Is it still possible that Ringo Starr might still be underrated? Absolurely. His creative contribution to music has received praise from drummers such as Phil Collins, who described him as “a great musician”, and Steve Smith, who commented: “Before Ringo, drum stars were measured by their soloing ability and virtuosity. Ringo’s popularity brought forth a new paradigm … we started to see the drummer as an equal participant in the compositional aspect … His parts are so signature to the songs that you can listen to a Ringo drum part without the rest of the music and still identify the song.” He was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1998. In 2011, Rolling Stone readers named Starr the fifth-greatest drummer of all time. Starr, who was previously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a Beatle in 1988, was inducted for his solo career in 2015, making him one of 21 performers inducted more than once.
BBC Radio 2 Music Doc: The Invisible Man – The Rod Temperton Story
Paul Gambaccini profiles the British-born keyboard player and songwriter Rod Temperton, who enjoyed big disco-era success as part of Heatwave before writing hits for American R&B/pop stars like Donna Summer, George Benson, Aretha Franklin, James Ingram, Patti Austin, Herbie Hancock and, most lucratively, Michael Jackson.
https://youtu.be/eGiwMKXZbzQ
A robot just sunk a hole-in-one on the PGA Tour. RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!
In the opening round of the 2016 Waste Management Phoenix Open, LDRIC the golf robot gets a hole-in-one on the par-3 16th hole.
I, for one, welcome our new robotic overlords. Wouldn’t have been awesome if the robot jumped up and down with human emotion, freaking out the engineers?
Next Wave of Bright Talent Announced for Rogers Radio and Seneca College’s Innovative GenNOW Internship
Rogers, in partnership with Seneca College, announced today the next round of GenNOW interns, continuing to give students in their final year of Seneca College’s Broadcasting – Radio program the unique opportunity to gain real work experience as on-air radio announcers in Canada’s most competitive radio market, while simultaneously earning a course credit.
Beginning Monday, Feb. 1, Navjot Virk, Romika Leslie, and Kayla Pappaianni will each take over the microphone on KiSS 92.5, hosting overnight shifts from the station’s downtown Toronto studio for 12 weeks. Virk, Leslie, and Pappaianni will be introduced on The Roz and Mocha Morning Show on Monday, Feb. 1 at 7:30 a.m. ET before taking turns on the airwaves overnights.
“We are proud to host the GenNOW internship program to invest in the development of future radio announcers with hands-on training and feedback,” said Julie Adam, Senior Vice President, Rogers Radio. “Based on the caliber of the students in the program every year, we have recognized that there’s a very bright future ahead for local radio.”
Students enrolled in the GenNOW course will receive both an on-air announcing internship experience and a Seneca College course credit – earned entirely on-site at the KiSS 92.5 studios.
Through this internship experience at KiSS 92.5, GenNOW interns will be able to develop their announcing skills while receiving unequalled access to mentoring sessions from KiSS 92.5 on-air personalities and the programming team. Students will participate in a series of on-air exercises to become intimately familiar with the skills it takes to succeed in a radio career.
“Year after year, the success of GenNOW interns confirms the value of this program in fostering successful radio announcers,” said Jim Carr, Co-ordinator and Professor for Seneca College’s Broadcasting – Radio program. “Rogers is one of the only media companies to invest in up-and-coming radio talent, and we look forward to continuing our partnership in the future.”
Rogers Radio and Seneca College have partnered to bring the GenNOW internship to the Broadcasting – Radio program students since 2012. Past GenNOW interns include KiSS 92.5 personality Will Menzies, 680News news anchor Scott Burnett and former 680News news reporter Jeremy Buch.
Astronaut Sally Ride on Dumb Questions
PBS’ Blank On Blank is uncovering lost interviews with the icons of science, technology, and innovation – people who helped make the world we live in today. And some guest animators are bringing these conversations to life.
One of those people is Sally Ride. These days, just about every space mission has women on it. It’s just not a big deal. But in 1983, it was very much a big deal – that’s the year Sally Ride became the first American woman in space.
Back in 1963, Russia sent Valentina Tereshkova as the first woman to fly to outer space. But it took two more decades for the Americans to follow suit.
At the time, journalist and icon of the feminist movement Gloria Steinem had an ABC interview series, called ‘In Conversation with…” As part of that program she interviewed Sally Ride – and we found the tape in Smith College’s archive dedicated to the life and work of Steinem – The Gloria Steinem Papers, part of the Sophia Smith Collection.
Now at the time of this interview, as far as the public – and it turns out the press – were concerned, space was for clean-cut alpha males with names like Buzz. Then Sally Ride came along.
Kendrick Lamar On His Grammy Nominations: ‘I Want to Win Them All’
Kendrick Lamar is an amiable guy with a quick smile, but he’s at his most effusive onstage and in the recording booth. Out of the spotlight, in the company of strangers, he can be diffident; glad-handing isn’t his thing. But surreal times call for extreme measures, which is why Lamar devoted several weeks on either side of the new year to an industry charm offensive. He taped a concert for the venerable PBS live-music broadcast Austin City Limits and made the rounds to NPR, The New York Times and other press outlets. In short, Lamar has undertaken an old-fashioned Grammy lobbying campaign. He makes no bones about his desire to run the table at the awards. “I want to win them all,” he says.
Via Billboard