasting appeal.
Duran Duran’s upcoming tour dates are as follows:
06/20 Barcelona, Spain Sonar by Night Festival
06/27 The Hague, Netherlands Night At The Park
06/28 Kerry, Ireland Killarney Festival
08/05 Riverhead, NY FOLD Festival (Freak Out! Let’s Dance Festival – Martha Clara Vineyards)
08/06 Bethlehem, PA Musikfest – ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks
09/01 Ibiza Heart at the Ibiza Gran Hotel
09/05 Gibraltar Gibraltar Music Festival @ Victoria Stadium
09/11 Isle of Wight, UK Bestival @ Robin Hill Park
US Tour:
09/20 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre w/ CHIC featuring Nile Rodgers & Clean Bandit
09/23 Puyallup, WA Washington State Fair w/ CHIC featuring Nile Rodgers
09/25 Reno, NV Grand Theatre – Grand Sierra Resort & Casino w/ Clean Bandit
09/26 Las Vegas, NV Life is Beautiful Festival
09/27 San Diego, CA Cal Coast Union Open Air Theatre w/ Clean Bandit
10/01 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl w/ CHIC featuring Nile Rodgers & Clean Bandit
10/02 San Francisco, CA The Greek Theatre, Berkeley w/ CHIC featuring Nile Rodgers & Clean Bandit
10/03 Rancho Mirage, CA The Show – Agua Caliente Casino w/ Clean Bandit
UK Tour: **
11/27 Manchester, UK Manchester Arena
11/28 Leeds, UK First Direct Arena
11/30 Cardiff, UK Motorpoint Arena
12/02 Brighton, UK Brighton Centre
12/04 Birmingham, UK Genting Arena
12/05 Newcastle, UK Metro Radio Arena
12/06 Glasgow, Scotland The SSE Hydro
12/08 London, UK The O2
12/09 Bournemouth, UK Bournemouth International Centre
12/11 Nottingham, UK Capital FM Arena
12/12 Liverpool, UK Echo Arena
** In the UK, thanks to American Express Invites®, all American Express Card Members get exclusive priority booking for tickets before the general public. American Express Invites priority booking starts 9am 16 June 2015 and ends 9am 19 June 2015. Tickets are available through ticketmaster.co.uk/amex.
Vanessa Carlton releases EP Blue Pool July 24 + reveals New Track on NYLON
Vanessa Carlton (one of my personal faves and extremely fun person on Twitter) announces the release of her upcoming EP titled Blue Pool available July 24 via Dine Alone Records. The EP gives fans a first look at her upcoming full length album Liberman out this October. NYLON premiered the title track today along with the artwork and track listing HERE.
“This whole album is paired down and minimalist and this song is an example of how you can turn a traditional piano vocal song into something else,” says Vanessa. “Also I’m a big Philip Glass fan and I love how Steve Osborne (Liberman producer & mixer) was able to turn my swirly piano part at the end into this slippery sounding kaleidoscope.”
The EP features songs “Take It Easy” and “Blue Pool” which will be found on the upcoming album as well as live living room sessions of “Operator” and “Nothing Where Something Used To Be.” A complete catalog of the Living Room Sessions will be available on a deluxe version of the album in October.
These tracks reflect Vanessa’s current state of mind since moving from NYC to Nashville, marrying husband John McCauley (Deer Tick) and having a baby girl. The simple instrumentation mixed with her wistful vocals and poignant lyrics bring you into her world and showcase a new side to this accomplished songwriter.
Carlton also recently signed with Dine Alone Records joining the independent label’s roster of like-minded artists. She introduced her evolved sound to fans with the track “Young Heart” which marked the first new music release for Carlton on her new label, which you can watch HERE.
More details will be announced as they become available. For more information on tour dates, please visit vanessacarlton.com
Blue Pool Track Listing
- Take It Easy
- Blue Pool
- Operator (Live Living Room Session)
- Nothing Where Something Used To Be (Live Living Room Session)
Randy Bachman, MAGIC!, Dallas Green to be Honoured at 2015 SOCAN Awards
A Winnipeg-born songwriter who became a worldwide legend of rock; a music creator from Oshawa, Ontario, who was born to make one of the most famous songs in history; a post-punk native of St. Catharines, Ontario, who has fronted two of the biggest acts of the last decade; a quartet responsible for one of the world’s biggest songs from the last year; an icon of the Canadian music industry who has guided the careers of some of Canada’s greatest musicians.
On the night of June 22nd at the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel in Toronto, Canadian songwriting legend Randy Bachman, “Born To Be Wild” creator Mars Bonfire, Alexisonfire and City and Colour front-man Dallas Green, “Rude” writers MAGIC!, the legendary Bernie Finkelstein and many other songwriters, composers and music publishers will be honoured at the 2015 SOCAN Awards.
A member of the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, Randy Bachman has won 11 JUNO Awards and dozen SOCAN Classics Awards. “Takin’ Care of Business” has been used in more than 12 movies, 24 TV shows and several dozen commercials, while “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet” went to No. 1 in 21 countries. Bachman has sold more than 40-million records, and is a deserving recipient of the SOCAN Lifetime Achievement Award.
With their song “Rude,” MAGIC! created one of the biggest global hits ever by a Canadian act. “Rude” spent six weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and hit No. 1 on the charts in the U.K., and Top Three in Australia, New Zealand, Austria, Denmark and Sweden. Sales of “Rude” have been certified multiple platinum in Canada, the U.S. and Australia, and the song’s video has been viewed more than half a billion times on YouTube. MAGIC! are ideal recipients of the 2015 SOCAN International Achievement Award.
All four albums of Dallas Green’s City and Colour have earned either gold, platinum, or double-platinum certification for sales in Canada, and both Little Hell and The Hurry and the Harm also reached No. 1 on the Canadian album charts. At the JUNOs, Dallas Green has won Alternative Album of the Year, and Songwriter of the Year (twice). His duo with American superstar PiNK, “You + Me,” has seen their album rose ave. also reach certified gold Canadian sales. Dallas Green will receive the SOCAN National Achievement Award.
Mars Bonfire wrote “Born to Be Wild,” which reached iconic status after being included in the movie Easy Rider. Since then, it’s appeared in many films and TV shows and has been licensed close to 1,000 times, and has been covered at least 100 times by everyone from Bruce Springsteen to Slayer to Etta James to Miss Piggy. For writing a song that is credited with coining the term “heavy metal” and has permeated Western culture for close to a half-century Mars Bonfire will receive the inaugural SOCAN Cultural Impact Award.
In his 45-year career, Bernie Finkelstein has been a music publisher, artist manager, record company owner and concert promoter. His True North Records label released more than 550 albums during his tenure, and earned more than 40 gold and platinum records, and more than 40 JUNO Awards. Finkelstein was inducted into the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame in 2003, and the Order of Canada in 2007. For his contributions to the growth of the Canadian music industry, Bernie Finkelstein will receive the SOCAN Special Achievement Award.
“We’re proud to recognize such a wide range of brilliant songwriters, music publishers and audio-visual composers and such exceptional music industry legends, with SOCAN Achievement Awards,” said Eric Baptiste, CEO of SOCAN. “Each of these people provides living proof of just how strong the state of Canadian songwriting, and the Canadian music industry, really are. Every one of them has earned the honour they’re receiving on June 22nd.”
Achievement Award winners will receive “The SOCAN” – the world’s first and only music industry trophy that’s also a musical instrument, incorporating five custom bronze crotales – tuned by Randy Bachman himself to the first few notes in the chorus of his own “Takin’ Care of Business.”
The full list of this year’s SOCAN Award winners will be announced on June 22, 2015.
Janet Jackson Announce “Unbreakable” World Tour
Music icon, multiple GRAMMY Award-winner and multi-platinum selling artist Janet Jackson today announced details of her highly-anticipated international tour. The UNBREAKABLE WORLD TOUR will return one of this world’s most influential entertainers back to the live stage in support of her upcoming album due out this Fall on Rhythm Nation Records/BMG. This first leg, a 36-date tour, 30 of which are promoted by Live Nation, will take the legendary artist to cities throughout the U.S. and Canada starting Aug. 31 in Vancouver, BC with shows lined up in Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, Atlanta, San Diego, San Francisco and more. All dates are being co-produced by Miss Jackson’s Rhythm Nation. A full list of tour dates is below. Additional worldwide concerts will be announced at a later date.
Tickets for the first North American live performances will go on sale starting June 22 at JanetJackson.com. American Express Card members can purchase tickets for select shows before the general public beginning Monday, June 15 at 10:00 a.m. through Friday, June 19 at 10:00 pm. “American Express is thrilled to partner with an iconic artist like Janet Jackson on the UNBREAKABLE WORLD TOUR and bring our Card Members an opportunity to purchase tickets before the general on-sale date,” said Walter Frye, V.P., American Express Entertainment. “Adding Janet to our industry-leading ticketing partnerships is rooted in our mission to serve our Card Members’ deep passion for music.”
In addition to Live Nation and Rhythm Nation, other concert promoters will include Nederlander Concerts, Jam Productions, Another Planet Entertainment, and such promoters as Bamp and Tommy Mehary who will produce the Honolulu dates.
Janet Jackson is one of the most influential entertainers of the modern era. Her music has won her 6 GRAMMY® Awards, 2 Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, a nomination for an Academy Award along with dozens of American Music Awards, MTV Video Music Awards, BET Awards and Billboard Music Awards. She has received accolades as an actor as well, including the NAACP Best Supporting Actor award. Janet is a published author, choreographer, dancer, businessperson, philanthropist and one of biggest-selling artists in popular music history. With sales of over 160 million records worldwide, Janet Jackson stands as one of the best-selling artists of all time with a string of hits that have left an indelible impression on pop culture. Her music and artistry has opened doors through which other top artists have followed, while acknowledging her impact on their musical perceptions.
JANET JACKSON – UNBREAKABLE WORLD TOUR – FIRST LEG
All dates, cities and venues below subject to change.
All dates below on sale June 22.
| Date | City | Venue |
| Monday, August 31, 2015 | Vancouver, BC | Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena |
| Wednesday, September 02, 2015 | Calgary, AB | Scotiabank Saddledome |
| Friday, September 04, 2015 | Edmonton, AB | Rexall Place |
| Saturday, September 05, 2015 | Grand Prairie, AB | Revolution Place |
| Monday, September 07, 2015 | Saskatoon, SK | SaskTel Centre |
| Tuesday, September 08, 2015 | Winnipeg, MB | MTS Centre |
| Friday, September 11, 2015 | Grand Rapids, MI | Van Andel Arena |
| Saturday, September 12, 2015 | Cincinnati, OH | PNC Pavilion at Riverbend Music Center |
| Tuesday, September 15, 2015 | Toronto, ON | Air Canada Centre |
| Thursday, September 17, 2015 | Raleigh, NC | Walnut Creek Amphitheatre |
| Friday, September 18, 2015 | Charlotte, NC | PNC Music Pavilion |
| Sunday, September 20, 2015 | Miami, FL | American Airlines Arena |
| Wednesday, September 23, 2015 | Orlando, FL | Amway Center |
| Thursday, September 24, 2015 | Tampa, FL | Amalie Arena |
| Saturday, September 26, 2015 | Atlanta, GA | Chastain Park Amphitheatre |
| Sunday, September 27, 2015 | Nashville, TN | Ascend Amphitheater |
| Tuesday, September 29, 2015 | Memphis, TN | Fedex Forum |
| Wednesday, September 30, 2015 | New Orleans | Smoothie King Center |
| Friday, October 09, 2015 | Las Vegas, NV | The AXIS @ Planet Hollywood |
| Saturday, October 10, 2015 | Las Vegas, NV | The AXIS @ Planet Hollywood |
| Tuesday, October 13, 2015 | San Francisco, CA | Bill Graham Civic Auditorium |
| Wednesday, October 14, 2015 | San Francisco, CA | Bill Graham Civic Auditorium |
| Friday, October 16, 2015 | Los Angeles, CA | The Forum |
| Saturday, October 17, 2015 | San Diego, CA | Viejas Arena |
| Monday, October 19, 2015 | Phoenix, AZ | Comerica Theatre |
| Wednesday, October 21, 2015 | Santa Barbara, CA | Santa Barbara Bowl |
| Thursday, October 22, 2015 | Santa Barbara, CA | Santa Barbara Bowl |
| Saturday, October 24, 2015 | Salt Lake City, UT | EnergySolutions Arena |
| Sunday, October 25, 2015 | Denver, CO | Pepsi Center |
| Tuesday, October 27, 2015 | Kansas City, MO | Sprint Center |
| Thursday, October 29, 2015 | St. Louis, MO | Chaifetz Arena |
| Friday, October 30, 2015 | Omaha, NE | CenturyLink Center |
| Sunday, November 01, 2015 | Minneapolis | Target Center |
| Tuesday, November 03, 2015 | Chicago, IL | Chicago Theatre |
| Wednesday, November 04, 2015 | Chicago, IL | Chicago Theatre |
| Thursday, November 12, 2015 | Honolulu, HI | Neal S. Blaisdell Center Arena |
What’s in Prince’s secret vault? Rows and rows of music
Prince may not want to talk about the vault, but there’s a whole bunch of Purple people who do.
Susan Rogers, Prince’s former sound engineer, tells me the vault predates the superstar status Prince attained with the movie Purple Rain in 1984. “I started the vault!” she says. “I joined Prince in 1983 when he was preparing to do Purple Rain. I realised it would be smart for me to get his tapes together in one place. I was aware there were a lot of pieces missing. It became an obsession. I wanted us to have everything he’d ever recorded. I called up the studios he’d been using and said: ‘Have you got any Prince tapes’? This is his legacy. We need to protect these things. It’s an actual bank vault, with a thick door. It’s in the basement of Paisley Park. When I left in 87, it was nearly full. Row after row of everything we’d done. I can’t imagine what they’ve done since then.”
Via The Guardian
Marc Maron Gets Animated In Video Talking About Iggy Pop
Marc Maron describes some of his favorite musical guests from the WTF podcast. In this animated episode, he remembers the stunning interview with Iggy Pop. Actually, most interviews with Iggy are chaos. If this doesn’t make you love both men, nothing will.
