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The Lives They Lived

danny the boy — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 11:34:04 -0800

The New York Times Magazine's latest issue, The Lives They Lived, is a tribute to cultural icons that have died in 2012. Adam Yauch, a.k.a MCA of the Beastie Boys, is featured on the cover. Alex Pappademas of Grantland writes about MCA's growth as a person, and how it influnced the group:

It's Yauch who raps, “I wanna say a little something that's long overdue/The disrespect to women has got to be through” on “Sure Shot,” from “Ill Communication” (1994). Should it have been obvious from the beginning that disrespecting women wasn't O.K.? Sure. But now they were calling themselves on their own failings of judgment.

He's included in The Music They Made, a montage of the musicians who died this year. The issue also features: Neil Armstrong, Don Cornelius, Whitney Houston, Maurice Sendak, and many others.

RIP Jazz master Dave Brubeck.

Lynsey — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 09:54:20 -0800

I am devastated to read that jazz master and Kennedy Center honoree Dave Brubeck has died. His influence on jazz was wide and profound. His frequent collaborator and the composer of one of the Dave Brubeck Quartet’s best known tunes, “Take Five,” Paul Desmond, said of the sound of his alto sax, “"I think I had it in the back of my mind that I wanted to sound like a dry martini." Brubeck was well-known for his use of differing time signatures, again referencing “Take Five” which was in 5/4 time and another example, “Blue Rondo a la Turk,” in 9/8 time. Desmond passed away in 2005, and Brubeck has left the earthly plain to join him in the Heavenly Jazz Band. RIP. (MLYT)

"I believe it more than...other...stuff."

eric1halfb — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 04:54:18 -0800

Music is a book/app/documentary film by photographer/film-maker Andrew Zuckerman (previously). Similar in format to Zuckerman's film Wisdom, Music features interviews with musical luminaries both fully- and not-so-luminous. There's also a "behind the scenes" video. And, if you get the feeling while watching Zuckerman's work that someone might be selling you an iPhone, that feeling is not unfounded. Featured musicians include Afrika Bambaataa, Trey Anastasio, Laurie Anderson, Fiona Apple, Jimmy Barnes, Clint Black, Dave Brubeck, Jesse Carmichael & Adam Levine, Julian Casablancas, Rosanne Cash, Ornette Coleman, Common, Billy Corgan, David Crosby, Ani Difranco, Dizzee Rascal, Dave Dobbyn, Danny Elfman, Eve, Neil Finn, John Forte, Ben Gibbard, Philip Glass, Herbie Hancock, Chrissie Hynde, Joe Jackson, Daniel Johns, Juanes, Karen O, Kid Rock, Mark Knopfler, Ezra Koenig, Lenny Kravitz, John Legend, Leiber & Stoller, Ian MacKaye, Ziggy Marley, Graham Nash, Sinead O'Connor, Yoko Ono, Ozzy Osbourne, Itzhak Pearlman, Iggy Pop, Bernard Purdie, Kenny Rogers, Henry Rollins, Bic Runga, Ravi Shankar, Russel Simmons, Pete Waterman, John Williams, and Yim Yames.