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Janet Jackson To Receive ICON Award at 2018 Billboard Music Awards

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May 7, 2018

Janet Jackson To Receive ICON Award at 2018 Billboard Music Awards

dick clark productions and NBC announced today that music legend, Janet Jackson, will be honored with the prestigious ICON Award at the “2018 Billboard Music Awards,” and will deliver a highly-anticipated performance that will be her first on television in nine years.

Hosted by “The Voice” coach Kelly Clarkson, the “2018 Billboard Music Awards” will broadcast live from MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 20 at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT on NBC. The three-hour telecast will feature performances from this year’s hottest musical acts, unexpected collaborations and buzzworthy moments that celebrate 60 years of the Billboard Hot 100.

As a leading voice in music, Jackson has earned more than 100 No. 1s on Billboard’s charts in her career, spending more than 300 weeks at No. 1. She has 19 No. 1s on the Dance Club Songs charts. Jackson is one of only four artists to have a No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 in each of the last four decades. She was the first woman to debut in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 (with “Scream,” her duet with brother Michael), and the only artist with seven Top five Hot 100 hits from one album (“Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814”). She owns a record of 18 consecutive Top 10 hits on the Hot 100 and is also the only artist to have three different albums each contain at least five Top 10 hits on the Hot 100 (“Control,” “Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814” and “janet”).

Previous recipients of the ICON Award include Cher, Neil Diamond, Celine Dion, Jennifer Lopez, Prince and Stevie Wonder.

Janet Jackson is one of the most influential entertainers of the modern era. She has won six Grammy® Awards, a Golden Globe Award, earned two Emmy nominations, a nomination for an Academy Award as well as dozens of American Music Awards, MTV Video Music Awards and Billboard Music Awards. She has received accolades as an actress as well, including the NAACP Best Supporting Actor award. Jackson is a published author, dancer, businessperson, philanthropist and one of the biggest-selling artists in popular music history. With sales of over 160 million records worldwide, Jackson stands as one of the best-selling artists of all time with a string of hits that have left an indelible impression on pop culture. Her music and artistry has opened doors through which other top artists have followed, many acknowledging her impact on their musical perceptions. For more information please visit janetjackson.com.

Talking Heads’ Chris Frantz Announces Memoir Coming In 2020

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Talking Heads’ Chris Frantz Announces Memoir Coming In 2020

Faber and Faber announced that in Spring 2020 they will publish Remain in Love, the memoir of Chris Frantz, founding member of seminal bands Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club.

Talking Heads started in the spring of ’73 with a line of cocaine and a long walk around the Rhode Island School of Design campus. Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth and David Byrne wanted to play a different kind of music – dance music for smart kids. From a rough loft on Chrystie Street to legendary CBGB, to touring with the Ramones, The Pretenders, B-52’s, The Police, Dire Straits and many others, Talking Heads wrote the soundtrack for the punk and new wave movement. Chris Frantz remembers it all in thrilling detail and proposes a memoir as eclectic – and electrifying – as Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club.

Publication will fall around the time of the 40th anniversary of the release of Talking Heads’s masterpiece, Remain in Light.

Take care of your record collection with a record cleaning machine that is user friendly and innovative

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Take care of your record collection with a record cleaning machine that is user friendly and innovative.

Using Degritter is simple: you insert the record into the machine, choose a washing program and press go. The machine will take care of everything else. Degritter will clean the record and dry it, both sides simultaneously. You can then play the record straight from the machine.

Based on our beta testing program we learned that it is best to clean your records before each listening.

All the maintenance you need to do with Degritter is to change the water in the detachable water tank (distilled water is recommended) from time to time (depends on how often you clean) and exchange the inline dirt filter after a few hundred cleaned records. The filter is easily accessible on the side of the machine.

Degritter uses high frequency ultrasonic cavitation to clean records. Cavitation means that the machine creates tens of thousands of little bubbles in the water that your record is cleaned in. As these bubbles collapse, they release energy which cleans the record. Bubble formation and collapsing happens over a hundred thousand times a second.

Check it out in the video below, or visit their website here.

The Book You Need To Read: Creative Quest by Questlove

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May 6, 2018

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The Book You Need To Read: Creative Quest by Questlove

Questlove — musician, bandleader, designer, producer, culinary entrepreneur, professor, and all-around cultural omnivore — shares his wisdom on the topics of inspiration and originality in a one-of-a-kind guide to living your best creative life.

In Creative Quest, Questlove synthesizes all the creative philosophies, lessons, and stories he’s heard from the many creators and collaborators in his life, and reflects on his own experience, to advise readers and fans on how to consider creativity and where to find it. He addresses many topics—what it means to be creative, how to find a mentor and serve as an apprentice, the wisdom of maintaining a creative network, coping with critics and the foibles of success, and the specific pitfalls of contemporary culture—all in the service of guiding admirers who have followed his career and newcomers not yet acquainted with his story.

Whether discussing his own life or channeling the lessons he’s learned from forefathers such as George Clinton, collaborators like D’Angelo, or like-minded artists including Ava DuVernay, David Byrne, Björk, and others, Questlove speaks with the candor and enthusiasm that fans have come to expect. Creative Quest is many things—above all, a wise and wide-ranging conversation around the eternal mystery of creativity.

Get it here.

Amanda Palmer Looks Back To Her Younger Self With “Bride-Tripping” Short Film

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Amanda Palmer Looks Back To Her Younger Self With “Bride-Tripping” Short Film

Amanda Palmer released a short film called AMANDA PALMER – BRIDE-TRIPPING: a short film by alina simone and amanda laws. Read the entire backstory of this film at: http://amandapalmer.net/bridetripping But in her own words, the short story: in 1999, a young amanda palmer (aspiring musician, street performer, lost soul) and alina simone (aspiring filmmaker, lost soul) went on a road trip. this short is culled from over 25 hours of footage that alina took on the road. almost twenty years later, alina and editor amanda laws went through the footage.

This project was made possible by ongoing support and funding from over 10,000 patrons at her Patreon site.

The Verve’s “Bitter Sweet Symphony” as a Heavy Metal Song

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The Verve’s “Bitter Sweet Symphony” as a Heavy Metal Song

Oltedal, Norway-based vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Leo Moracchioli from Frog Leap Studios does a great cover of The Verve’s Bitter Sweet Symphony.

Turning Six Coins Into A Hexagon Is Much More Difficult Than It Seems

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Turning Six Coins Into A Hexagon Is Much More Difficult Than It Seems

If you want a good opportunity to screw up your mind, six coins is all you need.

John Mayer Does The Hot Wings Challenge Without Breaking A Sweat

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John Mayer Does The Hot Wings Challenge Without Breaking A Sweat

John Mayer is a platinum-selling singer-songwriter with seven Grammys on the mantle and a preternatural ability to shred the guitar, but how is he with hot food? Find out as Mayer goes toe to toe with the wings of death, tackling anything and everything along the way: Justin Bieber’s melody wizardry, the best guitar faces in history, his obsession with Visvim, living in Montana, the musicality of Dave Chappelle’s comedy, and so much more. And, because this is the grand finale of season 5, there’s a very special surprise at the end of the episode to send all you spicelords off into the sunset.

Omega The Poet Releases New Video For “Down In The East”

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Omega The Poet Releases New Video For “Down In The East”

Omega The Poet is an Neo-Soul/ Alternative Rapper and soon to be Grammy-Nominated recording artist originating from Charleston, South Carolina. He rose to prominence in 2017, releasing his highly-acclaimed debut EP “The Kamasutra” which incorporates his ideals of love of words and unique stanza rap styles.

He says the concept of his new video for “Down In The East” was to immolate the chorus of the song as best possible. “Right now I got this lady down in the east, I’m out in LA but I hope she can see that she’s the one for me.” In the video me and my “lover” are enjoying each other’s company and exploring the forest. The video has a grainy VHS effect on it to give off the feeling of reminiscing. I am expressing my love for this woman and trying to get her to understand that even though we may be many miles apart that she should not forget the good times and know that I will be back for her soon but as of now I am in a relentless pursuit to find my calling in the music industry.”

Buy “Down In The East” on iTunes or listen to the track on Spotify. Follow Omega The Poet on Twitter and Instagram.

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