This week, PBS Digital Studios announced the premiere of a new original series, SOUND FIELD, taking viewers on a deep dive into the history and culture behind our favorite songs and musical styles. The series, produced in partnership with Twin Cities PBS’ Rewire team, aims to ignite the music lover in everyone. SOUND FIELD premieres Thursday, January 17, 2019 on YouTube and streams via Facebook Watch on Thursday, January 23, 2019. Preview the series in this first look video below.
Photo Gallery: Cheap Trick at Fallsview Casino in Niagara Falls
All photos by Mini’s Memories. You can contact her at minismemories@hotmail.com
This 1967 Animated Luden’s Cough Drops Television Ad Featuring Frank Zappa’s Music
Artist Ed Seeman created the award-winning 1967 television ad for Luden’s Cough Drops, which is cool, but listen to the music. That was created by a young Frank Zappa. Zappa worked for a short period in advertising as a copywriter before working in music full-time. His sojourn in the commercial world was brief, but gave him valuable insights into its workings. Throughout his career, he took a keen interest in the visual presentation of his work, designing some of his album covers and directing his own films and videos.
How Roadies Put Together A Kiss Show In 1979
This is some great footage from 1979 during the Dynasty tour that shows how the stage was build up and much more. This was the first tour to feature the famous flying stunt by Gene Simmons. This was also the first tour to feature Ace Frehley’s “lighted guitar” and his rocket-shooting guitar, where after his smoke-spewing guitar solo, the still-smoking guitar would float up.
Simple Plan’s Foundation Announces 2018 Donations Totaling $225,000
Last month, just a few days before Christmas, the Simple Plan Foundation announced its donations for 2018, for a total of $225,000. More than 30 charitable organizations, all devoted to helping young people in need, received financial support from the Foundation, bringing its total donations to $2.5 million since the FSP was started.
The list of recipients shows that the Simple Plan Foundation continues to support a large number of organizations working to help sick children battling with physical and mental illnesses, as well as young people dealing with difficult issues like addictions, poverty, homophobia and the consequences of war. Some of the organizations have benefited from the Foundation’s support for many years and include the St-Justine Children Hospital, Montreal’s Children Hospital, Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto, The Lighthouse Children and Families, as well as Dr. Julien’s Music Garage, the Portage Foundation and War Child Canada. The SPF also added some new recipients this year like the Dr. Clown Foundation and the New Pathways Foundation, a charity devoted to helping First Nations youth in Canada.
2018 was a very busy year for Simple Plan, who performed over 75 concerts all over the world, including the entire final edition of the Vans Warped Tour that hit the US and Canada all summer. The band also played in Australia, New Zealand, Argentina and Brazil and finished its world tour in its home province of Quebec with a special benefit concert at the Gagné-Bergeron Pro-Am charity hockey game at the Videotron Center in Quebec City, along with many NHL superstars like Patrice Bergeron and Marc-André Fleury. The band is now focused on writing songs for its upcoming sixth album.
The Simple Plan band members as well as the Foundation’s volunteers would like to thank all the fans without whom all this would be impossible. They hope to be able to keep counting on fans’ loyal support in the future.
The full list of the 2018 donations recipients is also available at www.simpleplanfoundation.com
1000 People of Dance
YouTuber Matt Bray spent the last year and a half of his life traveling the world and making this dance video. According to Mashable, the project started with Bray dancing — by himself over 100 days in 2014, then in 100 different places in 2015, then with 100 different people in 2016. For his latest, Bray spent a year and a half traveling around the globe to a total of 15 different countries to create “1000 People of Dance.”
Here he is, dancing with 1,000 people, to the song “Lean” by VHS Collection. Just a few of the locations you’ll see included China, Chile, Japan, Israel, Australia, France, and Ireland.
And how did you spent your summer?
How Frank Sinatra Invented the Album
In the Wee Small Hours is the ninth studio album by Frank Sinatra, and was released in April 1955 by Capitol and produced by Voyle Gilmore with arrangements by Nelson Riddle. All the songs on the album deal with themes such as loneliness, introspection, lost love, failed relationships, depression and night life. In the Wee Small Hours has been called one of the first concept albums, right don to the cover, portraying Sinatra on an eerie and deserted street awash in blue-tinged street lights.
Polyphonic explains how Sinatra laid the foundation for the concept album.
James Blake on the mental toll of touring
“There’s a lot you don’t confront because you’re not really exposed to a usual routine or other people that will challenge you in a meaningful sense on a personal level. Especially if you’re in the limelight, that can definitely stop you from really needing to confront anything. There are a lot of musicians just starting out now who might not be aware of the pitfalls of touring and the pitfalls of a musician’s life.
“Mental health on the road is something which has generally been left until this generation to really deal with. I think we’ve seen the effects of the artist’s life laid out for us in previous generations, and I think we’re just starting to go, ‘maybe I shouldn’t use these methods to cope with it, maybe I should talk to somebody'”. – James Blake
FOO FIGHTERS DIRECTV Super Saturday Night in Atlanta With Special Guest Run The Jewels Is Sold Out, But You Can Watch It On Twitter
Who didn’t see this one coming… It’s official: Foo Fighters’ DIRECTV Super Saturday Night February 2 at Atlantic Station in Atlanta with special guest Run The Jewels is 100% SOLD OUT. Nothing you can do short of impersonating the Fed Ex or pizza delivery person or taking out a second mortgage can get you into this once in a lifetime show now…
There is good news, though: Both performances—Foo Fighters and Run The Jewels—will be streamed live to fans across the world on Twitter https://twitter.com/
The live stream begins at 10:30pm ET with FOO FIGHTERS hitting the stage at 11:00pm ET.
Yes, the stadium-shaking anthems that have earned Foo Fighters 12 Grammy Awards, sold 25 million records and continue to sell millions of tickets the world over will come to your living room if you can’t make it to Atlanta. And don’t sleep on this one: The band has been circling the globe crushing it with rock marathons since its latest album, the international #1 Concrete and Gold, was released in September 2017. There are fewer Foo Fighters U.S. gigs left on the itinerary than you can count on two hands so make sure you’re in front of that phone, tablet or TV screen February 2. It may be your last dose of live Foo Fighters for quite some time to come. And Run the Jewels are sure to crush it too. If there was ever a night to make any excuse to stay in and go big…
In the meantime, get psyched for the big show the night before the big game, specifically: Get Jacked on Jackalopes! Go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Larry Butz (Dave Grohl) sponsored by Butz Bail Bonds
Helmuut Pyle (Pat Smear) sponsored by Pyles Adult diapers
Jake Schenker (Chris Shiflett)
Bertrand Hitchens (Nate Mendel) sponsored by 1 800 Ferns
Bret Rogers (Taylor Hawkins)
The Longest Yard and Invincible got nothing on the Jackalopes—you’ll be on the edge of your seat dying to know “WILL THEY MAKE IT TO SUPER SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE THE BIG GAME?”