Legendary singer-songwriter and founding member of the Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, discusses the first time he saw the ocean, inventing surf music without being a surfer, and the joys of a simple life in California Inspires Me, a Google Play x California Sunday Magazine collaboration.
Ultra Records Partners With Yahoo Live And Simon Cowell’s Syco Entertainment For “Ultimate DJ”
Yahoo Inc. announced at its 2015 Digital Content NewFront, Ultimate DJ, a GLOBAL electronic music competition-style live series set to appear across its Live, Digital Magazine and Original video programming.
Ultimate DJ willsee some of the hottest new electronic music DJ’s from around the world competing in this live global series. Set to air on Yahoo Live with worldwide voting via Tumblr, the winner will be crowned the Ultimate DJ and be offered an opportunity to headline a major electronic music festival and a record contract with Ultra Records and Sony Music.
Created by Syco Entertainment and executive produced by Simon Cowell, Patrick Moxey of Ultra Records and Syco Entertainment’s Kelly Belldegrun, Ultimate DJ will be co-produced by Syco Entertainment and Done and Dusted and also executive produced by Ian Stewart and Hamish Hamilton, who will also executive direct.
Simon Cowell said, “I have always been excited to be involved in a show where you have the chance to discover a star. And to do that, I know from experience you need great partners and the rest will follow. We’re excited to be partnering with Patrick Moxey of Ultra Records and Hamish Hamilton of Done and Dusted to bring this series to Yahoo.”
“Ultra Records has broken many of the biggest electronic artists of today and we’re thrilled to be a part of this series with Yahoo, Simon Cowell and Hamish Hamilton to bring the newest sounds and emerging electronic artists to a massive audience,” said Patrick Moxey of Ultra Records.
Hamish Hamilton of Done and Dusted said, “I love nothing more than capturing the energy of a live event. Now with Ultimate DJ we’ll send that excitement around electronic music around the world. This is something that could only exist online, something truly innovative.”
Since Yahoo Live launched in July 2014, it has delighted Yahoo users with live programming more than 110 million times over, with 43% of the people visiting its live music content being new Yahoo users. Highly engaged users stay on Yahoo Live for an average of 24 minutes.
Jimmy Fallon & Jack Black Recreate “More Than Words” Music Video
Jimmy Fallon and Jack Black do a shot-for-shot remake of Extreme’s “More Than Words” music video.
The original music video for comparison:
New Chemical Brothers Music Video ‘Go’ Directed by Michel Gondry
What happens when you take Q-Tip The Abstract, dancers clad in black and gray and two metal poles used to simulate additional motion? Why, it’s the brand new Chemical Brothers video, Go, directed by Michel Gondry.
Iconic Singer Ian Tyson Releases “Carnero Vaquero” Album On June 16
Acclaimed roots music label Stony Plain Records announces a June 16 U.S. release date for Carnero Vaquero, the 13th album from iconic Canadian singer/songwriter Ian Tyson.
The late blues singer John Lee Hooker, asked at age 85 whether he planned to retire, told a reporter: “It’s too late to quit now.” That may well be the motto of Ian Tyson, whose ongoing career began in the folk music boom of the early ‘60s.
Now 81, Tyson has just recorded a new album for Edmonton-based Stony Plain Records — and he still plays some 40 concerts a year as well as manages the Tyson Cattle Ranch south of Calgary. U.S. dates on his upcoming tour in support of the new album’s release include May 16 at The Birchmere in Alexandria, VA; and July 16 at The City Winery in New York City.
Carnero Vaquero includes 10 songs that can be described as true and clear as the western sky, the foothills of the Rockies and the changing cowboy tradition. The album’s title — “Carnero” is the Spanish word for ram, and “Vaquero” is Spanish for cowboy, and, indeed, the cowboy tradition, particularly in the south-western United States — is an accurate indication of the music.
The songs range from the traditional (“Doney Girl”) to co-writes with Calgary’s Kris Demeanor. There are five new Ian Tyson songs, as well as a tuneful remake of “Darcy Farrow” (originally recorded in the early ‘60s Ian & Sylvia folk duo days). “Wolves No Longer Sing” is written with Tom Russell — the pair co-wrote “Navajo Rug,” one of Tyson’s biggest hits.
Tyson’s voice, which has recovered from the accident that severely damaged it in 2007, recorded the album with his core touring band. Instead of a formal studio, Tyson cut most of the CD in a 100-year-old stone building, a mile down a gravel road from his ranch house; it’s the building where Tyson works every day when he’s not on the road. “I think that the ghosts of all the songs I’ve written here approve of the new ones,” he says.
Universal Music Group Nashville Chairman/CEO On How Much it Costs To Break An Act
On April 19, the Academy of Country Music Awards drew more than 70,000 fans to AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, and 15.8 million viewers (according to Nielsen) to its CBS telecast thanks to superstars like Taylor Swift, Blake Shelton,Luke Bryan and Brooks & Dunn. But that weekend Mike Dungan, chairman/CEO of Universal Music Group Nashville, was just as focused on bringing key radio programmers to nearby Dallas for showcases by eight of his labels’ most promising artists.
Though Dungan, 61, says “radio is still the primary driver” for breaking new acts like the showcased eight — newcomers Mickey Guyton, Canaan Smith and Joey Hyde, along with more established artists including Brothers Osborne and Easton Corbin — he’s exploring as many avenues as possible to expose his artists. Those include tentpole TV events and festivals like the 2015 Country Music Association Fan Fest (June 11-14 in Nashville) and CMT Awards (June 11), as well as streaming services like Spotify, YouTube, Pandora and iHeartRadio. It’s the latter category that Dungan credits with helping to break Sam Hunt, whose 2014 albumMontevallo and such hits as “Take Your Time” and “Leave the Night On” have been streamed more than 200 million times. “Our streaming activity has rocketed over the last year, and we are not far behind our pop brethren in that respect,” says Dungan. “This is a real business for us.”
Country’s global profile has increased dramatically thanks to the C2C festival in Europe and the popularity of the show Nashville. Would you sign an international country act?
I’ve got probably the premier Universal [U.K.] country artist, a band called The Shires, coming here in June. I have no projection as to whether we’re going to sign them here, but we’re trying to help them. This is expensive — you don’t get a small shot here. That’s how this company runs. It’s costing a million-and-a-half dollars every time we put out a release [with] three singles. So we can’t just throw shit out there until something sticks.
Via Billboard
8-year-old Lois asks Neil deGrasse Tyson about dyslexia in the field of astrophysics. He answers brilliantly.
8-year-old Lois asks Neil deGrasse Tyson about dyslexia in the field of astrophysics. The response of the people who approached her following her question was heartwarming.
Never Seen Bob Marley In Concert? Watch This Video, Then.
Three years before Bob Marley died of cancer at 36, the reggae legend blew away the hot and sweaty crowd at Boston’s Music Hall. Check out this footage of War as proof.
Marley’s family released the intimate footage, which will appear on Easy Skanking in Boston ’78, a compilation of once-private videos and live audio from June 8, 1978 — to celebrate what would have been Marley’s 70th birthday. Bob Marley & The Wailers: Easy Skanking In Boston ’78, features two historic live shows from Boston’s Music Hall, June 8, 1978. This new and unreleased performance is from the Marley family giving unprecedented access for the first time to their personal material from their private collections and their vaults. The album will be available on blu-ray/cd combo pack as well as dvd/cd and standalone cd versions. Additional newly created animated material will also be a part of this release, marking the first time the family has incorporated this technology into any official Marley releases.
The 46-minute video features seven of the 13 songs from that 1978 show:
“Rebel Music”
“I Shot the Sheriff”
“No Woman, No Cry”
“Lively Up Yourself”
“Jamming”
“War/No More Trouble”
“Exodus”
This Is What The Very First McDonald’s Restaurant Looked Like
he McDonald’s restaurant concept was introduced in San Bernardino, California by Dick and Mac McDonald of Manchester, New Hampshire. It was modified and expanded by their business partner, Ray Kroc, of Oak Park, Illinois, who later bought out the business interests of the McDonald brothers in the concept and went on to found McDonald’s Corporation.
In 1937, Patrick McDonald opened “The Airdrome”, an octagonal food stand, on Huntington Drive (Route 66) near the Monrovia Airport in Monrovia, California. Hamburgers were ten cents, and all-you-can-drink orange juice was five cents. In 1940, his two sons, Maurice and Richard (“Mac” and ” Dick”), moved the entire building 40 miles (64 km) east, to West 14th and 1398 North E Streets in San Bernardino, California. The restaurant was renamed “McDonald’s Famous Barbeque” and served over forty barbequed items.
In October 1948, after the McDonald brothers realized that most of their profits came from selling hamburgers, they closed down their successful carhop drive-in to establish a streamlined system with a simple menu of just hamburgers, cheeseburgers, french fries, shakes, soft drinks, and apple pie. The carhops were eliminated to make McDonald’s a self-serve operation. Mac and Dick McDonald had taken great care in setting up their kitchen like an assembly line to ensure maximum efficiency. The restaurant’s name was again changed, this time to simply “McDonald’s,” and reopened its doors on December 12, 1948.
Awesome Punk Flyers & Posters from The 80s
D.I.Y. at its finest, featuring Dead Kennedys, Fugazi, Minor Threat, Bad Brains, Husker Du and The Cramps.
