NHL Goalie Mike Smith to Honor Alice Cooper with new Mask

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The Arizona Coyotes will go retro on Thursday against the Vancouver Canucks, donning throwback jerseys on a night the team will honor former forward Jeremy Roenick.

Another figure from the Coyotes hockey scene will also be honored, just a bit more subtly. Goalie Mike Smith will wear a special mask for the game with rock icon Alice Cooper painted on its back plate…

See more: http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=756743&navid=nhl:topheads

Video of the Week: Student Musicians Rock Zeppelin

“Too good not to share”, wrote Jimmy Page when he posted this video of his Facebook page.

As its 3 million + views attest, the medley of Led Zeppelin classics, played by a group of young percussionists taught by Diane Downs, is indeed too good not to share.

Songs You May Have Missed #524

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The Kinks: “Apeman” (1971)

It only peaked at #45 on the pop charts in 1971, but for my money this is one of the great rock songs of all time.

The desire to escape the everyday routine was a perennial theme in the songwriting of Ray Davies (see below).

See also: https://edcyphers.com/2013/08/26/songs-you-may-have-missed-469/

Video of the Week: Robbie Fulks–Cigarette State

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See also: Songs You May Have Missed #28 | Every Moment Has A Song (edcyphers.com)

See also: https://edcyphers.com/2013/02/25/songs-you-may-have-missed-343/

See also: Songs You May Have Missed #580 | Every Moment Has A Song (edcyphers.com)

See also: https://edcyphers.com/2012/07/19/the-world-is-full-of-pretty-girls-and-pretty-girls-are-full-of-themselves-too/

See also: Video of the Week: Robbie Fulks–Bluebirds are Singing for Me | Every Moment Has A Song (edcyphers.com)

Microtonal Guitar, Anyone?

Video of the Week: Wheel of Musical Impressions with Christina Aguilera

See also: https://edcyphers.com/2015/07/08/video-of-the-week-wheel-of-musical-impressions-with-jamie-foxx/

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