Vanity Fair has time capsuled Billie Eilish’s responses to the same questions for the last four years and tracked the now-18-year-old star’s swift rise to pop super stardom. From winning five Grammys to adopting her new dog, Shark, see how much Billie’s life has changed in 2020.
The Doors Performs “The Crystal Ship/Light My Fire” Live at American Bandstand in 1967
The Doors performing The Crystal Ship and Light My Fire Live on American Bandstand in 1967. The clip also includes a short interview done by Host Dick Clark.
Clark to Jim Morrison: “Why is so much happening in San Francisco? You figured it out yet?” Jim: “Uh, the West is the best.”
David Bowie Lands On TikTok
On what would have been his 74th birthday, TikTok today announced that the music of David Bowie is now available to the TikTok community. An account in Bowie’s memory has launched in partnership with Warner Music Group, Sony Music and The David Bowie estate.
Celebrating one of the greatest stars of the musical universe, David Bowie’s music catalogue is now available through yet another medium, ready to excite and inspire a whole new generation of fans. His TikTok channel is live at @DavidBowie featuring iconic videos from his life and work across over five decades of innovation and reinvention.
Tracks such as “Heroes”, Space Oddity, Let’s Dance, Fame, Rebel Rebel, Life on Mars?, and Ashes To Ashes now feature in a dedicated playlist on the TikTok Sounds page. On Sunday 10th January to mark his passing five years ago, TheStarman hashtag challenge (#TheStarman) will launch. Using the track Starman – first released in 1972 as the lead single from The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars, – the TikTok community will come together to celebrate his life and work, recreating his iconic looks across the years.
A pioneer in music and fashion, David was – and remains – a cultural icon. He was never afraid to push boundaries and was always first to embrace new technology to reach his global fan base.
Where Canadians Can Get Cheaper Ink for Their Printer
If you invest in HP printers then you will know that while they provide a premium print quality, their ink cartridges cost a fortune! Rather than continuing to spend more than you are happy to pay, why not try out some of our money saving tips? Here’s where to look and where to avoid so that you can start enjoying cheaper ink prices for as long as you own a HP printer!
Avoid – Your Local Store
The first place you need to stop buying ink from is your local store. Not only do they sell ink at manufacturer prices but they also add on their own premium because you are a captive audience. Many of us get sucked into buying from our local stores because we convince ourselves that it is easier and cost-effective. It isn’t! Start avoiding this today and try an office supplier store instead so that you can see immediately how much you have been spending when you really didn’t need to.
Avoid – Buying From the Manufacturer
The next place you need to avoid is buying direct from HP themselves. Printer companies like HP use their ink sales to offset their advertising costs as well as their printer costs and staff wages. When you choose to purchase your ink from them you are going to be spending far more than the ink is actually worth. Plus, they never fill their ink cartridges fully, so they make even more money from you than you could even imagine – it is a con that you need to swerve today!
Try – Shopping for Offers
If you need ink today and want to save money then take a moment to search around for offers first. The internet is a great starting place and will provide you with information on the local stores that are offering your cartridges at a discount price so that you can make small savings pretty quickly as well as saving a lot of time that you would have spent driving around to find the best price.
Try – Ink Replacement Cartridges
Possibly the best place to get the cheapest ink is from an online ink specialist service like Smart Ink. These companies produce the highest quality ink for low prices because they have lower overheads and marketing budgets. Replacement ink services can save you up to 75% of what you normally pay and they deliver direct to your door so that you do not have to even leave the house and waste your time shopping for ink when you have better things to do. Try this today and be amazed at the savings you can enjoy.
Start Today
There is now some clear direction on where to shop and where to avoid when you want to save some cash. Ink does not need to be ridiculously expensive, especially when there are many great options from specialist services. Make the change today and start enjoying your spare cash!
The Go-Go’s Kathy Valentine on her new book ‘All I Ever Wanted’
The Go-Go’s bassist Kathy Valentine joins The Morning Show to talk about her latest book ‘All I Ever Wanted’ which explores the rock band’s highs and lows.
There’s New Leadership at Music Canada and CONNECT
The Board Chair of Music Canada, Jennifer Sloan, today announced Patrick Rogers has been named Chief Executive Officer of Music Canada. Rogers had previously been the Vice President, Corporate Affairs and served as interim co-CEO since June.
Additionally, Jackie Dean has been appointed President of CONNECT Music Licensing by the shareholders and will remain Chief Operating Officer of Music Canada after also serving as interim co-CEO since June.
“After a competitive search process with a wide variety of talented and interested candidates, the Board is confident Patrick’s vision for Music Canada builds on the organization’s record of success with an eye to the opportunities of the future,” said Sloan. “His leadership style, coupled with his unique experience, make him the right person to represent Canada’s major record companies as CEO of Music Canada.”
“I am excited for the opportunity and thank the Board for entrusting me to lead this talented team. I look forward to continuing Music Canada’s passionate advocacy for Canada’s creators and working with others in the cultural industries to accomplish our shared objectives,” said Rogers.
“Jackie’s appointment at CONNECT Music Licensing will strengthen the leadership structure of this important organization, allowing it to provide the greatest value to its members,” continued Sloan.
“The opportunity to lead CONNECT Music Licensing means having a hands-on role in making sure that CONNECT’s members are compensated when their music is played,” said Dean. “I look forward to utilizing my leadership, industry and financial experience to fulfill the mandate of the organization.”
Both appointments are effective Monday, January 11th.
Music Canada is a non-profit trade organization that represents the major record companies in Canada: Sony Music Entertainment Canada, Universal Music Canada and Warner Music Canada. Music Canada also works with some of the leading independent record labels and distributors, recording studios, live music venues, concert promoters, managers and artists in the promotion and development of the music cluster.
CONNECT Music Licensing administers licences in Canada for the reproduction of sound recordings, and the reproduction and broadcast of music videos, on behalf of the copyright owners. CONNECT’s members, which include all of the major record labels, many independent labels, and thousands of independent artists and producers, own or control the copyright in the vast majority of all the sound recordings and music videos produced or distributed in Canada.
CONNECT Music Licensing represents its members at Re:Sound for the communication, public performance and private copying of their eligible sound recordings.
Limited Edition Vinyl From Talk Talk, The Cars, John Prine, Genesis, Talking Heads Now Available
Happy New Year, vinyl lovers! It’s time to “Start Your Ear Off Right” with some brand new delicious vinyl records that are headed to your favorite retailer as we speak. The first round of new releases drop this Friday, January 8, and Talking Heads fans take note! Color your world with a sky blue vinyl version of the 1983 classic, Speaking in Tongues, limited to just 4,500 copies. But that’s not all: there’s also a bright opaque red vinyl edition of the 1982 double live album, The Name of This Band is Talking Heads, also limited to just 4,500 copies. Some of us know where this year’s holiday cash is going, that’s for sure.
There’s more: the Cars’ 1981 studio album, Shake It Up, is screeching into focus by way of a neon green vinyl release, capped at only 3,500 copies. Another release for the January 8 winner’s circle: a flaming yellow version of k.d. lang’s 2000 LP, Invincible Summer. That one is getting cut off after 3,500 copies as well.
That’s just to get the party started. The Start Your Ear Off Right celebration promises a host of sweet new vinyl releases from Buffalo Springfield, Curtis Mayfield (a red opaque vinyl version of the Superfly soundtrack?! Shut yo’ mouth!), Danny Elfman soundtrack favorites, Dire Straits, Talk Talk–check out the full rundown below, and plan accordingly. Rock on and remember: Start Your Ear Off Right. Your neighbors will thank you for it.
Happy New Year, vinyl lovers! It’s time to “Start Your Ear Off Right” with some brand new delicious vinyl records that are headed to your favorite retailer as we speak. The first round of new releases drop this Friday, January 8, and Talking Heads fans take note! Color your world with a sky blue vinyl version of the 1983 classic, Speaking in Tongues, limited to just 4,500 copies. But that’s not all: there’s also a bright opaque red vinyl edition of the 1982 double live album, The Name of This Band is Talking Heads, also limited to just 4,500 copies. Some of us know where this year’s holiday cash is going, that’s for sure.
There’s more: the Cars’ 1981 studio album, Shake It Up, is screeching into focus by way of a neon green vinyl release, capped at only 3,500 copies. Another release for the January 8 winner’s circle: a flaming yellow version of k.d. lang’s 2000 LP, Invincible Summer. That one is getting cut off after 3,500 copies as well.
That’s just to get the party started. The Start Your Ear Off Right celebration promises a host of sweet new vinyl releases from Buffalo Springfield, Curtis Mayfield (a red opaque vinyl version of the Superfly soundtrack?! Shut yo’ mouth!), Danny Elfman soundtrack favorites, Dire Straits, Talk Talk–check out the full rundown below, and plan accordingly. Rock on and remember: Start Your Ear Off Right. Your neighbors will thank you for it.
Available on Friday, January 8:
The Cars – Shake It Up – 1–LP neon green vinyl
Limited edition of 3,500 copies, $21.98
k.d. lang – Invincible Summer 20th Anniversary Edition – 1–LP yellow, flame vinyl
Limited edition of 3,000 copies, $21.98
Talking Heads – Speaking In Tongues – 1–LP sky blue vinyl
Limited edition of 4,500 copies, $21.98
Talking Heads – The Name Of The Band Is Talking Heads – 2–LP red, opaque vinyl
Limited edition of 4,500 copies, $34.98
Available on Friday, January 15:
Billie Joe + Norah – foreverly – 1–LP orange vinyl
Limited edition of 3,000 copies, $21.98
Buffalo Springfield – Retrospective: The Best Of Buffalo Springfield – 1–LP 180–gram black vinyl,
Limited edition of 4,000 copies, $21.98
Curtis Mayfield – Superfly – 1–LP red opaque vinyl
Limited edition of 3,800 copies, $21.98
Danny Elfman – Batman: Original Motion Picture Score – 1–LP turquoise vinyl
Limited edition of 3,000 copies, $21.98
Danny Elfman – Dick Tracy (Original Score) – 1–LP transparent, blue vinyl
Limited edition of 3,000 copies, $21.98
Talk Talk – It’s My Life – 1–LP purple vinyl
Limited edition of 1,920 copies, $21.98
Available on Friday, January 22:
Dire Straits – Brothers In Arms – 2–LP 180–gram black vinyl
Limited edition of 5,000 copies, $31.98
Dire Straits – Communiqué – 1–LP 180–gram vinyl
Limited edition of 4,000 copies, $24.98
Dire Straits – Dire Straits – 1–LP 180–gram black vinyl
Limited edition of 4,000 copies, $24.98
Dire Straits – Love Over Gold – 1–LP 180–gram black vinyl
Limited edition of 4,000 copies, $24.98
Dire Straits – Making Movies – 1–LP 180–gram black vinyl
Limited edition of 4,000 copies, $24.98
Dire Straits – On Every Street – 2–LP 180–gram black vinyl
Limited edition of 4,000 copies, $31.98
Genesis – A Trick Of The Tail –1–LP 180–gram Easter yellow vinyl
Limited edition of 3,350 copies, $21.98
Genesis – Duke – 1–LP 180-gram white vinyl
Limited edition of 3,350 copies, $21.98
Various Artists – Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968 – 2–LP 140–gram black vinyl, Limited edition of 4,000 copies, $31.98
Available on Friday, January 29:
John Prine – Bruised Orange – 1–LP black vinyl
Limited edition of 2,500 copies, $21.98
John Prine – Pink Cadillac – 1–LP black vinyl
Limited edition of 2,500 copies, $21.98
John Prine – Storm Windows – 1–LP black vinyl
Limited edition of 2,500 copies, $21.98
Janis Joplin’s “Pearl” Gets 50th Anniversary Celebration With Reissue and Book
Columbia/Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, and the Janis Joplin Estate are commemorating the 50th anniversary of Janis Joplin’s Pearl, the artist’s final studio album. Originally released on January 11, 1971–three months after Joplin’s passing on October 4, 1970, and eight days before what would have been her 28th birthday on January 19–Pearl debuted Janis’ last completed studio recordings as well as intimations of what the influential American country-soul-blues-rock singer was capable of delivering.
In celebration of Pearl, JanisJoplin.com will be releasing an exclusive capsule collection which includes a fine art collaboration with the estate of Barry Feinstein, the acclaimed celebrity photographer who lensed the iconic Pearl album cover; further details to be announced soon. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland is curating a special exhibit devoted to Janis, Pearl and more, scheduled to open May 21, 2021.
Genesis Publications and the Janis Joplin Estate announced the upcoming publication of a new limited edition book, Janis Joplin: Days & Summers – Scrapbook 1966-68. During her career, Janis Joplin created a personal record of her meteoric rise to fame and the flowering of Sixties counterculture. Throughout it all, she collected posters, souvenirs, press clippings, photographs and records, and annotated them with her comments. Featured alongside are previously unpublished items from her personal archive, including letters she wrote home to her family and a preceding scrapbook from her senior high school years, 1956-59. Written by the people who really knew Janis and those inspired by her, the book’s in-depth text provides a fascinating, new account of the singer’s extraordinary life. Janis Joplin: Days & Summers – Scrapbook 1966-68 is available to preorder at: www.janisjoplin.com.
The only album Joplin ever recorded with the Full Tilt Boogie Band, the touring ensemble that had backed her on the Festival Express (a mythic 1970 concert tour by railroad across Canada with the Grateful Dead, the Band and others), Pearl included canonical studio recordings of songs she’d introduced to audiences on tour.
Peaking at #1 on the Billboard 200, a position it held for nine weeks, Pearl showcased some of Janis’s most familiar and best-loved performances including her cover of Kris Kristofferson’s “Me and Bobby McGee” and the off-the-cuff a cappella “Mercedes Benz,” the last song she ever recorded. Digital single editions of both recordings have been recently certified by the RIAA: “Me and Bobby McGee” achieving Gold & Platinum status with “Mercedes Benz” earning Gold. Mercedes-Benz, the automobile manufacturer, used the track in its 2020 holiday advertising campaign. Columbia/Legacy will release a new official video for “Me & Bobby McGee” later this year.
Pearl has been certified 4x Platinum by the RIAA with Janis Joplin’s overall album catalog–including greatest hits compilations–accounting for 17 Platinum and 3 Gold certifications (approximately 18.5 million records) in the United States. Janis Joplin’s Greatest Hits was RIAA certified 9x Platinum on November 22, 2019 while “Piece of My Heart” (Janis’ breakout single from Big Brother & The Holding Company – Cheap Thrills, one of 1968’s top-selling albums) has recently been certified RIAA Platinum. More than 31 million Janis Joplin albums have been sold worldwide.
Scheduled for April 2021, Vinyl Me, Please, the “best damn record club out there,” in association with Columbia/Legacy, will release a collectible 50th anniversary limited edition of Pearl pressed on white “Pearl” Color 180 Gram Vinyl. Available for pre-order: HERE
In July 2021, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, in association with Columbia/Legacy, will release a limited edition 50th Anniversary Edition of Pearl as an UltraDisc One-Step 180g 45RPM 2LP Box Set. Mastered from the Original Master Tapes with Mobile Fidelity’s One-Step process, this edition is pressed at RTI on MoFi SuperVinyl for definitive sound quality and comes packaged with foil-stamped jackets. Available for pre-order: HERE
Baby Janis: A Book about Nouns will be released by Running Press, an imprint of Hachette Book Group on April 20, and is available for pre-order now at JanisJoplin.com. Introduce your littlest rocker to a variety of nouns, language and creative concepts seen through eyes of a young Janis Joplin in this next installment of the Baby Rocker series.
The Janis Joplin Estate have partnered with Z2 Comics for the release of Pearl Comix, a graphic novel written by Leah Moore. Each chapter of Pearl Comix is inspired by one of the songs in the Joplin canon and illustrated by women artists from around the world.
The Janis Joplin Estate, in partnership with Community, invites fans to communicate via text on the new dedicated number: 415-301-4533.
Bell Let’s Talk Day 2021 Announced For January 28
On Bell Let’s Talk Day, Bell will donate more towards mental health initiatives in Canada by contributing 5¢ for every applicable text, call, tweet or TikTok video using #BellLetsTalk, social media video view and use of our Facebook frame or Snapchat filter. Join in on Thursday, January 28 to help create positive change.
Ever Wonder What Questlove Does In A Day? Here You Go…and it’s EXHAUSTING
Questlove takes Vanity Fair through everything he does in a day. From commuting to his drumming gig at 30 Rock to scoring a new Roots song, Questlove explains how he makes time to listen to 100 news songs everyday and binge-watch Schitt’s Creek.