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-New BFFs Macklemore and Stephen Colbert and Ryan Lewis are probably discussing the best way to sit on a stool. “Foot down!” says Colbert.
Watch the real conversation HERE
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Watch “Same Love” HERE
> Macklemore & Ryan Lewis: Sam
I went to visit a college student named Sam in the hospital today. Normally, I wouldn’t publicly address the experience, but one of Sam’s friends posted the pic on Reddit.com and it gained attention and an outpouring of support for Sam and his family. Several media outlets have hit me up asking…
Important stuff right here.
Congrats to Sarah Brightman, whose new album ‘Dreamchaser’ opened at #3 on Billboard’s Indie Chart and #1 on its Classical Chart.
Check out her performance of new track “One Day Like This” on German TV above.
-Throwback Thursday - A giddy Mark Satlof meets one of his idols, The Velvet Underground’s Sterling Morrison in 1994, at a party at Nell’s on 14th St. celebrating the release of band’s live album. “It seemed like anything was possible” Morrison said of the 1960s.
Reply and let us know: Who’s your musical idol?
-The soundtrack to Baz Luhrmann’s film transplants Jazz Age sensibilities to the hip-hop era,
Such a great album! We’re especially fond of track #5…
-Had a little (maybe too much) fun swapping the staff’s faces today.
-This weekend I participated in the annual Parkinson’s Unity Walk in Central Park as part of the Light of Day team. Light of Day raises funds for Parkinson’s research with concerts all around the world, and you can read more about their amazing work at lightofday.org. With the help of some generous Shore Fire colleagues, I was able to double my fundraising goal this year!
- Anthony D’Amato
-File under: crazy stuff I’ve found in my Mom’s house. A 5 dollar Confederate note.
-Front row, right in front of Robert De Niro as Chaz Palminteri presented him an award last night at the Actors Fund Gala. Boy was De Niro funny during his acceptance speech. -SVP Mark Satlof
-Happy Hairstyle Appreciation Day! (yes its a real thing)
Zack Brown Band performed its latest single “Jump Right In” along with “Day That I Die” on Jimmy Kimmel Live! last night. Love these songs!
ICYMI: This video has been making its rounds online with April 28, 2013 marking the 10 Year Anniversary of the iTunes Music Store. Here is Steve Jobs introducing the service in 2003. Quite amazing how much has changed in the decade since its launch.
-Some interesting global mobile music revenue projections from Mobile Roadie.
-iTunes turns 10: How Apple music store killed old music industry
(Photo: Eric Risberg / AP, Chart: RIAA)
When Tower Records, a hallowed music store chain with a 46-year history, shuttered its doors at the end of 2006, The Nation called it ”the day the music died.”
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