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It was good to hear that Elastica song, “Connection” on the Superbowl last night!

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Before the Superbowl went to a commercial break, it was pretty awesome to hear a familiar song. I’m like, “I remember that tune but can’t remember the artist”. So I looked it up online and it was Elastica. “Connection” is the name of the song by Elastica. I used to be into this band. I used to have their 1999 self titled album and used to listen to it all the time. They were a good band.

They only released two albums in their career and wish they would reunite for another one. Elastica rocks. I thought it was cool that the Superbowl played this song. It gave all of us a bit of a flashback.

I was surprised that everybody still remember this band ’cause this band was trending nationwide in social networking so it’s good to see that everybody still knows who they are even if you haven’t heard from this band much.

I’m sure the band themselves were pretty thrilled this song made the Superbowl.

Kev

music, sports

I actually LOVED the Katy Perry performance during the Superbowl halftime… she was entertaining as hell!!!

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Yeah I did end up watching the Superbowl earlier tonight and it was a great game, congrats to the Patriots!

Anyway, a lot of people are shitting on the Katy Perry halftime performance and I just wanted to take the time to defend it a little. If you’re hating on Katy Perry then you’ve obviously never heard of her or never seen a show of hers. If you don’t get all of her dancers and all of the gimmicks on stage, then you’ve probably never seen a show of hers. She always had that gimmick stuff on stage at the her concerts. Remember all that Candyland stuff she used to do? There’s a good example. Katy Perry maybe weird but that’s how she entertains her fans. She’s more of an entertainer than a music star, in my opinion but I do like Katy Perry, though. Always had.

It was a family friendly performance. She kept her boobs covered for the most part ’cause remember she’s always showing her cleavage at her shows but I’m sure she was ordered by the NFL to keep her boobs covered. I think the NFL are done with the controversial stuff and just wanna keep the halftime shows family friendly from now on. She did a medley mix of all of her hit singles. Her performance was something that the children can get into, ya know?

I thought Katy Perry was entertaining as hell. Her performance was different and very creative. I also thought it was awesome how she was flying in the air on a shooting star. I like the giant lion, the dancing shark and the singing beach balls. It may have all seemed like a circus yes but it was entertaining. I really enjoyed her show.

Some of you may ask, what was my favorite Superbowl commercial? My favorite was one of the car commercials, I think Chrysler when they fooled us that something was going wrong with the TV kind of like an Andy Kauffman thing. That was hilarious. They really got everyone thinking there was something wrong with the TV… it even got me. That was the best commercial, in my opinion. My second favorite commercial was the Walter White appearance.

It was a real good Superbowl tonight.

Kev

Celebrity news, music

Bobbi Kristina daughter of Whitney Houston found unresponsive in bathtub…

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This was how Whitney was found dead in a bathtub. Bobbi Kristina who is Whitney’s daughter was found unresponsive in a bathtub but Bobbi is still alive for now, though. So is this de ja vu?

http://variety.com/2015/music/news/whitney-houstons-daughter-bobbi-kristina-brown-found-unconscious-in-bathtub-1201420281/

She probably still felt guilty and depressed ’cause of her mothers passing so she turned on to drugs. Either that or I wonder what kind of people she has been hanging out and partying with? Maybe a boyfriend did this to her?

Kev

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New Digitech Trio band pedal that was exclusively revealed at NAMM… sounds like a badass pedal!!!

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At the NAMM event, they revealed an exclusive new pedal that is coming out pretty soon called the Digitech Trio. What it is, the pedal is like that it turns you into a one man band. You plug the thing in, turn it on and the pedal listens to your playing and bass & drums will start following along to your playing. You can play rhythms and leads over this.

This does look pretty cool and I’m already interested.

More here:

http://digitech.com/en/products/trio

The pricing for this pedal is unknown at this time but I would think it’s gonna cost like a couple of hundred or a little more. The pricing shouldn’t be that bad.

This is something I would get because this would be great practice for me jamming in a full band, ya know? I could also perform gigs with this thing too and I can be my own band. I won’t need a band at all.

There are tons of musicians out there who have loop pedals where they can be their own band but this pedal the Digitech Trio looks like it’s gonna kick all their asses.

If the pricing isn’t gonna be too high, I might think about buying it myself.

Kev

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Tom Petty responds to Sam Smith controversy…

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There’s a lot of speculation that singer Sam Smith is being accused of “plagiarism” all because of Tom Petty getting rewarded some royalties and song credits for Sam’s song “Stay With Me” which sounds like Tom’s song, “I Wont Back Down”. I listened to Sam Smith’s song, “Stay With Me” this morning and I noticed the similarities. Just the chorus of the two songs sound pretty much the same.

There have been all kinds of internet controversy over this. Sam Smith fans were outraged at Tom Petty and there were a lot of speculation that Tom have successful sued Sam Smith.

Tom wants to clear the air that this isn’t a lawsuit and there never was one. There is no heated feud between the two of them. They’re totally cool with each other and agreed with each other that Tom would get some credits for the song.

Tom says it’s just a “musical accident” which I happen to agree with.

These days it’s getting very hard to make “original” music. It’s very hard to make something totally original that doesn’t sound like someone else ’cause everything have been already done over the years, ya know? So it’s not Sam’s fault that he wrote a song that sounds like something else.

It’s the same deal with other bands and artists. Most bands like Led Zep, The Beatles, The Stones, The Who, etc. have all been accused of plagiarism but in my opinion, no. You write a song and next thing you know, someone else already has the same melody when you didn’t know it. Happens all the time. That’s what happened with the whole Coldplay vs. Joe Satriani thing.

I just don’t believe that artists rip off other songs. Stealing ideas is not their intention. A “musical accident” like Tom explained. Sometimes artists like to borrow stuff from other artists, that happens too.

It’s a real shame that the media made Tom look like the bad guy in this — thanks to gossip sites like TMZ and shit, ya know?

Tom is a class act, though. He has always been a nice guy and he responded to this like a real professional. Wish we had more in the music business like him!

Kev

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L7, an all-female grunge/metal band to reunite after a 14 year hiatus…

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I used to love that band, L7, the all female grunge/metal/punk group. They disappeared from the industry for a while and looks like they are about to make a comeback for a few festival shows overseas and they’re releasing a documentary. Look like they’re about to announce a full tour soon.

To those who were around throughout the 90’s of the music industry would probably remember who they were and I’m sure there are many today who don’t remember or don’t even know who they were. It is now time to remind people who they were as they are officially reuniting. They were a big part of the 90’s grunge movement.

http://l7theband.com/

Hopefully, they have a new album planned as well ’cause that would be cool.

I used to have their album “Hungry For Stink” on CD a long time ago and used to listen to it all the time. I’ll have to re-buy that album from Itunes ’cause I don’t have the album anymore. Must of got rid of it. “Hungry For Stink” is a killer album, listen to it below. I’m listening to the album right now as I type this and forgot how great of an album it was.

Can’t wait to see Donita Sparks and the girls back on the stage!!! Gonna be awesome. \m/

Kev

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Frances Bean and Courtney bury the hatchet after a 5 year feud…

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Frances Bean Cobain the daughter of the late Kurt Cobain have finally buried the hatchet with her mother, Courtney after a 5 year long feud. A long while back, Frances Bean and Courtney have been fighting and Frances shut Courtney out of her life for a while. It seems that they are getting along again as they just reunited at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah. Sundance Festival is an annual film festival that is founded by legendary actor, Robert Redford.

Courtney and Frances Bean are at Sundance to help promote the Kurt Cobain documentary they just produced titled, “Kurt Cobain: The Montage of Heck”.

Kurt’s Girls! Frances Cobain Hugs Mom Courtney Love at Doc Screening

It’s great to see Frances and Courtney getting along ’cause I’m sure that’s what Kurt himself would have wanted.

As a huge Nirvana fan, I’m dying to see this documentary myself. I’m sure the documentary will soon be available for Itunes rental and maybe Netflix streaming sometime in the future, though. If not, I’ll probably buy the BluRay or DVD when it comes out.

Kev

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Song Of The Day: “Love Sneakin’ Up On You” by Bonnie Raitt…

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Yeah, I’ve always been a fan of Bonnie Raitt for a pretty long time. I’ve always dug her music and wanna get more of her albums from Itunes. She’s one of the greatest slide guitarists. She’s also a great singer and songwriter too. She’s mostly known as a blues artist, though.

Yeah, my preferred genres are hard rock and metal but I’ll listen to other types of music once in a blue moon. Sometimes I gotta listen to relaxing music.

Kev