The Marshall Amp is one of the most recognized amplifiers in the world, especially the deep, ‘crunch’ sound. Billy Gibbons, Slash, and Lemmy, among many others discuss how Marshall changed their sound and their perspective on Rock and Roll.
https://youtu.be/V-mjK0bZpHg
This week, The Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards appeared on BBC’s long-running ‘Desert Island Discs’ show, picking his eight records to ‘take to a desert island.’
Richards, no surprise, went deep into his record collection, and picked:
Chuck Berry – Wee Wee Hours (1955)
Hank Williams – You Win Again (1952)
Aaron Neville – My True Story (2013)
Etta James – Sugar On The Floor (1978)
Freddie Scott – Are You Lonely For Me (1966)
Gregory Isaacs – Extra Classic (1977)
Nigel Kennedy and the English Chamber Orchestra – Spring from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons (1989)
Little Walter – Key To The Highway (1958)
Read more at http://www.nme.com/news/the-rolling-stones/89297#ps0W1Ycy3viktDqh.99
Disney advertises two of their movies at once. This is synergy at it’s best.
“When I got out of rehab, I needed to lose weight, but I also needed to figure out a way to function sober. Unless I was blitzed out of my mind, I had trouble sleeping. So I started running. It gave me a natural endorphin high, but it also helped me sleep, so it was perfect. It’s easy to understand how people replace addiction with exercise. One addiction for another but one that’s good for them. I got an addict’s brain, and when it came to running, I think I got a little carried away. I became a fucking hamster. Seventeen miles a day on a treadmill. I would get up in the morning, and before I went to the studio, I would run eight and a half miles in about an hour. Then I’d come home and run another eight and a half. I started getting OCD about the calories, making sure I burned 2,000 every day. In the end, I got down to about 149 pounds. I ran to the point where I started to get injured. All the constant pounding from the running began to tear up my hip flexors.
“So when I was starting to dial back on the treadmill, I tried out some of those workout DVDs you do at home. One of the first ones was Shaun T’s Insanity workout. I know a lot of these DVD guys are wacky, but I’m alone in my gym; I need someone on the TV yelling to motivate me. Besides, some of this shit is entertaining.”
Ah, Record Store Day is coming up. It’s hard not to feel weighed down by the past glories of vinyl, and here are 9 great photos of a record party you wish you could have attended.
Given the way Coldplay’s career has unfolded, it’s easy to see their pop gift with no real obstacles were in the way towards world domination, except lead singer Chris Martin’s constantly shifting mind wanting to be the biggest band in the world, and hiding from all the attention given.
In December 2014, Spotify named Coldplay the most-streamed band in the world for 2014, and third most-streamed artist behind only Ed Sheeran and Eminem. At that same time, Martin announced in an interview with Zane Lowe on BBC Radio 1 that Coldplay are in the middle of working on their seventh studio album which will be called A Head Full of Dreams, hinting at the style of the album by saying that the band was trying to make something colourful and uplifting, yet not bombast. He also stated that it will be something to “shuffle your feet” to.
While we’re waiting, here are the best isolated vocals to keep you warm this week.
Yellow:
https://youtu.be/AMf2BxWqh0c
Viva La Vida:
https://youtu.be/Ew4A-0vaab8
The Scientist:
https://youtu.be/GKIya1SaPd8
Fix You:
https://youtu.be/4WdQsfmOgQc
Clocks:
https://youtu.be/navImqPTuNs
The insights and data essential to your brand’s success are on social media – you just have to listen for them. But with so many voices on social, who should you listen to…and how?
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President Barack Obama honored the U. S. women’s soccer team at a White House ceremony, saying their 2015 World Cup victory inspired the whole country. And they “taught all America’s children that playing like a girl means you’re a badass.”
Love.
‘Bubbly Bee Cosplays’ demonstrates how this very cool Cinderella costume transforms from rags to a beautiful gown in one beautiful spinning motion. This will surely turn some heads for Halloween!
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Eric Alper is a 6-time nominee for Publicist of the Year during Canadian Music Week and has overseen the publicity campaigns for over 183 JUNO Award-nominated albums (and 16 in 2025), 45 Grammy-nominated albums, including 47 JUNO Award, 58 Canadian Folk Music Award, 126 Maple Blues Award-winning albums and is also truly honoured to work with some of the biggest and most important artists of our time.
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