By Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone
January 2, 2014 11:30 AM
Arcade Fire scored some pretty solid advice from Neil Young after a Thanksgiving feast while the band were still working on their stellar 2013 album, Reflektor. “It was the end of the night and we were leaving,” frontman Win Butler tells Rainn Wilson in a new interview for the former Office star’s Soul Pancake site, “and he’s like, ‘Well, guys, have fun making your album. Or it can not be fun at all, that’s fine too. Doesn’t matter if it’s fun.’
“There’s conflict that’s supposed to be in making something good,” Butler added. “There’s, like, inherent conflict. It’s not something to be scared of.”
Along with relaying Young’s wry, sage wisdom, Butler also cited the rocker’s classic 1970 record After the Gold Rush as one of the most important albums in his life
we wish you all a great fest and thanks for being here. Also many thanks to the BNB team that makes all this possible.
It’s been a great Neil Young year — The Alchemy Tour through Australia and Europe (unfortunately the rest called off) — full of music, Neil’s activism, and so many Zumans and Nei fans meeting around the world, some of them for the first time in their life. Thank you all for this.
Have a peaceful outcome of this year and a colorful outlook for next year, 2014.
Neil Young’s Pono Music won’t launch at CES
By Janko Roettgers
Summary:
Pono is a no-show at CES: Neil Young’s high-definition music service and device won’t be launching in Vegas next month. Pono, the digital music company founded by music legend Neil Young, is delaying its launch: A Facebook post penned by Neil Young himself that had promised an “early 2014 launch” has been taken down, and the company is now saying that it won’t be at CES in Las Vegas next month.
Pono is Neil Young’s attempt to bring some of the qualities of original sound recordings back to the digital age. Young’s company will manufacture a personal audio player and also distribute high-definition music downloads.
The company is still keeping mum on some key details of its service, but Young said in the now-removed post that it works with “artist-approved studio masters” to restore music “to its original artistic quality.” Pono has also said that it is working with Meridian, a company that produces high-end audio and AV systems.
However, Pono isn’t the only company trying to woo consumers with better-sounding digital music. Next month’s CES will feature a dedicated “Hi Res Audio Experience” area, and companies like Sony will also feature high-resolution audio equipment at their booths. Pono’s promise has been that it will differentiate itself from these competitors by delivering more than just higher bitrates, but at least at CES, consumers won’t be able to hear the difference.
… but politely respect him, though he and his ilk is meaning less to the power.
Canadian prime minister shoves away Neil Young’s statement:
“He has a certain group of fans that follow him and it’s good that he’s
going on tour again. But from my perspective, we as the government of
Alberta have always had a really strong partnership with bands such as
Fort Chip, and we’ve had really good economic relationships as well as
consultation relationships and we’ve seen real improvements ...,”
Redford said Monday during a year-end interview with the Journal.
who the F is Fort Chip?
Redford, who said she hasn’t listened to a lot of Young’s music, said
the rock icon’s support for the First Nation won’t affect how her
government carries on.
“It’s always important to support communities and if he wants to support
communities, then that’s a good thing, but it’s certainly not a case
where there isn’t work going on, and good productive work going on, in
terms of economic benefits and partnership, and that’ll continue,”
Redford said.
I guess this is politician blah blah and worth analyzing just the words. Polite, but firm in ignorance.
“\"this is the town in NOrth Ontario, where I used to catch fish... is this beautiful? This is in my head, that\'s why you don\'t have to worry when you loose friends, because they are still in your head, in your heart\"” by Neil Young, \"Journeys\", Demme movie
Neil Young on Tour
Sugar Mountain setlists
Tom Hambleton provides BNB with setlists, thankfully. His website is the most comprehensive searchable archives on the Internets about anything Neil Young related setlists. Goto Sugar Mountain.
memphish on 
Albert Stromann on 
liza on 
Baz on 
