THE HOOD INTERNET presents 40 YEARS OF HIP HOP. This mashup contains 150 songs from more than 100 artists representing 40 years of hip hop all crammed into 4 minutes. It’s not a chronological history of hip hop, but rappers from different eras finishing each other’s rhymes over intersecting beats, all woven together to make one song.
Listen To Bob Dylan’s Nobel Lecture in Literature
Bob Dylan received the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition”. In the speech, Dylan speaks of his songwriting, his love of Buddy Holly and folk music, and some of his favorite literature growing up. He says, “When I first received this Nobel Prize for Literature, I got to wondering exactly how my songs related to literature.” He wasn’t the only one.
Feelin’ Groovy: Rhino Records Plans Vinyl Celebrations for Summer of Love Anniversary
The summer of 1967 was a turning point in popular culture that drew as many as 100,000 young people to San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury neighborhood. It represented a social convergence driven by free thinking, hippie fashion, political upheaval, sexual freedom, drug use and creative expression. As the movement spread around the world, it led to an outpouring of poetry, artwork, and especially music.
In July, Rhino will launch its 50th anniversary celebration of the Summer of Love with vinyl re-issues of key albums from that era along with new compilations that provide a soundtrack to this defining moment of the Sixties.
The Grateful Dead were at the epicenter of the Haight-Ashbury scene and the band is well-represented during the celebration with Smiling On A Cloudy Day. This new compilation brings together 10 songs from the band’s early psychedelic period and includes tracks like “Morning Dew,” “China Cat Sunflower” and “St. Stephen.” The collection will be released on LP ($21.98) and CD ($7.98) on July 11.
More releases will arrive on July 11, including The Best of Peter, Paul & Mary: Ten Years Together ($21.98) and the mono version of Love’s self-titled debut ($21.98). Other releases include colored vinyl editions of The Association’s Insight Out ($21.98), The Young Rascals Groovin’ ($21.98) and The Beau Brummels’ Triangle ($21.98).
The next group of releases comes out on July 18 and features the mono version of Alice’s Restaurant by Arlo Guthrie ($24.98), The Electric Prunes’ eponymous debut on purple vinyl ($21.98), Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks on clear vinyl ($24.98) and Vanilla Fudge’s self-titled debut on white vinyl ($21.98).
A new compilation from The Monkees will also be released the same day. Summer of Love includes 12 tracks that focus on the group’s lesser-known psychedelic side. The collection will be released on LP ($21.98) and CD ($7.98). The LP Gettin’ Together: Groovy Sounds of the Summer of Love will also be released on July 18 for $14.98. Its 16 tracks spotlight memorable hits from 1967 like “Hip Hug-Her” by Booker T. & The M.G.’s, “You Keep Me Hanging On” by Vanilla Fudge and “Windy” by The Association.
The final round of releases from this Sumer of Love celebration will arrive on July 25 and includes Dusty In Memphis by Dusty Springfield ($24.98), Goodbye and Hello by Tim Buckley ($24.98) and the mono version Aretha Arrives by Aretha Franklin ($24.98). In addition, Wildflowers by Judy Collins will be pressed on translucent yellow vinyl ($21.98) and The Zodiac’s Cosmic Sounds will be pressed on glow-in-the-dark vinyl ($17.98).
And last, but certainly not least, is a new Nuggets collection – Transparent Days: West Coast Nuggets ($31.98). Pressed on transparent vinyl, this two-LP collection includes 30 songs by artists like The Peanut Butter Conspiracy (“Time Is After You,”) The Mojo Men (“She’s My Baby,”) M.C. 2 (“Smiling”) and Love (“Your Mind & We Belong Together”).
GRATEFUL DEAD: SMILING ON A CLOUDY DAY
LP Track Listing
Side One
1. “The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)”
2. “Cream Puff War”
3. “Morning Dew”
4. “That’s It For The Other One”
5. “Born Cross-Eyed”
Side Two
1. “Dark Star”
2. “St. Stephen”
3. “China Cat Sunflower”
4. “Doin’ That Rag”
5. “Cosmic Charlie”
THE MONKEES: SUMMER OF LOVE
LP Track Listing
Side One
1. “Pleasant Valley Sunday”
2. “She”
3. “Porpoise Song” – Single Version
4. “Words”
5. “Star Collector”
6. “Birth Of An Accidental Hipster”
Side Two
1. “Take A Giant Step”
2. “Love Is Only Sleeping”
3. “Randy Scouse Git”
4. “Tapioca Tundra”
5. “Saturday’s Child”
6. “For Pete’s Sake”
GETTING’ TOGETHER: GROOVY SOUNDS OF THE SUMMER OF LOVE
LP Track Listing
Side One
1. “Groovin’” – The Young Rascals
2. “Windy” – The Association
3. “The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)” – Harper’s Bizarre
4. “Bowling Green” – The Everly Brothers
5. “The Windows Of The World” – Dionne Warwick
6. “Next Plane To London” – The Rose Garden
7. “Carrie-Anne” – The Hollies
8. “It’s A Happening World” – The Tokens
Side Two
1. “Pleasant Valley Sunday” – The Monkees
2. “Sit Down, I Think I Love You” – The Mojo Men
3. “Transparent Day” – The West Coast Pop Experimental Band
4. “C’mon Marianne” – The 4 Seasons featuring the “sound” of Frankie Valli
5. “Hip Hug-Her” – Booker T. & The M.G.’s
6. “Gettin’ Together” – Tommy James & The Shondells
7. “I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night) – The Electric Prunes
8. “You Keep Me Hanging On” – Vanilla Fudge
TRANSPARENT DAYS: WEST COAST NUGGETS
2LP Track Listing
Side One
1. “Transparent Day” – The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
2. “Time Is After You” – The Peanut Butter Conspiracy
3. “Linda’s Gone” – The West Coast Branch
4. “I Could Be Happy” – The Dovers
5. “My Race Is Run – The Motleys
6. “The Happiness Song” – Gerry Pond
7. “Here’s Today” – The Rose Garden
8. “Bye Bye Bye” (Warner Bros. Single Version) – The Tikis
Side Two
1. “Make It Easy” – The Collectors
2. “I’ll Sell My Soul” – The Allies
3. “Goin’ Down” – The Waphphle
4. “Out Of Sight Out Of Mind” – Limey & The Yanks
5. “Where You Gonna Go” – Art Guy
6. “Got Love” – The Front Line
7. “She’s My Baby” – The Mojo Men
8. “Going Home” – Butch Engle & The Styx
Side Three
1. “Pandora’s Golden Heebie Jeebies” – The Association
2. “If You Could Be Him Instead” – Wayne Stewart
3. “Candlestickmaker” – Ron Elliott
4. “Smiling” – M.C. 2
5. “Momentarily Gone” – The Truth
6. “Degeneration Gap” – Tandyn Almer
7. “Baby Please Don’t Go” – The Ballroom
Side Four
1. “Come Alive” – Things To Come
2. “House Of Glass” – The Glass Family
3. “The Eagle Never Hunts The Fly” – The Bonniwell Music Machine
4. “Dawn Lights The Way” – Clear Light
5. “Shadows” – The Electric Prunes
6. “Changes (Tygstl)” – The Ceyleib People
7. “Your Mind & We Belong Together” – Love
Giorgio Moroder Gets Animated By Nicolo Bianchino In Lost Interview
Animator Nicolo Bianchino provides a wonderful cartoon accompaniment to the Giorgio Moroder interview featured in Daft Punk’s track Giorgio, brilliantly illustrating moments from master of disco’s formative years.
Giorgio from Nicolo Bianchino on Vimeo.
That Time The Pretenders Were Hit With Pies On A Kids’ TV Show
The British kids’ TV show Tiswas had a live studio audience filled with young fans and The Pretenders. In 1981 Chrissie Hynde, Martin Chambers and Pete Farndon had the pleasure of participating in a skit called The Phantom Flan Flinger Challenge. Not sure if any rock band would do this now…
Dana Carvey’s Impressions Of John Lennon and Paul McCartney Talking About Kanye West
On The Howard Stern Show, Dana Carvey did a bit from his new Netflix special, Straight White Male, 60, in which he imagines a spot-on conversation between Paul McCartney and John Lennon where Paul tries to explain Kanye West.
The White Stripes’ “Catch Hell Blues” Performed On A Tuba Is Better Than You Think
Musician Travis Netzer shows how a few effects pedals and the right technique can make an ordinary tuba can sound like an fuzzed out electric guitar. For proof, check out his cool version of The White Stripes’ Catch Hell Blues from the 2007 album Icky Thump.
If you have a daughter, watch 50/50 with her
50/50 gives the 10,000 year history of women + power — from setbacks and uprisings, to the bigger context of where we are today. Using her signature, cinematic-thought-essay style, Emmy-nominated filmmaker & founder of The Webby Awards Tiffany Shlain brings us on an electric ride to explore, where are we really on the greater arc of history of women and power? And what’s it going to take to get to a #5050 world — not just politics and board rooms, but truly shifting the gender balance to be better for everyone.
50/50 premiered on Oct 27, 2016 simultaneously live at #TEDWomen and 275 TEDx’s globally, online on @Refinery29 and on TV on Comcast’s Watchable. It is the most viewed long form film Refinery29 has released with over 4 million views to date. It then became the centerpiece film for the first ever 50/50 Day, which happened May 10th, with over 11,000 events across the globe all talking about what it’s going to take to get to a more gender balanced world across all parts of society.
Playing the World’s Smallest Ukulele
Iann Emmeson plays the worlds smallest ukulele accompanied by Phil Dolman at the concert night at the Cheltenham Ukulele Festival of Great Britain in 2013.
Ariana Grande’s ‘One Last Time’ Re-Released in Support of Manchester Bombing Victims
Ariana Grande has re-released “One Last Time,” originally released as a single in 2015, as a benefit track on iTunes. All proceeds from the song’s sales will go to the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund.