I'm copying this verbatim from a press release I just got from Pierce Freelon of The Beast. I wish they'd had cool events like this when I was in school! HIP-HOP/JAZZ QUARTET THE BEAST PARTNERS WITH NCJRO TO GIVE MUSIC EDUCATION SEMINARS AT TRIANGLE HIGH SCHOOLS The Beast will deliver jazz education workshops at Durham School of the Arts and Chapel Hill High School this semester. [...]
In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. The Simpsons is one of my favorite television comedies of all time, and John Ortved has written an invaluable oral history about the show. Covering the show's inception of The Tracey Ullman Show to its unlikely and unpredicted success in its first season and on through its later years, The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History not only reminds us of the greatness of the show but [...]
Your blogger, around 1984, and an Electronic Warfare Operator 3rd Class aboard the USS Merrill (DD-976) . The Merrill, sunk as a target in 2003, was the testing platform for the Tomahawk Cruise Missile. It's where I served the final ten months of my eight-year Navy stint--most of that time, we were in dry dock. And here's the weird thing. I don't believe in ESP, but ... a weird thing happened just prior to receiving my orders for the Merrill (which I'd pressed to get, since I wanted a culture-shock recovery period between my Japan service [...]
Last week, SFCritic made a post concerning the continuing debate between dancehall performer, Buju Banton and the LGTBQ community that is protesting his music. The debate concerns the LGBTQ's proposed boycott of Buju Banton's performances in the US as a result of a statements, and particularly a song Banton made in the past, which has lyrics describing how to kill gay people. After posting this article, SFCritic received a reply from a reader named "Optimistic Spirit." Through a detailed correspondence, SFCritic and Optimistic Spirit, debated the issues concerning the boycott, Buju Banton and the freedom of [...]
We know what you're thinking: " Alec Empire doesn't really seem like the kind of thing Thrash Hits usually covers". But you know what? If you think that, then you've clearly failed to take some very serious points into account. Yes, we know if you slap on his last album, The Golden Foretaste of Heaven , you'll get an earful of electro, rather than the extreme white-noise inferno he made his name with. But that doesn't change the fact that A) Alec Empire is more punk rock than anything you can think [...]
Behind The Scenes With Rob Machado of 'The Drifter' DVD Out November 3rd; Check Out 'Music From The Drifter' Playlist In the summer of 2008, iconic surfer and former Pipe Master, Rob Machado , flew to Indonesia to experience a different kind of surf trip. The journey ultimately took him way beyond his comfort zone, where he was finally alone with his thoughts, desires and the empty perfection of an unnamed [...]
Ok we examined a few of the pillars of hip hop culture. Now let's get back to featuring some kids who represent the latest in and the future of hip hop music & culture: " Starting out as a dance crew, The Ranger$ began posting up their Jerk videos to YouTube and the craze that is Jerk Music thus began. With their channel being viewed over 8 million times, the argument can easily be made that the video featuring their Jerk moves to the tune of the New Boyz [...]
CL emcees Natti and Deacon The Villain wax poetic on the lack of substance in today's culture and how it impacts the youth. Produced by Kno, CunninLynguists' "To Be For Real" is the third leak from Strange Journey Volume Two, the second installment of this year's double release from the trio. Photography by Ania Cywinska. CunninLynguists' newest project is set to be released on November 3rd. Guests include E-40, Evidence, Sean Price, Tonedeff, Geologic of Blue Scholars, Freddie Gibbs, Substantial, Poison Pen, PackFM and more with production from J-Zone and Blue Sky Black Death. [...]
Here's the plug: " Emcees Natti and Deacon The Villain wax poetic on the lack of substance in today's culture and how it impacts the youth. Produced by Kno, CunninLynguists' "To Be For Real" is the third leak from Strange Journey Volume Two, the second installment of this year's double release from the trio. CunninLynguists' newest project is set to be released on November 3rd. Guests include E-40, Evidence,Sean Price, Tonedeff, Geologic of Blue Scholars, Freddie Gibbs, Substantial, Poison Pen and more with production from [...]
John Ortved talks to Newsarama about his excellent oral history The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History . "For the first 10 or 11 seasons, I've seen each episode, many times. Particularly seasons 3-9; God, those shows are good. I think that run of episodes, that body of work, can stand up to anything our culture has produced in terms of entertainment in my lifetime. I mean that. They can hold their own against The Sopranos, Michael Chabon's novels, Nora Ephron's films, even The Backstreet Boys." [...]
LIVE at TT the Bears layout & design by Tom Gallo HIGHLY RECOMMENDED - A R yan's Smashing Life live show delivers remarkable music talent, straight from our digital pages to the finest stages in New England. This tradition of music exploration continues on Saturday, October 24th at TT the Bears with four outstanding acts that promise to thoroughly entertain, reigniting your passion for exciting [...]
LIVE at TT the Bears layout & design by Tom Gallo HIGHLY RECOMMENDED - A R yan's Smashing Life live show delivers remarkable music talent, straight from our digital pages to the finest stages in New England. This tradition of music exploration continues on Saturday, October 24th at TT the Bears with four outstanding acts that promise to thoroughly entertain, reigniting your passion for exciting [...]
In 1979, the Peoples' Republic of China publicly reported that several thousand of its children aged 8-14 were capable of telepathy, clairvoyance, X-ray vision, or psychokinesis. Having already heard about this program, the Central Intelligence Agency, National Security Agency, Defense Intelligence Agency, Lawrence Livermore Laboratories, and the US Army were simultaneously pouring billions of dollars into their own similar research. The Army program was headquartered at Fort Meade, Maryland, and was part of the Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM). Leaders included Generals Edmund Thompson and Albert Stubblebine, and Colonel John Alexander. The First Earth Battalion was [...]
I tripped right into the gangly, urgent, danceable music of Ezra Furman & The Harpoons quite by accident last summer, and from the Jonathan Richmanesque spoken word lead-in of " I wrote this song in a paper bag ..." my ears were happily perked. Their music unfurls into cacophony and melody, retro and squawk, Violent Femmes meet The Kinks, with a dash of The Replacements' sloppy joy. There's handclaps and awkward yells and lyrics about enjoying the music without worrying 'bout the words. That sounds like a plan tonight when they [...]
Never mind the buzzkill. In spite of political scandals, widespread unemployment, and a downward spiral of economic and architectural decay, southern Michigan's music scene has never been more vibrant. Leave it to Flint native Michael Moore to document the downturn; Ann Arbor label Quite Scientific Records is celebrating the upside: the seemingly limitless creative potential of an area of the U.S. with a glorious musical history and, perhaps, an even brighter musical future. In this EXCLUSIVE interview, QuiSci co-founder Brian Peters gives us the skinny on what makes the greater Detroit area such fertile [...]
DC funk/breakbeat/remix collective Fort Knox Five embark on a US Tour this week in advance of their new release 'The New Gold Standard 2' which sees the light of day on November 3rd. Despite its November due date, FK5 are holding a pre-release party Tuesday night (10/13) at the 9:30. Joining FK5 are Dutch DJ trio Kraak and Smaak. TVD's got TWO pairs of tickets AND a copy of FK5's debut release 'Radio Free DC' on vinyl for the two individuals who make the most noise in the comments to this post. That's it! Just [...]
After the release of 2008's Inside the Human Body and a long string of tour dates including a successful stop at Lollapalooza, you would figure the fall would be the perfect time for announcing plans for a new album. Well, not if you are Ezra Furman . It turns out Ezra Furman will just keep on trucking, as he'll be taking his Harpoons on the road starting in October and hitting up the Midwest, South, and West Coast this time. Starting on October 13th in Omaha, Nebraska the tour will see Ezra snake through California, [...]
More info : DBS DJs | DBS Schedule | Tracklist | www.myspace.com/electribecze Start time: 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month 20:00 - 22:00 CET convert ***Click Here To Listen*** Tracklist: 01/ Stoneface & Terminal - St.Francis Foley (Club Mix) [Euphonic] 02/ Jean Moiree feat. [...]
Carlos Enriquez-Gonzalez' sculpture "Magic Vagina" stands at eight and one half feet tall. It embodies the idea of the vagina as the giver of life—a symbolic portal through which we go from one world to another. His sculpture, "Magical Vagina" as well as the three smaller (approx. 143) sculptures (in fiberglass) will be on sale on Oct 3rd in Phillips upcoming Latin American auction, that will feature contemporary works of art which are inspired by, reflect on and [...]
all photos by the cobrasnake You might remember a 'classic' HRO post from 2k8 entitled ' Rave or Die .' Carles wrote : Does any one else feel like RAVES are 'authentic music festivals'? I feel like 'music festivals' should really just become drug-fueled parties where people dress in zany costumes and entrylevel alts attempt to find meaning by listening to music/dancing/'trying drugs 4 the first tyme.' In the 2k9 edition of RAVE OR DIE, Carles will attempt to [...]
Beck - "Harry Partch" ; The history of the musical feud dates back centuries probably, but in the last few decades it has really been [...]More about Beach House
Lady GaGa and Beyonce Knowles' hook-up in an electro dance track called "Telephone" has hit the web. "Telephone" is not the only collaborative project between [...]More about Lady GaGa
We live in a world with a lot of musical debate and discourse. Too much, even. My aim with TBE is to be [...]More about Vampire Weekend
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MGMT проговорились, что собираются выпустить новый альбом в начале 2010 года, и называться [...]More about Beyonce
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I tell you man these Swedes are unstoppable with this music thing, I can’t tell you how many times a good song leads me back to the [...]More about Kanye West
The big news this week is that Lil Wayne is going to jail for up-to a year for gun possession, but this, of course, [...]More about Lil' Wayne
Check it & DANCE! Chillin’ (Top Billin UK Mix)- Wale ft. Lady Gaga Bad Romance (Chew Fu Club Mix)- Lady Gaga (ZS) [...]More about Passion Pit
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k-os - I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman
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WKND PLYLST!! This has nothing to do with NEW MOON!
Bobby B's Top 50 Albums Of The Decade (#25-21)
HOT CHIP TAKE another crack at IT and I’m IN
