If there’s something you want to know about the music industry, Simon Napier-Bell is the man to speak to. He’s managed everyone from The Yardbirds, Ultravox, T Rex and Marc Bolan to Japan, Asia, Candi Staton, Boney M, Sinéad O’Connor, Wham, and George Michael.
Freestylin’ with The Roots and Lin-Manuel Miranda
Jimmy Fallon chats with a member of the audience and asks Lin-Manuel Miranda and The Roots to improv a Hamilton-style song about her on the spot.
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J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. to Sell Massive Lot of Excess Gear on Reverb
Over the past year, Reverb have had the privilege of partnering with a cast of amazing artists to help them sell their excess gear. They’ve launched artist shops from the likes of Billy Corgan, Nils Lofgren, Bill Ward, Jimmy Chamberlin, and Wilco, just to name a few. Today, they announced J Mascis will be joining the ranks, with the Official J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. Reverb Shop.
J’s shop will launch on Tuesday, October 31 and will be stocked with over 100 pieces of the “ear-bleeding country” rocker’s gear used on various Dinosaur Jr. tours, in studio sessions, and with his solo and other projects.
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.