In “The Reflection” featuring Questlove, he speaks on how he fell in love with music, the beginning of The Roots, what it takes to truly succeed, and the greatest gift he has ever received.
Steve Martin and Edie Brickell set to release “So Familiar” on October 30
Steve Martin and Edie Brickell have announced their second studio album So Familiar, due out on Rounder Records on October 30. Produced by the legendary Peter Asher, the album features 12 remarkable new songs that bring the duo’s musical collaboration into fresh creative territory.
Martin and Brickell’s first album together, 2013’s Love Has Come for You, found the two iconoclastic artists making emotionally resonant, effortlessly accessible music that was unlike anything that either had created previously. The album earned critical acclaim, was nominated for two Grammy® Awards and won the Grammy® for “Best American Roots Song” and also inspired their new musical “Bright Star” which was originally staged last year at the Old Globe Theater in San Diego. “Bright Star” is now gearing up to open at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. on December 17, 2015, to be followed by a Broadway premiere in 2016.
While Love Has Come for You was the beginning of a musical partnership and a step into uncharted territory, So Familiar showcases an organic, evolving relationship that continues to bring out new creative strengths for Martin and Brickell. The new collection’s stirring compositions match Martin’s inventive, expressive five-string banjo work and Brickell’s distinctive vocals, detail-rich lyrics with the sublime music they composed jointly.
“I guess that this is the logical sequel to the first album, but it’s also different in a lot of ways,” Martin states. “It sounds bigger and wider, and it has a lush feeling that I really like. I think that Edie’s voice sounds beautiful with these arrangements, and I love the way the banjo sounds with strings. Peter really had a vision for this record, and he really came up with some wonderful things.”
“What Peter did was so beautiful,” agrees Brickell. “He has a great musical imagination, and he always surprises us. I’m so impressed by his ability to come up with things that feel grand and intimate at the same time. Peter has a really great ability to create something majestic and incorporate that into a traditional-sounding song.”
So Familiar also features a variety of prominent players from the worlds of bluegrass, folk, pop and rock, including seminal banjo ace Béla Fleck, who is featured on the uplifting Heart of the Dreamer, along with session bass legend Leland Sklar, Cobra Starship’s Victoria Asher, Mike Einziger of Incubus, Emmy-award winning composer/arranger Geoff Zanelli, and Martin’s much-acclaimed longtime bluegrass cohorts the Steep Canyon Rangers
Cookie Monster Learns To Wait In ‘When Cookie Met Sally’, A ‘Sesame Street’ Parody Of ‘When Harry Met Sally’
Cookie and Sally are two very different people. Cookie is messy and impatient. Sally is neat and calm. Can Sally get Cookie to wait his turn by playing a game? Can they actually become friends?
10 Hidden Connections In Quentin Tarantino’s Films
Thanks to Marvel and DC, shared movie universes are the new big thing in Hollywood. But comic book movies didn’t start the trend. Filmmakers have long been looking for intricate ways to connect their projects, including fan-favorite director Quentin Tarantino. Here are Screen Rant’s 10 Hidden Clues to Tarantino’s Shared Universe.
Black Sabbath announce final world tour
It’s the beginning of the end for Black Sabbath.
It started nearly five decades ago with a crack of thunder, a distant bell ringing and then that monstrous riff that shook the earth. The heaviest rock sound ever heard.
In that moment Heavy Metal was born, created by a young band from Birmingham, England barely out of their teens.
Now it ends, the final tour by the greatest Metal Band of all time, BLACK SABBATH. Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler close the final chapter in the final volume of the incredible BLACK SABBATH story.
Black Sabbath’s farewell tour, THE END, begins on January 20, 2016 and it promises to surpass all previous tours with their most mesmerizing production ever. And, one of the great new rock bands, Rival Sons, opens all dates.
When this tour concludes, it will truly be the end, the final run of one of most legendary bands in Rock ’n Roll history…
North American Tour Dates
1/20 Omaha, NE CenturyLink Center
1/22 Chicago, IL United Center
1/25 Minneapolis, MN Target Center
1/28 Saskatoon, SK Sasktel Centre
1/30 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place
2/1 Calgary, AB Scotiabank Saddledome
2/3 Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena
2/6 Tacoma, WA Tacoma Dome
2/9 San Jose, CA SAP Center
2/11 Los Angeles, CA The Forum
2/13 Las Vegas, NV Mandalay Bay Events Center
2/15 Denver, CO Pepsi Center
2/17 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
2/19 Detroit, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills
2/21 Hamilton, ON FirstOntario Centre
2/23 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
2/25 New York City, NY Madison Square Garden
Australia/New Zealand Tour Dates
4/15 Perth Perth Arena
4/17 Adelaide Entertainment Centre
4/19 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena
4/23 Sydney Allphones Arena
4/25 Brisbane Entertainment Centre
4/28 Auckland Vector Arena
4/30 Dunedin Forsyth Barr Stadium
More dates to be announced in October 2015.
Details on Tickets, VIP packages and more for the North American shows can be found here.
“What kind of man reads Playboy?” ad campaign from 1960s is classic
Playboy Magazine had a circulation of over 7 million copies per month in 1972, thanks to an advertising campaign run in the late 1960s called “What kind of man reads Playboy?”, targeting companies and ad agencies who might not otherwise consider buying space to promote their products in the magazine.
I’ll answer the question, though. Men who like women? And, in these pictures, the same man who has several women looking lustfully at them, apparently.
Katy Perry To Release The Prismatic World Tour Live Film
On October 30, 2015, Eagle Rock Entertainment with Capitol Records will release the Katy Perry concert film “The Prismatic World Tour Live” on DVD, Blu-ray and digital download. In this no-holds-barred full-length live spectacular, Katy performs the global smash hits “Roar,” “Firework,” “I Kissed A Girl,” “Dark Horse,” “California Gurls” and “Hot N Cold” along with other Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 singles and fan favorites. Directed for the stage by Baz Halpin in collaboration with Katy, the concert film is a visually stunning production that is an outgrowth of her fun-loving personality and artistic vision, complete with eye-popping theatrics, daring acrobatics, exotic costumes and much more.
“The Prismatic World Tour Live”, directed by Russell Thomas of Done + Dusted, captures the excitement of the live Katy Perry extravaganza that Rolling Stone hailed as “a show to damage retinas and blow minds…never less than uproariously entertaining.” Presented in seven thematic acts, it is enhanced by flawless production and innovative staging, which spanned the entire length of the arena floor. All physical formats of “The Prismatic World Tour Live” also include 30 minutes of exclusive extras.
This concert film was shot in Sydney during Katy’s record-breaking December 2014 visit to Australia. The Prismatic World Tour began in May 2014 and will conclude in October 2015. After a total of 151 shows over 6 legs on 5 continents, Katy will have played to 2 million people with this audiovisual spectacular. Watch the trailer here:
“The Prismatic World Tour Live” – Tracklisting (All Formats)
1. Roar
2. Part of Me
3. Wide Awake
4. This Moment / Love Me
5. Dark Horse
6. E.T.
7. Legendary Lovers
8. I Kissed a Girl
9. Hot N Cold
10. International Smile
11. By the Grace of God
12. The One That Got Away / Thinking of You
13. Unconditionally
14. Walking on Air
15. It Takes Two
16. This Is How We Do / Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)
17. Teenage Dream
18. California Gurls
19. Birthday
20. Firework
Welcome to the last audio cassette factory, where sales are encouraging
Cassette Store Day is back this autumn on October 17th with a day of global celebrations and more international partners than ever before. But there’s really only one place the manufacturers them, and it’s this one.
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The most popular iOS apps and games of all time are…
According to App Annie, which tracks the app stores in each country daily, US iPhone users have downloaded the top 10 apps of all time the most, but Japanese users account for the most revenue earned for game downloads. App Annie also said Apple’s Pages app is the only app on the list that doesn’t have a free version or in-app purchases (meaning it made all its revenue from people buying the app). Facebook-owned apps accounted for 40% of the most downloaded apps, a week after the company announced 1 billion people accessed the social network in a single day. Facebook also happens to be the only app in the top downloads chart that’s lasted since the initial launch of the App Store in 2008.
Game downloads
| Game | Release date |
|---|---|
| Candy Crush Saga | November 2012 |
| Fruit Ninja | April 2010 |
| Angry Birds | December 2009 |
| Subway Surfers | May 2012 |
| Despicable Me | June 2013 |
| Clash of Clans | June 2012 |
| Temple Run | August 2011 |
| Angry Birds Rio | March 2011 |
| Temple Run 2 | January 2013 |
| Words With Friends | July 2009 |
App downloads
| App | Release date |
|---|---|
| July 2008 | |
| Facebook Messenger | August 2011 |
| YouTube | September 2012 |
| October 2010 | |
| Skype | March 2009 |
| May 2009 | |
| Find My iPhone | June 2010 |
| Google Maps | December 2012 |
| October 2009 | |
| iTunes U | January 2012 |
Games by revenue
| Game | Release date |
|---|---|
| Clash of Clans | June 2012 |
| Candy Crush Saga | November 2012 |
| Puzzle & Dragons | February 2012 |
| Game of War — Fire Age | July 2013 |
| Monster Strike | September 2013 |
| Hay Day | June 2012 |
| Boom Beach | March 2014 |
| Slotomania | November 2011 |
| Big Fish Casino | August 2012 |
| The Simpsons: Tapped Out | February 2012 |
Apps by revenue
| App | Release date |
|---|---|
| Pandora | July 2008 |
| LINE | June 2011 |
| Zoosk | January 2010 |
| Pages | April 2010 |
| Spotify | July 2011 |
| Badoo | November 2010 |
| Skype | March 2009 |
| MLB.com At Bat | October 2008 |
| Grindr | March 2009 |
| LINE PLAY | November 2012 |
Via QZ
Gwar’s Lead Singer Did a TEDx Talk About Regional Identity And It’s Amazing
Michael Bishop is a Richmond musician best known for his work with GWAR. In the late 1980s, Bishop started as the bassist for the shock rock band while in high school, creating the character Beefkake the Mighty. Bishop left the band to concentrate on Kepone, a post-punk group who released three records between 1992 and 2000. In 2012, he earned a Ph.D. in music from the University of Virginia, specializing in popular music ethnography and performance studies. Following the death of GWAR singer Dave Brockie in 2014, Michael became the band’s vocalist, the Berserker Blöthar. Today, he stays busy as a writer and learning strategist, a member of Kepone and a country and soul group called the Misery Brothers, and the bassist for Sarah White. He also works with composer J. William Adkins on music, stage, and animation projects.
The talk is about the intersections of regional identity, economics, slavery, and creativity — and how it all relates to Gwar. Intrigued? Read on for a fierce look into the life of Gwar.
GIFs via TEDx and Upworthy