On November 21, 1989, The Stone Roses’ latest single, the mammoth double-A side of Fool’s Gold and What The World Is Waiting For had been out a week, and leading the way of a new genre and place the music world was waiting for called Madchester. The band would be performing live on BBC 2’s The Late Show, and it seems the entire nation would be watching. As Ian Brown leads them into the first chorus, all the instruments drop out. The power was cut, leaving Late Show host Tracey MacLeod to go on air instead. Lead singer Ian Brown was not happy.
On November 21, 1989, The Stone Roses’ latest single, the mammoth double-A side of Fool’s Gold and What The World Is Waiting For had been out a week, and leading the way of a new genre and place the music world was waiting for called Madchester. The band would be performing live on BBC 2’s The Late Show, and it seems the entire nation would be watching. As Ian Brown leads them into the first chorus, all the instruments drop out. The power was cut, leaving Late Show host Tracey MacLeod to go on air instead. Lead singer Ian Brown was not happy.
When Augusto Lima, Zalgiris Kaunas star center, didn’t play during his team’s semifinals match due to the birth of his daughter, the head coach, Sarunas Jasikevicius schooled a reporter on why it was important for him to not attend the game.
Here’s the transcript of the exchange:
Reporter: Coach, what do you think about Augusto Lima going away in the midst of a series to attend the birth of his child?
Jasikevicius: What do I think about it? I allowed him to go.
Reporter: But is it normal for a player to leave the team during the semifinals?
Jasikevicius: Do you have kids? When you have kids, youngster, you’ll understand. Because that’s the height of human experience. Wow, that’s a good question really. Do you think basketball is the most important thing in life?
Reporter: No, but a semifinal is important…
Jasikevicius: To whom is it important?
Reporter: The team.
Jasikevicius: Which one?
Reporter: Zalgiris.
Jasikevicius: Did you see the number of fans at the game? Important? When you see your first child, you will understand what the most important thing in life is. Because nothing can be more majestic in the world than the birth of a child. Not titles, not anything else. Augusto Lima is now in heaven, emotionally. I’m really happy for him.
Mandy Harvey is a singer-songwriter working on her fourth album. She was studying music in college when she lost her hearing. She sings by feeling vibrations in the floor, and by using the muscle memory of her vocal cords to sing notes.
What is it? Seven Strings? Fretted AND fretless? The SRAS7 Ashula is a groundbreaking product of Ibanez’s forward-thinking Bass Workshop. A hybrid fretted/fretless bass, the Ashula combines an Aerosilk Piezo pickup and SRAS Super J pickups and two distinct fretboards for unlimited tonal adventures.
What is it? Seven Strings? Fretted AND fretless? The SRAS7 Ashula is a groundbreaking product of Ibanez’s forward-thinking Bass Workshop. A hybrid fretted/fretless bass, the Ashula combines an Aerosilk Piezo pickup and SRAS Super J pickups and two distinct fretboards for unlimited tonal adventures.
In 1979, this brand-new band called The Cure, with Robert Smith barely out of his teen, made their television debut during a live special at Theatre de l’Empire in Paris. Smith would spend the rest of his life tying hard not to look like this.
In 1979, this brand-new band called The Cure, with Robert Smith barely out of his teen, made their television debut during a live special at Theatre de l’Empire in Paris. Smith would spend the rest of his life tying hard not to look like this.
