Teeth! Music! Wall! Simone Giertz built her weirdest invention to date: musical teeth.
“Toward A Greater University” film in 1964 featuring a young Jim Morrison
“Toward A Greater University” film which, in two brief scenes [4:33/5:17], features a young Jim Morrison years before he would become lead singer for The Doors. The film emphasized the need for more college-educated Floridians to work in the state’s rapidly expanding industries.
https://youtu.be/58Zqcpzkpgs
Etta James’ Isolated Vocals For “At Last”
Etta James’s signature song and was the third in a string of successful songs from her Argo Records debut album, At Last!. In April 1961, it became her second number two R&B hit single and crossed over to pop radio, reaching number 47 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The Trailer For “Sound of Metal” Is Here And It’s a Must-See For Music Fans…and Everyone
A heavy-metal drummer’s life is thrown into freefall when he begins to lose his hearing. The plot and the main characters are based on Derek Cianfrance’s unfinished docufiction film “Metalhead”, in which the drummer of a heavy metal duo blows his eardrums out and must learn to adapt to a world of silence.
Starring Riz Ahmed and Olivia Cooke, Sound of Metal hits theaters November 20th and streaming services December 4th.
Watch Ozzy Osbourne Be Adorable In The New Animated Video For “Crazy Train”
40 years ago, the Prince of Darkness released Blizzard of Ozz, and now you can listen to the new expanded 40th anniversary edition of the album, with 7 bonus live tracks previously unavailable digitally, available now! https://ozzyosbourne.lnk.to/Blizzard40
Video: Beavis and Butt-Head reviewing Radiohead’s “Creep” in 1994
Beavis: What’s going on? How come they just don’t play that cool part through the whole song? Hehe?”
Butt-Head: “Well Beavis, if they didn’t have like a part of the song that sucked, than it’s like, the other part wouldn’t be as cool.”
Beavis: “Really? You’re pretty smart Butt-Head.”
Boris Karloff and Vincent Price singing ‘The Two of Us’ on The Red Skelton Hour in 1968
Scares are everywhere this year, so why not lighten things up with two of the master horror actors singing a happy tune?
The Pas, MB Indigenous Rockers LOW BUDGET ROCK STAR Release Single Named After Themselves (and you bet it’s great!)
When legendary rock n’ rollers release a song named after their own band, you know they mean business; we’re talking The Clash, Bad Company, and now The Pas, MB’s Indigenous rockers Low Budget Rock Star and their eponymous single — available now!
A small but mighty three-member group with a big purpose — to save rock & roll — multi-talented artists Kennie Henderson, Harley Whitehead, and Richie Cudmore’s bold brand of arena rock styles are the result of three music careers destined to land together.
“I’ve done it all,” Henderson shares, adding, “I’ve been playing music since I was young, but I always had something in the way: I worked various 9-5 jobs, I went to school to attain my Bachelor of Arts degree…
“Ultimately, it wasn’t good for me. The spirit of music relentlessly kept me awake at night and created an unhappiness that crept up on me every day.
“It did not let up!
“In the summer of 2017, I was out with some of my old bandmates when I bumped into Richie, who was out with his old bandmates; coincidence? I told him we were heading out on tour in BC and he said, ‘Oh, cool! If you ever need a drummer, let me know!’”
Henderson said he’d hold him to that, and then and there the earliest inklings of Low Budget Rock Star were formed. “Finally, after many heartbreaks, band breakups, addressing of past traumas, plus nurturing relationships with Richie and then Harley, as well as the birth of my child, Mikwan, I quit my job to pursue music full time.”
For his part, Cudmore first took to the world of tunes after discovering his older brother playing the Beatles’ “Let it Be” on a set of blue metallic drums just like Ringo’s; he has since worked with Jim Kale (The Guess Who), Fred Turner (Bachman Turner Overdrive), and Chris Burke-Gaffney (Orphan, The Pumps). “I had the luxury of a father who rented and maintained juke boxes,” Cudmore recalls. “The hits of the day were the soundtrack to my life, and knowing the importance of flow, melody, and a catchy chorus shaped me to be a principal songwriter for bands I was in.”
Whitehead also lends to the songwriting for Low Budget Rock Star, as well as bass, and he considers himself a lifelong student of the music industry and music, in general. “When it comes to the music we write,” he notes, “we bring in personal stories that involve the everyday struggle for survival and overcoming personal demons.”
It’s these bits and pieces of each of The Pas-based bandmate’s lives that have become integral, if not front-and-centre, parts of Low Budget Rock Star’s relatable identity and ultimate rise. “This is a name and project that captures our spirit and heart,” Henderson offers. “It — life… music… — cannot be bypassed and lived with half-fast effort and energy; it’s a project that requires many struggles and hardships.
“With the song ‘Low Budget Rock Star,’ we want to portray our humble — yet cheeky — attitude influenced from years of living and breathing this rock & rock philosophy and life,” he continues. “We’re three guys and the only thing in our pockets is our songs and our stories; true, gritty, silly, intimate, and flavourful with the ability to put you through a lifetime of emotions.”
Critics, peers and fans agree; “Low Budget Rock Star is on a mission to save rock n’ roll in a big way!” multi-award winning fellow artist Crystal Shawanda says. “(They) write songs we can all relate to as we roll through this thing called life,” CJ102.9’s Mark A. Behren adds.
Ottawa’s Folk-Rockers HemlockHotel Offer Insight into the State of “America” with New Single
Ottawa, ON-based folk-rock Americana band HemlockHotel are singing of “America” in this, their new single — available now.
Arriving on the precipice of the trio’s forthcoming self-titled album set for release this October, “America” is about growing up and wondering if you’re bound to repeat the life of your ancestors.
“Some critics wondered why a Canadian band wrote a song that focused on the USA and there are a few reasons,” band member Rod Leggett offers. “Though I was listening to a bunch of protest music, the muse did visit so I listened before she escaped.
“A lot of us want to see political change, but how do you go about that when you no longer have role models? There’s a line in the song about ‘what can be done, of fathers and sons?’; the boy in the song wants a better world, and a country that can stand on its feet, but he’s clearly unsure of himself and what to do.
“There’s no doubt there was a direct focus on the political. I mean, you can’t have it both ways: American art and culture gets exported everywhere and we’re so close to them, so we take a lot in. With adoption comes questions. American politics is in a wild period and it’s sometimes difficult to watch.”
Along with Leggett, band members Dan Leduc and Mark Paré have all been members of respective bands since the 1990s, spanning genres from R&B to jazz to Franco-rock, country rock, and progressive rock in between. In the formation that is HemlockHotel, the three blend their varied and expansive histories to create a new — yet, familiar — sound of which “America” and HemlockHotel serve as a preview to.
“The goal of our first album together was to get comfortable and put together some tunes in the Americana tradition,” Paré says. “I mean, that’s pretty much why we got together; we all like that stuff.”
“We didn’t write a concept album,” Leduc shares of HemlockHotel. “Rather, we wanted to keep the production close enough to what a live performance sounds like; that was our primary goal. Generally, we’re very song-by-song driven,” he continues. “Every song is a microcosm which fits in the given galaxy of the time and place of the recording and the people involved in the production.
“Maybe in a few years we’ll see a more obvious pattern that was at work… Some hidden hand.”