On this episode of “Actually Me,” Zach Galifianakis goes undercover on the Internet and responds to real comments from Twitter, Reddit, Quora, YouTube, and more. How did Zach get an interview President Obama? What is his favorite Between Two Ferns episode?
Why Don’t We received first ever Gold plaques in Toronto
Earlier this week, American pop group Why Don’t We played their biggest Canadian shows to date, stopping at Laval, QC’s Place Bell and Toronto, ON’s Coca-Cola Coliseum as part of their 2019 North American tour. Ahead of Tuesday’s sold-out show in Toronto, Warner Music Canada surprised the band with their first ever award plaques for any territory, commemorating the Canadian Gold certification of the their single “8 Letters,” the title track of their 2018 debut album.
Via Music Canada
Scott Helman surprised with Gold plaque for “Hang Ups” on stage at hometown show
One of the nicest guys in music, Toronto singer-songwriter Scott Helman returned to his hometown earlier this month for a sold out show at the Danforth Music Hall as part of his 2019 cross-Canada tour. During a break in his set, Warner Music Canada surprised the JUNO-nominee with his third Canadian Gold award plaque for 2018 single “Hang Ups.”
Via Music Cabada
Watch A Pre-CNN Anderson Cooper’s News Story On Straight Edge Music In 1995
Back in 1995, a pre-CNN Anderson Cooper was a correspondent for ABC News, and filed this news story on Justin O’Hare of Green Rage and his brother Trevor focusing on straight edge and veganism.
By the way, in 2000, Anderson switched career paths, taking a job as the host of ABC’s reality show The Mole, one of the greatest television shows ever aired. Anderson can do absolutely no wrong by me.
How The Beatles got their logo
Have you ever thought about how The Beatles got their logo? Well wonder no more, The Vinyl Geek did the research for you!
That time the KKK threatened The Beatles for John Lennon’s statement about Jesus Christ in 1966
“More popular than Jesus” was part of a longer remark made by John Lennon during a 1966 interview in which he argued that the public was more infatuated with the Beatles than with Jesus, and that rock music might outlast Christianity. His opinions drew no controversy when originally published in the United Kingdom, but when they were republished in the United States a few months later, angry reactions flared up in Christian communities. The full quotation was:
Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn’t argue about that; I’m right and I’ll be proved right. We’re more popular than Jesus now; I don’t know which will go first – rock ‘n’ roll or Christianity. Jesus was all right but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It’s them twisting it that ruins it for me.
The statement originates from a March 1966 article for the London newspaper the Evening Standard. When Datebook, a US teen magazine, quoted Lennon’s comments in July, extensive protests broke out in the US, particularly throughout the Bible Belt. Some radio stations stopped playing Beatles songs, their records were publicly burned, press conferences were cancelled, and threats were made. The controversy coincided with the group’s US tour in August 1966, and Lennon and Brian Epstein attempted to quell the dispute at a series of press conferences. Some tour events experienced disruption and intimidation, including a picketing by the Ku Klux Klan. Press coverage of their just-released album Revolver was also overshadowed by the controversy.
And yet, here we are today. The KKK are still in the news. More focus on The Beatles, less on the KKK in the future, ok?
Walkmans vs. Boom Boxes Face Off On The CBS Evening News In 1981
Nothing wrong with headphones. Nothing wrong with blasting music a few decibles higher than your average airplane, too.
Sometimes. Looks like a few people in New York City back in 1981 had a problem with boom boxes.
And hey, I know the original term Ghettoblaster is used in the segment, now considered insulting or complimentary depending on the context. The word originated in the US, apparently reflecting the belief that they are popular in poor inner-city neighborhoods (ghettos), especially those populated by black Americans. Ghettoblaster rather than boom box became the common term in the UK and Australia for large portable stereos, perhaps because it carried less meaning.
Jimmy Fallon, Shawn Mendes & The Roots Sing “Treat You Better” With Classroom Instruments
Shawn Mendes joins Jimmy Fallon and The Roots to perform his hit “Treat You Better” with classroom instruments. The original version peaked at number six on the US Billboard Hot 100, making it Mendes’ second top 10 single. In Canada, the song has peaked at number seven on the Canadian Hot 100.
https://youtu.be/-2p5OnYcjY8
Hear Jack White Cover Blondie’s “One Way Or Another” Back In 1997
In late 1997, an aptly-named teen trio called 400 Pounds of Punk recorded a handful of tracks in a makeshift home studio at 1203 Ferdinand Street in Southwest Detroit. The track list is a sparse four songs. An unlisted hidden fifth track is a rude cover of Blondie’s “One Way Or Another” with vocal duties shared by the band’s lead singer Jamie Cherry and one of the session engineers, a then-unknown Jack White.
The cassette, titled “He Once Ate A Small Child,” is as far as I can tell the rarest physical release of a Jack White performance.
This Is The Guinness World Record for the Highest Vocal Note Ever Performed by a Male
The highest vocal note by a male is E in the 8th octave – that’s 8, 5243 Hz – and was achieved by Wang Xiaolong on the set of Happy Camp of Hunan TV Station in Changsha, Hunan, China, on December 27, 2017.