Rockpalast presents for the first time the full-length Soester Concert from 1970, in which Kraftwerk performed as a trio (Ralf Hütter – Hammond-Organ, Klaus Dinger – drums, Florian Schneider-Esleben – flute) and left behind astonished faces. An absolute rarity and a treat for music fans.
Video: Every Place in Beatles Lyrics, Mapped, In Under 13 Minutes
Take yourself on a tour of lyric locations in The Beatles songs. From Eleanor Rigby’s gravestone in Liverpool to Abbey Road in North London, see the locations behind The Beatles lyrics throughout England, France, Russia, India, the United States, and more countries, covering 25,510 miles around the world.
What Those TV Test Patterns Were REALLY Doing
Remember when TV stations stopped broadcasting late at night and when they were off the air, they would commonly display a test pattern? I had no idea until now that each of the graphics were testing something.
Shut Up And Take My Money: The New VW Microbus Is Coming
A new ad for Volkswagen’s I.D. Buzz slated to enter production in 2022 as the long-awaited new version of the VW Microbus. The reference is to their iconic ad from the 60s.
Deepfakes: Imagine All The World Leaders Singing John Lennon’s Classic. Here You Go.
Here is a video of Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Barack Obama, Kim Jong Un, and other world leaders lip-syncing along to John Lennon’s Imagine. But it’s not. It’s by a company called Canny AI, which offers services like “replace the dialogue in any footage” and “lip-sync your dubbed content in any language”.
See? It’s fun now. But wait until the election year.
https://youtu.be/Lfa5WvqBSq4
Miley Cyrus…Errr.. Ashley O Kinda Covers Nine Inch Nails’ “Head Like A Hole”
Watch the official music video for On A Roll, the latest single from best-selling artist Ashley O, or Miley Cyrus by her real life, that sounds a bit like Nine Inch Nails’ Head Like A Hole. Watch more of Miley and Ashley in the upcoming Black Mirror.
https://youtu.be/BTsW30Ur0sg
Paul McCartney Celebrates 10th Anniversary Of The Meat Free Monday Campaign
As the Meat Free Monday campaign celebrates its 10th year, the campaign, headed by Paul, Mary and Stella McCartney, is launching #MFMCountMeIn – a ‘loud and proud’ way to be part of a growing global movement.
The #MFMCountMeIn anniversary campaign aims to bring celebrities, businesses, not-for-profit groups, educational institutions and individual supporters together, to celebrate what people are doing on the meat free front and inspire even more people to get on board. A host of high profile supporters have already endorsed this, including Ringo Starr, Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, Joanna Lumley, Paul Rudd, Isla Fisher, Annabelle Wallis, Alec Baldwin, Kevin Nealon, Ellie Goulding, Alicia Silverstone, David Walliams, Orlando Bloom, Beth Ditto, Alexis Gauthier, Livia Firth, Rosemary Ferguson, Ocean Robbins, Executive Secretary of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity Dr Christiana Palmer, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and former President of Ireland Mary Robinson – and many more are planning to join in the conversation today.
Meat Free Monday has come a long way since its launch in 2009, working with hundreds of schools, universities, restaurants and businesses, making an appeal at the EU Parliament, publishing The Meat Free Monday Cookbook, producing a documentary short, ‘One Day a Week’, etc. But these are critical times and there is still a long way to go.
The link between diet and climate change is now widely known and the science is clear: In 2018, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that we have just 12 years to stave off a huge climate crisis, with the food system identified as a major problem. Just last month, a stark report by the UN’s Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services highlighted how one million animal and plant species are now threatened with extinction as a result of human activity including animal agriculture and industrial fishing. Young people across the world have been reacting to the lack of political action on climate by staging ‘climate strikes’, international group Extinction Rebellion has called on governments to take action and the UK Parliament has called a climate emergency.
Shopping habits have changed dramatically in the last ten years, with consumer demand leading to many new plant-based products now being available in shops and restaurants. According to research company Kantar Worldpanel, 150 million more meat free dinners were sold in January 2019 compared with the same month the previous year. And 21% of UK households have cut down on their meat intake, a shift due in part to campaigns like Meat Free Monday.
The meat free movement is gaining huge strides outside of the UK too with successful campaigns running in over 40 countries. Sid Lerner, Founder and Chairman of the ‘Meatless Monday’ campaign in the USA said: “Congratulations to Meat Free Monday on your 10th Anniversary! We at Meatless Monday are thrilled to work with a great global partner in our mission to help reduce meat consumption around the world. With our combined strength, we can effectively raise awareness that cutting meat one day week can benefit personal health and the health of the planet. We look forward to the next decade of partnership and growth with Meat Free Monday.”
Mônica Buava, manager of the Brazilian ‘Segunda Sem Carne’ campaign, which is also celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, said: “Brazil is one of biggest meat producers in the world but also has a very strong Meat Free Monday movement. In 2018 alone, 67 million vegan meals were served as a result of our partnership with the government of São Paulo.”
Norio Kojo, a Japanese Cabinet Official and campaigner from ‘Meat Free Monday All Japan’ highlighted how growing tourism, as well as the Olympics and Paralympics being held in Tokyo next year, has led to a growing number of restaurants and hotels offering meat and fish free options in Japan, and the Japanese Government itself is also involved. He said: “The Cabinet Office staff canteen offers a vegan lunch every Monday and Friday, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government staff canteen offers it every Monday. It can be said that such active attitudes of the central and local governments are accelerating private sector movements.”
David Yeung, Founder of ‘Green Monday’, based in Hong Kong, said: “On behalf of the Green Monday organisation, we would like to extend our heartfelt congratulations to the 10th anniversary of Meat Free Monday. Thanks to the vision and leadership of the McCartney family, this movement has grown globally and is generating enormous impact. We are honoured to be partner of MFM on this global mission, and we sincerely look forward to further collaboration in catalysing more change especially here in Asia.”
Meat Free Monday has a new logo, with a personal touch from Paul McCartney, and hopes its fresh and fun anniversary campaign will inspire people to become part of the movement, or, if already supporting, reduce their meat and dairy consumption even further. Please join in online using the hashtag #MFMCountMeIn.
BTS’ Isolated Vocals For “Fake Love”
BTS’s Fake Love debuted at number 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100 with 29,000 digital sales, becoming BTS’s first top ten entry and the highest-charting song by a Korean group in the US. YouTube’s official tally saw the Fake Love music video garner a total of 35.9 million views within 24 hours of its release, breaking BTS’ previous record for most viewed K-pop group music video within the first 24 hours, and making it the third most watched music video within the first 24 hours in 2018. It accumulated over 3.9 million likes in the same 24 hour period, making it the most liked music video in a single day, beating its predecessors DNA and Mic Drop, which both gained 2.3 million likes each. Fake Love went on to cross 100 million views in just eight days, eight hours and 45 minutes, beating the group’s previous record with DNA, which hit 100 million views after 24 days.
…and here’s the final version:
Daryl Hall & John Oates’ Isolated Vocals For “Maneater”
Oh, oh here she comes, watch out boy, here are the isolated vocals for Daryl Hall & John Oates’ Maneater.
…and here’s the finished version:
June is Brain Injury Month – Toronto’s Singer/Songwriter SUZANNE JARVIE’s personal story is put to music for latest album
Canadian folk artist Suzanne Jarvie sees and hears the month of June — Canada’s Brain Injury Awareness month — a little differently nowadays.
The Toronto-based singer/songwriter shares a personal connection to the cause; eight years ago, her eldest son tripped and fell down a spiral staircase, lapsing into a coma. Now, she continues her advocacy work, spreading awareness to others afflicted.
“It was a bomb,” Jarvie recalls. “I couldn’t breathe. My mind, which was always so busy, was finally quiet.
“The doctors said he wouldn’t survive, but he did.”
More than 1.5 million Canadians currently live with the effects of an acquired brain injury, and that number increases daily.
The miracle of her son’s recovery changed Jarvie’s life.
One afternoon while he was still at the hospital, she heard a melody in her head. She picked up her guitar and started writing. “Over the next few months, many songs came out. Some fast and fully formed, it was powerful and strange.”
As one listens to the unique beauty of Jarvie’s sound and sensibility — both on her new record In The Clear and her debut, produced by Hugh Christopher Brown, Spiral Road — it’s hard to imagine that it was only in 2014 this Ontario wife, mother of four and lawyer, found the courage to tap into her songwriting powers and record an album.
Until then, Jarvie had never written any real music before, except for a few throwaway songs. Spiral Road garnered rave reviews from the US, Canada, and Europe, comparisons to Emmy Lou Harris and Lucinda Williams, and a 2015 nomination from the Independent Music Awards for “Best Concept Album”. No Depression described Jarvie’s voice as “seraphim-pure, reaching out and lifting your spirit often without permission.”
Jarvie’s sophomore record In the Clear, releasing in North America on January 22, 2019, and Europe on February 8, 2019, picks up where Spiral Road left off – delving again into the aftermath of her son’s brain injury – but going well beyond it. The tunes tunnel into feelings and impressions that are the essence of Suzanne’s artistry, luminous rabbit holes merging mystical lyrics with reflections on life’s big challenges that fans of Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan or Lucinda Williams would appreciate. Producer Hugh Christopher Brown keeps the music steeped in mostly acoustic sound, and the mix of dobro, mandolin, guitar, violin and bass, welcomes Jarvie’s clear and haunting voice as she sings:
Somewhere far away from here, long before the sun appears
You will feel, every single fear, you will feel it, feel it,
‘Till you’re back in back in
In the clear, In the clear
The songs also touch on addiction, forgiveness and the legacy of trauma on the entire family. The opening track, “Headless Rider” reflects the unexpressed feelings of her daughter, Sara, who is the twin sister of Jarvie’s eldest son, while the fierce and bluesy “Point Blank” is Jarvie’s response to her son’s wild mood swings:
Blow in like a hurricane, move out in a slow rain
Mind bent up and insane, killing me like a freight train
Don’t you get to feel strange, like Shane on the old grange
35 mm frame, it’s a movie size blame game
Point blank range, get down on your knees,
You’re gonna say thank you, you’re gonna say please
In the Clear and Spiral Road are poetic and imaginative journeys that anyone who has dealt with a family tragedy can relate to. Jarvie said: “The album is another reverie – where the songs reflect on motherhood, death, freedom and longing for peace. For me, the title track has a melancholy irony; In The Clear is where I want to be, always. Instead, it is this ephemeral state that never lasts. So, you learn to really enjoy the peaceful moments, knowing more challenges are on the horizon.”
Some of Jarvie’s songs are inspired by science fiction literature, which is a “lifelong escape hatch for me,” she says. “I’m a pretty eccentric person in some ways. I find the weird visionary parables to be so cool and idiosyncratic. They give artistic permission for highly individualized, obscure trance-like imaginings. ‘Carpenter Bay’ was written during an odd period when I was reading a lot about psychiatry and medication….it’s about a journey through neurons, psychopharmacology drawings, and the world’s most famous woodworker. But it’s also just about waiting for that miracle that never happens, and learning to say out loud and accept that what you want the most is gone. On ‘One It Finds’, my friend Jeff Morrison kept asking, ‘what’s going on with the probe?’ “It’s a secret. I know the lyrics are a bit inscrutable, but they mean something real. I don’t think you have to understand everything. It could just be that a melodic line or poetic phrase resonates and moves someone and that’s all you need. The ideas aren’t very concrete, and sometimes I have to rush and grab them before they decay. But anyhow, it’s why I thank John Wyndham, Tolkien and Rodenberry, etc. in my liner notes. Gotta keep weird alive man!”