By the end of every week there are a bunch of music-related stories, cool links, videos, and other internet ditties that we haven’t managed to get to throughout the week.
As a remedy to this, we’re happy to introduce our new column Friday Fun – our avenue for sharing cool music tidbits we’ve come across for you to nibble on before the glory of the weekend. Dig in!
Father John Misty Launches His Own Fragrance
Move over, Britney, Christina, Beyonce and co. there’s a new perfumer in town. It seems the scent of rock n roll might finally be getting its time to shine. Hilariously called ‘Innocence by Misty’, Father John’s attempt at breaking into the perfume market might seem like a novel idea, but as Alan Cross points out “If it were true indie rock perfume, it would smell like beer and cigarettes with notes of poverty, desperation and the back of a Ford Transit van that’s been on the road for nine weeks carrying five guys who eat nothing but corndogs.”
The Fan-Built Kanye West Videogame
Imagine a world where Kanye rules the masses with his minions of fellow rappers. No, we’re not talking about the land inside West’s head, we’re talking about a new, slightly creepy videogame. The synopsis reads “Taking the garbage out one day, Kanye suddenly travels through a wormhole. Emerging on the other side, Kanye finds himself in the year 3030. In a dystopian city filled with clones of hip-hop musicians and under the control of a god-like dictator, can Kanye get back home?” We’re not quite sure what’s more ridiculous, that people will want to play this or that the game’s makers think Kanye would ever take out the trash.
Human Powered Dancefloor
Remember hat scene in Big where Tom Hanks gets his groove on the giant piano? Well, the folks at Energy Floors decided it wasn’t fair that kids should have all the fun and have invented an interactive dancefloor. As BizBash reports, “The eight-inch-deep tiles each house small generators; the tiles compress when stepped on, activating the generators to convert the kinetic energy produced by the dancers into electricity.” The great news is you can rent these scientific d-floors for your next party. Check out the video to see how it all works.
Does The Eiffel Tower Have A Voice?
The publicly funded project consists of composer Joseph Bertolozzi and his sound engineers recording different percussive sounds on the Parisian Monument using everything from the rails, the grates etc. Bertolozzi will then sort through the recordings and compose a piece of music with the collected audio. The recorded project is called ‘Tower Music’, and the composer has also stated his intention of “playing” the Eiffel Tower live.
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The Man Who’s Obsessed With The White Album
Think you’re the Beatles’ number one fan? Prepare to be de-throned.Rutherford Chang is has 693 copies of the record, all from the first pressing of the 1968 double LP reports The AV Club. He started a project called ‘We Like White Album’ but of course by ‘we’ he meant him. His ultimate goal release a new double-LP made from all recordings layered on top of each other. Check out the a snippet of that recording below:
Wanna See How Aussie Tour Promotors Live?
Aussie tour promoter Andrew McManus has put his home up for sale in what will be his third attempt in as many years to sell the Toorak mansion. The home, which features a 12-car garage, a study, gym, home theatre, billiards room and cabana and pool on its 1,389-square-metre block, is up for sale for a cool $10 million. Check out snaps of the photos of the insane house here.
Entourage’s Adrian Grenier Starts “Music Incubator”
A little while ago, Adrien Grenier built a studio in his Brooklyn home called ‘The Wreckroom’ with the intention of helping out his creative, musical friends find a place to make their music. He’s called it an ‘incubator’ and states “The Wreckroom seeks to develop and promote artists who are pushing creative boundaries.” You can check out some of the live recording sessions here.
