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In New York, Eight Young BIPOC And LGBTQ+ Artists Take Over The Subway
By Virginia Lowman During a chaotic year that has laid bare the divisive inequities within our society, music and art have often served as universal entities to ground us, tell our stories, and provide a sense of escape. Now, a new exhibition hosted by MTV pays homage to that sense of unity. Nestled appropriately within the belowground subway station at Brooklyn’s Atlantic Avenue terminal at Barclays Center — that great mixing pot where riders from all walks of life brush elbows on a communal commute, as well as the initially planned home of the 2020 VMAs — the show takes over public advertising spaces to amplify the diverse work of eight emerging visual artists working in a variety of media. Conceptualized by MTV’s Rich Tu, Vice President of Digital Design, and Antonia Baker, Senior Direc...
Here Is Video Of WOLFGANG VAN HALEN Playing ‘Eruption’ On Bass
Wolfgang Van Halen has shared a short video of him playing his father’s classic instrumental “Eruption” on bass. Check out the clip below. The 29-year-old musician, who started playing with VAN HALEN when his dad Eddie and uncle Alex reunited with David Lee Roth in 2007, joked in an accompanying message that his entire debut solo album will contain “35 seconds of ‘Eruption’ on bass.” He added: “Stay tuned for album number 2 where I play 35 seconds of ‘Spanish Fly’ on bass and nothing else.” Back in September 2017, Wolfgang commemorated the 40th anniversary of the recording of “Eruption” by posting a video of him playing the song on the original guitar it was tracked with. Wolfgang has spent the last few years wor...
VOIVOD’s DANIEL MONGRAIN: ‘It’s A Hard Blow, Having A Hundred Shows Canceled’
During a recent appearance on “Vox&Hops”, the podcast hosted by Matt McGachy, frontman of extreme metal band CRYPTOPSY, VOIVOD guitarist Daniel “Chewy” Mongrain spoke about how he is dealing with the coronavirus crisis. He said (see video below): “It’s a hard blow, having a hundred shows canceled. It’s a year of salary, really. It’s a hard thing. But you adapt or you die. That’s the way to survive. You have to find another way. Being creative is something that we all have as artists, so we have to make things another way, trying to keep in the game but in a different way. Writing. For me, it was a lot of teaching, composing. “I don’t need personally to be surrounded with people all the time,” he continued. “W...
CHRIS CORNELL’s Widow Clarifies ‘Misinformation’ About Who Is Responsible For Vandalizing Singer’s Statue
Chris Cornell‘s widow Vicky has shot down rumors that supporters of the “Save The Children” humanitarian organization were responsible for vandalizing the singer’s statue at Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP). Late Thursday night (August 20), Seattle station KIRO 7 News posted a photo of the statue of the SOUNDGARDEN frontman after it was painted white. Museum officials later denounced the act, saying in a statement: “We are deeply pained by this act targeting the memory of a beloved artist in Seattle and around the world.” The life-size statue, commissioned and donated to the museum by Vicky Cornell, stands outside MoPOP‘s south entrance facing Fifth Avenue North. The statue sculpted by artist Nick Marras showcases the rock legend in on...
FAITH NO MORE Keyboardist’s MAN ON MAN To Release Second Single, ‘Baby, You’re My Everything’, Next Week
MAN ON MAN, the project featuring FAITH NO MORE keyboardist Roddy Bottum and his boyfriend Joey Holman, will release its second single, “Baby, You’re My Everything”, on Tuesday, September 1. MAN ON MAN stated about the track: “Can’t wait to share, it’s gonna be real gay.” The group’s debut single, “Daddy”, came out in May. MAN ON MAN‘s Instagram describes the project as “gay lovers making gay music.” “We’re setting out ultimately to document this odd time in the history of the world and to address the importance of creativity and togetherness,” Bottum told Rolling Stone. “The statement of the song and video for ‘Daddy’ maybe is a celebration of love in isolation and is a love l...
Tim Allen and Richard Karn to Reunite for Home Improvement Reality TV Show
Tim Allen may still be dreaming of a Home Improvement reboot, but in the meantime he’s working on the next best thing: a spin-off reality TV series. According to TVLine, a building-themed competition show is in the works, and both Allen and Richard “Al Borland” Karn are onboard. The TV series, tentatively called Assembly Required, will spotlight talented builders nationwide as they “compete to breathe new life into everyday household items in desperate need of fixing” from the comfort of their home workshops. The show will consist of 10 episodes and is aiming for a 2021 premiere date. Karn will host while also executive producing alongside Allen. Announcing the show in a statement, Allen said, “Let’s face it — we’re living in a throwaway society. We buy, break, replace… rinse and repe...
Kid Cudi Gets Tattoo of Kurt Cobain Wearing Daniel Johnston Shirt
Longtime Nirvana fan Kid Cudi has gotten a tattoo of Kurt Cobain wearing a Daniel Johnston shirt. Cudi shared the photorealistic ink in social media posts over the weekend. The tattoo appears to be on the outside of his left forearm, and was performed by Doctor Woo, he of the rumored two-year waitlist. As Uproxx points out, Cobain is depicted just as he was during the 1992 VMAs, complete with a shirt honoring Johnston’s 1983 album Hi, How Are You. As Woo said in his own statement, “Kurt in Daniel on Cudi…legends all the way round.” Cudi’s never been shy about his feelings for Cobain, and has tweeted about the grunge icon numerous times, including, “Never not thinkin’ about Kurt Cobain,” “Im obsessed with Kurt Cobain. I wish he was still here, so he could teach me guitar tricks,” ...
Millie Bobby Brown Is on the Case in Netflix’s Enola Holmes Trailer: Watch
The classic Sherlock Holmes mythos are getting a dose of Girl Power in Netflix’s new action comedy Enola Holmes. Based on Nancy Springer’s The Enola Holmes Mysteries book series, the movie stars Millie Bobby Brown in the title role, and the latest trailer finds her taking on her first case. When the Holmes’ mother, Eudoria (Helena Bonham Carter) goes missing, Enola calls on her brothers, the famous detective Sherlock (Henry Cavill) and government official Mycroft (Sam Claflin). However, instead of helping her track down mommy dearest, Mycroft is determined to turn Enola into a proper lady of the world. Too bad for him she’s a badass, butt-kicking, clue-cracking woman of her own design who can even stay a step ahead of the great Sherlock. She sets off to find her mother with the help of a k...
Rancid’s Tim Armstrong Unveils 10th Anniversary Fender Hellcat Acoustic Guitar
Rancid’s Tim Armstrong has announced a new anniversary edition of his Fender Hellcat electric-acoustic guitar. Originally released 10 years ago, the Hellcat is based on a ’60s concert acoustic that Armstrong has used to write many of Rancid’s songs. The 10th anniversary model is worthy of a veteran musician like Armstrong, as well as a beginner looking for carry the instrument with them for years to come. The original Hellcat came from a collaboration between Armstrong and Fender to create his own signature model, featuring striking double-skull inlays and gold pickguard. The anniversary model retains those visual elements and touts a solid spruce top, gilded hardware, and a stage-ready Fishman Presys III pickup/preamp system with a built-in tuner. The guitar’s “C”-shape neck is made of ma...
Justin Townes Earle Died From ‘Probable Drug Overdose,’ Police Spokesperson Says
Two days after it was announced that singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle died at age 38, the likely cause has been revealed. According to The Tennessean, Metro Nashville Police Department spokesperson Don Aaron said that local police responded Sunday to Earle’s apartment for a welfare check after the singer-songwriter hadn’t been heard from since Thursday. Aaron said there is no foul play suspected and an autopsy is pending; he told Nashville’s WKRN that, following a preliminary investigation, the death was from a “probable drug overdose.” SPIN has reached out to the MNPD for more information. “It is with tremendous sadness that we inform you of the passing of our son, husband, father and friend Justin. So many of you have relied on his music and lyrics over...
What’s Your Favorite Beyoncé Music Video of All Time? Vote!
From flaunting a barren finger and dancing in a one-shoulder bodysuit for “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” to smashing a car window with a baseball bat in a long yellow dress for “Hold Up,” Beyoncé‘s music videos are fraught with raw emotion and fashion-forward. [embedded content] Her cinematic pieces have always incorporated parts of cinema, since she starred as Foxxy Cleopatra in her first solo accompanying visual of her funky disco R&B jam “Work It Out,” the lead single from the 2002 comedy flick Austin Powers in Goldmember where she first played the character. She’s also cut up clips from her seminal visual albums, 2016’s Beyoncé: Lemonade and 2020’s Black Is King, as separate videos. Recently, s...
Bob Marley Crowns Top Facebook Live Videos Chart Thanks to Ziggy Marley Tribute Set
Bob’s son performed a set on his father’s official Facebook page to help commemorate his 75th birthday year. A video of Ziggy Marley performing songs by his legendary father Bob on the latter’s Facebook page rules Billboard’s Top Facebook Live Videos chart for July 2020. The chart, the latest of which recaps July 2020 activity, is a monthly look at the widest-reaching and most-reacted-to videos posted by musicians on Facebook Live, as tracked by media analytics company Shareablee. Rankings are determined by a formula that blends reactions, comments, shares and first-seven-days views. Since removed from Bob Marley’s page, the hour-long upload, which was posted July 19, featured Ziggy Marley performing multiple songs, the latest in a series of tributes to Bob in 2020, during which he would h...
