Porcapizza can likely walk into a music store and buy any instrument he’d like, just like most of us. But oh, no, why would he do that? In this video, he plays unconventional, homemade instruments, like a tennis racket guitar, a typewriter and Pringles for a rhythm section, and a piano made from knives. Here, he performs a cover of Jimi Hendrix’s Foxy Lady on stuff you can use, including an old telephone for a microphone.
Adam Devine, Blake Anderson & Anders Holm Improvise a PowerPoint Presentation
Vanity Fair asked Adam Devine, Blake Anderson, and Anders Holm to give a business presentation with absolutely no preparation. They have never seen these PowerPoint slides.
The 2018 JUNO Gala Dinner & Awards Winners
The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) today honoured and recognized the achievements of the Canadian music industry at the 2018 JUNO Gala Dinner & Awards presented by SOCAN. Hosted by CBC q’s Tom Power at the Vancouver Convention Centre, the exclusive ceremony honoured artists and industry leaders with 36 JUNO Awards and four special achievement awards.
In recognition of Gord Downie’s moving tribute to friends and family, Introduce Yerself, the former Tragically Hip frontman was awarded Songwriter of the Year (presented by SOCAN) with collaborator Kevin Drew, as well as Adult Alternative Album of the Year. A tribute to the legend is scheduled for the JUNO Awards broadcast Sunday.
The evening celebrated the longstanding achievements of world-renowned, Canadian jazz pianist and singer Diana Krall, who took home statuettes for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year and Jack Richardson Producer of the Year. The BC native will take the stage tomorrow evening, giving a performance from her award-winning album, Turn Up The Quiet.
First-time winners took the spotlight, receiving more than half the evening’s awards (20 of the 36 awards). Alvvays (Alternative Album of the Year Sponsored by Long & McQuade), Anciients (Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year), Barbara Hannigan (Classical Album of the Year: Vocal or Choral), Do Make Say Think (Instrumental Album of the Year), Ivan Decker (Comedy Album of the Year Sponsored by SiriusXM Canada), James Barker Band (Country Album of the Year), Jan Lisiecki (Classical Album of the Year: Large Ensemble), Janina Fialkowska (Classical Album of the Year: Solo or Chamber), Jocelyn Morlock (Classical Composition of the Year), Kendrick Lamar (International Album of the Year), Kirk Diamond (Reggae Recording of the Year), Kobo Town (World Music Album of the Year), Nick Fiorucci (Dance Recording of the Year), Marianne Collins with Ian Ilavsky and Steve Farmer (Album Artwork of the Year), Rezz (Electronic Album of the Year), Riley Bell (Recording Engineer of the Year), The Beaches (Breakthrough Group of the Year Sponsored by FACTOR, the Government of Canada, and Canada’s Private Radio Broadcasters), The Color (Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year), The Dead South (Traditional Roots Album of the Year) and The Glorious Sons (Rock Album of the Year) all took home their first JUNO statuettes.
Additional highlights of the evening include the presentation of four special awards: The Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award, presented by Jann Arden to broadcast trailblazer and fearless music industry veteran Denise Donlon for her significant role in shaping the Canadian music scene and paving a path for success for women in the industry. The International Achievement Award, given to Arcade Fire in recognition of the band’s tremendous global success. The band joins a prestigious group of recipients including Bryan Adams, Alanis Morissette, Céline Dion, Shania Twain, Sarah McLachlan and Drake. The Humanitarian Award handed out to Gary Slaight for his devotion to Canadian music, emerging Canadian artists, and his ongoing philanthropic support of health care, social service, culture and at-risk youth at home and abroad. Lastly, the MusiCounts Inspired Minds Ambassador Award was presented by the Canadian Scholarship Trust Foundation to Blue Rodeo’s Jim Cuddy for his extraordinary impact on music education.
The night featured captivating performances by 2018 JUNO nominees Clairmont The Second (Rap Recording of the Year), Iskwé (Indigenous Music Album of the Year sponsored by APTN), James Barker Band (Breakthrough Group of the Year Sponsored by FACTOR, the Government of Canada, and Canada’s Private Radio Broadcasters and Country Album of the Year), Terra Lightfoot (Adult Alternative Album of the Year) and one of the 2018 Allan Slaight JUNO Master Class winners, Caveboy.
The JUNO Gala Dinner & Awards presented by SOCAN kicked off the awards weekend. The 47th annual JUNO Awards will air live on Sunday, March 25, at Rogers Arena, broadcast live nationwide at 5 PM PT / 8 PM ET on CBC, CBC Radio and globally on cbcmusic.ca/junos.
Disney Music Group Set To Release First 6 Remastered Star Wars Original Motion Picture Soundtracks On May 4
Since the release of the first Star Wars movie 40 years ago, the Star Wars saga has had a seismic impact on both cinema and culture, inspiring audiences around the world with its mythic storytelling, captivating characters, groundbreaking special effects and iconic musical scores composed by John Williams.
On May 4th, Walt Disney Records is set to release the original motion picture soundtracks for the first six Star Wars films: A New Hope (1977), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Return of the Jedi (1983), The Phantom Menace (1999), Attack of the Clones (2002) and Revenge of the Sith (2005). With scores composed and conducted by Academy Award®-winning composer John Williams, each album has been remastered, features new artwork and a collectible mini-poster. The soundtracks were reconstructed from new hi-resolution (24/192) transfers supervised by Shawn Murphy and Skywalker Sound. In addition to physical, each soundtrack is also available digitally.
John Williams is well known for scoring all eight of the Star Wars saga films to date, beginning with 1977’s Star Wars: A New Hope for which he earned an Academy Award® for Best Original Score. His score for Star Wars: The Force Awakens was nominated for an Oscar® and most recently, Star Wars: The Last Jedi received an Oscar nomination.
Williams has won five Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, seven British Academy Film Awards, five Emmy Awards and 23 Grammy Awards. With 51 Academy Award nominations, Williams is the Academy’s most nominated living person and the second most-nominated individual in history, after Walt Disney. In 2005, the American Film Institute selected Williams’ score to 1977’s Star Wars as the greatest American film score of all time. The soundtrack to Star Wars also was preserved by the Library of Congress in the National Recording Registry, for being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.” Williams was inducted into the Hollywood Bowl’s Hall of Fame in 2000, and he received the Kennedy Center Honors in 2004, the National Medal of Arts in 2009, and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2016. Williams has composed the scores for eight of the top 20 highest-grossing films at the U.S. box office (adjusted for inflation).
1960s Frat Rock Music Collection: “What A Party” Commercial
A 60s-style “campus party” is underway at a fraternity house. Attendees range from very tame, preppy folks to unconscious people being carted off in a wheelbarrow. Off screen, more partygoers are having a food fight and throwing around a person-shaped pillow (this may be intended to represent an actual person, but one guy is carrying a stuffed sheep, so we can’t be sure). A series of photographs that show off other totally normal party activities are also featured, including a girl sneaking out of a window and a dude wearing a lamp shade on his head.
Video: Allen Ginsberg With Paul McCartney “Ballad of The Skeletons”
The late Allen Ginsberg first published his poem “The Ballad of the Skeletons” in The Nation magazine in 1995. A portrait of our world of contradictions, the poem was set to music by Ginsberg in that same year in collaboration with Paul McCartney, Philip Glass and Lenny Kaye.
The Original Samples From Today’s Pop Songs
It’s no secret that many of today’s pop hits are using samples from past smashes. Here’s a cool look at where some of those samples come from, and how they’re inspiring artists of today.
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Jordan Peele Breaks Down “Get Out” Fan Theories from Reddit
Jordan Peele, writer and director of “Get Out,” reads, confirms, and debunks fan theories from Reddit. Is “Get Out” just an imagined scenario of Rod the TSA Agent? What does the deer really symbolize? It the movie actually a sequel to Being John Malkovich? Jordan Peele answers these questions and points out easter eggs and secret messages you may not have noticed in the film.
Weird Al Remixes Portugal. The Man
Feel it Still from beloved Oregon-based group Portugal. The Man is still one of the biggest hits of the year, and garnering new fans of the band every day. Weird Al Yankovic’s remix of the song might just make the track storm back on the charts yet again…
#MarchforOurLives Social Media Illustrates Student Impact – More than Two Million Posts in 24 Hours
Never before have students had a political impact on the national conversation around an important issue, perhaps since Vietnam. Today’s March for Our Lives, inspired and organized by classmates of those killed in the Parkland, Florida school shootings, has registered more than two million social media posts in the past 24 hours, including 1.7 million between midnight last night and 3 p.m. EDT, according to international social media analytics firm Talkwalker.
The march, organized by #NeverAgain, the anti-gun violence movement started by survivors of the Stoneman Douglas shooting including Emma González, Cameron Kasky, David Hogg, Sarah Chadwick, and many others, took place Saturday, March 24, 2018.
The top five trending hashtags between midnight last night and 3 p.m. EDT are:
1. #MarchForOurLives 1.8 million mentions
2. #NeverAgain 266.6K
3. #GunControlNow 66K
4. #Enough 56.3k
5. #VeteransforGunReform 51.6K
6. #GunReformNow 29.9K
7. #EnoughIsEnough 23.7K
8. #SatrudayMorning 20.8K
9. #IWillMarch 20.6K
10. #NRA 17.2K