Adam Sandler has updated the roster of The Chanukah Song
Adam Sandler has updated the roster of The Chanukah Song, adding Drake, Scarlett Johansson and more.
Sia’s Isolated Vocals For “Chandelier” From SNL
The video for Sia’s Chandelier is still climbing the charts for one of the most-viewed in music history, with more than 1 billion YouTube views. In support of the single and 1000 Forms of Fear, Sia, often with Ziegler, performed “Chandelier” on a number of television shows, including The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Late Night with Seth Meyers, Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Saturday Night Live, the latter where this isolated vocal comes from.
I Don’t Know What You’re Taking About So Here’s A Hamster Eating a Carrot In Bed
I need to watch this video the next time I’m stressed out.
‘The Competition’, A New ‘Minions’ Mini-Movie Is Here
The story of Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment’s Minions begins at the dawn of time. Starting as single-celled yellow organisms, Minions evolve through the ages, perpetually serving the most despicable of masters. After accidentally killing off so many of them — from T. Rex to Napoleon—the Minions find themselves without a master to serve and fall into a deep depression.
But one Minion named Kevin has a plan, and he — alongside teenage rebel Stuart and lovable little Bob — ventures out into the world to find a new evil boss for his brethren to follow.
The trio embarks upon an adventure that ultimately leads them to their next potential master, Scarlet Overkill (Academy Award winner Sandra Bullock), the world’s first-ever female super-villain. They travel from frigid Antarctica to 1960s New York City, ending in mod London, where they must face their biggest challenge to date: saving all of Minionkind…from annihilation.
Featuring a soundtrack of hit music from the ’60s that still permeates our culture today, Minions is produced by Illumination’s Chris Meledandri and Janet Healy, and is directed by Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda. Brian Lynch has written the screenplay for the 3D-CG comedy adventure, and Chris Renaud serves as executive producer of the film.
Dalton Higgins launches his sixth book Rap N’ Roll: Pop Culture, Darkly Stated
Award-winning journalist, author, broadcaster and blogger Dalton Higgins’ sixth book Rap N’ Roll: Pop Culture, Darkly Stated, a collection of pop culture essays, launches on December 4th at A Different Booklist bookstore located in Toronto’s Annex neighborhood.
Coming on the heels of 2012’s Far From Over: The Music and Life of Drake – carried in the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame & Museum collection in Cleveland – which clinically sheds light on the Drake phenomenon, and 2009’s Hip Hop World – which is carried in Harvard University’s hip hop archive, and led to a 2010 Hip Hop Scholar of the Year award nomination courtesy of Washington DC’s WBLINC – Rap N’ Roll is Higgins’ first art house-styled collection of writings that cover a wide range of topics including music (reggae, punk, rap), race, technology, public transportation (TTC), Jamaican culture, skin bleaching, performance enhancing drugs and the publishing industry itself.
“I’ve been blogging and writing essays about popular culture in magazines since 1995 from the vantage point of someone who is a global citizen yet distinctly African Canadian,” says Higgins whose pioneering work in the area of music presentation and criticism has taken him across the United States, Denmark, France, Australia, Germany, Colombia, England, Spain and Cuba among other destinations. “The fact that I am equally versed in hip hop as I am in hockey tends to confound some readers, but it’s 2015 and my prose simply signifies the voice of a first Generation Canadian lending their distinct point of view on a plethora of things affecting contemporary culture. Honest discussions about race, culture, hip hop, athletics and technology is what needs to happen more and is what tends to wet my reading audiences whistle.”
Reggae. Punk. Race. Hip hop. Technology. Counterculture. Toronto. Rap N’ Roll: Pop Culture, Darkly Stated is all of these things. And then some. Available in both hardcover and softcover glossy full colour format, Rap N’ Roll is a theoretical culmination of some of the more provocative topics and subject matter that Higgins has written about in North American periodicals over the last 20 years. Is rap the new rock n’ roll? Is the traditional book publishing industry on its deathbed? If you live in Toronto, has the TTC acronym come to stand for Totally Terrible Crap? Are Iggy Azalea and Macklemore the future of hip hop, and is MAGIC! the future of reggae? How did Jamaica become so tallawah despite its small size? Was sprinter Ben Johnson a PED futurist given the Lance Armstronging and A-Rodization of professional sports? Higgins also tackles tough topics related to cultural appropriation and digital culture with the honesty and precision of a seasoned veteran.
300 Kate Bush Impersonators Perform “Wuthering Heights” Video
In May, 2013, the Shambush! performance troupe paid tribute to the great Kate Bush and invited all interested Kate fans to join them in a Brighton park to recreate the famous video. You didn’t even have to look like her, and wigs and dresses were available onsite.
More than 300 participants heeded the call, allowing Shambush! to achieve its goal of setting the world’s record for the most number of people dressed as Kate Bush. (As one of the organizers pointed out, they would’ve set the world’s record even if it had only been the three of them.)
Wuthering Heights was released as Kate’s debut single in January 1978. It became a No.1 hit in the UK singles chart and remains Kate’s biggest-selling single.
Two music videos were created to accompany “Wuthering Heights.” In Version 1, Kate can be seen performing the song in a dark room filled with white mist while wearing a white dress — this was the UK release. In Version 2 Kate dances in an outdoor environment while wearing a red dress — this video was produced for the American release.
Via Open Culture
Josh Groban Returns To The Road For Summer 2016 Tour With Special Guest Sarah McLachlan
Multi-platinum-selling recording artist and entertainer, Josh Groban, announced today a Summer 2016 tour in support of his massively successful album Stages. JOSH GROBAN: ON STAGE, produced by Live Nation, kicks off on July 15, 2016 in New Orleans, LA and will hit more than 20 cities around the country including dates in Los Angeles,Chicago, Atlanta, Detroit and more. Sarah McLachlan will join Josh Groban as a special guest on select dates during the tour.
Citi cardmembers will have access to pre-sale tickets beginning Monday, Dec. 7 at 10:00 a.m. local time through Citi’s Private Pass Program. For complete pre-sale details, visit www.citiprivatepass.com. Tickets go on sale for the general public on Dec. 11at www.livenation.com.
Josh Groban returns to PBS in an all-new television special based on his latest album, Stages, which explores one of Josh’s earliest musical loves — Broadway and Broadway musicals. Recorded before a live audience at the historic Los Angeles Theater in downtown L.A., JOSH GROBAN: STAGES LIVE brings some of the most iconic songs in the Broadway musical songbook to life. JOSH GROBAN: STAGES LIVE is part of special programming premiering on PBS stations beginning November 28, 2015 (check local listings).
Groban will make several television appearances in the coming weeks including Live! with Kelly and Michael on Nov. 24, The Talk on Dec.11 and The Late Late Show with James Corden on Dec. 14 and Good Morning America later in December.
Stages is a collection of some of the greatest musical theater songs of all time, which Groban describes as “gorgeously arranged songs that have stood the test of time,” and which he was drawn to because of their combination of “incredible melody with an incredible story.” The album is out now and has already been certified Gold by the RIAA.
Recorded with producers Humberto Gatica and Bernie Herms in both Los Angeles and London’s Abbey Road (with a 75-piece orchestra), Stages features songs from Les Misérables (“Bring Him Home”); Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel (“You’ll Never Walk Alone”); Stephen Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George (“Finishing the Hat”), Sweeney Todd (“Not While I’m Around”) and Into the Woods (“Children Will Listen”); The Fantasticks (“Try to Remember”); A Chorus Line (“What I Did For Love”); Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera (“All I Ask of You”), The Wizard of Oz (“Over the Rainbow”), and others. Another highlight is “Pure Imagination,” originally sung by Gene Wilder in the film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. Watch the album trailer for Stages here.
Sarah McLachlan is one of the most celebrated singer songwriters in entertainment with over 40 million albums sold worldwide. She is an eight-time Juno Award winner and a three-time Grammy Award winner. McLachlan’s landmark fifth album, the 10x-platinumSurfacing, contained two Grammy Award-winning tracks, “Building a Mystery” and “Last Dance.” Her most recent album, Shine On,explores her personal journey over the last three years navigating love, loss and change. Shine On celebrates the human ability to grow from our experiences, thrive and shine on.
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Friday, July 15 |
New Orleans, LA |
Bold Sphere Music at Champions Square |
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Sunday, July 17 |
Atlanta, GA |
Chastain Park Amphitheatre |
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Tuesday, July 19 |
Greensboro, NC |
White Oak Amphitheatre |
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Friday, July 22 |
Wantagh, NY |
Nikon at Jones Beach Theatre |
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Saturday, July 23 |
Holmdel, NJ |
PNC Bank Arts Center |
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Mon., July 25 |
Saratoga Springs, NY |
Saratoga Performing Arts Center |
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Tuesday, July 26 |
Darien Center, NY |
Darien Lake Performing Arts Center |
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Friday, July 29 |
Uncasville, CT |
Mohegan Sun Arena |
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Saturday, July 30 |
Boston, MA |
Blue Hills Bank Pavilion |
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Tuesday, August 2 |
Pittsburgh, PA |
First Niagara Pavilion |
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Wednesday, August 3 |
Camden, NJ |
BB&T Pavilion |
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Friday, August 5 |
Atlantic City, NJ |
Borgata Hotel & Casino |
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Saturday, August 6 |
Bristow, VA |
Jiffy Lube Live |
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Tuesday, August 9 |
Chicago, IL |
First Merit Bank Pavilion @ Northerly Island |
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Wednesday, August 10 |
Cleveland, OH |
Blossom Music Center |
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Friday, August 12 |
Cincinnati, OH |
Riverbend Music Center |
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Saturday, August 13 |
Detroit, MI |
DTE Energy Music Theatre |
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Tuesday, August 16 |
Kansas City, MO |
Starlight Theatre |
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Friday, August 19 |
Denver, CO |
Pepsi Center |
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Saturday, August 20 |
Salt Lake City, UT |
USANA Amphitheater |
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Tuesday, August 23 |
Seattle, WA |
Chateau Ste. Michelle Amphitheatre |
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Wednesday, August 24 |
Portland, OR |
McMenamins Edgefield Amphitheater |
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Friday, August 26 |
Los Angeles, CA |
Greek Theatre |
LEGO Creates Slippers To End 66 Years Of Enduring Pain
Few forms of pain exist in this world as hurtful as stepping on a Lego, but fear not, parent and child! LEGO, working together with French advertising agency Brand Station, has invented anti-LEGO slippers 66 years after launching the fun building bricks.
The slippers, which feature lots of padding to protect your feet, will be produced in a limited run of 1,500 and will be distributed at random to people who fill out Christmas wish-lists on LEGO’s French website.
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Oasis’ Isolated Vocals For “The Shock of the Lightning”
“The Shock of the Lightning” from Oasis’ Dig Out Your Soul, and if it sounds instant and compelling to you, it’s because it was written and recorded fast, says Noel Gallagher “‘The Shock of the Lightning’ basically is the demo. And it has retained its energy. And there’s a lot to be said for that, I think. The first time you record something is always the best.”
Love is a litany, a magical mystery, indeed.
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