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Murray Gershenz, 88, known as “Music Man Murray,” has decided to sell his Los Angeles record store to pursue his new career in acting. He’s also trying to find a buyer for his rare 400,000-album collection. He has spent 72 years amassing his music trove, which includes 1930s-era Big Band crooners on fragile 78-rpm discs, early rockers on 45s, show tunes on LPs and pop artists on cassette tapes and CDs.

via Music: Collector doesn’t want these tracks in the trash – latimes.com.

“Starbucks put out a hip-hop album?” That’s exactly what I said aloud as I ordered my favorite delicious morning coffee and noticed the bright graffiti-ridden cover sitting right next to the cash register. I was certainly interested, especially since Starbucks has been making some killer compilations lately. Featuring the crème de ala crème from the late 80’s and early 90’s hip-hop scene and themed with the hot summer in mind and a hot beat to match, Back in the Day has those fresh, smooth tunes you’ve been looking for. Welcome to the golden world of phrase! (more…)

The Alamo Drafthouse, acclaimed for screening “famous movies in famous places,” has just announced this summer’s schedule. Not only will you be watching a cool classic movie, but you will be watching it from where it was filmed – and for free! Can a film experience get any better than this? Check out the dates below:

Aug. 6 Jackie Brown, at Los Angeles’ Del Amo Fashion Mall
Aug. 7 Dirty Harry, at San Francisco’s Washington Square Park
Aug. 8 There Will Be Blood, at California’s Kern County Museum
Aug. 8 Convoy, at the Ft. Davis drive-in in Las Vegas, N.M.
Aug. 13 The Blues Brothers, at Chicago’s Joliet Prison
Aug. 14 RoboCop, at Detroit’s Russell Industrial Center
Aug. 19 Rocky I-III, at the Philadelphia Art Museum
Aug. 20 On the Waterfront, at Hoboken’s Pier A
Aug. 27 The Godfather Part II, on a Manhattan rooftop near Little Italy

Also, check out the cool retro posters and trailers here!

Pete Yorn has a new self titled album coming out September 28, but he’s released a free song that I’m enjoying. All it takes is a simple tweet to download the song “Precious Stone” and I suggest you go get yourself a copy.

Pete Yorn – Free Download.

“Watch and connect with the MUSIC and MESSAGES that changed a generation.” – via keithgreen.com.

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We recently had a chance to talk with Page CXVI about the rich and meaningful lyrics found in “Hymns,” as well as a little bit about the band and their upcoming tour. Find out more about Page CXVI at pagecxvi.com.

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2010

“All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible.” – T. E. Lawrence

Imagine the kind of film that would equally engage both M.C. Escher and Sigmund Freud with excitement. Something so visually captivating and subconsciously interesting that any viewer might just fall short of having their mind blown. Something you could talk about in a collegiate philosophy class, yet also geek-out with your sci-fi buddies on a Friday night. That barely skims the surface of Inception. I will not be surprised if you start to hear people say it is their favorite movie of all time. It’s impossible construction makes it one of the most interesting films I think I’ve ever seen. (more…)

Check out diegostocco.com for more creative compositions.

“Finally, Facebook has real BandPages.” Well, at least that’s what RootsMusic is claiming. It only took me about 30 seconds to realize that these guys have created something that every band wants, and more importantly, something that every band needs. We all understand that Facebook hasn’t exactly catered to bands or designers to give them the pages the need, so the guys at RootsMusic have create “BandPages” which basically allow you to create your own customized page that looks and feels like a real band page, right inside Facebook. If you’re a band, there’s no reason not to have one of these. They have both paid and free versions, and their service works alongside other great services like SoundCloud and GigaTools–to name a few. Definitely take a tour of their product and at least try the free version–you have nothing to lose and only fans to gain.

Here’s a few working examples for you to browse as well:
We The Kings, Of Verona, Jason Mraz

House of Heroes just released a new song called “Independence Day for a Petty Thief” just in time for your 4th of July playlists. All you need to do to download is trade a tweet and you’ll be directed to download the new song. It sounds pretty good–not their best stuff, but still not bad. Click here for directions to download the new song.

Oh, if you’re a band and you’re going to release a free song–try putting a link to your website on the page that people download the song from. Yikes.