Stevie Wonder visited Sesame Street back in 1973 and sang this very groovy tune. Sing along with Mr. Wonder!
https://youtu.be/tFlxh9I6Bw4
Iggy Pop Picks One Of His Albums For “Albums That Changed My Life”
The February, 2015 issue of Q Magazine features some of the world’s favourite artists picking the “Albums That Changed My Life“.
As part of the edition Iggy Pop also gives up his 10 Commandments for living, and he explains how working with David Bowie forThe Stooges‘ Raw Power record did indeed change his life.
“Working with David Bowie was a trauma for the other Stooges because they were hardnuts from Detroit, but I understood that it could be very helpful to us,” explains Pop.
“The music we made before Raw Power was very inchoate and sluggish because that’s what we were living in, the early heroin disintegration of Detroit. We came to England, and boy, what a breath of fresh air! You’d see Marc Bolan live in Wembley Arena. The Stones were in town. Let It Rock, Malcolm [McLaren’s clothes] shop, was right up the street. It was a more literate, exacting environment.
“David was a benefactor to me, but also to the band. He jolted all of us.”
The Clash’s Isolated Tracks For London Calling’s “Lover’s Rock”
The Clash’s London Calling received unanimous acclaim and was ranked at number eight on Rolling Stone’s list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time in 2003. London Calling was a top ten album in the UK, has sold over five million copies worldwide, and was certified platinum in the United States.
Isolated vocal by Joe Strummer:
Isolated guitar by Mick Jones:
Isolated bass by Paul Simonon:
Isolated drums by Topper Headon:
Instrumental (including piano by Mick Jones, no vocal):
Singer-Songwriter Justin Hines To Give Away Accessible RV To Someone In Need
Singer-Songwriter, Speaker and Philanthropist Justin Hines posted via social media yesterday that he is looking to give away the accessible RV used for his Vehicle of Change Tour to someone or an organization in need. He also posted a note on his website about the giveaway under the headline, “It’s Time To Pay It Forward”.
In 2013, Hines traveled over 20,000kms across North America alongside duo Ash & Bloom on the Vehicle of Change Tour, where he partnered with charities in each city he visited and donated 100% of ticket proceeds back to them. Without taking a performance fee or covering travel, Hines helped raise thousands of dollars for non-profits through this tour. The RV was graciously donated to the tour by a couple in eastern Ontario, who encouraged the pay it forward movement upon their donation.
Hines is a supporter of charities worldwide and in 2014, received the prestigious Order of Ontario honour, in recognition of Hines’ achievement in music as well as his philanthropic work throughout his career. In support of charities through the years, he has stopped at nothing to help garner attention and show his support, even rappelling down the side of a 33-story building in his wheelchair in support of children with disabilities in San Diego. Hines is the founding artist of The Agency for Extraordinary People, based in Toronto, an organization which focuses on artists with exceptional talents and extraordinary stories.
He has been featured on CBS Sunday Morning and his PBS Special aired over 400 times across North America. Despite being born with Larsen’s syndrome, a congenital joint condition which has had him permanently using a wheelchair, Hines’ unwavering optimism is contagious and his accomplishments are inspiring.
Dolls with hearing aids, port-wine stains and canes are pretty awesome
Boing Boing’s Cory Doctorow’s wife Alice founded Makielab, the 3D printed toy company that created a line of toys for the Toy Like Me campaign, which urges toy companies to make toys that all children can see themselves in.
Makielab will sell wheelchairs, walking sticks, hearing aids for their 3D printed Makies, and can add port-wine stains to faces to order. I’d say kids who discover this will feel more empathy and a greater understanding towards others.
Unlike mass manufacturing abroad, which can involve expensive tooling and long development timescales, 3D printing allows for local and bespoke which enables MakieLab to serve its customers in this uniquely responsive way.
MakieLab is also trialling bespoke facial characteristics on demand, with plans to expand the new range into the Makies Store over the coming weeks.
MakieLab CTO Matthew Wiggins said, “It’s fantastic that our supercharged design and manufacturing process means we can respond to a need that’s not met by traditional toy companies. We’re hoping to make some kids – and their parents! – really happy with these inclusive accessories.”
Inspired by pictures shared in the Toy Like Me campaign, and after rapid, intense design work, some new accessories for Makie dolls began to take shape last week.
Imagine Dragon’s Wayne Sermon On The Best Advice He’s Ever Received…From Charlie Sheen
Wayne Sermon: The first indicator for all of us of our unexpected success was when we released Night Visions. We talked as a band and tried to psyche ourselves up in case things didn’t go great. If we could sell 5,000 or even 10,000 copies the first week as a really unknown band then that would be a success. And then the first-week numbers came back at 83,000 copies. That was definitely the first “What?” moment. Since then it’s just been a series of those. Hence the craziness and the whirlwind and the losing of perspective. I think there’s definitely some sort of denial that goes on with every band when this happens. Frankly it could all be pulled away very quickly. So we’re all just pretending that we’re still a tiny band that still has a lot to prove. Because really we are.
Believe it or not, the best advice we ever got was the first time we did a late night talk show. It wasThe Tonight Show With Jay Lenoand Charlie Sheen was on the show; we were just starting to get some mainstream success. He leaned over to us after and said, “Welcome to the party. It’s about to get really weird” [laughs]. And strangely he was very much right. Take for example a show we played in Sao Paulo, Brazil. We had never been down there so we didn’t know what to expect or if anyone would even know who we were. We played and there was 800,000 people going absolutely insane for the music. That was sort of the first time we were able to sort of understand the scope of what we were doing. As a band you very much live in a bubble. When you’re in the eye of the hurricane you have the worst perspective of what’s happening around you. It’s these types of moments that punch you in the face and say, “Enjoy this, you idiot! Look at what’s going on around you!”
Via Medium
Hey, Hey Mama, Here Are Kids Playing Led Zeppelin On XYLOPHONES
The Louisville Leopard Percussionists is a non-profit organization offering extracurricular music opportunities to local children at little or no cost. You can help keep their program going by donating here. Here are they are playing Led Zeppelin’s Kashmir, The Ocean, and Immigrant Song on XYLOPHONES.
