Video: Tupac Hologram Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre Perform Coachella Live 2012

Who will be our next dead celebrity? Does it matter? Regardless of who, as Joseph Conrad suggested, we each remain loyal to the nightmare of our choosing. How do you shoot a spectre through the heart, slash off its spectral head, take it by its spectral throat? -- Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim 'I ... I always thought I would die young.'' -- Michael Jordan Death's power has always resided in its unpredictability: its paralysis of expecation; its rupturing of the fabric of routine. Despite our (or Michael Jordan's) best efforts at amateur prophecy, the riddle of its means and [...]

That brain-melting, slightly off-putting resurrection of Tupac Shakur at Coachella nearly caused the internet to malfunction, but even that immense level of buzz wasn't enough to save the creators of Hologram Tupac from bankruptcy . Digital Domain Media Group — the special effects company behind Holo-Pac —  has filed for Chapter 11. The hologram reportedly cost a couple hundred thousand dollars, so perhaps Dr. Dre knew something we all didn't know when he shot down the idea [...]

It's a sad night for three dimensional constructs of dead musicians everywhere. Tupac's hologram, whose *successful* appearance at Coachella led to talk of similar reincarnations from Elvis , Jimi Hendrix , Jim Morrison , Left Eye , Freddie Mercury , has died. He was five months old. As CNN reports (via Pitchfork ), Digital Domain Media Group, the company behind the Tupac hologram, has filed for bankruptcy. During its 20 year existence, the company worked on special effects for movies likes Titanic and P irates of [...]

The posthumous album. It is a concept which seriously grosses BitCandy out. Simply put, they are the products of bloodthirsty record labels, who pick at dead and thus defenceless artists for their own

For those of us who love music festivals, 2013 may not arrive fast enough. Goldenvoice is bringing the festivities to the OC!

Taking place over two weekends once again.

Photo by Coachella Our boy Jeremy headed down to Coachella this year for the Weekend 2 celebrations. If you're like me and didn't make it to the festival, just read J's accounts of sweaty dancing, sunshine, holograms and partying, and you'll feel like you were there. My favourite quote: "No words can describe this visually packed adrenaline rush for your eyeballs." Awesome. SCORE CARD Best DJ: Zedd Best Producer: Morgan Page Best Beat: Tie between Housse [...]

Roger Taylor , batterista dei Queen , ha detto di non avere alcuna intenzione di esibirsi sul palco di fianco a un ologramma del defunto Freddie Mercury . Dalle pagine di Billboard, spiega: «Non credo proprio di voler fare una cosa del genere. Non mi sentirei a mio agio. Non voglio apparire con un ologramma di un mio caro amico. Se non posso avere la persona vera, non voglio nessun ologramma. Credo che sia un effetto incredibile se utilizzato nel modo giusto, naturalmente nell'oscurità. Se qualcuno volesse usare un ologramma di Freddie, non farei [...]

For the first time in 12 years Tupac 's Greatest Hits has re-entered the charts, hitting number 129 in America's Billboard 200 after selling 4,000 copies. All Eyez On Me and Me Against The World have also risen (by 95% and 53% respectively). 'Hail Mary', '2 Of Amerikaz Most Wanted' and 'California Love' have also had sales boost. Watch the hologram performance here if you've not had the internet the last few weeks:

The appearance of a Tupac Shakur hologram at the Coachella music festival during a performance with Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre got an amazing range of reactions on the web. For some it was yet another aesthetic apocalypse, for others a moment of awe-inspring beauty. Since that apparition, Holopac returned for another performance at Coachella and we discovered that he wasn't a hologram after all, that the company that got a big stock price boost was only partially responsible and that those tour rumors are all wrong unless, at a [...]

MUSICA E', ovviamente, l'unica ragione per andare al Coachella . Il folklore (post)hipster lo si può trovare anche altrove. Nel deserto puoi andarci in vacanza. La lineup di quest'anno era francamente impossibile da battere. E Hope Sandoval che canta "Fade Into You" quando è buio ormai da un pezzo, in quella che è la sua terra, e tu pensavi che non saresti mai riuscita a sentire i Mazzy Star dal vivo, rende chiaro che. La musica è l'unico vero motivo per cui vai al Coachella . [...]

We've saved the best for last! As many of you already know, Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre closed off an incredible weekend at Coachella. It was such a big deal that I had to make a separate post for just this set. So many great rappers made guest appearances with the hip-hop legends. The names include, [...]