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Bob Dylan Launches ‘Heaven’s Door’ Whiskey

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Heaven’s Door is a small-batch collection of handcrafted American Whiskeys developed in partnership with Bob Dylan. The perfect blend of art and craft, each bottle of Heaven’s Door showcases Dylan’s distinctive, welded iron gates that he created in his studio, Black Buffalo Ironworks.

A unique mash bill from Tennessee, their Bourbon utilizes 30% “small grains” to complement the character imparted from spending more than 6 1/2 years in American oak barrels. The result is smooth and lasting with notes of vanilla and baked bread layered over a bed of toasted oak.

Comprised of a unique blend of three different whiskeys, their double barrel finishing process utilizes hand-toasted, new American oak barrels for a secondary aging worthy of another year’s wait. Double Barrel’s higher proof balances perfectly with the complexity of its flavor and notes of caramel, oak, citrus, and spice.

Breaking with tradition, they finish their Straight Rye Whiskey in toasted oak cigar barrels, air-dried in the low-lying mountain region of Vosges, France. This proprietary finishing results in a smoother, more approachable rye with notes of orange peel, coriander, and spice.

You can order them here.

Dave Grohl on the American Dream and President Trump

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“The American Dream was still tangible, still desirable. Today, the American Dream is broken. I’ve probably travelled internationally more than our current president and the one thing I understand that he doesn’t is that the world isn’t as big as you think it is. It is all in your neighbourhood. India, Asia, Iceland aren’t other solar systems. I am ashamed of our president. I feel apologetic for it when I travel.

Listen, who cares what I think about guns or religion, but the thing about Trump that stings the most is this: he just seems like a massive jerk. Right? I know a lot of wonderful people who don’t share my politics and you can bet tomorrow night in the stadium not everyone will share the same opinion or hold the same views. But when I sing ‘My Hero’ they will all sing it with me. In the three hours that I am on stage, none of that matters.”

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Stranger Things 3: Now In Production

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Back to the Upside Down, nerds. Stranger Things 3 is now in production.

That Time In 1978 When Kate Bush Promoted Japanese Seiko Watches

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When it comes to product sponsorships, you might not think someone like Kate Bush would have promoted any items, but back in 1978, she did a few Japanese Seiko watches ads, and a TV ad for them, too.

https://youtu.be/FThKmPbBquw

Sammy Davis Jr dances with James Brown

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James Brown does a live version of There Was A Time while he and Sammy Davis, Jr. compare dancing styles and have a dance off.

Cool Read For The Weekend: Smithsonian Rock and Roll: Live and Unseen

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In December 2015, the Smithsonian called on rock and roll lovers around the world to collect photos and stories of their favorite moments in music. Fans dug through attics, basements, closets, shoeboxes, digital cameras, and photo albums to post great rock shots to their website. From Woodstock to the Whisky a Go Go, from Lollapalooza to the 9:30 Club, and all the rockin’ places in between, fans overwhelmingly responded with their favorite rock and roll moments. Iconic artists ranging from the Who to Nirvana to Chuck Berry to the Jimi Hendrix and many more are celebrated here. There are early photographs of everyone from Run-D.M.C. to the Runaways, and contemporary shots of some of the biggest names in music, including Bruce Springsteen, the Rolling Stones, and Metallica. Presented together, these photographs create a kaleidoscopic history of the artists, the musical styles, the venues, the concerts, and the fans. This is rock and roll as it has never been seen before.

You can get it here.

How the triplet flow took over rap

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In 2013, Migos made it to the Billboard Charts with “Versace.” It was a viral hit and it put the spot light on a very unique rap flow – the triplet. The triplet, often now called the “Migos flow” happens when three syllables are rapped over one beat. It’s now so popular that nearly every mainstream rap artists these days has used it, often to great effect. Kendrick rapped in triplets on one of the most dramatic moments of his latest album, Damn. and Chance the Rapper used triplets on the opening track of Coloring Book. This video is about where the triplet flow came from and how it’s been a common tool for rappers since Three 6 Mafia and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony’s debut albums in the ’90s.