Category: Music
Rosa Parks Day: Daniel Lanois on recording iconic Neville Brothers’ anthem “Sister Rosa”
February is Black History Month and February 4th is Rosa Parks’ birthday [born 1913]. Rosa Parks – A Brief History From Wikipedia: Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, […]
Read more ›An Ode to A Heart of Gold ~ Rock Icon & Crusader: Neil Young
Neil Young making “Le Noise”, Los Angeles, 2010. [Photo: Adam CK Vollick] Today [November 12, 2011] is rock icon Neil Young‘s 66th birthday. And if you’re reading this, chances are, […]
Read more ›Video Of The Day: The Chanukah Song by Neil Diamond
Hey, tonight’s the first night of Chanukah, so our Video Of The Day is the super-awesome The Chanukah Song by the equally awesome Mr. Neil Diamond. Everyone loves […]
Read more ›Video Of The Day – Higgs Boson/Nobel Prize Edition: Rolling In the Higgs, A Capella Science
Congratulations to über-Nerds, Peter Higgs and François Englert on their Nobel Prize for Physics. Their Higgs Boson Theory, originated in the 1960′s, was the basis for the creation of the […]
Read more ›Pharrell Williams & Daniel Lanois in the sonic laboratory
When multi-Grammy winning music producer Pharrell Williams wanted to interview a multi-Grammy winning music producer about the process of sonics, who did he go to? Who else but our own […]
Read more ›Happy Birthday to “The Maker” Daniel Lanois
He’s one of our founding Patrons of Cool and we want to take the opportunity to wish our friend Daniel Lanois the very happiest of birthdays. And 10 thousand more. […]
Read more ›Things That Are Awesome: The World’s Heaviest Metal Band [All Robots] Cover Motörhead’s ‘Ace of Spades’
When two of my favourite things are combined – music & robots – it may be my best day ever. Self-described “world’s heaviest metal band” Compressorhead, is a trio […]
Read more ›Happy Pi Day! BYU’s rap makes Mathletes cooler than athletes-WE LOVE THIS!
Brigham Young University believes that its star Mathletes should receive the same kind of adulation and school spirit as its star athletes. And so they created this totally awesome BYU […]
Read more ›Force For Good: Lady Gaga’s anti-bullying movement “Born This Way Foundation”
In honour of Lady Gaga’s birthday [March 28], instead of waxing on about her meteoric rise to the top of the world of pop music and performance art, we think […]
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