First Round Of Incredible Artists Announced For 4th Annual Beyond Wonderland
Today, Insomniac announced the first round of talented artists performing at the 4(th) annual Beyond Wonderland, Bay Area. The fan favorite event will bring top dance music acts back to Shoreline Amphitheater & Grounds in Mountain View, Calif. for two days of celebration, Saturday, September 26 and Sunday, September 27. Dozens of artists will perform […]
Tribute To Ray Price
He brought us songs like “City Lights,” “Release Me,” “Crazy Arms,” “Heartaches By The Number,” “For the Good Times,” “Night Life,” and the list goes on. He helped to pioneer Nashville’s ‘honky-tonk’ sound; and he left an undying legacy on music with his inimitable wide-ranging baritone voice. Ray Price, country music legend, may have passed […]
One Direction On The Road Again
One of the most highly anticipated tours of the summer kicks off TODAY when the annual HONDA CIVIC TOURPRESENTSONE DIRECTION ON THE ROAD AGAIN arrives in San Diego, CA. at Qualcomm Stadium. The Southern California show marks the beginning of the U.S. leg of the multi-platinum-selling band’s worldwide stadium trek that has already visited countries […]
1957 – Buddy Holly and The Crickets Play The Apollo
August 16th, 1957 Buddy Holly and The Crickets, still being billed by the band name only, begin a six-night engagement at Harlem’s famed Apollo Theater, the first white rock act to play the venue. Although crowds boo a little at first — many, including the venue, assumed they’d be seeing R&B vocal group The Crickets — […]
Eadweard Muybridge
xpatriate Englishman Eadweard Muybridge (1830–1904), a brilliant and eccentric photographer, gained worldwide fame photographing animal and human movement imperceptible to the human eye. Hired by railroad baron Leland Stanford in 1872, Muybridge used photography to prove that there was a moment in a horse’s gallop when all four hooves were off the ground at once. […]
Karl Struss
Life He was born in New York, New York, in 1886, and attended Columbia University,[1] graduating with a B.A. in 1912. He studied photography with Clarence H. White, a faculty member at Columbia. His first successes came selling photographs to magazines including Vogue, Vanity Fair, and Harper’s Bazaar. (However, he was quick to insist that […]
1964 – The Kinks Score Their First Hit – You Really Got Me
August 13th, 1964 The Kinks score their first hit as “You Really Got Me,” written by Ray Davies on his mother’s piano, enters the British charts. Releases 1965:The Beatles, Help! 1966:The Supremes, “You Can’t Hurry Love” Recording 1930:Guy Lombardo, “Go Home And Tell Your Mother” 1952:Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton, “Hound Dog” 1959:Brenda Lee, “Sweet […]
1877 – Thomas Edison Finishes the Prototype of His New Invention, The Phonograph
August 12th, 1877 Thomas Edison finishes the prototype of his new invention, the phonograph, and hands it over to his master mechanic John Kreusi to build. Kreusi bets Edison two dollars that the contraption will never work. Releases none Recording 1940:Will Bradley, “Down The Road Apiece” 1953:The Four Lads, “Istanbul (Not Constantinople)” 1958:The Crests, “Sixteen […]
The Murder of My Sweet – Beth Out Of Hell
The Murder of My Sweet is a Swedish cinematic metal band founded in 2007 by drummer and producer Daniel Flores. The music is inspired by movie scores, film noir storytelling and bands like Queen, E.L.O and Genesis, presented with a modern twist and heavy sounding production. In 2009 The Murder of My Sweet released their […]