Bowler Mike Long demonstrates a crazy trick shot that involves two balls, 12 pins, and scoring a spare without approaching the lane twice. This trick tops that one game I bowled a 238 in a music industry tournament, which led to a 64 in the second game.
Chris Taylor Joins Entertainment One To Lead Music Business As President, Entertainment One Music
Entertainment One (eOne) is pleased to announce the appointment of leading music industry attorney and music industry entrepreneur, Chris Taylor, to the role of President, Entertainment One Music. The Company also shared that Taylor will bring his independent recording, publishing and artist management company Last Gang to eOne, whose impressive roster includes record label clients Death From Above 1979, Chromeo and Ryan Hemsworth, and management clients Lights and Arkells. The announcement was made today by Darren Throop, President & Chief Executive Officer, Entertainment One.
Taylor, whose legal practice included recording legends such as Drake, Nelly Furtado and Avril Lavigne, brings more than 25 years of wide-ranging music industry experience to eOne. In his new role, he will oversee music operations globally and will lead strategic growth initiatives across music licensing, publishing, label and distribution. Last Gang will continue to operate under Taylor as a label of eOne. He will lead teams in Los Angeles, New York, Nashville and Toronto.
“I’ve known Chris for many years and I am delighted that he has come on board to steer our music business into the future. In addition to being a musician and songwriter himself, Chris’ business-acumen, strategic management expertise and far-reaching relationships will support the diversification of eOne Music,” said Throop. “There has been a seismic shift in the music industry over the last decade and it is important that we continue to find innovative ways to build and bolster the business. With Chris and the Last Gang family of artists, we are well-positioned to do just that.”
Established in 2003, Last Gang is credited with launching the careers of Canadian alternative rock royalty including Metric, Crystal Castles, Death From Above 1979 and MSTRKRFT among others. Last Gang has sold over 2,000,000 albums worldwide.
“This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the world’s leading entertainment companies, and combine my team and clients with a strong world-class brand that has global reach and proximity to world-class television and film producers,” said Taylor. “I’m looking forward to working with Darren and the whole eOne team as we welcome new artists, broaden the opportunities for our current roster and reinforce eOne as the leading indie.”
eOne, whose music leadership team remains otherwise unchanged, is a leading independent music brand and is home to a variety of sub-labels across many genres including gospel label Light Records, Americana/Folk music leader Dualtone Music Group and Broadway leader DRG Records. The label roster includes top-selling rapper The Game, Americana/Alternative act The Lumineers, and former Destiny’s Child member and gospel artist Michelle Williams.
Remember The Movie “Curly Sue?” Watch The Judges Weep When She Appears On “The Voice”
Alisan Porter, the actress who played the title role in Curly Sue, and also CEO of the website The Lil’ Mamas, brings the house down and gets a four-chair turn for her blind audition version of Linda Ronstadt’s “Blue Bayou.”
https://youtu.be/wh7lT_xEY_U
Guys Slays A Song With Just One String On His Guitar
Forget about the basic and persuasive view that guitars need to have 4, 5, or 6 strings to sound great. Brushy One String, named for the one-stringed guitar he plays, doesn’t need all those strings to sound good. Ha Ha, dear reader – this guy sounds better than you with just one.
The Bangor, Maine Police Force Wins The Internet With Hilarious “Got Warrant?” Section On Facebook
The writer for the Facebook page of the Bangor (Maine) Police Department is a genius. Not only is this person a fine comedy writer, but to make a usual The anonymous outstanding arrest warrant into a hilarious monologue worth reading the entire announcement is worthy of praise. In a regular feature called “Got Warrants?”, this is how you do social media in the police force.
You cannot control the glee that you feel inside when you wake up on Wednesday only to remember that it’s “GotWarrants?” day on the marginally interesting, Bangor Police Department Facebook page.
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Now, back to “GotWarrants?”
Noise Problems and not milkshakes, brought our “boys to the yard” on Willow Street. A loud lady in the hallway caused concerns for other tenants. Each time we showed up, she would hide in a pretty good spot. By the 5th time, we used the skills of stealth and spy power as Officer Farrar observed where the loud and annoying landloper, dawdled off to. She was going out the back and laying low until the law, left. On the fifth trip she was discovered at the neighbor’s house. She was arrested and found to be drunk.
“Disorderly conduct is a mistress that tends to show up with her own six-pack.”
(TC’s Maxim #112)
Bangor’s Maple Street features the type of trees that emit sweet goodness this time of the year. The cold nights and warm days cause the sap to run freely. Boiling it outside makes the wonderful maple syrup that we all treasure on our pancakes and ployes. This was not the sap that were sent there to gather, however. A woman who left jail just hours before, returned to an apartment in defiance of a lawful court order that she not be there. She told the man who was supposed to be there that the judge felt the order was a “joke.” This was not true. She was arrested and taken back to jail. She did not even giggle on the way but found her wardrobe exactly where she had left it.
A hearty, Hi-De-Ho to Todd. We call him Todd because that is his name. Todd made the pizza delivery lady feel very uncomfortable and along with his extremely inappropriate comments, hugged the young lady “not in a good way.” We note that Todd has spurned our advances to discuss this ridiculous and boorish behavior. File this under; we are not laughing and plan on a late night or early morning visit from the summons delivery guy. We do notice that you have been avoiding us and we have some paperwork for you. Your full name is on our contact list and it might be better if you swing by the station and ask for Officer Perry or any officer for that matter. If you do not like being named as a featured player or being called out for being loutish, show some respect to other people. We will see you soon. Toodles…Todd.
Loud and drunken behavior at a local hotel caused the hallway to become the “octagon of obnoxiousness” as two men and two women held a grudge match that began as name calling. Foul and coarse descriptors were hurled about. Words can hurt but pushing and shoving lead to assault charges. The attacker scurried to her room and pulled the blankets over her head pretending we were not knocking. HINT: We really have the ability to knock for a long, long time. No one wants that, so just get up an answer. In the end, one woman was charged with assault and people were sent to their respective corners to continue drinking and to talking badly about one another. The clerk at the hotel made the kind gesture of letting both parties continue to dwell in their rooms. Which, by the way, is where you are supposed to dwell while staying in the fine accommodations that Bangor has to offer.
Finally in today’s episode, we find Officer Hermanson attempting to talk sense into a man at a local nightclub hotspot. The suspect went after another gentleman as Hermanson blocked his pathway to the surefire way of receiving complimentary room and board at the crowbar motel. The man yelled naughty names at Hermanson, some of which might be true, but the man had no way of knowing this for sure. The man told Hermanson that he knew his Miranda rights and as we say, you really should as they are shared approximately 27 times a night in the more popular television programs that all start with the letters N-C-I-S. There is no reason you shouldn’t. Unless you are not a good listener. This was the case as the man refused to stop his yelling and was secured in handcuffs because of his behavior. He also had an active warrant for his arrest. He was taken to jail. His silence became a stronger character trait as his audience disappeared in the rear view mirror of Unit #21..
As always there are three simple rules that tend to act as a “Cop Repellant.”
1.Keep your hands to yourself
2. Leave other people’s things alone
3.Treat one another with kindness
We hope your Wednesday is fantastic and hope that you can help out at least one person today.
If you need help, give us a call. The men and women of the Bangor Police Department will be here.
KISS legend Ace Frehley picks up a woman in Mexico…and because you’re reading it here, you know something strange happened.
KISS legend Ace Frehley shares a story about picking up a woman in Mexico, only to discover something unforgettable about the lady.
Moe Koffman’s Jazz standard “Swinging Shepherd Blues” inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame
The Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame (CSHF) today announced the induction of Swinging Shepherd Blues, composed by celebrated jazz musician and composer Moe Koffman. Performing the song as part of the Hall of Fame’s ongoing Covered Classics series are renowned flutists Jane Bunnett and Ron Korb, featuring Jake Koffman (Moe’s grandson) on the saxophone.
When Moe Koffman began recording his debut album in 1957, he never imagined that his instrumental Swinging Shepherd Blues would become a hit. Koffman told The Montreal Gazette in 1973, “It wasn’t meant to be a hit parade song and nobody expected it to be…. Jazz people would like it and jazz stations might play it. But that was all.”
But Koffman had been too modest. When his album “Cool and Hot Sax” came out, Chicago disc jockey Marty Faye played Swinging Shepherd Blues on high rotation and other stations quickly followed suit. The success of Koffman’s 1958 recording established him internationally as a flutist and helped to popularize the flute in jazz music.
January and February 1958 saw Koffman’s original go head-to-head with Johnny Pate’s cover and another by David Rose and His Orchestra, with Koffman’s peaking at Billboard’s No. 23. In the United Kingdom, Koffman’s tune enjoyed another three-way fight for chart position in spring 1958, this time with Ted Heath’s big band cover and the unique vocal version by Ella Fitzgerald, recorded after Rhoda Roberts and Kenny Jacobson added lyrics to the music.
At that time, jazz flute hits were virtually unheard of. Yet, the catchy Swinging Shepherd Blues competed successfully against easy-listening stars such as Pat Boone, Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra, and rock and rollers Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry, not to mention fellow Canadians The Diamonds and Paul Anka.
In the sixty years since its appearance, the BMI-award-winning Swinging Shepherd Blues has been performed as jazz, easy listening, Latin, classical and even country, by everyone from jazz greats to marching bands. Among their number are trombonist Rob McConnell; pianist Oscar Peterson; and flutists Herbie Mann, Paige Brook, Bill McBirnie, and Alvin Hayes, to name a few.
Koffman told The Montreal Gazette, “The Swinging Shepherd Blues …. was a once-in-a-lifetime thing. I’m glad I wrote it and I’m glad it was a big hit. But I’ll probably never write a hit like that again. And you know what? I wouldn’t want to. I’ve done it.”
In the video below, four-time JUNO Award winner Jane Bunnett’s distinctive arrangement of the song takes Swinging Shepherd Blues through different styles and tempos. This new cover also features Grammy Award nominee Ron Korb, emerging jazz musician and saxophonist Jake Koffman, as well as Moe Koffman band alumni Kieran Overs, Don Thompson, Terry Clarke and Rob Piltch.
Bob Dylan Announces His 37th (!!!) Album And Tour In 2016
Bob Dylan announced today that he will be releasing a new LP, entitled Fallen Angels, his 37th studio release, later this year. The 74-year-old has confirmed a 27-date North American tour starting in June, and Mavis Staples will open for him.
Tickets are on sale on Dylan’s website. Each pair of tickets will come with a redemption code for a CD of Fallen Angels.
Bob Dylan North American Tour Dates
June
4-5 – Woodinville, Wash. @ Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery
7 – Eugene, Ore @ Cuthbert Amphitheater
9 – Berkeley, Calif. @ Greek Theatre
11 – Santa Barbara, Calif. @ Santa Barbara Bowl
13-14 – San Diego, Calif. @ Humphreys Concerts By The Bay
16 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ Shrine Auditorium
19 – Morrison, Co. @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
21 – Kansas City, Mo. @ Starlight Theatre
22 – Lincoln, Neb. @ Pinewood Bowl Theater
24 – Highland Park, Ill. @ Ravinia Festival
25 – Indianapolis, Ind. @ Farm Bureau Insurance Lawn at White River State Park
26 – Nashville, Tenn. @ Carl Black Chevy Woods Amphitheater
28 – Kettering, Oh. @ Fraze Pavilion
29 – Toledo, Oh. @ Toledo Zoo Amphitheatre
30 – Lewiston, N.Y. @ Artpark
July
2 – Lenox, Mass. @ Tanglewood
3 – Mashantucket, Conn. @ Foxwoods Resort Casino
5-6 – Vienna, Va. @ Wolf Trap
8 – Queens, N.Y. @ Forest Hills Stadium
12 – Canandaigua, N.Y. @ CMAC
13 – Philadelphia, Penn. @ The Mann Center
14 – Boston, Mass. @ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
16 – Portland, Maine @ Thompson’s Point
17 – Gilford, N.H. @ Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion
Bruce Springsteen singing Thunder Road over the course of 41 years
A music-video supercut spanning 41 years of Bruce Springsteen performing “Thunder Road,” the lead track from his iconic Born to Run. Maybe we aren’t so young anymore.
Alessia Cara, Brett Kissel, Dean Brody, Marianas Trench, Ria Mae, Walk Off The Earth Confirmed For JUNO Fan Fare
More than 1000 music fans will take over the CF Chinook Centre in Calgary on Saturday, April 2 for a chance to meet their favourite Canadian artists during JUNO Fan Fare, presented by hmv Canada. One of the most popular events of JUNO week, JUNO Fan Fare, hosted by eTalk reporter and Much host Liz Trinnear and Tyrone Edwards, host of E! and Much, features interviews with artists, autograph sessions, live performances, prize giveaways and more.
The 45th Annual JUNO Awards and JUNO Week will be held in Calgary, Alberta, March 28-April 3, 2016.
Participating artists include Alessia Cara, Autumn Hill, Brett Kissel, Chad Brownlee, Dean Brody, Dear Rouge, Francesco Yates, George Canyon, Marianas Trench, Ria Mae, Scott Helman, Shawn Hook and Walk off the Earth.
Free tickets are available on a first come first serve basis as of Wednesday March 9, at 5pmMT. Sign up at www.junofanfare.ca.
“hmv Canada has played a leading role in supporting the Canadian music community for over 26 years and we are thrilled to support CARAS once again,” said Saundra Bianchi, Director of Marketing, hmv Canada. “We look forward to connecting with our customers and music lovers alike, and share with them the once in a lifetime experience of JUNO Fan Fare in Calgary.”
JUNO Fan Fare runs from 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm.
Autographs
1st session: 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
2nd session: 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm