Art is the music we make from the bewildered cry of being alive. ~Maria Popova
02 Jun 2012 1 Comment
in General Posts, On a Lighter Note Tags: nicki Minaj
02 Jun 2012 1 Comment
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31 May 2012 Leave a comment
in General Posts Tags: keith moon, the who
(reprinted from Rolling Stone)
Organizers of the London Olympics approached the Who’s manager to inquire about having Keith Moon play at an Olympics event despite the drummer being dead for nearly 34 years, the Sunday Times reports.
“I emailed back saying Keith now resides in Golders Green crematorium, having lived up to the Who’s anthemic line ‘I hope I die before I get old’,” the band’s longtime manager, Bill Curbishley, told the Times. “If they have a round table, some glasses and candles, we might contact him.”
Moon died in 1978 at the age of 32 from an an accidental overdose of prescription pills. The Olympics organizers wanted the late drummer to take part in the Symphony of Rock, a celebration of British pop culture that will be part of the Games’ closing ceremony on August 12th.
29 May 2012 3 Comments
in General Posts Tags: disco
The first thing that strikes me about the Rolling Stone Best Disco Songs of All Time list is: Rolling Stone magazine would never have lowered itself to making such a list back in the era of Disco, when the music was seen as anathema and the very antithesis of everything the magazine stood for. But times have changed indeed: many forms of music co-mingle under the Rolling Stone banner nowadays as the periodical does what it can to survive in what is a lean era for actual Rock ‘n Roll.
But as for the list itself: not bad! I think the Rolling Stone readers actually named the ten best (mainstream at least) Disco songs. The order could be argued ad infinitum and I won’t bother. Check out the list here:
28 May 2012 Leave a comment
in General Posts, On a Lighter Note
27 May 2012 3 Comments
in General Posts Tags: jack white, white stripes
(reprinted from Rolling Stone)
Jack White vented his frustrations with the Guinness Book of World Records in the latest issue of Interview, telling interviewer Buzz Aldrin – yes, the astronaut – that their ruling body rejected his submission of a White Stripes concert in 2007 consisting of only one note as the shortest gig in history.
“There’s nothing scientific about what they do. They just have an office full of people who decide what is a record and what isn’t,” says White. “Most of the records in there – who has the biggest collection of salt-and-pepper shakers or whatever – are just whatever they want them to be. So with something like the shortest concert of all time, they didn’t think whatever we did was interesting enough to make it a record.”
Officials at the Guinness Book explained their case to the NME, saying that while they acknowledged the White Stripes in the 2009 edition, it resulted in an onslaught of applications from other bands, which made them realize that “the nature of competing to make something the ‘shortest’ by its very nature triviali[z]es the activity being carried out.”
White isn’t giving up on the Guinness Book. In a statement released last night, the rocker announced plans to attempt to break the world record for most metaphors in a single concert on his tour in support of his new solo album Blunderbuss. The language of White’s press release is very snippy, noting that “White and Third Man Records are certain that the extremely scientific and intricate analysis of the metaphors that occur will be examined in accordance with Guinness‘ usually very thorough methods probably, or at the very least if somebody answers the phone at the pub.
“Third Man Records encourages all attendees of said concerts to please not interfere or interject with any metaphors that they witness occur during the show as to not disqualify or worse yet, trivialize the metaphor in question,” the statement continues. “In addition all concert attendees are encouraged to entice as many metaphors to occur during the show that they possibly can as long as they don’t endanger themselves or Mr. White.”
Every Moment Has A Song 