“The hole is so deep and so bad; the donut is a beautiful thing.”
Guns N’ Roses Are Playing Coachella, Billboard Reports
Guns N’ Roses, with founding members Axl Rose and Slash, will headline the Coachella Music & Arts Festival in Indio, Calif., set for April 15-17 and April 22-24, according to multiple sources. The band is also tapped to be one of the first acts to play the new Las Vegas Arena, which is set to open April 6 with The Killers and Wayne Newton. Additionally, the reunited band is negotiating with promoters to play as many as 25 football stadiums in North America in the summer of 2016. The band is said to be asking as much as $3 million per show, with tickets topping out in the $250-$275 range.
Via Billboard
This Guns N’ Roses Short Clip Is Playing Before Star Wars And Fans Are Freaking Out
First the Guns N’ Roses website shows their original logo, and now, before some screenings of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, THIS comes on the screen.
Are the band reforming? A new greatest hits album? Nothing at all? Stay tuned.
This is Hilarious! Dude at Wrong Concert
I’m not saying I would be one of people going bonkers at the 43 second mark, but I wouldn’t be the guy you’re about to call the coolest guy there, either. Just wait for it.
Watch Neil Young Perform New Songs ‘Old Man’ And ‘Heart Of Gold’ In 1971
On February 23, 1971 Neil Young visited the BBC Television Centre in London to record a solo performance that would air as part of the BBC’s In Concert series. Young treated the live crowd and television audience to a set that was heavy on material from his Harvest LP, which wouldn’t be released until February 14, 1972. He was 26 at the time.
This is a new song I wrote about my ranch. I live on a ranch in California. I just bought it awhile ago from these two lawyers and there was an old man living on it. I don’t know if you have things like that here, like a foreman on ranches. It’s like an old caretaker who takes care of old cows…and fences…so I wrote this song for him.
Then, Neil digs around in his pockets trying to find the right harp and then plays a new song. It’s called Heart Of Gold.
Here’s the full show.
https://youtu.be/CJFlAJineqY
This 2-Minute Video Teaches You What Is The Groove And How It Works
I am completely useless in the studio. I’ll gleefully admit that. The artists can go about their business in the studio in a cloak of mystery for all I understand. But I do know a great groove, like you, when I hear it. Check out this two-minute film by Nicolas Lefaucheux. He takes three tracks by Marvin Gaye, Bob Marley, and Michael Jackson, and shows how the groove remains a creeping, undercover sound mixing with the instruments and the vocals. As Mental Floss writes, “the groove is built by the instruments fitting into pockets of time. If you don’t read sheet music, this is a lovely way to understand how that timing works.” I’ll be over here, outside the studio.
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Via Mental Floss
More than 550 households in Scotland are still watching television in black and white
More than 550 households in Scotland are still watching television in black and white, according to TV licensing officials. Glasgow has the largest number of black and white sets at 200, followed by Edinburgh with 55. TV Licensing Scotland revealed the figure as it reminded viewers they need a licence, however dated the model. Regular colour broadcasts began on BBC Two in July 1967. Britain became the first country in Europe to offer regular programming in colour, weeks ahead of Germany. Yet almost 10,000 black and white licences are still in force across the UK. The cost of a black and white licence is £49 compared with £145.50 for a colour licence.
TV Licensing Scotland spokesman Jason Hill said: “It’s astounding that more than 550 households in Scotland still watch on a black and white telly, especially now that over half of homes access TV content over the internet, on smart TVs.
Via BBC
What’s In Patti Smith’s Bag When She Packs? This.
Getting ready to leave on a tour is a tough thing. First, you have to leave your family and pets behind. And what to pack? You should see how much I take when I’m gone for the weekend, I’m surprised the plane can actually take off. Music legend Patti Smith posted on her site what’s in her bag, and what she packs when she leaves. She has it down to a science. And like me, she looks for her passport last.
I always travel light. Besides my dungarees and my trusty Ann Demeulemeester black jackets, everything can be washed in a sink in a hotel room and laid out on a windowsill to dry. For instance 7 tee shirts (including 4 electric lady teeshirts) and 7 pairs of bee socks.
The worse part, besides saying goodbye to my daughter Jesse, is picking out what books to take. I decide this will be essentially a Haruki Murakami tour. So I will take several of his books including the three volume IQ84 to reread. He is a good writer to reread as he sets your mind to daydreaming while you are reading him. thus i always miss stuff.
I inventory Moleskin notebooks. seven small tubes of Weleda salt toothpaste. witch hazel wipes. Loquat leaf tea bags for cough. essentials like that. I guess I am ready.
Well this is the first entry of the Banga tour diary. I plan to keep sending entries on the road, from our tour bus, complete with pathetic cell phone pictures. I am starting right now, taking shots of my packing mess. Maybe more than you bargained for.
Now I gotta go look for my passport.
This kid tried to quit band, but the teacher had other plans
When spinal muscular atrophy started taking away Ethan Och’s ability to play the drums, his band director Gina Christopherson would not take “no” for an answer. She knew how much Ethan loved the band, and she simply refused to let him quit. Instead, she downloaded an app — 75 of them, actually — to find Ethan a new kind of drum set.
That Time Bob Ross Painted In Black And White For A Color Blind Fan
After a frustrated viewer told painter Bob Ross that he couldn’t paint like him due to being color blind, Bob painted this wonderful black and white painting, helping everyone feel good about themselves and their own abilities.