In retrospect, it’s amazing that this wasn’t Nirvana Week on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. The show has previously hosted week-long tributes to the Rolling Stones and Bob Marley. And next week, Fallon will spend the week honoring Pink Floyd.
As Billboard reports, next week’s shows have some big musical guests in store. On Monday, the Shins will cover “Breathe.” On Tuesday, the Foo Fighters will team up with Floyd’s Roger Waters to play “In The Flesh.” On Wednesday, MGMT, like the Syd Barrett devotees you probably already suspected they were, will play their version of the early Floyd track “Lucifer Sam.” Many Stereogum readers will probably opt not to DVR Thursday’s show, when country star Dierks Bentley will play “Wish You Were Here.” And on Friday, Pearl Jam, who will probably merit their own week on the show sooner or later, will cover “Mother.” Throughout the week, various members of Pink Floyd will also show up.
It’s five nights of Pink Floyd covers over at the ever musically-minded Fallon program this week, which began last night with the Shins honest-to-Dark-ness take on “Breathe.” If you think James Mercer handles this cover well, it is because he has practice. Although, it is also because his voice is generally custom built for this particular brand of pensive throwback melancholy. True Moon heads will miss the subsequent three-and-a-half minute instrumental acid freakout “On The Run,” but it’s a little early in the morning for such shenanigans anyway. This is also a nice chance to check out the Shins new lineup in action, so consider that and check it below, along with a listing of the rest of the week’s schedule (MGMT, Pearl Jam, etc.):
Tonight it’s Foo Fighters and the man himself Roger Waters on “In The Flesh,” Wednesday it’s MGMT going in on “Lucifer Sam,” Thursday it’s country dude Dierks Bentley’s turn with “Wish You Were Here,” and the coup de grâce on this whole thing is Pearl Jam’s week-closing take on “Mother.” We will post exactly three of those four.
Humans have been dancing since the advent of music, and we’ve been choreographing moves ages before the term officially made it into the lexicon in the 1950s. We’ve been line dancing and couples dancing for centuries. Still, the last hundred years has seen an explosion in dance styles. Perhaps it’s because of technology or perhaps it’s because of a more relaxed social code, but specific “moves” today seem to emerge on a daily basis. When examining a scene from a series like A3 Nightlife, it is evident that today’s music scene is made up of a multitude of dance trends and styles, be they elaborate or subdued.
Of all the moves out there still practiced, there are some that are handy to learn in case you’re in need of warming up a dance floor or entertaining a date. Here are some signature moves that will make you look good when the times comes.
A3 Nightlife – LMFAO, Live in Las Vegas
Electric Slide: Grapevine right, (clap), grapevine left, (clap), walk back (clap), ¼ turn, repeat.
The electric slide is an event staple – no sweet sixteen, wedding, or prom is complete without it. The original four-wall line dance was choreographed by Ric Silver in 1986 for Marcia Griffiths’ Electric Boogie. It has survived several changes in music and dance trends. In fact, it’s been practiced by so many different cultures that it has spawned several similar moves that have themselves become popular, like the Cupid Shuffle.
Soulja Boy: Hop, putting your right foot forward, and then bring it back. Then lift your left behind your right calf, touch it with your right hand and bring it back down with a stomp. Now snap as you swivel four times, then stomp. Tap your right foot twice, then lift and slap your knee. Step with your right foot and lean your chest out like Superman. Then hop to the left while cranking with your hands. Repeat, while hopping to the right.
The Soulja Boy was made popular by Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em’s 2007 single Crank That (Soulja Boy). The single was self-published online in March 2007 along with a video demonstrating how to do the dance. By that fall, the song reached #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 and was featured on HBO’s Entourage. The dance and the song made Soulja Boy an Internet sensation and landed him the #18 spot on Forbes’ list of Hop-Hop Cash Kings of 2010.
Time Warp: It’s a jump to the left, and then a step right. Put your hands on your hips. With your knee touching, thrust your pelvis back and forth. Now rotate your pelvis in a circle.
The Time Warp was made popular by the 1973 musical cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show, which still plays in theaters thirty-eight years after its premiere. Along with this dance-a-long, audiences interact with many other moments in the film, screaming out responses and call-outs. Many international personalities have performed the Time Warp including: Sebastian Bach of Skid Row, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Spanish band Timbiriche, Italian band Elio e le Storie Tese, and most recently, the cast of Glee.
Dougie: Keep your legs and knees loose as you move side to side while passing your arms through the air near the side of your head.
Based on signature moves by 1980s rapper Doug E. Fresh, made official by Lil’ Wil’s My Dougie in 2007, and then made viral by Cali Swag District’s Teach Me How To Dougie in 2009, the Dougie is a simple dance that can be interpreted in many ways to fit one’s own style. First Lady Michelle Obama, TV Journalist Barbara Walters, and CNN pundit Wolf Blitzer have all been seen doing the Dougie.
Cat Daddy/The Ricky Bobby: Cross your arms in front of you, then behind you in a wheel chair motion while going down low.
The most recent version of this dance, made popular by the Rej3ctz, has been performed by everyone from Justin Bieber to Ellen DeGeneres. However, it is not a new dance but a version of The Ricky Bobby made popular by B-Hamp’s Do The Ricky Bobby, part of the soundtrack for 2006’s film Talladega Nights.
Anything Michael Jackson: See Michael Jackson.
Michael Jackson, the late King of Pop, created so many signature moves that it’s hard to pick the best one. His style and moves are timeless. He impressed audiences so many times over during his career that the Guinness Book of World Records recognizes him as The Most Successful Entertainer of All Time. From Justin Timberlake to Usher, modern-day entertainers continue to dance in the image of the pop sensation. Whether you’re doing the Moonwalk, Thriller, or the Circle Slide/Spin, performing just one of his moves well is a guaranteed party pleaser.
Pop and Lock: Dance abruptly, then stop.
The Pop and Lock is a broad dance term that describes a multitude of moves that came out of 60s and 70s funk. It carried over into electronic and rap in the 80s and has become a mainstay of current hip-hop rhythms. Styles that have originated from the Pop and Lock include: The Robot, Ticking, Strobing, Krumping, The Wave, Dime Stopping, Liquid Dancing, and Tutting.
Salsa: Step back with your right leg, bring it back to the original position. Step forward with your left leg, bring it back to the original position. (Usually performed with a partner who executes a mirrored combination.)
Salsa, like the Pop and Lock, comes from a simple move that is adorned to form a multitude of sister styles. The dance derives its moves from Son, a Cuban sound that fuses African rhythms and Spanish guitars. Son gave way to Rumba, Mambo, and the international favorite, Salsa. Like its own roots, it has inspired several other classics like Cumbia and some forms of country line dancing. Developing and perfecting your own style of Salsa can give you a sexy move that is adaptable to all kinds of music around the world.
Marti Resteghini is the Editor-in-Chief of The Sixth Wall. Formerly, she was the VP of Network Programming and Acquisitions at KoldCast TV. Prior to joining KoldCast, Marti served as vice president of development and production at Warner Bros.-based production company, HDFilms, where she oversaw the development, production and distribution of feature films, television and new media content across multiple platforms. In this post, Marti produced many high-profile original series including “Chadam,” “Creepshow: Raw,” based on the 1980s cult classic feature film, and Crackle’s “The Jace Hall Show.”
DALLAS— Arch West, a retired Frito-Lay marketing executive credited with creating Doritos as the first national tortilla chip brand, has died in Dallas at age 97.
A statement issued by the West family says he died on Tuesday at Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas.
A graveside service is scheduled for Oct. 1. Daughter Jana Hacker, of Allen, told The Dallas Morning News that the family plans on "tossing Doritos chips in before they put the dirt over the urn."
West was a marketing vice president for Dallas-based Frito-Lay in 1961 when, while on a family vacation near San Diego, he found a snack shack selling fried tortilla chips.
Hacker said her father got a tepid corporate response to the tortilla chip idea but conducted marketing research that led to the Doritos rollout.
Creativity, designs and art work involve use of the computer in some or the other form. In this scenario there still exists a group of artists who love handcrafting objects. The sheer joy of seeing something take shape right before ones eyes is immeasurable. One such artist is Matheson Harris. He describes himself as a father, husband, surgeon and photographer with no mention of artist. But if you happen to see his cardboard Star Wars collection you would take him to be an excellent artist.
The cardboard collection of Star Wars was created by Harris a couple of months ago. His Star Wars fleet consists of the Millennium Falcon, AT-AT, the Star Destroyer and the Tie Fighter. Amazingly handcrafted each piece bears a striking resemblance to the original ones that you would have seen in the movies.
When the computer had not invaded every home one could see more examples of such creativity flowing in from all corners. Children and grown ups both found out varied ways to occupy themselves and in this process exercised their grey cells to a great extent. Day-to-day objects were transformed and given a new identity. This exercise led to the creation of fantastic objects and ideas. Now with every other person glued to the television or the computer handcrafted objects are becoming a rarity. Forget making use of small insignificant objects.
The Star Wars fleet created by Harris is an amazing example of handwork. If you take a look at them you will realize that the entire project is free of any fancy object. The main article used in the making of these starships is cardboard, a very inexpensive and easy to find product. Apart from this the list includes hot glue, sharpie, a couple of sucker sticks, and ping pong balls. Put all these items together and you end up getting an entire range of the Star Wars armada.
What is extraordinary about this project is not only the simplicity it bears with it but the fact that one can see a great degree of excellence in this simplicity. Every little bit is well crafted. Look at the measurement of every piece, its proportion with relation to the others and the finesse with which the whole thing has been put together. All that one can see here is excellence in every area.
Projects involving fancy objects do catch one’s attention. Designs and objects created using the computer have a very different look but the ones created by hand are unique in themselves. And to top it all if it is made of very simple objects the value increases by leaps and bounds.
The wreck of a British cargo ship containing silver worth £155 million, sunk by a German U-boat during the Second World War, has been discovered on the Atlantic sea bed.
Expert underwater archaeologists will attempt to salvage the treasure, handing
20 per cent of its value to the British Government.
The SS Gairsoppa set sail from India in December 1940 carrying a consignment
of 240 tonnes of silver, iron and tea.
It was headed for Liverpool but was forced to break away from its military
convoy off the coast of Ireland as weather conditions deteriorated and it
began to run out of fuel.
As the merchant steamship tried to make it to Galway it was attacked by the
German submarine U101, 300 miles southwest of the Irish harbour.
On February 17, 1941, a single torpedo sank the ill-fated vessel, killing all
85 crewmen except one.
Of 32 survivors who managed to clamber onto lifeboats, Second Officer Richard
Ayres was the only one who, 13 days later, made it to the Cornish coast
alive. He was awarded an MBE for his attempts to rescue his fellow sailors
and lived until 1992.
The wreck of the 412ft-long Gairsoppa, owned by the British Indian Steam
Navigation Company, was discovered by Odyssey Marine Exploration, an
American underwater archaeology and salvage firm, this month.
The Department of Transport had awarded the Florida-based treasure hunters a
contract to conduct the search, allowing the company to retain 80 per cent
of the profits of any silver salvaged.
Greg Stemm, chief executive of Odyssey, said: "We were fortunate to find
the shipwreck sitting upright, with the holds open and easily accessible.
"This should enable to us to unload cargo through the hatches, as would
happen with a ship alongside a cargo terminal."
Odyssey's tethered robot took three and a half hours to descend 2.9 miles to
the seabed. There, it found a gaping hole where the torpedo had struck 70
years ago.
The company said it had confirmed the shipwreck's identity from evidence
including the number of holds, the anchor type, the scupper locations and
red-and-black hull colours.
Although none of the precious metal has yet been found, the shiny tin linings
of the tea chests were initially mistaken for silver bars, according to the
New York Times.
The Odyssey team is expected to begin the "recovery" stage of the
operation when the weather improves in spring.
Mr Stemm said: "While some people might wonder about the potential
complexity of salvage at this depth, we have already conducted a thorough
analysis of the best tools and techniques to conduct this operation and are
confident that the salvage will be conducted efficiently and on a timely
basis.
"Hundreds of modern cargo ships like this have been salvaged since the
mid-20th century, some at depths of thousands of metres.
"We were fortunate to find the shipwreck sitting upright, with the holds
open and easily accessible. This should enable us to unload cargo through
the hatches as would happen with a floating ship alongside a cargo terminal."
Neil Cunningham Dobson, Odyssey's principal marine archaeologist, added: "By
analysing the known configuration and research about the Gairsoppa and her
final voyage and painstakingly exploring the shipwreck site to record each
element and item, our team of experts was able to positively identify the
site as the Gairsoppa.
"Even though records indicate that the lifeboats were launched before the
ship sank, sadly most of her crew did not survive the long journey to shore.
By finding this shipwreck, and telling the story of its loss, we pay tribute
to the brave merchant sailors who lost their lives."
The precise value of the ship's treasure is unclear because the wartime
government did not disclose the true nature of its transportation records.
But Odyssey discovered that it had paid out an insurance claim on silver
amounting to around 120 tons owned by private parties and it believes the
government's hidden share would be about the same.
The Government will be hoping that the search does not prove controversial.
A federal appeals court in Florida this month upheld a ruling that Odyssey
must hand over an estimated £250 million worth of gold and silver coins to
the Spanish Government after a four-year legal battle in which it was
accused of plundering Spain's national heritage.
The coins had been recovered from a Spanish frigate laden with bullion from
the Americas that was sunk by the British off the coast of Portugal in
October 1804.
An ambitious plan would turn an abandonded trolley terminal into a sunlit subterranean park
RAAD Studio designed this plan to turn an abandoned underground trolley terminal in New York City into a subterranean park. Photo: RAAD Studio
Best Opinion: DNAinfo, NY Observer
The image: Rome has its mysterious catacombs, Paris has its vast sewers, and New York City has, well, nothing of the sort — yet. But that could change if a committed group of urban visionaries gets the green light to develop a cavernous underground space that's been abandoned for decades. The group has developed plans to turn a 60,000-square-foot abandoned trolley terminal beneath New York's Lower East Side into an enormous, sunlit, subterranean garden. (See an image at right and below.) The project is known as Delancey Underground, though many locals have started referring to it as "the Low Line," in reference to Manhattan's High Line, a wildly popular urban park that was recently constructed on an abandoned elevated railway. The initial concept was presented this week to an enthusiastic group of citizens and neighborhood planning committee members. Even if it's approved, it will be years before the park opens.
The reaction: "Wow!" says David McWater, chair of a city committee reviewing the plans, as quoted by DNAinfo. Indeed, it's pretty cool how the gloomy space would be flooded with natural light, courtesy of solar panels, says Drew Grant at the New York Observer. Imagine, plants could flourish underground. However, "where the displaced Molepeople will be forced to migrate if the Delancey Underground project gets funded has not yet been addressed." Check it out:
Executives from Boeing and All Nippon Airways signed delivery contracts for the first Boeing 787 Sunday after more than three years of delays and estimated expenditures of $32 billion.
Boeing will roll out the 787 Dreamliners Monday morning at Puget Sound's Paine Field, with the event streamed live by Boeing.
The plane will leave for Tokyo Tuesday and is expected to land around 7 p.m. Pacific time. Nippon Airways expects to take delivery of 55 Dreamliners by the end of 2017.
The new aircraft boasts tall entryways, the largest overhead bins and windows in the industry, and special systems to reduce noise and turbulence.
The following pictures are pulled from a video on Boeing's website.
