It seems they've come to some agreement for now - after all the disagreements of the past. Keith Emerson has kept playing - with The Nice reunion and his own band, Greg Lake doesn't seem to have done much at all and Carl Palmer does drum clinics and gigs with Asia. Apparently the sticking point with any new recording is the role of the producer - Greg wants that title and the others want an outside...
via The Bob Moog Foundation . This would make a great stocking stuffer. "The Bob Moog Foundation has created a calendar celebrating the rich history of the Moog Legacy through vintage photos, memorabilia, quotes and information taken directly from Bob’s archive. The photos trace pivotal moments in Bob’s early career and highlight many musicians and pioneers who inspired his work. Throughout...
Rapper Nelly is 35. Singer Earl “Speedo” Carroll of The Cadillacs and The Coasters is 72. Singer Jay Black (Jay and the Americans) is 71. Actress Stefanie Powers is 67. Keyboardist Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake and Palmer is 65. Singer J.D. Souther is 64. Drummer Carter Beauford of the Dave Matthews Band is 52. Singer [...]
Singer Jay Black (Jay and the Americans) is 71. Actress Stefanie Powers is 67. Keyboardist Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake and Palmer is 65. Singer J.D. Souther is 64. Singer k.d. lang is 48. Actress Lauren Velez (Dexter) is 45. Actor David Schwimmer (Friends) is 43. Bassist Fieldy of Korn is 40. Rapper Nelly is 35. Rapper Prodigy of Mobb Deep is 35. Guitarist Chris Walla of Death Cab For Cutie is 34....
A North Sea tidal wave hit the coast from Holland to Jutland, leaving more than 1000 dead in 1570. The Balfour Declaration, giving British support to a homeland for Jews in Palestine, was issued in 1917. Haile Selassie was crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in 1930. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation was formed and the British Broadcasting Corporation began the world's first regular television service...
I've dropped the word "unfortunate" from today's post title since I actually think these arena rock veterans have both pulled off fairly decent Christmas songs. I doubt I'll be going out of my way to listen to either of them come Christmas, but fans of the bands will probably dig them all season long. I Believe In Santa Claus - REO Speedwagon... Christmas Is Here - Survivor Both these tunes...
http://www.mediafire.com/?2mmjjy0gtni [WTF?] /Peel Intro /Led Zeppelin - Communication Breakdown/ Tyrannosaurus Rex - Ride a White Swan /Joe Cocker - Delta Lady /Peel recalls the history of Top Gear and looks forward to his new nighttime show /Pink Floyd - Daybreak /Randy Newman - Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear/ Peel bemoans the BBC's wiping policy and has a rant about Gardeners' Question...
For another day's easy filler, behold the psychedelic oddness of Helmholtz Resonators , an instrumental trio with a wrecked garagey edge led by a battered organ, are in the grand tradition of tactile analogue keyboard abusers forged by Add N To (X), Pram, Zongamin and Plone, all pseudonyms and costumes. "Magnus Pike meets Keith Emerson" says Marc Riley, and certainly little seems better suited...
As new BBC4 documentary Synth Britannia shows, the synthesizer first dehumanised then re-humanised British pop, fulfilled the DIY promise of punk, and changed how bands looked forever The synth-pop era really kicked off in June 1979, when Tubeway Army's Are 'Friends' Electric ? hit No 1. The sound and visuals owed a substantial debt to David Bowie's Berlin trilogy and his stranded alien in The Man...
"Exhibition features Keith Emerson's Legendary “Monster Moog” Modular Synthesizer through October 18th, 2009 CARSLBAD, CA/ASHEVILLE, NC – The Museum of Making Music (Carlsbad, CA), in partnership with the Bob Moog Foundation, has opened Waves of Inspiration: The Legacy of Moog exhibition, to run through April 30, 2010. The exhibit is the first of its kind, marking the first public...
Read the full article at The San Diego Troubador . "At first glance, the Museum of Making Music in Carlsbad, California, appears to be the embodiment of a paradox. The ultra-modern facility, nestled amidst a sparkling collection of equally new structures, houses a whole assortment of musical instruments and artifacts that date back many decades. The various guitars, ukuleles, drums, keyboards,...
We love Dan Sartain 's dirty garage-rock, sounding like his guitar is conducting lightning, but his new single on Jack White’s label is nothing like that. The sound of ‘Bohemian Grove’ (Third Man Records 7”) is sassy old r’n’b carried by jazzy piano ripples both delicious and unsettling, as he laments his life: “I’m working just to live/ so the elite...
Another really cool animation that consists of no dialogue, just great animation to convey a simple message: Distraction in the work place. I found this over at the Twitter of Lucas Martell . To me it looks like a Maya animation, quite basic but nothing wrong with it as far as I can see. I really like the Jazz saxophonist and then the Rock guitarist. The colour's convey the right mood for the music...
via The Big City Music blog where you will find the full write-up and one more shot with Keith. "It sounded amazing when he played it at the Waves of Inspiration / Legacy of Moog event in Carlsbad last weekend."
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