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Press’ reactions on Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame nominations
As we all learnt a couple of days ago, Red Hot Chili Peppers were nominated for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Since then, media has reacted, many analysysts, critics and others have come up with their views on this. Let’s see what they’re saying. PopMatters have been really nice. You can read the whole article written by AJ Ramirez, here, while the bit about RHCP follows: To think, that even a few years back the idea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers being the next alternative rock back to follow R.E.M. into the Hall would have seemed fanciful. However, over the last decade the Chili Peppers have transformed…
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(Belated) September 2009 round-up
Yes, it’s already October and I’m posting the September round-up. I had a little story for all of you, discussing what really matters in life; but since things are happening and that’s what you probably care about more (which is both good and bad), I shall save that for another time…maybe for the day Invisible Movement crosses two million visitors. Just maybe. September 2009 was an amazing month, September 2009 was a tragic month. Just like any other, just like no other. It all depends which point of the view you’re taking. The internet never sleeps, so all of you, as well as major media, were more than active covering…
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Warner Music and YouTube have made a deal!
According to the ever-so-reliable Mashable.com; Warner Music and Youtube have finally found a compromise for their long term dispute, which resulted in pulling many videos off YT nine months ago. For those of you not paying attention: yes, this is why your Red Hot Chili Peppers clips were getting deleted, muted and this is why your accounts were getting suspended. While the announcement wasn’t unexpected, the call did reveal a few new details, including: – User-generated content using Warner Music artists and labels will make its return to YouTube as well. – Warner Music Group will be allowed to run ads against its content. – Warner Music will get a…
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Saturday question #33: Rate your five senses!
This week, there’s a guest asking a question again…which I actually prefer, so it would be nice if people would send in their questions for coming weeks. You can send a direct message or an @reply to site’s Twitter as well. Mark asks: Rate your five senses (touch, taste, smell, sight, hear) from favourite to least. For previous Saturday questions, click here.
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Red Hot Chili Peppers nominated for Rock’n’Roll Hall Of Fame
According to numerous media reports, Red Hot Chili Peppers are amongst the candidates to enter the Rock And Roll hall of fame in March next year; together with some other artists who are eligible for the first time and a bunch of veterans who have not made it yet. Rolling Stone have a long story on this, which you can read here and an excerpt follows: The ballot for next year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class is one of the most diverse ever: the Red Hot Chili Peppers, LL Cool J, Kiss and Genesis are up for nomination alongside the Stooges, Donna Summer, ABBA, Darlene Love, Laura Nyro,…
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For those missing RHCP on YouTube: YT and Warner to settle down
As reported by CNET News, there’s a good chance the YouTube vs. Warner issue is soon to end. The two sides have managed to reach terms on most of the major issues and a final deal could be announced within the next few weeks, sources with knowledge of the talks, told CNET News on Friday. What that means is the music and videos from such Warner acts as Green Day, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and the White Stripes may soon be back on the Web’s largest video site. To read the whole article, click here
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Saturday question #32: Autumn and Spring
In a couple of days, there’s an equinox. Also, us on the nothern hemisphere will go from summer to autumn. Those on the southern hemisphere will go from winter to spring. Either way, one of the more extreme seasons will be turning into one of the less extreme ones. And there are a lot of stories and beliefs associated to equinoxes, too. Which one do you prefer: autumn or spring? And why? Do you have any habits related to saying goodbye to spring and winter? For previous Saturday questions, click here.
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Chad Smith on RHCP hiatus, reunion in October and where they all have been
OK. I saw this interview posted by justin7894 on the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ official BBS; and since it generated quite a lot of unnecessary hype due to a mention of a single date, it made me so sick that I didn’t even give it a listen. Not to mention countless emails I got just because of that date. But then I took a big sip of Pepsi Max, gave it a listen and wow, there’s some cool stuff in it and it lacks the moodyness of the yesterday’s article. So, what is it? It’s another, this time radio, interview with Chad Smith, done for Elliot In The Morning on…
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Chad Smith on RHCP’s recording process, future and John Frusciante
In an interview for CraveOnline.com, Chad Smith talked about Red Hot Chili Peppers quite a lot. This probably is the only article where he spoke about the whole thing more than just saying they would be back in October. CraveOnline: How are you gearing up mentally for the Chili Peppers to kick back into gear? Chad Smith: It’s all good! I’m ready, it’s gonna be fun. We haven’t played in two years, so that’s the longest we’ve ever not played together. CraveOnline: There’s been a lot of concern over that, since you’ve been gone for so long. And John (Frusciante, RHCP guitarist) made a couple comments a while back on…
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Rick Rubin’s book gets a bad review, but we get cool excerpts!
Not the first time a sharp review of something has come from PopMatters. In case some of you don’t remember, one of its staffers reviewed The Empyrean earlier this year, called Unreachable “Unbearable” and faced quite a lot of flaming in comments. This time, however, it’s not directly about John and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, it’s about theRick Rubin: In The Studio book by Jake Brown. I get it they’re really big fans of the whole bunch? However, despite the book getting a low grade, 3 out of 10, it sounds like people who visit this website could enjoy it even more than what was previously thought! You really…
