“Said my grace now, my light is still on, so why would I pray now?” Big K.R.I.T. dropped by NPR Music to perform tracks from his latest album 4eva Is a Mighty Long Time.
9 Different Animators Tackled 32 Seconds Each To Create This Music Video
Big Noise was created by nine different animators, each tackling 32 seconds, or 8 bars, building on what came before.
Big Noise from King Deluxe on Vimeo.
The Great Stephen Hawking Interviewed by Neil deGrasse Tyson Ten Days Before His Death
This year’s season finale of StarTalk on National Geographic TV was Neil deGrasse Tyson’s interview with Stephen Hawking just 10 days before Stephen’s passing.
Michael Tilson Thomas: Why Is Music So Good At Conveying Emotion?
Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas traces the history of classical music, revealing its power to present a variety of complex human emotions.
Michael is a conductor, pianist, and composer. He is currently the music director of the San Francisco Symphony, artistic director of the New World Symphony, and principal guest conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra. In 2010, President Obama awarded him the National Medal of Arts. Tilson Thomas has won ten Grammy Awards for his recordings.
Q Prime’s Peter Mensch On Always Being Right And Having A Chip On Your Shoulder
Mensch started his career in music management at the age of 26, managing AC/DC. In 1982, he formed the management company Q Prime with Cliff Burnstein. Their first client was Def Leppard. Q Prime has managed the careers of a large number of multiplatinum acts; including Metallica and Red Hot Chili Peppers, Muse, Smashing Pumpkins, Hole, Veruca Salt, Snow Patrol and many others, including Jimmy Page, who he managed twice. The Financial Times has called Q Prime “One of the most admired artist management companies”.
You don’t have to be a total shit to be a manager, but it helps sometimes. You manage from the highest moral ground. If you’ve got all the answers, then you have the high moral ground in your comments to promoters or record company people. Then you become a pain in the arse because they disagree with you. But we’re right. Cliff and I are always right. Never wrong. If you manage bands, at all levels, you’re kind of the mommy bird and they’re baby birds and you have to feed them. So anybody that doesn’t want to help you feed them, you get angry at. If you get in my way, I’m going to roll over you. Because my job is to feed the baby birds.
I’m fueled by hate. I’ve had a chip [on my shoulder] since I was 10. It doesn’t go away. We want to shove down everybody’s throats [that] we’re the best management company on the planet. Other people’s clients don’t understand that, but they will eventually. I’m joking. The fact is, we do things ourselves. We have 40 employees. We’re basically a record company now in North America. We have a digital department. We have a marketing department. We have our own vinyl pressing plant in Germany. And if the record companies get out of the physical business, we’ll buy a CD pressing plant…. When we shuffle off this mortal coil, we want people to go, ‘They were fucking legends.’ I’m a better manager than Peter Grant ever was. I know that because I know the deals that Led Zep did. I want to prove myself every fucking day.
– Q Prime’s Peter Mensch Via
Photo Gallery: Our Lady Peace with Repeat Repeat at Niagara Falls’ Rapids Theatre
All photos taken by Mini’s Memories. You can contact her at minismemories@hotmail.com
Here’s Video Of Andy Andy Kaufman Acting Onstage In 1969
1969 was a pretty busy year for Andy Kaufman while he was in college. His daughter, Maria Bellu-Colonna was born, and was the child of an out-of-wedlock relationship with a high-school girlfriend and was placed for adoption. In December 1969, Kaufman learned Transcendental Meditation at college. According to a BBC article, he used the technique “to build confidence and take his act to comedy clubs”. For the rest of his life, Kaufman meditated and performed yoga three hours a day. He also began performing at coffee houses and developing his act, as well as writing a one-man play, Gosh. Here’s video from that exciting year of a genius, who is still alive, right?
https://youtu.be/qWf4i8gu6gI
Logic Announces “The Bobby Tarantino Vs. Everybody Tour” With Support From NF And Kyle
Multi-Platinum, Grammy Nominated artist Logic – among the top streaming artists in the world with billions of streams to date – today announces his new summer amphitheater and arena “The Bobby Tarantino vs. Everybody Tour” with support from rising hip hop artists NF and KYLE.
The 33-date tour produced by Live Nation, which kicks off June 8th in Boston, will make stops across North America including iconic venues such as New York’s Madison Square Garden and Los Angeles’ The Forum. Tickets for the tour will go on sale to the general public beginning Friday, March 16th at 12:00pm local time at LiveNation.com.
This past Friday, Logic released his new mixtape Bobby Tarantino II via Def Jam Recordings/Visionary Music Group. The surprise release features hip hop heavy hitters, 2 Chainz, Big Sean and Wiz Khalifa as well as Logic’s soon to be smash hit “Everyday” with Marshmello.
With the mainstream worldwide success of 4x-platinum “1-800-273-8255” (National Suicide Preven¬tion Lifeline) featuring Alessia Cara and Khalid, Logic was catapulted into the spotlight for bringing mental health and suicide prevention awareness to the national conver¬sa¬tion. The song led to a powerful Grammy Awards® performance and two nominations, including “Song Of The Year”. The stunning VIDEO, featuring Don Cheadle, Matthew Modine, Nathan Gould and others, has amassed over 326 million combined YouTube views to date. Logic’s triumphant performance of the song at the MTV VMAs in August has been viewed over 20 million times, and led to a Top 3 Billboard Hot 100 hit, Top 10 at Pop Radio, #1 on Spotify, and #5 on Spotify Global.
LOGIC PRESENTS THE BOBBY TARANTINO VS. EVERYBODY TOUR WITH NF & KYLE DATES:
DATE CITY VENUE
6/8 Boston, MA Xfinity Center
6/9 Bangor, ME Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion
6/10 Hartford, CT XFINITY Theatre
6/13 Philadelphia, PA BB&T Pavilion
6/16 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
6/17 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
6/19 Charlotte, NC PNC Music Pavilion
6/20 Atlanta, GA Cellairis Amphitheatre at Lakewood
6/22 Tampa, FL MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
6/23 Jacksonville, FL Daily’s Place
6/26 Nashville, TN Ascend Amphitheater
6/28 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
6/30 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
7/1 Indianapolis, IN Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center
7/3 Darien Center, NY Darien Lake Amphitheater
7/5 Toronto, ON Budweiser Stage
7/6 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center
7/11 Boise, ID Ford Idaho Center
7/13 Seattle, WA White River Amphitheatre
7/14 Portland, OR Moda Center
7/15 Vancouver, BC PNE Amphitheatre
7/17 Salt Lake City, UT USANA Amphitheatre
7/19 San Francisco, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
7/20 Los Angeles, CA The Forum
7/21 Las Vegas, CA Park Theater at Park MGM
7/22 Irvine, CA FivePoint Amphitheatre
7/24 San Diego, CA Mattress Firm Amphitheatre
7/25 Phoenix, AZ Ak-Chin Pavilion
7/27 Austin, TX Austin360 Amphitheater
7/28 Houston, TX The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman
7/29 Dallas, TX Starplex Pavilion
8/1 Oklahoma City, OK Zoo Amphitheatre
8/3 St. Louis, MO Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre