You know what the really big thing is? 10 Things I Hate About You. Heath Ledger's trying to impress Julia Stiles about his musical taste, and he says "Oh, I'm really into Bikini Kill," or something like that. That was the sound of girls going onto the internet and checking it out; we got so many fans from that. I mean, I didn't grow up with parents who listened to alternative or indie music or punk music or anything: We listened to a lot of Lynyrd Skynyrd and Molly Hatchet, me and my sister. So I learned about punk on television. | | | | Your next Video Vanguard Award honoree: Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott.
(Derek Blanks/MTV) | | | | |  | “You know what the really big thing is? 10 Things I Hate About You. Heath Ledger's trying to impress Julia Stiles about his musical taste, and he says 'Oh, I'm really into Bikini Kill,' or something like that. That was the sound of girls going onto the internet and checking it out; we got so many fans from that. I mean, I didn't grow up with parents who listened to alternative or indie music or punk music or anything... I learned about punk on television.”
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| | rantnrave:// For those placing bets on if MTV would change the name of, or delay giving out, the MICHAEL JACKSON VIDEO VANGUARD AWARD: It is going to the deeply deserving MISSY ELLIOTT this year and will retain its original name. This begs several big questions, like one raised by DARCIE WILDER about why changing the MOON MAN to a moon person was a thing, but dropping an accused sexual predator isn't. Or one from CLAIRE LOBENFELD on why the network don't simply rename it the Missy Elliott Video Vanguard award as "a gesture for taking so dang long to give it to her." I'm mulling over several questions about what this says about the reach of #MeToo and who is too big to be canceled. After having worked at MTV while R. KELLY was allowed to perform at the 2005 VMAs, despite being charged with child pornography in 2002 and facing continued charges and a trial through 2004, I rather hoped MTV would have got the idea of believing survivors right this time. It feels like the network is hedging its bets, or perhaps not taking the allegations from men who survived abuse as seriously. Either way, it doesn't feel great. The one small acknowledgment MTV is making in the aftermath of LEAVING NEVERLAND? It's referring to the honor as simply the Video Vanguard Award in a teaser trailer (and in the most of the press release I got about it). Wonder what it will inscribe on the trophy. And say in the broadcast... I spent my weekend binging season 3 of GLOW on NETFLIX (been a fan since the O.G. cable show as a kid) and two things struck me. First, the music got a major upgrade of the sort that says the show had a bigger music budget (and wow, so many HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS shoutouts!). And second, the bed music was so on point with actual '80s productions. I alternately felt as if I were watching TUFF TURF (a classic and I won't hear otherwise) and an episode of GROWING PAINS. The moody cheesiness was pitch-perfect, giving it a more authentic '80s feel than I get from, say, STRANGER THINGS. This pairs nicely with THR's story on how pop stars are finding new sync opportunities on Netflix, where budgets are big. I'm waiting with bated breath to see which song becomes the breakout hit from season 3 of 13 REASONS WHY—and kicking myself for thinking the first two seasons would be anything less than a career-making moment for LORD HURON, whose "The Night We Met" is now a prom classic. And I want to know if podcasts can be the next frontier for breaking bands, especially with so many narrative-driven ones like HOMECOMING and DIRTY JOHN gaining huge audiences. If you dropped the right song into a tense moment on just one of the numerous audio dramas out there, could it go viral? SOUNDEXCHANGE is place some bets that it could, by partnering with SOURCEAUDIO to license music to podcasters. If podcast music supervisor becomes a career, I'm available... If you're planning to take your horse down to the old town road before the summer is over, check GOOGLE MAPS because the street sign is probably missing... Can somebody check on FOSTER THE PEOPLE? The band's conspiracy theory TWITTER moves are cause for concern... JENNY LEWIS has a history with pot that's wilder and deeper than I could have imagined. That's more than significant on a weekend when OUTSIDE LANDS in San Francisco sold cannabis legally for the first time to a crowd of over 200,000 (it was a big hit, of course). Musicians who are looking to diversify your income streams, maybe it's time to start cultivating your own strains (where it's legal). | | | - Courtney E. Smith, guest curator |
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 | NPR Music |
| The degree to which Mother Maybelle's guitar playing influenced the next century of country and roots music cannot be overstated. In this playlist, hear her Carter Scratch echo across generations. | | |
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 | Rolling Stone |
| In just 12 months, the video app TikTok has transformed from a curio to a service mentioned in the same breath as YouTube | | |
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 | Acoustic Guitar Magazine |
| So many of the most indelible images from the quaintly named Woodstock Music and Art Fair, held 50 years ago this August, come from the epic concert film that came out in 1970 and featured electric guitars being wielded at full throttle. But there were also many important acoustic guitar moments in the film, and no doubt some of those are burned into your mind, as well. | | |
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 | Hollywood Reporter |
| With shows like 'Russian Doll' and 'Stranger Things' relying heavily on music "syncs," a new realm of global opportunity (and money) has opened up to recording artists: "There is a surge in demand after being released on Netflix." | | |
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 | Music Business Worldwide |
| SPOT is reaching less than 1.5% of its potential addressable market outside of Europe and the Americas. | | |
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 | Aeon Magazine |
| Two Palestinian friends debate the merits of boycotting a Radiohead gig in Israel. | | |
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 | NPR |
| Dayton, Ohio, is reeling from tornadoes and a mass shooting that killed 9 people. More funerals are scheduled Monday. On Sunday, many turned to music - German and hometown funk - to help them heal. | | |
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 | The Hechinger Report |
| Taylor Correia-Podolske’s great-grandmother has Alzheimer’s, and the high-school junior was concerned about the isolation that her beloved relative and others like her suffer. | | |
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 | The New Yorker |
| Oliver Beer, a thirty-three-year-old Brit who is a member of the semi-conceptual, site-specific, confessional-reminiscent school of contemporary British art, has created, at the Met Breuer, what may be the most eccentric and original keyboard instrument in the history of Western music. | | |
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 | Forbes |
| This past weekend's 'Real Street Festival' was the first appearance for ASAP Rocky after he was released from jail in Sweden. What was it like waiting to find out if he would perform? I spoke with execs behind the scenes for the story leading up to his triumphant performance. | | |
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 | i-D Magazine |
| Some might call this stalking. | | |
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 | Advertising Age |
| Music stans aren’t just obsessive about their favorite artists. Their influence makes them to the perfect audience for marketers to engage in campaigns. | | |
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 | She Shreds |
| From Madame de Goñi, a Spanish guitar virtuoso of the 1800s, to the skilled women behind guitar production today, Martin & Co. is a leader in innovation. | | |
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 | Billboard |
| A handful of new, queer artist-focused writing camps aim to make songwriting accessible to all. | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| Communal morning singing is a cherished tradition, anchored by the country’s best-selling book. And it’s become an unlikely focus for debates about immigration and national identity. | | |
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 | Kerrang! |
| Welcome to the uniquely bleak world of Titus Andronicus maverick Patrick Stickles. It gets weird. | | |
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 | South China Morning Post |
| Almost five years ago on a local television show in New York, the host was taken aback at the appearance of Jamaican reggae artist Gyptian being introduced by a diminutive, elderly Asian woman. “He was not expecting to see a Chinese woman talking about reggae,” Patricia Chin, now 82, recalls with a laugh, during a telephone interview from New York. | | |
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 | Syfy |
| It’s a truth universally acknowledged that vampires and musicals don’t mix. Broadway has a surprisingly rich history of vampire musicals crashing and burning in a spectacular fashion, both critically and commercially. | | |
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 | The Washington Post |
| The regional orchestra’s board voted for a transition plan that calls for a shuffle in top leadership. | | |
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 | MTV News |
| Cardi B may not sound like your average pundit, but it’s for the best that she doesn’t | | |
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