Live with Chris “Lightning” Freeman – keyboardist and second drummer for Manchester Orchestra, I ask him what his favorite song is for new listeners.
Get the song – Virgin 
Get the album of the year – Simple Math
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I rocked out with Manchester Orchestra last night in Denver. I’ve gone from being introduced to seeing them live… to solid fan in 2 days. This video is from their Hollywood show last week… Mind blowing Denver video to come.
The song above (Colly Strings – I’m Like a Virgin Losing a Child) is from their first album released in 2006.
Grab their newly released album and enjoy the growth of Manchester Orchestra with me. Simple Math was released on May 9th, 2011, it isn’t even a month old… songs 6, 7 and 8 played together will change your life.
6 – Virgin
7 – Simple Math
8 – Leave it Alone
Simple Math is simply a refresh on something artists tend to veer away from these days — actually making a complete album. Thank you Manchester for not following the normal and keeping the album alive.
The new sounds you install into your old songs + an absolutely mind blowing live performance = impossible to not love you. Thanks for the show.
Version 2 of the Coors Light mini-keg speakers have arrived to the home. Excited to see how these directional tweeters and drivers will blow my inner ear.
Props go out to the tester Testerman for dreaming these little beauties up.
Look for them in the store… soon.
Joy
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Can't forget the Doug Smith Show.
For those of you fortunate enough to hear the stories from my trip to west texas to document the amazing Doug Smith… you will appreciate this. For those of you fortunate enough to witness this performance of a lifetime – you already have an appreciation for Doug and his incredible story.
A true musical genius behind the piano. This is the first track I share with people to help them understand what a piano is supposed to sound like.
Get this song: West Texas
Get the most amazing live piano album of all time: Doug Smith – Live
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Wow - fair warning on this one... this is real. Would suggest watching alone. Fantastic story telling by Phos Pictures while utilizing an amazing track by Noah & the Whale.
Artist: Noah & The Whale
Song: The First Days of Spring
Album: The First Days of Spring (Bonus Track Version)
Credit: Amazing share Jordan Bradford
June 4th, 2011 – Ted Archuleta will reveal his newly shaped body to the world when he performs his 60 second routine to this get pumped version of “All of the Lights” by Kanye West and Rihanna.
1 – Listen to the mix we made — All of the Lights (Archuleta Mix by Hydle)
2 – Get pumped.
3 – Now you understand where the context of this email is coming from.
Ok Ted … time for Hydle to take charge of his health.
I want a program – I want small episodes of how to cook – how to eat healthy – and I want to understand why why why… why a certain percentage of whole wheat whatever is ok vs. some other whole wheat whatever. I want to bring this story into my blogo-sphere-land and story telling ability and it is going to connect with other random cooking things I have in the pipeline.
There is a space for this now and in the future… your identity has already been slightly established (http://www.hydle.com/blog/tag/ted-archuleta/) and with your weight training and body building success about to unfold we have a perfect launching platform to tell stories.
This will take work — actually it will probably be the most difficult thing you have ever achieved (way harder then going to coors complex and not drinking beer)… but I think you can muster it. Let me know if you are up for being the master dietitian… + rocket scientist. And maybe energy drink review master for Hydle.com
Rock on!
Hydle
4 – Support Ted at the Mile High Natural Bodybuilding Championships on June 4th.
5 – Live better and smile more.
6 – Repeat steps 1 and 2.
7 – Repeat step 6 – over and over and over again.
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I don't usually link to videos that have reached an audience this large, but this is just too good.
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A new mix tape just landed from DJ Cobra – and it’s worth putting on the listening docket. Grab Illionaire from his media page and conveniently place it on your iPhods.
Thanks to Brent Adair for continually finding these free mixtapes.
/// Track Listing ///
1. Intro
2. Roll Over Memories
3. How Low Can Gaga Go
4. Apologies Sexy
5. Freakin’ Power Mobbin
6. Crank That Ice Box
7. Children & Money
8. Turning Money & Stunting Like Matisyahu
9. Awww Naa Forever Anthem
10. Break Your Rehab & Transform
11. Pretty Girls Close To Me
12. Juicy Move Of My Heart
13. Stand Up! Goldfinger
14. Chillen Like Phil Collins & Heavy D
15. Hello, Girls Around The World
16. Timbaland’s Next Episode
17. Lil Wayne & Delilah
18. Have A Baby By Me Baby & Get Money
19. Everybody Holla Back Young’n
20. Pon Da Ice
21. No Love For Black Box
22. My Superman Love
23. Gossip Folks Ante Up To Pitbull
24. Do You Remember The Time We Bounced?
25. I’m Ready, Shorty
26. Right Round Soulja Boy
27. Pony Loves You Down
28. Christopher Walken Needs Sugar
29. Jay-Z Got Us Falling In Love
30. Everybody Say My Name On Danse
31. Roll Out! Flirt
32. Beautiful Deuces Get It In
33. Shawty Copies My Swagger
34. Ninja Swings That Body Rock
35. Steady Turning My Mobbin’ On
36. Gangsta Is My Life
37. All I Do Is Shake My Money Maker
38. Love The Way You Get That Dirt Off
39. All About The Dougie, Rude Boy
40. Ready Or Not Ice Cream
41. Suicidal Airplanes Set It Off
42. Just A Shutterbug Billionaires Street Dream
43. Christian Dior Dude
44. Roc Boys Closing Time
45. Yesterday Is Over
Big Head Todd is coming back “as usual” for the first must attend summer concert at Red Rocks. This years show is on June 11th, 2011 with opening by Guster. Get your tickets.
Here is a walk down memory lane:
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[iDevice Link] <— 24,268 This is coming straight from a rocket scientist. You the man Ted. Lets celebrate national pi day together. Happy March, 14th (at 1:59 and 26 seconds). [Time Newsfeed]
[iDevice Link] <— 603 In reference to TJ Fry's Facebook Wimp Post on the Most ridiculously awesome steadicam shot ever – I wanted more… More of this amazing song by Petr Elfimov from Belarus.
Sad his song, Eyes That Never Lie couldn’t advance to the semi-final round of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow. The 387 Point 1st place performance of Fairytale by Alexander Rybak somehow took the gold.
[iDevice Link] <— 21,510 In November of 2010 I had the opportunity to road trip to Lubbock, Texas to tell a story about a west texas piano player who goes by the name of Doug Smith. My only introduction to Doug prior to engaging with him at his home in Petersburg, Texas was this video above... and a minor tour through his music library from the iPod on the road trip down. Doug was injured in a car accident in 2007 while driving home from his studio late one evening on a two lane rural Texas road. Hey lay upside down for 3 hours with a broken neck before he was found and ultimately transferred to Craig Hospital in Englewood, Colorado to continue his rehabilitation back to the piano. As you will see in these future posts about this life changing trip to the cotton fields of west Texas, Doug Smith has since returned to the studio in a new musical form.
“You don’t need hands to play a piano… you don’t need legs either. You just need a will in your heart.”
Look for the release of Doug Smith’s first post injury album to be hit the shelves shortly after the 10th annual Craig Hospital PUSH Dinner on March 3rd, 2011 – where you will also get to view this completed video project.
For more information and tickets to the 10th annual PUSH Dinner – follow this (yet to be found) link.
Super Bowl Ad favorites are coming in from every direction. Lets jump into who was in charge of some of these creative pieces.
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Super Bowl XLV Advertisement Brand – Chrystler
Commercial Name – Born of Fire (Imported from Detroit)
Hydle Ranking – Almost Genius
Eminem previously appeared in a “Brisk” Super Bowl Ad that blatantly states why he does NOT do commercials prior to this Chrysler ad running. Whether it was unfortunate timing or not… the two ads did not jive with me.
Full Credits
Agency: Wieden + Kennedy Portland
Client: Chrysler
Creative Director: Aaron Allen
Creative Director: Joe Staples
Copywriter: Joe Staples
Copywriter: Mark Fitzloff
Copywriter: Kevin Jones
Copywriter: Greg Rutter
Copywriter: Dan Kroeger
Art Director: Jimm Lasser
Producer: Bob Wendt
Executive Creative Director: Mark Fitzloff
Executive Creative Director: Susan Hoffman
Agency Executive Producer: Ben Grylewicz
Production Company: Serial Pictures
Director: Samuel Bayer
Executive Producer: Violaine Etienne
Line Producer: Martha English
Director of Photography: Samuel Bayer
Editorial Company: Joint
Editor: Tommy Harden
Post Producer: Jennifer Patterson
Post Executive Producer: Patty Brebner
VFX Company: Method
VFX Executive Producer: Robert Owens
Flame Artist: Claus Hansen
VFX Producer: Ashley Zastrow
Titles/Graphics: A52
Music & Sound Company: Que Chevere Music
Music & Sound Company: Sync2Picture
Music & Sound Company: Shady Records
Composer: Marshall Mathers
Composer: Jeff Bass
Composer: Luis Resto
Composer: Rhys Chatham
Sound Designer: Luis Resto
Mix Company: Eleven
Mixer: Jeff Payne
Producer: DJ Fox-Engstrom
[iDevice Link] <— 4,362,057 views Elements to success in this video. 1 shot - love it. Genius.
