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This Dr. Seuss-Style Children’s Book Teaches Kids About Vintage Synthesizers
Because who needs Crayola, a new children’s book about synth-collecting is now available. My Daddy Has 100 Synths is the perfect book for dads looking to introduce their kids to the vintage synthesizer world. Penned by Billy Cardigan, one-half of Shy Boyz, the Dr. Seuss-style rhyming book is told from the perspective of a child whose father flaunts his encyclopedic synth collection. “This one is polyphonic and has a vocoder! This one was used by Giorgio Moroder,” reads one passage. “This is the classic mini-moog, used by Kraftwerk and Depeche Mode.” A page from Billy Cardigan’s synthesizer book for children, “My Daddy Has 100 Synths.” Billy Cardigan/Bandcamp Recommended Articles A page from Billy Cardigan’s synthesizer book fo...
Boo! Seattle 2021: Everything You Need to Know
Just a month after their phenomenal showing at Beyond Wonderland at the Gorge, Insomniac is returning to the Pacific Northwest for Boo! Seattle. We’ve gathered all the info you need to make this Halloween as smooth as possible for you and your crew. COVID-19 GUIDELINES All attendees must either provide proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours before the festival. Masks are required for indoor events, so make sure you bring one or two along with you each day. Additionally, the fest will be cashless and hand sanitizer will be available throughout the venue. Restrooms now have touchless amenities and there will be no physical tickets for the event. Onsite staff will be cleaning high-touch surfaces, ensuring that the spread of germs is mitigated. For m...
U.S. Ice Dance Team Performs Stunning Routine to Music By Daft Punk
Daft Punk continue to influence the world in ways you’d least expect it. Madison Chock and Evan Bates, a renowned U.S. ice dance team, brought the influence of electronic music’s favorite robots to the world’s oldest Olympic sport. The two crafted a stunning routine structured around a medley of Daft Punk tracks including “Contact,” “Touch,” and “Within” from Random Access Memories. The routine was performed at the 2021 Free Dance Finlandia tournament, where Chock and Bates smoothly glided their way to a second place finish. Though they may not have walked away with top honors, Chock and Bates were praised heavily online by figure skating fans for their risk-taking spirit: “I can’t recall anything similar, with so...
Cordae Reveals He Asked For YBN Nahmir’s Blessing to Change His Name
Cordae shared in a recent Genius interview that he approached YBN Nahmir for his blessing to change his name last year. The From A Bird’s Eye View rapper revealed that although he was heavily criticized when he dropped the YBN tag from his name around August 2020, it didn’t bother him much. “It wasn’t a popular thing at the time. I was gettin’ killed online. And I got tough skin. Like, this just what come with the game. I don’t be tripping off anything,” Cordae explained, adding that since no one in the group legally owned the trademark of YBN, he “can’t be talkin’ to kids about ownership and all of this when we pushin’ this brand that we don’t even own.” He continued, “Obviously, it goes without saying, it ain’t nothin’ against Nahmir and [Almighty] Jay. Before I came to the conclusion th...
Drake’s ‘Certified Lover Boy’ Could Be First Rap Album of 2021 to Spend Five Weeks at No. 1
Drake‘s Certified Lover Boy is projected to return to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for the fifth nonconsecutive week. According to Chart Data, the 21-track record will return to the top as it earns a total of 74,000 equivalent album units this week. If forecasts are correct, CLB will become the first rap album of 2021 to spend five weeks at No. 1. The rest of the top 10 are possibly comprised of Doja Cat, NBA YoungBoy, Young Thug, Lana Del Rey, Lil Nas X, Moneybagg Yo and more. Drizzy recently celebrated his 35th birthday with a Narcos-themed party titled “Chico Amante,” which translates to “lover boy.” He was gifted with a one-of-a-kind double-sided OVO chain by Young Thug that featured a photograph of him and his son, Adonis, and was made by Elliot Eliante. US album chart preview (via @HIT...
Rust AD Admits He Didn’t Check Gun Before Handing it to Alec Baldwin
Dave Halls, the first assistant director on Rust, acknowledged to investigators that he did not do a thorough job checking a weapon for live rounds before handing it off to Alec Baldwin. Baldwin was seemingly unaware that the weapon, a Cult 45, was loaded when he fired it during rehearsals last Thursday, resulting in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. According to a police affidavit released on Wednesday (via Variety), Halls told detectives that he did not check all of the rounds. He also couldn’t recall if the film’s armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, had spun the drum of the weapon. In explaining the safety practices for weapons on set, Halls said, “I check the barrel for obstructions, most of the time there’s no live fire, [Hannah] opens the hatch and spins the drum, and I say ‘...
Nothing and Restorations Respectively Cover Big Star and R.E.M. for What’s the Furthest Place From Here? Comic Book Series
The bands Nothing and Restorations cover songs by Big Star and R.E.M., respectively, for a split 7-inch vinyl single that will accompany the third issue of a new Image Comics series What’s the Furthest Place From Here? Nothing take on Big Star’s “Holocaust” and Restorations offer a rendition of R.E.M’s “Radio Free Europe.” What’s the Furthest Place From Here? is the new title from Matthew Rosenberg and Tyler Boss, co-creators of the popular series 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank. Each issue is paired with a vinyl release, with the first two issues featuring music from Jawbreaker’s Blake Schwarzenbach, Joyce Manor, Screaming Females, and Worriers. A press release describes the new comic series as follows: “The world has ended. Now all that remains are gangs of children living among the ruins. But S...
B.J. Novak Became Face of Several Products After Picture Mistakenly Labeled Public Domain
B.J. Novak has accidentally become one of the world’s most popular stock photo models. Since his picture was erroneously uploaded to a public domain website, the writer and The Office actor/writer has become the face of several different products in countries around the globe. Novak recently collected a few of his favorites in his Instagram stories, modeling a Calvin Klein perfume in Sweden, hair clippers in China, face paint in Uruguay, and a bile green raincoat in Europe. “Years ago, someone mistakenly put an image of me on a public domain site,” he explained. He’s been aware of this second, less lucrative career since at least 2014, when he posted a steely-eyed tower of boxed Novaks, all labelled ‘Encounter’ and sitting on a shelf. Unbeknownst to him, he’d been selling pe...
South Park: Post-Covid Movie Coming to Paramount+ in November
South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone are opening up about the iconic cartoon’s expansion to Paramount+. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, the duo talked about their plans to release a total of 14 “made-for-TV movies” over the next seven years on the streaming service as part of the $900 million deal they’ve inked with ViacomCBS. “With Viacom, we realized we could make them as long or as short as we needed,” Parker stated, while Stone added, “We’re trying to make what’s on Paramount+ different from anywhere else, so hourlong made-for-TV movies is where our head is at. We’ll do two made-for-TV movies every year. They will be big, but they are not quite movie scale.” Advertisement Related Video The first film, South Park: Post Covid, will premiere on November 25th; a second as-yet...
‘Fortnite’ Partners With Universal Pictures on New ‘Shortnitemares’ Miniseries
Universal Pictures has partnered with Epic Games‘ Fornite to bring its classic film monsters into the world of video games. The film studio joined forces with the gaming platform to create an original, animated short-form miniseries, dubbed We Will Be Monsters, that features contemporary versions of old-time characters including the Bride of Frankenstein, Dracula and the Mummy. Aside from each character’s modernized appearance, the series marks the first time that most of the famous monsters are multiethnic. The series will run for four episodes with a staggered launch, meaning viewers will have to wait for each subsequent episode to be released after the initial debut. We Will Be Monsters will premiere within Fornite on October 28 as part of Shornitemares, an in-game horror...
QUIET RIOT: Original Mask From ‘Metal Health’ Album Cover To Be Auctioned
Julien’s Auctions has announced the preeminent headliners of “Icons & Idols: Rock ‘N’ Roll”, the world-record breaking auction house to the stars’ annual music event of the season on Friday, November 19 and Saturday, November 20, 2021 live in Hard Rock Cafe New York and online at juliensauctions.com. Nearly 1,000 sensational artifacts and memorabilia owned and used by some of the world’s legendary music artists of all time, including THE BEATLES, GUNS N’ ROSES, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Lady Gaga, Madonna, Robert Plant, Elvis Presley, Trent Reznor, Keith Richards, Eddie Van Halen, U2, and more will be offered. Hard rock and metal fans will bang their heads to the appearances of the original artwork for the cover of the 1983 QUIET ...
RUDY SARZO To Play His First Show Back With QUIET RIOT Next Week
Rudy Sarzo will play his first show as the returning bassist for veteran rockers QUIET RIOT on November 6 at The Groove Music Hall in Woodford, Virginia. Joining him in the group’s current lineup are guitarist Alex Grossi, vocalist Jizzy Pearl and drummer Johnny Kelly. Rudy was one of the members of QUIET RIOT‘s “Metal Health” lineup. He played bass on the classic LP, which sold over ten million copies and spawned the hits “Cum On Feel The Noize” and “Metal Health” and on the follow-up record “Condition Critical”. Sarzo appeared in the most notable music videos in the MTV age and toured with the band until 1985 and again from 1997 to 2003. During his years out of the band, Sarzo was a member of OZZY OSBOURNE, WHITESNAKE, DIO, BLUE...
