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Fluke Holland, Sony Burgess & The Legendary Pacers, Teddy Hill, Larry Donn and J.M. Van Eaton play a benefit for the family of Sun recording artist Billy Lee Riley at Silver Moon.

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Congrats to the beautifully produced, shot and edited show SoLost, which was just nominated for the National Magazine Awards video award.

A toast to Dave Anderson, who produces the show for the Oxford American (like the New Yorker of the south).

Cheers to Dave and publisher Warwick Sabin - they’re up against National Geographic, Sports Illustrated and T, which is really not bad for a (mostly) one man show on a shoestring budget.  Which, I will add, you would never know watching the videos.

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Mikey talks with the guys from The Horrors backstage at the Big Day Out. Starting off by suggesting the band was responsible for shipping convicts to Australia, Mikey soon hits his stride, and asks the group about touring and their changing sound on their new record Primary Colours.

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A special viewing of Doug Aitken’s installation “Migration”  featuring Lichens, White Rainbow and Arp. (via VernissageTV)

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Deacon Jones talks about his experiences playing with John Lee Hooker, Curtis Mayfield, Elvin Bishop, Freddie King and more. Deacon’s first name is actually Mevlin, but Mayfield renamed him on stage one night and it stuck.

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Grandmaster Caz of Cold Crush Brothers talks about his 35+ year history in hip hop.

“Hip hop is fine. It’s the rap business that’s got problems.”
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TK Wonder utilizes current events and social issues as the backbone of the lyrics in the hopes of shedding light and awareness on situations at a local and global level.

(via Friends We Love)

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Hot Chip’s Felix Martin talks to WatchMojo about mainstream pop, live shows and remixing.

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Sister Bliss and Maxi Jazz of Faithless talk to DJsounds in Ibiza.

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La Maison Rouge in Paris, France presents Vinyl, an exhibition of records and covers compiled by the British collector, publisher and curator Guy Schraenen.

(via VernissageTV)

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Kevin Pollak chats with musician and satirist “Weird Al” Yankovic.

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DJ Spooky recorded soundscapes of Antarctic ice fields inspiring him to create the composition Terra Nova: Sinfonia Antarctica in which he applies DJ techniques to build awareness of climate change through electronic music. (via Friends We Love)

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Émilie Simon has a keyboard, a Tenori On, a Doepfer and a steampunk arm. She’s not afraid to use them.

(via synthtopia)

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Alabaster Rhumb performs a 20 minute set on BraneKandi.

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Chicks on Speed, the international art rockers, got down with In the Raw when they were in Sydney in 2007. Hear them confess why they are fake and why they are real!

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