Sound City’s butterfly Effect.
“In chaos theory, the butterfly effect is the sensitive dependence on initial conditions, where a small change at one place in a deterministic nonlinear system can result in large differences to a later state. ”
This documentary chronicles how a studio changed music history forever. Beatles mania lead to the creation of Sound City, their Neve board lead to Fleetwood Mac and on and on. So many bands were born there and it shows how much Sound City meant to these artists. Dave Grohl had his pick of participants for this documentary and created a soundtrack to commemorate its influence in rock n’ roll history.
I highly recommend this for music fans and pop culture enthusiasts. Maybe you history buffs would enjoy it as well. Audibly amazing and equally stunning visually. Dave Grohl’s enthusiasm for this project really shaped this documentary into something rare. You begin to care for this delapitated building just because of the influence it has had on so many people. Grohl’s featured guests are all top notch and watching them perform together in Studio 606 is a once in a lifetime moment captured on film.
This is a must watch.
CYaN Podcast Episode 47: The Talking Stick
Hopefully you had a great St. Patrick’s Day yesterday. To help with lingering effects we have a brand new episode of the Call Yourself A Nerd Podcast. This week; Danny and Ricky talk about the demise of Google Reader, some of our favorite shows coming to Netflix Instant, movie news and trailers, and then we end it off with a heated discussion on the quality of this season of The Walking Dead.
Music News: 20/20 to be a two parter?
Justin Timberlake apparently just let his creative flag fly while in the studio because there were too many songs for just the one album. Rumor has it, he is splitting the tracks in half and having 20/20 volume two ready to drop in November of this year. Hmmm…. right in time for my birthday.
Jimmy Fallon broke the news on his music forum page after spending a week with Justin, Questlove and the roots. (Have you guys watched the barbershop quartet version of Sexyback? Its great.) Justin is trying to break out of the usual path of pandering to 18 year olds. He wants to make music that will appeal to the more mature generation as well as the ‘after 86 sect’. He told Jimmy,
“why do we put all of our power in the hands of 18 year olds….i wanted to make a joint that 40 year olds would love too. and by the time the video came out all the 86 after sect were aboard again.”
Part one of 20/20 is available tomorrow, so head to your local independently owned record store to purchase your copy, or scrounge up those iTunes gift cards!
A Dose of Viral Video
Have you guys seen this? I love the lyrics and the vocals are not bad either. Enjoy the After Ever After!
Mickey Goes for Croissants
Mickey Mouse has been in only a handful of shorts in the past thirty years. Quite a difference from a character that started his rise in shorts (Get it? Because he wears shorts). Disney has now set up to release a full series of shorts within the next few months, but there’s a catch. Unlike previously shorts, these shorts will be featured on TV and online instead of the movie theater.
The first short was released yesterday, titled Croissant de Triomphe. There are some great gags and I’m absolutely in love with the art style that they have chosen.
Scoot past the jump to watch the short.
Kick-Ass 2 Unleashes Its Red Bad Trailer
What better way to release a first trailer than to immediately going for a red band trailer? Kick-Ass 2 definitely goes for the balls for this trailer and shows how outrageous the movie can get. The first movie was a great adaptation from the graphic novel, now begins the questions of how they will adapt this movie from its corresponding graphic novel.
Jim Carrey is showing some great moments already!
Blast past the jump to watch the trailer, but be warned that the trailer is NSFW.
Dave Grohl’s Keynote speech for SXSW
The man with a plan this week is, hands down, Dave Grohl. His documentary ‘Sound City’ was released this week along with the amazing soundtrack. I have been playing the bonus features like crazy to try and wrap my mind around the massive-ness that was SOUND CITY. Do you know who recorded there? That is a question for another post, but a hint will come from a performance by the Sound City Players that are performing at this year’s SXSW.
This year Dave Grohl is the keynote speaker. For all of us that have watched a Dave Grohl performance (TV or Live), you know he is a well spoken and outgoing presence. I would have just attributed these qualities to years of performing, but he humbly credits his folks, saying:
“My father wrote speeches for politicians in Washington and worked on Capitol Hill for 20 years. My mother is a forensics coach. She’s a public-speaking coach, so she teaches debate and she’s a brilliant woman … So one of the things I know to do is not to read a speech.”
His confidence in this year’s speech stays on the right side of modest, as he admits that Bruce Springstein’s speech last year is going to be a hard act to follow. He jokingly remarked,“That was like the Gettysburg Address. He laid it down.”
The speech is taking place in Austin 12pm EST, and for those of us unable to attend it is being streamed live. Since this is a live post, I will be updating once a video of the full speech is available. Stay Tuned.
Update and Full Speech Now Available after the jump Read More…
Cheap Date: Mar 13th
Welcome to another edition of Cheap Date! This is where I recommend $30 worth of nerdy entertainment for the week for anyone cash strapped but still wanting to enjoy some of the fun things being released.
Go past the jump to read this week’s recommendations.
Star Wars: The Clones Wars “Winds Down”
After a great season five finale, we received news on the highly successful Star Wars: The Clone Wars today.
Hit the jump to see the news with a video.
The Walking Dead Review: S3E13 “Arrow on the Doorpost”
Daylight Savings has arrived and the new episode of The Walking Dead has passed. There will be zombies, drama, and a whole lot of talking.
Go ahead past the jump to read the review for episode 13 “Arrow on the Doorpost.” Beware of SPOILERS!
Call Yourself A Nerd 