On this day in music history: September 1, 1887 - German American inventor Emile Berliner files for a patent with the US Patent Office for the Gramophone, beating Thomas Edison to the punch. Berliner’s invention uses flat discs rather than wax cylinders used by Edison’s machine. One of the other major issues Edison’s phonograph is consistent playback speed. While Berliner is developing the gramophone, he enlists the help of engineer Eldridge Johnson who designs a low cost, clock-work spring wound motor that spin the discs consistent speed. With a group of investors backing them, Berliner establishes the Berliner Gramophone Company in 1895. By 1901, Berliner and Johnson establish the Victor Talking Machine Company (later known as RCA Victor), marking the beginning of the modern music industry.
On this day in music history: August 11, 1973 - Eighteen year old Jamaican born DJ Kool Herc (aka Clive Campbell) throws a block party in the first floor rec room of his apartment building at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx in New York City. Advertised as a “Back To School Jam”, flyers handwritten on 3x5 index cards are distributed widely throughout the neighborhood. The event is filled to capacity, attracting 300 people. Herc sets up his powerful sound system in the room, spinning a mixture of R&B, Funk, Latin and Rock records. Using duplicate copies of the same record on two turntables, Herc isolates and extends the breakdown of these songs to the delight of the crowd. The event is a huge success and leads to the DJ spinning at even larger events on the streets and in clubs in and around the Bronx. However, the first party is regarded as a watershed event in history as the birth of the Hip Hop Movement. The strip of Sedgwick Avenue where the apartment complex resides, is re-dubbed “Hip Hop Blvd.” by the city of New York in 2016, by mayor Bill de Blasio. The current owners of the building have applied for it to be added to the registry of historic sites in New York City in 2007, but to date has not been finalized. Happy 45th Birthday, Hip Hop!!!
On this day in music history: July 27, 1984 - “Ride The Lightning”, the second album by Metallica is released. Produced by Fleming Rasmussen and Metallica, it is recorded at Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen, Denmark from February 20 - March 14, 1984. After the underground success of their debut release “Kill ‘Em All” and the subsequent tour to support it, Metallica begin writing new material for the follow up, road testing many of the new songs before going into the studio. For their sophomore release, the band work with Danish recording engineer and producer Flemming Rasmussen, beginning a collaboration that lasts over the next four years. The band and Rasmussen work quickly, recording the new album in only three and a half weeks. Like their debut, “Lightning” is very well received by fans and critics, being praised as an “instant classic”, featuring several songs that become staples of Metallica’s live concerts, including “Fade To Black”, “For Whom The Bell Tolls” and “Creeping Death”. Without mainstream radio play, the album is steady seller, moving more than a half million copies in short order, after the band signs with Elektra Records only seven weeks after its release by Megaforce. Elektra re-releases the album on November 19, 1984. “Ride The Lightning” peaks at number one hundred on the Billboard Top 200, and is certified 6x Platinum in the US by the RIAA.
On this day in music history: July 27, 1993 - “Siamese Dream”, the second album by The Smashing Pumpkins is released. Produced by Butch Vig and Billy Corgan, it is recorded at Triclops Sound Studios in Atlanta, GA from December 1992 - March 1993. In spite of finding success with their debut album “Gish”, The Smashing Pumpkins are consumed by personal and inter band crises. At the time, guitarist James Iha and bassist D'arcy Wretzky once a couple, split acrimoniously. Drummer Jimmy Chamberlin sinks into drug and alcohol addiction, and bandleader Billy Corgan, having suffered from depression for many years, reaches a crisis point with it. Under intense pressure to deliver a strong follow up, they leave their home base of Chicago, to record in Atlanta, GA to avoid outside distractions. Working again with producer Butch Vig, Corgan is determined to achieve perfection. Feeling that D'arcy and James are unable to play what he hears in his head, Billy winds up playing nearly all of those parts himself, adding to the tension. More drama ensues when Jimmy Chamberlin disappears on drug binges, which lead to him entering rehab. Corgan’s depression deepens to the point where he is considering suicide. From that extreme low point, comes one of the album’s best songs. “Today” (#4 Modern Rock, #28 Mainstream Rock) is first song Corgan writes for “Dream”, penning the highly ironic lyric “Today is the greatest day I’ve ever known…”, at the height of his suicidal thoughts. With Virgin Records growing impatient with the band’s progress, back off when Corgan plays them the song. Spending four months in the studio, over $250,000 and six weeks mixing it with engineer Alan Moulder, the record is finally finished. “Cherub Rock” (#7 Modern Rock, #23 Mainstream Rock) is released first, but is just a modest success. “Today” is issued as the follow up, and is supported by a video directed by Stéphane Sednaoui (Red Hot Chili Peppers, U2, Björk), being heavily rotated on MTV. That is followed by “Disarm” (#5 Modern Rock), another song Corgan has written while depressed, is also a hit. Though it has a difficult birth, “Siamese Dream” is a major critical and commercial success. It cements their status as one of the top bands of the 90’s, establishing their own identity, apart from contemporaries like Nirvana and Pearl Jam. The album is remastered and reissued as a two CD + DVD deluxe edition in 2011, featuring the original thirteen song album on disc one. The second CD titled “Lollipop Fun Time” containing eighteen tracks, features demos, rough mixes, instrumentals and a live recording from a BBC radio broadcast. The DVD contains a full live concert filmed at The Metro in Chicago, IL on August 14, 1993. Given a limited vinyl pressing in 1993, it is remastered and reissued as a double vinyl set also in 2011. “Siamese Dream” peaks at number ten on the Billboard Top 200, and is certified 4x Platinum in the US by the RIAA.
On this day in music history: July 25, 1980 - “Back In Black”, the sixth album by AC/DC is released. Produced by Robert John “Mutt” Lange, it is recorded at Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas and Electric Lady Studios in New York City from April - May 1980. Following the major success of their previous album “Highway To Hell”, AC/DC are beset by tragedy when lead singer Bon Scott dies suddenly and unexpectedly of acute alcohol poisoning on February 19, 1980. Faced with the difficult decision of whether to continue or break up the band, with the blessing of Scott’s parents, AC/DC decides to soldier on, recruiting former Geordie lead vocalist Brian Johnson as their new singer. Working once again with South African born producer “Mutt” Lange, the band begin recording the album at Chris Blackwell’s (Island Records founder) studio in The Bahamas. Before sessions can begin, AC/DC suffer more setbacks as their equipment is held up in customs for a time before being released. Once in the studio, there are more problems, as tropical storms pelting the island make electricity unreliable, sometimes losing power for days at a time. Initially anxious about how fans will receive the new album and new singer Johnson, the publics’ reaction is overwhelmingly positive. Several songs become rock radio staples, including “You Shook Me All Night Long”, “Hells Bells” and the title track. The original vinyl LP release of the album features the bands logo and title embossed on the front cover. “Black” becomes the Australian hard rock band’s biggest selling album ever, becoming the sixth best selling album of all time in the US. The album is first remastered and reissued on CD in 1995, then remastered again in 2003, also being reissued as a 180 gram vinyl LP. “Back In Black” peaks at number four on the Billboard Top 200, and is certified 22x Platinum in the US by the RIAA, receiving a Double Diamond certification.
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On this day in music history: July 12, 1979 - WLUP radio DJ’s Steve Dahl and Gerry Meier stage a “Disco Demolition” rally at Comiskey Park in Chicago. The event takes place during a White Sox/Detroit Tigers doubleheader blowing up a bin with thousands of disco records, and it quickly spirals out of control. 50,000 plus fans attend the event which degenerates into a full scale riot, with people storming the field, setting bonfires to the debris littering the field and vandalizing the ball park. Chicago Cubs public announcer Harry Caray attempts to bring calm to the crowd by singing “Take Me Out To The Ball Game”, but it does not quell the mayhem as the mob goes unabated. Thirty nine people are arrested, and the second ball game are forfeited. The event goes down in infamy, and signals beginning of the end of the Disco Era in popular music.
Children were not informed about what conditions they apparently had.
“I don’t remember if I got anything in writing about their decision but
I don’t think I had an opportunity to challenge it … I took nine
pills in the morning and seven in the evening. I don’t know what
medications I was taking; no one ever told me that. I don’t know what my
diagnosis or illness is.”
Physical force was used to administer drugs.
“I also saw staff throw another youth to the ground, pry his mouth open
and force him to take the medicine … They told me that if I did not
take the medicine I could not leave, that the only way I could get out
of Shiloh was if I took the pills.”
Staff members initiated tranquilizations.
“When [a staff member at Shiloh] would call the medical staff, they
would come and give me a shot to tranquilize me. It happened many times.
They would give me the shot and then I would start to feel sleepy and
heavy, and like I didn’t have any strength. I would sleep for three or
four hours and then wake up and slowly start to feel my strength return.
When the staff did that, they left me in the classroom near the wall to
sleep.”
Children were verbally abused by staff to provoke a response.
“Some of the staff at Shiloh would provoke the children there and make
us angry intentionally. They made us act violently so then we had to be
given shots. The staff would call us names like ‘sons of a whore.’”
Some were unable to walk normally.
“They are requiring [my daughter] to take very powerful medications for
anxiety. I have noted that [she] is becoming more nervous, fearful, and
she trembles. [She] tells me that she has fallen several times …
because the medications were too powerful and she couldn’t walk.”
Some children experienced unhealthy weight gain, including one who said they put on nearly 100 pounds.
“After taking the medication, I was more tired, I felt sad and my eyes
got teary … I began to gain a lot of weight … In approximately 60
days, I gained 45 pounds.”
Some were handcuffed for days on end.
“At Shenandoah, my room had a mattress, a sink, and a toilet … I was
forced to wear handcuffs on my wrists and shackles on my feet for
approximately 10 days in a row.”
Children were allowed outside for only one hour a day.
“I am suffering a lot being in the Yolo Juvenile Detention Center. It
is a jail and I sleep in a locked, small jail cell. I can’t leave here
and have no freedom at all. We only get one hour of time outside each
day. I have to live in a small cell with concrete walls.”
Clothes were taken away. “Whenever I was put in restriction, they took away my mattress and blanket. They took my clothes away about 8 times.”
And these are just the children old enough to tell us.
Installation by David Bowen reproduces realtime wind data with a collection of mechanized stalks:
This installation consists of a series of 126 x/y tilting mechanical
devices connected to thin dried plant stalks installed in a gallery and a
dried plant stalk connected to an accelerometer installed outdoors.
When the wind blows it causes the stalk outside to sway. The
accelerometer detects this movement transmitting the motion to the
grouping of devices in the gallery. Therefore the stalks in the gallery
space move in real-time and in unison based on the movement of the wind
outside.
May-September 2018 a newly expanded version of tele-present wind was installed at Azkuna Zentroa, Bilbao
and the sensor was installed in an outdoor location adjacent to the
Visualization and Digital Imaging Lab at the University of Minnesota.
Thus the individual components of the installation in Spain moved in
unison as they mimicked the direction and intensity of the wind halfway
around the world. As it monitored and collected real-time data from this
remote and distant location, the system relayed a physical
representation of the dynamic and fluid environmental conditions.
