How to Make Everything explores turning scrapyard parts into a homemade electric guitar, complete with a flamethrower!
“You shouldn’t let poets lie to you” – Bjork in 1988 showing how imagination and science created a heartwarming result
I wish Björk could explain everything. I would pay to hear her do a Masterclass on whatever she’d want to talk about.
Cheech and Chong’s “Basketball Jones” Featuring George Harrison, Billy Preston, and Carole King
Cheech and Chong’s “Basketball Jones featuring Tyrone Shoelaces” first appeared on the 1973 album Los Cochinos. The songs opening lyric, “basketball jones, I got a basketball jones”, references “jones” as slang for craving or addiction. A “basketball jones” thus refers to loving basketball so much that it overtakes all other thoughts.
Sung in falsetto by Cheech Marin, playing the title character Tyrone (as in “tie-your-own”) Shoelaces, musicians who appeared on the record included George Harrison, Billy Preston, Tom Scott, and Carole King (so the record became the highest peaking single on which she appeared during 1973). The Blossoms and Michelle Phillips (from The Mamas & the Papas) performed vocals as cheerleaders on the track.
Other members of the ad-hoc all-stars included Nicky Hopkins (piano), Tom Scott (sax), Billy Preston (organ), Jimmy Karstein (drums) and Jim Keltner (percussion).
Here’s The First Trailer For Hulu’s Biopic Series ‘Wu-Tang: An American Saga’
“You listening to beats — you ain’t listening to the whispers out in the streets.” “Wu-Tang: An American Saga” premiered on Hulu on September 4.
https://youtu.be/ov0VN0HPiPI
Guy Performs Eminem Cover Of ‘The Real Slim Shady’ Played on a Custom Triple Neck Guitar
Will the real Luca Stricagnoli please stand up, please stand up, please sta…oh…wait. can he even stand up with his custom namesake triple neck guitar crafted by Italian Luthier Davide? Let’s watch how Serracini performed a really impressive and soulful instrumental cover of the Eminem song The Real Slim Shady.
The last interview with jazz legend Chet Baker months before his death in 1987
Forward to the end and hear Chet play Auld Lang Syne in Amsterdam, DEecember 31, 1987. He was found dead on the street below his room in Hotel Prins Hendrik, Amsterdam, 5 months later with serious wounds to his head, apparently having fallen from the second floor window.
Dickie Goodman’s “Mr. Jaws” from 1975. This novelty hit based on the movie that reached #4 on the Billboard charts.
“Mr. Jaws” by Dickie Goodman was released on Cash Records in 1975. And yes, I bought it.
This record is a parody of the 1975 summer blockbuster film Jaws, with Goodman interviewing the shark – whom he calls “Mr. Jaws” – as well as the film’s main characters, Brody, Hooper, and Quint. Goodman makes full use of his practice of “break-in” music sampling, in which all of the interview answers are lyrics from popular songs from that year.
The single peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in October 1975. On the Cash Box Top 100 it fared even better, reaching #1.
Here’s A Telecaster Electric Epoxy Guitar Build with Udon Noodles that glows in the dark
Audio engineering Daniel Seibel of Forward Audio built a Harley Benton Telecaster replica electric guitar out of udon noodles.
I was inspired by Burls Art doing his Pencils Guitars, so I decided to do something no one has ever dared before: A guitar out of Udon Noodles with some UV powder to spice things up! This guitar looks & plays al dente!
Jim Cuddy Releases Solo Acoustic Video Of “The Light That Guides You Home”
Warner Music Canada recording artist Jim Cuddy has released the video of an intimate solo acoustic performance of “The Light That Guides You Home” filmed in his downtown Toronto home. The song is taken from Jim’s latest album, Countrywide Soul, on which he reimagines previously released solo material as well as Blue Rodeo songs. The set also includes two new songs and covers of Glen Campbell’s “Rhinestone Cowboy” and George Jones’ “Almost Persuaded.” “The Light That Guides You Home” was originally released on Cuddy’s 2006 album of the same name.
5 Famous Musicians Who Have Battled Drug and Alcohol Addiction
ou may know the songs by musicians who struggled with drug or alcohol addiction. And you’ve probably heard of the 27 club, consists of 27-years old musicians, artists, actors, many of whom died of an overdose. However, there are still inspiring examples of talented people who didn’t give up, kept fighting, and finally won. There are five stories of five iconic musicians who are clean now and happy to live a new life.
Adele
In her biography, Marc Shapiro describes the fact of Adele’s alcohol addiction in great detail. At the very beginning of her career, Adele was anxious about the way she looked on stage and, for courage, began to drink before the shows. Silently, this habit turned into a real problem.
The critical moment was the case when the drunk Adele forgot the words of her song while being on stage at that time. She was so drunk that she forgot the words of her own songs.
Instead of immediately typing “inpatient drug rehab near me” on Google, she literally became a housewife, starting to live a reclusive, homely life. However, it did not help – Adele’s alcohol abuse only deepened. Everything was aggravated by the fact that her father, in his time, also loved to drink.
Finally, in 2011, after a vocal surgery and the birth of her son, she quit drinking and smoking. Now she leads a healthy life and doesn’t drink more than two glasses of wine a week.
Eminem
The musician managed to overcome a heavy addiction to a whole cocktail of different drugs – including Valium and Vicodin, which he was doing for almost six years, starting in 2002.
In 2005, Eminem tried to undergo treatment at an inpatient drug rehab, but after the death of his best friend fell into a depression and started doing drugs. At the end of 2007, he barely survived an almost fatal overdose of methadone, and only after that, the rapper found the strength to engage in a habit.
In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Eminem said that in order to defeat the addiction, he started to run, and also talked with other people who had similar experiences – he even got friends with Elton John.
“I also started running like a fucking maniac. Seventeen miles a day, every day. Just replacing one addiction with another. I had days where I could hardly walk.”
Elton John
At first, drugs caused Elton John a surge of confidence and euphoria, but over time, his addiction intensified and it became more difficult to cope with the negative consequences. In 1983, after filming the clip I’m Still Standing, he woke up with trembling hands and did not remember he had stripped naked the day before, had beaten his manager John Reed, and had destroyed a room in the hotel.
In one of Elton John’s recent biographies, the song I’m Still Standing is called the musician’s sobriety anthem. Still, he actually got rid of his addiction only seven years after its release.
The man who could reach Elton John’s mind was his then-boyfriend Hugh Williams. In July 1990, Elton went to a drug rehab inpatient center in Chicago and had not been taking drugs for 29 years. During this time, he returned to his musical career, married film producer David Furnish, composed the soundtracks for the movie The Lion King and the musical Billy Elliot and became the father of two children.
Steven Tyler
As many may know, Steven Tyler spent $6 000 000 on cocaine when he struggled with addiction. Being a teen, Steven started doing drugs and got kicked out the college because of the addiction. However, the young man did not draw conclusions and did not exclude illegal substances from his life.
In the late 60s, Tyler met with young talented musicians – Tom Hamilton and Joe Perry. In 1970 they founded the musical band Aerosmith. Despite the fact that Aerosmith successfully toured and assembled full concert halls, the band had serious problems arising from the musicians’ excessive addiction to drugs. The members of the team did not hesitate to go out in public on drugs and even disrupt the performances.
In the late 70s, the band was on the verge of collapse. The musicians were exhausted by the constant use of drugs and alcohol, and also began to conflict with each other. Tim Collins managed to save the group, who, in the early 80s, became the team manager. He persuaded the musicians to quit and plunge into work. It worked for a while.
In the mid-80s, Tyler got rid of the addiction, but later started using drugs again and several times had to live in a rehab facility.
Tyler has been clean since December 2009, and now he fights with addiction every day.
Deryck Whibley
In April 2014, Sum 41 vocalist and Avril Lavigne’s ex-husband Deryck Whibley was taken to hospital in a state of extreme intoxication. The musician was unconscious; his liver and kidneys were overloaded from the amount of alcohol.
A year after the incident, Derek married his friend Ariana Cooper, the girl who called an ambulance that fateful evening and stayed with him during rehabilitation. Ariana also had problems with alcohol and quit drinking with Derik.