One year later she released her debut album, which now fetches about $400 online.
The contents of the floppy disc that came with promo copies of Billy Idol’s Cyberpunk album, 1993
Cyberpunk is the fifth studio album by Billy Idol, released in 1993. A concept album, it was inspired by his personal interest in technology and his first attempts to use computers in the creation of his music. Idol based the album on the cyberdelic subculture of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Heavily experimental in its style, the album was an attempt to take control of the creative process in the production of his albums, while simultaneously introducing Idol’s fans and other musicians to the opportunities presented by digital media.
The album featured a cyberpunk-styled narrative, as well as synthesized vocals and industrial influences. Despite its critical and commercial failure, Billy Idol set several precedents in the process of promoting the album. These included his use of the internet, e-mail, virtual communities, and multimedia software, each a first for a mainstream celebrity. Idol also based his fashion style, music videos, and stage shows on cyberpunk themes and aesthetics.
For members of the media, Idol gave them a taste of what to expect in the future for the release of the record, by way of a floppy disc. Here are the contents.
How To Play A Bass Guitar Out Of Cardboard
Davie504’s handmade cardboard bass guitar might bend and rip during his travels, but how else can you make an instrument using recycled boxes?
Funko POP! Releases Queen Figures
Funko will soon offer POP! vinyl figures based on Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor, Brian May, and John Deacon. Note Freddie gets three outfits – a harlequin jumpsuit, his 1986 Wembley Stadium look, and a shirtless look based on their 1982 Madison Square Garden shows, with that one only available at FYE.
“The NEED for Acceptance Will Make You INVISIBLE” – Jim Carrey
Life does NOT happen to you, it happens FOR you. Many things in life are outside of our control, but the way we respond to events can shape our reality. Viewing challenges as opportunities, not misfortunes, will help you lead a productive, successful life.
We all know Jim Carrey for his comedy, but he is now spreading joy through his inspiring words. This voiceover was taken from Jim’s speech at MUM Graduation in 2014.
This Band Couldn’t Decide What Concept To Have For Their Music Video…So They Used Them All
YouTube music and video fun. The band Flasher couldn’t decide what style to use for their video for the song Material, so they used all of them. Because, why not?
The Three Rs Music Program Needs Your Musical Instrument Donations for Ontario Students
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Music Canada Cares is putting out a call to all greater Toronto and Hamilton area residents for donations of gently-used musical instruments for The Three Rs Music Program. The program is Rescuing musical instruments, Restoring them to fully functional condition at local repair shops across Ontario, and Reuniting them with students in Ontario’s publicly-funded schools. “Please check your closets, storage lockers, and other dark places for any musical instruments you’re no longer using. Once donated, we’ll give these instruments a second life while increasing equitable access to music education in Ontario,” says Sarah Hashem, Managing Director of The Three Rs Music Program. “If you have an instrument collecting dust, please set it free and donate today!” Instruments can be donated at the drop off points listed below before November 15: Toronto ● Music Canada, 85 Mowat Avenue, Mon-Fri 9am-5pm Scarborough ● Warner Music Canada, 155 Gordon Baker Road (call 416-456-9289 before drop off), Mon-Sun 10am-7pm North York ● Second Closet, 1500 Lodestar Road Unit 11, Mon-Sun 10am-7pm East York ● St John’s Music, 109 Vanderhoof Avenue, Mon-Sat 10am-6pm Oakville ● Oakville Naturopathic Wellness Centre, 2172 Wyecroft Rd, Mon-Thurs 8:30am-8:00pm, Fri 8:30am-2:30pm, Sat 8:30am-3:30pm Hamilton ● Hamilton Chamber of Commerce, 120 King St. W. Plaza Level, Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm All instruments will be accepted except accordions, organs and pianos. To stay up-to date as more drop off locations are announced visit the Music Canada Cares website. Second Closet is the official storage and logistics partner for The Three Rs Music Program, and Second Closet customers can arrange pick up of musical instruments for donation when using the storage service at no extra cost. At the end of the drive on November 15, Music Canada Cares will hold Let The Music Play, an instrument donation and celebration event in Toronto at 2nd Floor Events (461 King Street West). Garvia Bailey (broadcaster, arts journalist, and Three Rs Music Program Advisory Committee member) will host the event, which will also feature live performances, art installations, and DJ sets from Ian Campeau (DJ NDN, former member of A Tribe Called Red, and Three Rs Music Program Advisory Committee member) and Justin Peroff (Broken Social Scene). Tickets are $25 with all proceeds going to support the program, and are available through the event website. If you have instruments to donate but are unable to access any of the drop off locations, please contact info@musiccanadacares.com. Music Canada Cares is non-profit organization focused on highlighting the extraordinary benefits of music to society. We are dedicated to advancing the quality and effectiveness of music education in the public-school system, engaging the public in support of music education, and celebrating the value of music and those who create it. Music Canada Cares is an affiliate of Music Canada. The Three Rs Music Program—rescuing instruments, restoring them to a fully functional condition and reuniting them with students—is advancing the effectiveness of publicly funded music education programs across Ontario through musical instrument refurbishment, community appeals, and artist connections. Using a community-driven approach, we will be ensuring more students have access to the developmental, cognitive, and social benefits of music. 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. For more on Music Canada, please visit www.musiccanada.com |
The Ruler Returns: Slick Rick Celebrates 30 Years Of An Unprecedented Legacy With ‘The Great Adventures Of Slick Rick’
THE GREAT ADVENTURES OF SLICK RICK, the debut album from Slick Rick – the inimitable British-American MC and third signing to the legendary Def Jam Recordings label – is widely regarded as one of hip-hop’s seminal masterpieces. Originally released by Def Jam Recordings on November 1, 1988, THE GREAT ADVENTURES celebrates its historic 30th anniversary this week.
To celebrate the vital album’s milestone, Def Jam/Urban Legends/UMe will release a newly remastered and expanded 30th Anniversary Edition in a suite of digital and physical formats, including Deluxe digital and CD packages on February 22, 2019, and Deluxe and Standard vinyl LP editions on March 15, 2019. The package includes Rick’s first new original song since 1999, “Can’t Dance To A Track That Ain’t Got No Soul.” A previously unreleased track, “Snakes of the World Today,” written, recorded and produced by Slick Rick during sessions for the album, is available now for streaming and download purchase. Slick Rick also debuts two limited-edition ‘Great Adventures‘ t-shirts, available exclusively from Bravado.com and Rick’s own online store: slickrickisart.com.
THE GREAT ADVENTURES OF SLICK RICK (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) adds six previously unreleased tracks, including a brand-new song, demos, and the shelved session recording, plus memorabilia and paraphernalia, and more. The album’s 12 songs, including the classics “Teenage Love,” “Children’s Story,” “The Ruler’s Back,” “Lick the Balls,” and “Treat Her Like a Prostitute,” are joined by:
– Rick’s brand new song, “Can’t Dance To A Track That Ain’t Got No Soul”
– the previously unreleased ‘Great Adventures‘ session track, “Snakes of the World Today”
– four previously unreleased demo recordings for songs on the album, recorded in 1984 in Rick’s home studio: “Children’s Story,” “Hey Young World,” “Teenage Love,” and “Mona Lisa.”
Driven by the back-to-back chart successes of “Teenage Love” (Top 20 R&B, Top 10 Rap), and “Children’s Story” (Top 5 R&B and Rap, and consistently cited as one of the Top 50 Rap hits of all time), THE GREAT ADVENTURES OF SLICK RICKsoared to No. 1 on Billboard‘s R&B Albums chart for five weeks. The album was one of the first hip-hop LPs to be certified platinum by the RIAA and it provided a solid foundation for Slick Rick, who went on to release three successful follow-up albums on Def Jam: The Ruler’s Back (1991), Behind Bars (1994), and The Art of Storytelling (1999).
Recently, Slick Rick’s omnipresent influence within fashion and lifestyle culture landed him as the face of a new collaborative campaign between fashion retailer Nordstrom and luxury travel goods and accessories brand, MCM. The retro collection includes over 100 exclusive items for men and women, inspired by the brand’s most coveted and iconic styles. Veteran hip-hop photographer Sue Kwon shot the campaign highlighting the collaboration. She returned to the streets of New York to shoot Slick Rick, who merges his personal style with pieces from the collection.
Grammy-nominated Slick Rick’s impact on Rap and rock over the last three decades is attested to by the volume of artists who have sampled his work, starting with his first double-sided hit single with Doug E. Fresh’s Get Fresh Crew in 1985 (prior to arriving at Def Jam), “The Show”/”La Di Da Di.” According to whosampled.com, “The Show” has been sampled more than 144 times, by Eminem, Jay Z, Missy Elliott, Lauryn Hill, LL Cool J, Redman, and others. “La Di Da Di” has been sampled some 940 times, by the likes of Eminem, Jay-Z, Ludacris, Big Daddy Kane, Ini Kimoze, Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, Beyoncé, E-40, the Beastie Boys, and more. It is one of a handful of the most sampled rap songs in the history of all genres of music.
Rick’s Def Jam output added countless hundreds more samples to the tally. In fact, he would go on to become the most sampled British-American artist in hip-hop history. Ever influential, he has been referenced in over 100 songs from the early 1990s to present day, by artists ranging from Nicki Minaj, J Cole, Pitbull, and will.i.am., to Amy Winehouse, Big Sean and Future. Slick Rick has acted and cameoed in more than 10 movies and videos. He has collaborated with musical icons from Jay-Z and Missy Elliot to OutKast, Jermaine Dupri, Mos Def, Common, R. Kelly and Aaliyah.
Born to Jamaican parents in South Wimbledon, London, 1965, Ricky Martin Lloyd Walters was raised in England for most of his first 10 years. It was there he was blinded in his right eye as an infant, which would result in his signature eyepatch. His family emigrated to the Bronx when Rick was 11, and he later attended LaGuardia High School of Music & The Arts. There he formed the Kangol Crew, a 7-member posse (including two co-eds) with future rap star Dana Dane. Rick graduated in ’83 and hooked up with Doug E. Fresh a year or so later, after defeating the legendary Cold Crush Brothers at a rap contest in the Bronx. One of the most audacious debuts in the history of rap was made in the summer of 1985 by a young man billed as MC Ricky D and dubbed Slick Rick by his partner, Doug E. Fresh. The two were teamed up on the 12-inch single, “The Show” b/w “La-Di-Da-Di” (Reality Records). The record was everywhere that year, and ultimately led to Rick’s contract with Def Jam.
As a philanthropist and longtime Bronx supporter, Rick has given of himself to his community and culture for more than three decades. In turn, January 9th was declared Slick Rick Day three years ago by Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz. Rick and his wife Mandy have spent Christmas Eve with inmates at New York’s Riker’s Island prison (where he himself had once been housed). He has worked with the Bronx Youth Empowerment Program (BYEP); done seminars in Florida on immigration reform and bettering the community; participated in will.i.am’s “Trans4M” concert, which raised more than $2.4 million for the music producer’s i.am.angel Foundation; and donated items from his iconic wardrobe collection to the Smithsonian Foundation’s National Museum of African-American History. His efforts have earned Rick accolades from Miami Dade College, the Florida House of Representative, the State of Arkansas, Keys to the City of Houston, New York City Council, and Music Saves Lives, and the Mixx Cares Humanitarian Award from the Latin Mixx Awards Committee.
In addition to owning real estate in the Bronx, Rick’s business interests include partnering with will.i.am to create a limited edition ill.i Optics capsule collection of sunglasses in 2015. That same year, Rick joined forces with custom-apparel platform Teespring to produce a limited edition white tee featuring representations of his best-known gold and diamond chains. 2018 found Rick connecting with Odd Sox to release two customized socks from the company’s music collection, featuring iconic images of the artist from hip-hop’s golden era. He also teamed up with Lyric Culture for a limited-release women’s tank top sporting the lyrics to “La Di Da Di,” sold exclusively at Forever 21. A new collaborative campaign between fashion retailer Nordstrom and luxury travel goods and accessories brand MCM features the face and flair of Slick Rick. Pop-In@Nordstrom, the rotating concept shop at Nordstrom, features a special capsule collection celebrating the heritage, history and future of MCM. The collection includes over 100 exclusive items for men and women, inspired by the brand’s most coveted and iconic styles. Pop-In@Nordstrom MCM is available now through November 11th at 10 Nordstrom locations and online at Nordstrom.com/pop.
In other roles, Rick has read the audio book version of How To Get A Record Deal: The Knowledge To Succeed written by music-industry veteran Wendy Day. Rick’s next moves are in voice animated content and fashion, and the design of a custom sneaker/shoe line.
Despite all his considerable accolades and accomplishments, “Hip-Hop’s Greatest Storyteller” was unable to travel or perform outside of the United States for most of his iconic career. A turbulent, two-decade-plus immigration battle ended in April 2016, when he became a naturalized U.S. Citizen. Maintaining dual citizenship with Great Britain, he celebrated the milestone in November 2016, performing sold-out shows in Manchester, Bristol, London, Birmingham, and Brighton in the United Kingdom. The “Coming Home” tour also hit nearby Dublin, Ireland and Paris, France. Live Nation UK streamed the London show worldwide.
With more than three decades in the world of music, this legacy artist is still striving, still working, still giving back to his community and still ruling.
THE GREAT ADVENTURES OF SLICK RICK (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
(Remastered original album, plus six previously unreleased tracks)
- Treat Her Like a Prostitute
- The Ruler’s Back
- Children’s Story
- The Moment I Feared
- Let’s Get Crazy
- Indian Girl (An Adult Story)
- Teenage Love
- Mona Lisa
- Kit (What’s the Scoop)
- Hey Young World
- Teacher, Teacher
- Lick the Balls
- Children’s Story (Demo) – previously unreleased
- A Teenage Love (Demo) – previously unreleased
- Mona Lisa (Demo) – previously unreleased
- Hey Young World (Demo) – previously unreleased
- Snakes of The World Today (Session Track) – previously unreleased
- Can’t Dance To A Track That Ain’t Got No Soul (new song) – previously unreleased
Brazilian Music Innovator Jorge Ben’s First U.S. Vinyl Pressing Of His Influential Self-Titled 1969 Album Released Ahead Of 50th Anniversary
In advance of its 50th anniversary next year, Verve/UMe has released Brazilian music innovator Jorge Ben’s massively influential self-titled 1969 debut LP on vinyl for the first time in the United States. Mastered from the original analog master, this elusive classic is now available on 150-gram black vinyl with a tip-on jacket and features the original Portuguese liner notes.
The beloved Brazilian singer-guitarist-composer’s unique samba-soul fusion has helped to establish the artist as a key figure in such musical movements as bossa nova, Tropicália and Jovem Guarda, and to establish Ben as one of Brazil’s most important composers and performers. His distinctive performing style and adventurous rhythmic approach has been emulated by countless Brazilian artists, and his compositions have been recorded by acts as diverse as Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, Gal Costa, José Feliciano, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Júlio Iglesias, Al Jarreau, Miriam Makeba, Caetano Veloso and Sérgio Mendes who had a huge hit with the ubiquitous “Mas Que Nada.”
Although it did not receive a U.S. release when it was originally issued in 1969, Jorge Ben has been acknowledged as a seminal work, with such songs as “Que Pena” and “País Tropical” standing amongst the artist’s most popular and enduring material. Jorge Ben is a landmark album in other respects, introducing many of the elements of Ben’s unique fusion of samba, funk, rock and bossa nova, along with humorous lyrics that explore edgy and unpredictable subject matter.
Jorge Ben was born Jorge Duilio Lima Menezes in Rio de Janeiro on March 22, 1942. The son of a local musician, he grew up in poverty in the Favela da Rua do Bispo, but played music through his youth and became a professional while still in his teens, performing in a variety of styles. In 1965, he toured the U.S. for the first time, and was featured in his first TV series in Brazil. Ben’s penchant for unconventional hybrid rhythms made him a controversial figure in Brazil, leading to multiple bans from television. But successful American covers of his songs by Herb Alpert, José Feliciano and Sergio Mendes helped to set the stage for a series of Brazilian successes, and Ben was in demand on his home turf by the time Jorge Ben was released.
Now, American listeners can experience this visionary classic the way it was meant to be heard.
Jorge Ben Track Listing
Side A
1. Criola
2. Domingas
3. Cadê Teresa
4. Barbarella
5. País Tropical
Side B
1. Take It Easy My Brother Charles
2. Descobri Que Eu Sou Um Anjo
3. Bebete Vãobora
4. Quem Foi Que Roubou A Sopeira De Porcelana Chinesa Que A Vovó Ganhou Da Baronesa
5. Que Pena
6. Charles Anjo 45
Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets Announces First-Ever North American Tour
Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets have announced their first-ever North American tour in 2019 with stops in Los Angeles, Chicago, Toronto, and New York. Collecting rave reviews as they introduced their unique live show of early Pink Floyd to sold-out UK and European audiences in 2018, the 25-date tour kicks off March 12, 2019 in Vancouver, British Columbia at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre and concludes April 22, 2019 in Washington, DC at DAR Constitution Hall.
This tour marks Pink Floyd co-founder and drummer Nick Mason’s first performances in North America since Pink Floyd’s July 18, 1994 concert at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey as part of the Division Bell Tour.
Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets is Nick Mason, Spandau Ballet guitarist Gary Kemp, longtime Pink Floyd touring bassist Guy Pratt, guitarist Lee Harris, and keyboardist Dom Beken. This is an opportunity to experience Pink Floyd’s celebrated and significant early body of work played live including songs from albums ‘The Piper At The Gates of Dawn’and ‘A Saucerful Of Secrets.’
Find the full itinerary below. You can grab tickets here.
Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets 2019 Tour Dates:
03/12 – Vancouver, BC @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
03/13 – Seattle, WA @ The Paramount
03/15 – San Francisco, CA @ The Masonic
03/16 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
03/19 – Phoenix, AZ @ Comerica Theatre
03/21 – Denver, CO @ Paramount Theatre
03/24 – Dallas, TX @ The Pavilion
03/25 – Houston, TX @ Jones Hall for the Performing Arts
03/27 – Miami, FL @ Fillmore Miami Beach
03/29 – Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
03/31 – St. Louis, MO @ Stifel Theatre
04/01 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Riverside Theater
04/03 – Minneapolis, MN @ Orpheum Theatre
04/04 – Chicago, IL @ The Chicago Theatre
04/05 – Indianapolis, IN @ The Old National Centre
04/07 – Columbus, OH @ Palace Theatre
04/08 – Akron, OH @ Akron Civic Theatre
04/09 – Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore
04/11 – Buffalo, NY @ Shea’s Performing Arts Center
04/12 – Wallingford, CT @ Oakdale Theatre
04/13 – Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theatre
04/15 – Montreal, QC @ Place des Arts
04/16 – Toronto, ON @ Sony Centre
04/18 – New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre
04/22 – Washington, DC @ DAR Constitution Hall