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Guitars Made From the Reclaimed Wood of Old New York City Buildings

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Feb 26, 2017

Guitars Made From the Reclaimed Wood of Old New York City Buildings

Fancy playing a guitar that was literally once part of a New York City landmark? How about owning a guitar designed by a man who has sold guitars to Bob Dylan, Lou Reed and Steely Dan? At Carmine Street Guitars in New York City, every guitar has a story. Owner Rick Kelly creates each custom instrument from reclaimed lumber that once belonged to buildings around the city. These are more than simple guitars, they’re history in your arms.

All Kelly guitars are made from one-hundred percent reclaimed lumber. …Recently I have started a new series of limited-edition “Bowery Guitars” which are all built from recycled lumber. I call this wood “The Bones of Old New York City”. It is the “King’s Wood” — white pine timbers that were barged down the Hudson River 200 years ago from the great virgin forests of the Adirondacks, in upstate New York. This is the framing wood from which all 1800’s New York City buildings are built. As these buildings are demolished, or, in many cases, the old wood is being replaced, I am right there to build a guitar from a piece of Old New York.

ABC’s “Still The One” TV Promos From 1977-1979 Will Make You Go “Whoa”

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Feb 26, 2017

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ABC’s “Still The One” TV Promos From 1977-1979 Will Make You Go “Whoa”

During 1977 until 1979, the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) used the popular Orleans song “Still the One” in order to promote their upcoming season lineups, using the stars of the day to make appearances in these promos including Robin Williams, Danny Devito, Ted Lange, Tom Bosley, Hal Linden, Cheryl Ladd, Adam Rich, Susan Richardson and Doris Roberts.

https://youtu.be/WQX5Tne3cH0

DJ Shadow on Why Hip-Hop No Longer Exists As We Know It

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Feb 26, 2017

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DJ Shadow on Why Hip-Hop No Longer Exists As We Know It

Talking about new music, what kind of evolution have you seen in hip-hop during the past 20 years?
DJ Shadow: As far as hip-hop, of course, it’s the age-old debate about hip-hop as a culture being born in one or two very specific neighborhoods in New York City in the early-to-mid-Seventies. I mean, you’re talking very specific intersections at parks and schools in the Bronx. Then later it expanded to Queens, Brooklyn, Long Island, etc. To me, that New York doesn’t exist anymore. That time and place is gone. The music remains, but when I hear contemporary rap music, which I still love and support and listen to, I disassociate it from hip-hop because the cultural context is no longer inherent in the music. The music has taken on a life of its own outside of the cultural connotation. I enjoy contemporary rap, but it has very little in common with Grandmaster Flash and Afrika Islam and the roots of the music itself. It’s just something else entirely, which is as it should be.

That’s one of the reasons why when people ask what hip-hop I’ve heard in the last few years that I like a lot, I always have to say that if they’re talking about hip-hop in the traditional cultural context, I haven’t heard much, because usually anything recent that proclaims itself to be hip-hop means that it’s kind of longing for a time that doesn’t exist anymore, and as a result, artistically, it’s not very compelling to me, whereas rap is still an enduring art form in its own right. I mean hip-hop and the lessons I’ve learned as far as the original five elements, that’s permanently ingrained in my core, and in the way I view the world, and in the way I view music, and in the way I view everything.

But I also think there’s something inherently creatively bankrupt about making any kind of music that seeks to return to an era that doesn’t exist anymore. You can celebrate the past, learn from the past, you can long for the past, but then at a certain point you have to merge those sensibilities and those lessons and those ideologies with what’s happening right here and now. That’s what all of my heroes did back then. I decided long ago for myself that that’s how it would be done. You should understand the past and apply it to the present while looking towards the future.

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Tim Burgess of The Charlatans loves vinyl so much, he wrote a book about it

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Feb 26, 2017

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Tim Burgess of The Charlatans loves vinyl so much, he wrote a book about it

Tim Book Two is the follow-up to Telling Stories, the hugely successful memoir of Tim Burgess, lead singer of the Charlatans. It tells of his lifelong passion for vinyl and the shops that sell them.

After his first book, Tim had more to say. But, instead of another autobiography he chose a different way of telling his story. Tim set himself a quest. He would get in touch with people he admired, and ask them to suggest an album for him to track down on his travels, giving an insight into what makes them tick. It would also offer a chance to see how record shops were faring in the digital age – one in which vinyl was still a much-treasured format.

Tim assembled his cast of characters, from Iggy Pop to Johnny Marr, David Lynch to Cosey Fanni Tutti. Texts, phone calls, emails and handwritten notes went out. Here is the tender, funny and surprising story of what came back. You can get it here.

Here’s THAT 50-Minute Version Of The Beatles’ “Tomorrow Never Knows”

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Feb 25, 2017

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Andrew Liles, described on his Mixcloud page as “a prolific solo artist, producer, remixer and sometime member of Nurse With Wound and Current 93,” has remixed The Beatles’ psychedelic studio masterpiece Tomorrow Never Knows for the 50th anniversary of its release. It’s now 16 times longer than the original song, and is long enough for that special walk or run or car trip.

Liles writes:

On the 5th of August 2016 ‘Revolver’ will be 50 years old. ‘Revolver’ is arguably the first mainstream pop album to explore esoteric themes, ‘exotic’ instrumentation and use the studio as a tool to create otherworldly unimagined sounds. It’s an album that rewrote the rules and laid the foundations for audioscopic cosmonauts like myself to venture deeper into uncharted universes of sound. We have the fab five (how can we forget George Martin) to thank for opening new possibilities and new dimensions. Without their innovation the world of sound would be a lot less colourful.

Surrender to the void, turn off your mind, relax and float down stream with my impossibly elongated, psychedelic, smokeathonic adaptation of Tomorrow Never Knows.

Go Behind The Scenes In Rarely-Seen Video Of Beach Boys Recording Pet Sounds

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Feb 25, 2017

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Pet Sounds, the eleventh studio album by American rock band the Beach Boys was initially met with a lukewarm critical and commercial response in the United States, peaking at number 10 in the Billboard 200, a significantly lower placement than the band’s preceding albums. In the United Kingdom, the album was hailed by its music press and was an immediate commercial success, peaking at number 2 in the UK Top 40 Albums Chart and remaining among the top ten positions for six months. Pet Sounds has subsequently gathered worldwide acclaim from critics and musicians alike, and is widely considered to be one of the most influential albums in music history.

God Only Knows” has become one of the most beloved in the band’s canon, famously praised by Paul McCartney as the greatest song ever written. Its classic status is even more remarkable considering that it all came together in less than an hour.

Brian Wilson always had a special place in his list of songs for “Let’s Go Away For a While,” labeling it “the most satisfying piece of music I have ever made.” But he also claims it’s missing a major component: lyrics.

Elgar’s Concerto In E minor On A Projection Mapped Cello

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Feb 25, 2017

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Elgar’s Concerto In E minor On A Projection Mapped Cello

Sol Gabetta plays a 300-year-old cello and it becomes a screen in this unique film. Infrared cameras track the cello’s position allowing a digital projection to stay locked onto its surface as it moves.

This Beautiful Music Video Was Made With 1250 Hand Drawings

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Feb 25, 2017

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Ralf Hildenbeutel’s Disco is an incredible video made up of 1,250 hand-made drawings of a dancer. Although each drawing is different, it’s drenched in a delightful 2-minute clip.

Ralf Hildenbeutel – Disco from Boris Seewald on Vimeo.

Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs” Performed By One Cellist

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Feb 25, 2017

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Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs” Performed By One Cellist

Known to the world as one of the heaviest songs of all time, Black Sabbath’s War Pigs has reached a level of popular acclaim that would even surprise the band members. Take this video of Aaron Gage performing the song with his loop station and electric cello/voice at Fishhead Cantina. It’s still not for the weak-hearted, with a new level of verve.

John Mayer Adds North American Summer Dates To His “Search for Everything” World Tour

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Feb 24, 2017

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John Mayer Adds North American Summer Dates To His “Search for Everything” World Tour

A summer leg has been added to John Mayer’s Search for Everything World Tour, which will launch on Tuesday, July 18 in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the Isleta Amphitheater and runs through Sunday, September 3 in Noblesville, Indiana at the Klipsch Music Center. Each concert on the tour will be comprised of full band, solo acoustic and John Mayer Trio sets of music. Click HERE to find out what to expect from The Search For Everything World Tour direct from John. A full listing of tour dates can be found below.

Tickets will go on sale beginning Saturday, March 4 at 10 AM through livenation.com. American Express Card Members can purchase tickets for select shows before the general public beginning Tuesday, February 28 at 12 PM through Friday, March 3 at 10 PM. Check johnmayer.com/tour for other presale opportunities.

The second wave of music from The Search for Everything will be released on Friday, February 24, consisting of four brand new songs – “Still Feel Like Your Man,” “Emoji of a Wave,” “Helpless,” and “Roll it on Home.” The album, which Mayer began recording in 2014 at the famed Capitol Studios in the Capitol Records building in Hollywood, will be released in its entirety on Friday, April 14 through Columbia Records. Wave Two is available here at HERE.

The Search for Everything World Tour dates:
Fri Mar 31         Albany, NY                                Times Union Center
Sat Apr 01         Montreal, QUE                          Bell Centre
Mon Apr 03      Toronto, ON                             Air Canada Centre
Wed Apr 05       New York, NY                           Madison Square Garden
Thu Apr 06        Washington DC                         Verizon Center
Fri Apr 07          Philadelphia, PA                        Wells Fargo Center
Sun Apr 09        Boston, MA                               TD Garden
Tue Apr 11        Chicago, IL                                United Center
Wed Apr 12       Columbus, OH                           Schottenstein Center
Fri Apr 14          Kansas City, MO                       Sprint Center
Sat Apr 15         St. Paul, MN                              Xcel Energy Center
Mon Apr 17       Edmonton, AB                          Rogers Place
Wed Apr 19       Vancouver, BC                          Rogers Arena
Fri Apr 21          Los Angeles, CA                       The Forum
Sat Apr 22         Las Vegas, NV                          T-Mobile Arena
Wed May 3       Amsterdam, NL                         Ziggo Dome
Fri May 5          Herning, DK                              Jyske Bank Boxen
Sun May 7        Stockholm, SE                          Ericcson Globe
Tue May 8        Oslo, NO                                   Spektrum
Wed May 9       Copenhagen, DK                      Royal Arena
Fri May 12        London, ENG                            The O2
Tue Jul 18         Albuquerque, NM                      Isleta Amphitheater
Wed Jul 19        Denver, CO                               Pepsi Center
Fri Jul 21           Quincy, WA                               Gorge Amphitheatre
Sat Jul 22          Portland, OR                             Moda Center
Tue Jul 25         Anaheim, CA                             Honda Center
Thu Jul 27         Sacramento, CA                        Golden 1 Center
Sat Jul 29          Mountain View, CA                    Shoreline Amphitheatre
Sun Jul 30         Los Angeles, CA                       The Forum
Tue Aug 01       Phoenix, AZ                              Talking Stick Resort Arena
Thu Aug 03       San Antonio, TX                        AT&T Center
Sat Aug 05        Dallas, TX                                 American Airlines Center
Sun Aug 06       Woodlands, TX                         The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Tue Aug 08       Nashville, TN                             Bridgestone Arena
Wed Aug 09      New Orleans, LA                       Smoothie King Center
Thu Aug 10       Atlanta, GA                               Lakewood Amphitheatre
Sat Aug 12        Fort Lauderdale, FL                   BB&T Center
Sun Aug 13       Tampa, FL                                Amalie Arena
Tue Aug 15       Charlotte, NC                            PNC Music Pavilion
Wed Aug 16      Raleigh, NC                              Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
Fri Aug 18         Camden, NJ                              BB&T Pavilion
Sat Aug 19        Holmdel, NJ                              PNC Bank Arts Center
Sun Aug 20       Hartford, CT                              XFINITY Theatre
Tue Aug 22       Syracuse, NY                            Lakeview Amphitheater
Wed Aug 23      Wantagh, NY                            Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
Fri Aug 25         Bristow, VA                               Jiffy Lube Live
Sat Aug 26        Cincinnati, OH                           Riverbend Music Center
Sun Aug 27       Darien Center, NY                     Darien Lake Amphitheater
Tue Aug 29      Toronto, ON                             Budweiser Stage
Wed Aug 30      Cuyahoga Falls, OH                  Blossom Music Center
Fri Sep 01         Clarkston, MI                             DTE Energy Music Theatre
Sat Sep 02        Tinley Park, IL                           Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
Sun Sep 03       Noblesville, IN                           Klipsch Music Center

A limited number of exclusive ticket packages will be available for the North American concerts starting Thursday March 2^nd at 10AM local. Select packages include premium tickets and meet & greets. For more information, visit johnmayer.com/tour.