The cast of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as The Beastie Boys, Q-Tip, and DJ Hurricane, rapping the classic “Get It Together”. The video is produced by Mylo the Cat aka isthishowyougoviral aka Adam Schleichkorn.
Joy Division and New Order’s Peter Hook Holding Auction Of His Memorabilia
Legendary Joy Division bassist, Peter Hook is to hold an exhibition and auction of his wide ranging and historic collection of Joy Division and Factory Records memorabilia which as one of the most avid collectors he has put together over his four decades in music.
The “Peter Hook Signature Collection” features many rare items from Hooky’s first band Joy Division as well from Factory Records including equipment, instruments, Hooky’s own guitar, rare vinyl, unique artwork and original posters from the era.
The collection marks the first time these have been brought together for fans to view and is made up of many items, unseen since the ends of both Joy Division and Factory.
The collection also includes artefacts including correspondence and limited edition clothing, much of Hooky’s personal memorabilia including his Free Trade Hall Sex Pistols ticket and, even the infamous original Factory Records table number amongst its near three hundred exhibits and lots.
The event was previewed with a select number of pieces at Record Planet 50th Anniversary Fair in Utrecht, Holland from Friday 16th November to Sunday 18th November with Hooky attending the event on Saturday 17th November from 11am in a Q&A with respected Dutch music journalist, Jan Vollaard.
The full exhibition will take place at the end of February 2019 with all exhibits and lots at Omega Auctions HQ in Newton-Le-Willows across the last week of the month before the auction on Saturday 2nd March at 1pm.
All items and exhibits have been collated into a catalogue as a record of the whole exhibition with high spec images and personal comments on all entries. Catalogues ordered before 18th November have now been shipped. Orders placed on or after the 18th November will be shipped on 27th November as we are awaiting another batch to be signed by Peter. Catalogues are priced at £12 unsigned or £17 hand signed by Hooky.
UK shipping is included in the price. Shipping to European countries is £4 for the first catalogue and £1 for each additional catalogue. Shipping to countries outside of Europe is £6 for the first catalogue and £2 for each additional catalogue.
The online catalogue of all exhibits and lots will be available on Omega’s website for pre-bidding from Wednesday 25th January 2019.
More details are here.
How to Increase your Fan Page and Audience Engagement
In a technology and social media-driven lifestyle today, it is natural to rarely find people with no social media accounts. There is at least a Tom, Dick and Harry who have their social media accounts on any one of the long lists of social apps in existence today thanks to the smart gadgets. Even businesses have begun to maintain their pages on all forms of social media, the most common being Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google+, YouTube etc. Even celebrities across the globe make use of the social media platform to interact with their fans.
In that process comes the question of maintaining a separate page. The more popular the celebrity is, the more is a requirement to maintain a page. Most countries have a celebrity-crazy fandom culture in existence today. So how do you increase your fan page followers and reach a wider audience?
Facebook Ads
The simplest of all methods as it mostly involves running advertisements consistently against your target audience. However, it involves quite some amount of money to boost your fan page. If not, the best alternative would be the organic growth. Using Facebook Ads can bring out several advantages. It is one of the fastest ways to increase the traffic to your page, is quite measurable and can also increase your customer attribution rate.
Organic Growth
This method involves reaching out to your audience without using any paid method. Be it any inspirational images, humorous and engaging content that the audience can relate to. That is a ‘slow and steady step’ to build your fanbase. How much ever large the fanbase is, unless there’s some engaging content, no one’s ever going to respond to the posts. So, in short, the three main fundamentals of organic growth on Facebook include:
- Consistency
- Knowledge
- Authenticity
Build your authority on the FB page by attracting the right audience on to your fan page. It would not be much of a Herculean task, given it’s a celebrity fan page. Hence not much influencing work is required.
Analysing your audience could also help to build a target persona specifically for the social media account. Each social media account tends to have a different kind of audience. Like, say, what is applicable to Facebook may not apply to Twitter or Instagram. Having a strong posting strategy could also help. It can comprise a mix of the following steps-
- Posting often to engage with your audience
- Variety of content is a must (try to include more photos, links to the blog posts)
- Mixing up your content combination
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Go Behind The Score Of “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs”
Oscar-nominated composer Carter Burwell breaks down his score for the Coen Brothers’ The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, now on Netflix.
You’ll Be Haunted (But In A GOOD Way) With The Pink Floyd “Comfortably Numb” Cover On Video
Josh Cohen performed a gorgeously haunting piano cover of the classic Pink Floyd song Comfortably Numb with a music video filmed in black and white.
John Prine in House Of Strombo with Gordon Lightfoot playing kazoo
This is one of the coolest things. The great songwriter, John Prine setting up and performing an in George Stroumboulopoulos’ living room. His latest record, The Tree of Forgiveness is out of this world.
22 Musicals In 12 Minutes with Lin Manuel Miranda and Emily Blunt
James Corden welcomes the stars of “Mary Poppins Returns” to perform a musical-inspired Role Call, featuring Lin-Manuel Miranda and Emily Blunt singing classics from 22 musicals covering Evita to The Wizard Of Oz. And Kermit the Frog stops by to help James with The Rainbow Connection.
Video Tour of Every Location Mentioned in Songs by The Beatles Shown on a Map
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.
Father-Son Team Explodes A Disco Ball In Super-Slow Motion
The title kinda explains it all, really. This is still pretty fun, even though I like disco balls.
