William Patrick Corgan Reveals He Had a Supernatural Experience
Look, Billy Corgan – or William Patrick Cogan, as he likes to be known now – is a genius songwriter, an astounding guitar player, a cross between a beautiful soul and having a hard-rock snarl that will pound your heart with rage. But do not mistake him. He saw a human turn into a shape-shifter, as he tells Howard Stern. You can hear that William didn’t want to go there, but nobody leaves Howard with secrets.
Nixie Tube Spectrum Visualizer Has Over 1400 Components
Elizabeth is the name given to this 32 Band Music Spectrum Visualizer made in Steampunk style. It is first prototype, and features real time analog sound processing, audio compressor, display made from 32 pieces of Soviet era nixie plasma bargraphs. Each from 32 channels are separated and tuned of specific frequency. Housing made from acacia solid wood, all metal parts made from brass. Here’s the best bunch of numbers – the electronic part consist over 1400 components.
I would have no idea how to dance along with it, but with a price tag of over $5,000, I guess I have time to practice.
Sesame Street: The Walking Gingerbread (The Walking Dead Parody)
The Crumbies come from a bad batch of cookies and are eating everyone’s cookies! The cookies are only safe if they aren’t opened. Will Sheriff Graham learn to control his hunger for everyone’s safety? Will the boxes of cookies ever be safe again?
The World’s Greatest Trump Impersonator
John Di Domenico has been impersonating Trump for more than a decade, a job that’s gotten seriously demanding since the election. VICE met up with the actor for a competition between the world’s leading Trump impersonators at LA’s Laugh Factory, where he showed off his routine and explained what it’s like to act like the president for a living.
The Tragically Hip, Feist Win 2017 Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize
The Polaris Music Prize, produced by Blue Ant Media, announced the winning albums for the 2017 Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize today.
The winners were chosen from four short lists, each representing a different musical era, and were curated by a Heritage Prize jury of music historians and music media. Two winners for each era were chosen — one by public vote and one by the jury. Voting opened at the Polaris Music Prize Gala on September 18, 2017 and ended on October 19.
The winners of the 2017 Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize are:
1960 – 1975
Public: Gordon Lightfoot — Lightfoot!
Jury: The Band — The Band
1976 – 1985
Public: Harmonium — L’Heptade
Jury: Glenn Gould – Bach: The Goldberg Variations
1986 – 1995
Public: The Tragically Hip — Fully Completely
Jury: Eric’s Trip — Love Tara
1996 – 2005
Public: Feist — Let It Die
Jury: k-os — Joyful Rebellion
Gilbert Li, who curated the 2017 Polaris Music Prize posters and the posters for the 2016 Heritage Prize, will return to select eight new artists to pay tribute to the winning records.
The records that did not get selected as winners will remain on the short lists for the 2018 Heritage Prize. Two more records for each period will be selected by the jury.
The jury selected records for the Heritage Prize in accordance with existing Polaris criteria; to honour and reward artists who produce Canadian music albums of distinction without regard to musical genre or commercial popularity. It is our version of a “hall of fame”.
Kid Rock Announces ‘Greatest Show On Earth Tour 2018’ And New Album ‘Sweet Southern Sugar’
Kid Rock announced today that he will be releasing his new album Sweet Southern Sugar on November 3 and will also hit the road on his “Greatest Show On Earth Tour 2018,” produced by Live Nation.
The tour kicks off on January 19 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee and will continue with 21 shows from coast to coast. Fans of the rocker can expect the same high-energy experience, but with brand new tracks from his latest album.
Sweet Southern Sugar is Kid Rock’s first album recorded in Nashville and features his spontaneous summer releases “Greatest Show On Earth” and “Po-Dunk,” as well as recent single “Tennessee Mountain Top.” The album ranges from country to classic rock, with a little rap sprinkled in between and highlights Kid Rock’s armory of talent, which transcends a single genre.
Tickets and VIP packages for the tour will go on sale to the public the day Sweet Southern Sugar is released, November 3, at www.LiveNation.com. Fan Club members will be able to purchase tickets beginning October 31 at 10am local, and fans who pre-order the album through www.KidRock.com will be eligible for a special pre-sale beginning on November 1 at 10am local.
GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH TOUR:
Jan. 19 Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena
Jan. 20 Louisville, KY – KFC Yum! Center
Jan. 25 Durant, OK – Choctaw Grand Theatre
Jan. 26 Durant, OK – Choctaw Grand Theatre
Jan. 27 Durant, OK – Choctaw Grand Theatre
Feb. 2 Tulsa, OK – BOK Center
Feb. 3 Houston, TX – Toyota Center
Feb. 9 Atlanta, GA – Infinite Energy Arena
Feb. 10 Charlotte, NC – Spectrum Center
Feb. 16 Toronto, ON – Air Canada Centre
Feb. 17 Columbus, OH – Nationwide Arena
Feb. 23 Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center
Feb. 24 Cleveland, OH – Quicken Loans Arena
Mar. 2 Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena
Mar. 3 Baltimore, MD – Royal Farms Arena
Mar. 9 Newark, NJ – Prudential Center
Mar. 10 Nassau, NY – NYCB Live
Mar. 16 Chicago, IL – United Center
Mar. 17 Omaha, NE – CenturyLink Center
Mar. 20 Denver, CO – Pepsi Center
Mar. 23 Phoenix, AZ – Talking Stick Resort Arena
Mar. 24 Las Vegas, NV – Mandalay Bay Events Center
SWEET SOUTHERN SUGAR TRACK LISTING:
1. GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH
2. PO-DUNK
3. TENNESSEE MOUNTAIN TOP
4. I WONDER
5. AMERICAN ROCK N’ ROLL
6. BACK TO THE OTHERSIDE
7. RAINING WHISKEY
8. STAND THE PAIN
9. SUGAR PIE HONEY BUNCH
10. GRANDPA’S JAM
From MTV to YouTube, from MJ to Taylor – Did the Internet Kill the Video Star?
Witnessing the rotting corpse of Taylor Swift climb her way out of a grave in the What You Made Me Do promo could lead one to believe that the music video has made little progress since the far more innovative Michael Jackson’s industry-transforming Thriller video in 1983.
The music world in which Swift’s zombies drag their way around, however, is light years away from the MTV-era dominated by Michael Jackson and his peers. MTV’s power has been on the decline for some time, as a result of social media and the internet at large. As opposed to falling by the wayside, however, the music video has grown and formed an inevitable partnership with the world wide web.
“Taylor Swift” (CC BY 2.0) by Dvincleo
The video for What You Made Me Do is indeed in many ways reminiscent of Thriller, but it has something else going for it: it betrays the degree of change that has occurred since legendary director John Landis turned the Jackson song into a 14-minute featurette.
Thriller won three awards at the inaugural MTV Video Music Awards in 1984. This year saw the VMAs (the common abbreviation of the awards show) continue the trend of declining viewing figures, with its lowest ever ratings.
How much longer MTV will commit to the VMAs is unclear. The channel itself, however, which began in 1981 as a vehicle for new music stars to promote their music, has already significantly cut down on its programming. Taking a different path, it has built on the success of early docu-soaps, such as The Osbournes and The Real World, and is now focusing its core programming on reality TV.
“MTV Video Music Awards sign” (CC BY-SA 2.0) by j1myi
As such, the natural destination for Look What You Made Me Do is on the web. Rather than being seen as a downgrade for MTV’s indifference, the power of such platforms as YouTube create more exposure than its cable TV playlisting ever could.
While MTV was responsible for introducing the early work of such auteurs as Jonathan Glazer, Chris Cunningham, Mark Romance, Anton Corbijn, Michael Gondry, Spike Jonze, and David Fincher, that responsibility now lies in the hands of YouTube, along with other such sites as Vimeo, to provide a space for new talent wishing to push the boundaries of the music video.
The internet has had a remarkable impact upon numerous industries and continues to change the shape of commerce and how consumers interact with their daily lives. While music fans used to have to stay home to watch music entertainment, they can now view their favorite music videos on-demand through their mobile device.
The same can be said for the television industry as a whole, with the likes of Netflix and Amazon now often favoured over live or scheduled viewing. Many of the broadcast shows are available to watch online and have created a culture of binge-watching, with audiences unable to get enough of their favorite shows.
Other forms of entertainment, such as gaming, have also found a home online. Now, iGamers can visit a site such as Bonus.ca and choose from a number of online casinos, featuring some of the best bonuses in Canada. Many of the offers are exclusive to that particular website and offer multiple means of payment, so bitcoin players and cash players alike can enjoy playing a whole host of casino games. Bitcoin, an increasingly popular currency, can also be used to make purchases in a number of music stores in Canada.
The shift from the MTV playlist means that producers are no longer obliged to create content simply to meet demand, but are now able to produce videos for their followers. This has resulted in some innovative work serving very specific markets, such as the recent Arca videos and their exploration of male vulnerabilit