What about nature? . . . Live life to the fullest!

Outside magazine:
Every issue of Outside brings you entertaining destination guides to help you find hidden escapes and plan special trips, reviews of the best outdoor and sports gear, the latest fitness and nutrition news to get you in the best shape of your life and much more. Make plans for great trips. Experience thrills you've never imagined. Discover the best adventure tours in the world. Enjoy armchair escapades. Understand important environmental issues. Spend money wisely on outdoor gear. Read about mountain climbing, kayaking, helicopter skiing and so much more! Only Outside puts you in the center of all the action! Outside is a 2013 winner of the National Magazine award for General Excellence and is a 5 time winner of this prestigious honor. Outside magazine helps you live life to the fullest! 


OM first published in Sept 1977
Its founders were Jann Wenner (the first editor in chief), William Randolph Hearst III (its first managing editor), and Jack Ford (an assistant to founding publisher Donald Welsh and a son of former U.S. President Gerald Ford).

Outside launched the careers of Sebastian Junger, Jon Krakauer, and other freelance travel and adventure writers. Though the magazine has tilted toward a more commercial aesthetic in recent years, it has also recruited figures from the literary world for freelance assignments.

Writers whose work has appeared in Outside include Bruce Barcott, Tim Cahill, Daniel Coyle, E. Annie Proulx, naturalist and author David Quammen, and Bob Shacochis. Songwriter David Berkeley also worked for Outside.

Outside magazine: on a mission to inspire participation in the world outside through award-winning coverage of the sports, people, places, adventures, discoveries, environmental issues, health and fitness, gear and apparel, style and culture that define the active lifestyle.
Nowadays everything has a brand and marketing campaign. What about nature?
Maybe a dose of humor and the outdoors would be a good prescription.
Time for Mother Nature to get her own commercial.

This Is the Best Drug Commercial You'll Ever See
Set in the world of a spoofed prescription drug commercial, Nature Rx offers a hearty dose of laughs and the outdoors - two timeless prescriptions for whatever ails you. Side effects may include confidence, authenticity, remembering you have a body, and being in a good mood for no apparent reason. Nature RX is a grassroots movement dedicated to entertaining and informing people about the humorous and healing aspects of getting outdoors. Nature RX series aims to bring awareness; research show that spending more time in nature improves your health, well-being and leads to making better environmental decisions.  Learn more, and discover how to connect to nature and share the good.

'Saying Nothing Speaks Loud'—
The biggest Vogue of the year, the vaunted 2015 September issue (832 pages, four pounds, three ounces), is now on the stands. On its cover is arguably the biggest star of the moment, Beyoncé. (Chronology of Coverage).

Sept. 2015: Uncover the Biggest VOGUE of the Year!

Among celebrity profiles, Vogue is very nearly the holy grail. Submitting to a top-tier magazine profile means a peek behind the well-guarded curtain, a soul-baring interview plus a few hours gamely spent on publicist-arranged fun. For Vogue, they have fed elephants (Reese Witherspoon), browsed Birkins (Anne Hathaway), even wept, albeit over onions cut in a cooking class (Scarlett Johansson).

It is part of the bargain struck between celebrities and the news media, where face time and a few juicy first-person revelations are traded for a starring role.

But inside Vogue’s September issue, Beyoncé says not a word.

 “I woke up like this.”— Here come the suspense.


Flash To A View: Sydney Pollack's 'Amazing Grace';
The Tortured 4-Decade History of the Film Aretha Franklin Wants to Stop.

A documentary about Franklin's famous performance at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church that became the Grammy-winning live album Amazing Grace, the film has long suffered from technical and legal challenges. 

Many of those issues had seemed settled, and the long-awaited premiere of the film was one of the most anticipated releases of the Telluride festival. But after Franklin sought an injunction, a judge in Colorado said the singer should have the right to approve a film that presents her work and likeness. Full Article by Bill Chappell Via NPR: Aretha Franklin Blocks Premiere Of Concert Film 'Amazing Grace'

It is extremely rare for a festival to remove a film from its lineup after it has been announced. Ms. Franklin prevailed in an 11th-hour legal bid to stop the Telluride Film Festival from screening Sydney Pollack’s posthumous documentary “Amazing Grace”—

“Amazing Grace”:http://t.co/HecJsgT83n “A film that essentially recreates the entire concert experience is not fair use of this footage.”

— A Po'boy's Journey! (@Aboutpoboy) September 5, 2015

 Pollack's 'Amazing Grace' in its original form; Franklin, "loves" the movie.

A Flash To View Moment

Hot Topics of 2015? 'Caitlyn's Courage', 'Two Camps in Hollywood'—

There are two camps in Hollywood right now:
The Skins (who show way too much) and the Prims (the serious actresses who show almost nothing) as attention vs. acclaim duke it out through clothing: "A dying career can be resuscitated by sexuality, but a live one can get murdered by it." And perhaps the hottest topic of the year— Caitlyn: 'Deserves an ESPY' or 'Just A Crass exploitation play.' Media and Magazine cover concepts makes it clear: The flame is on!

Yes, sex still sells. In Hollywood, a cultural divide has split the red carpet, with celebrities who could be considered "Skins" on one side and, on the other, "Prims." The Skins are the stars who pose and expose (parts of) themselves, from Gwyneth Paltrow to Kates Hudson and Beckinsale, hyping sex and body image at premieres, events and awards shows. Forget #AskHerMore — #ShowThemMore is what Jennifer Lopez and Kim Kardashian had in mind when they wore strategically placed sequins (and little else) to the Met Ball; Beyonce even changed her dress en route when she clocked the revealing red-carpet photos of her Skin-sational peers. As for the Prims: These are the covered-up, even modest, generally younger actresses, including Emmas Watson and Stone, who are playing for awards gold — which comes with a lower (i.e., more prestigious) payday. (The velvet- and Victoriana-reviving fall 2015 collections of Givenchy, Lanvin, Chanel, Oscar de la Renta and Valentino seem to be on the side of propriety and these Prim Young Things.) STYLE NEWS by Merle Ginsberg via THR/ Billboard

Read about the latest in Hollywood and entertainment news from The Hollywood Reporter,  a multiplatform American media brand founded in 1930. @THR focusing on the source for detailed movie reviews, celebrity styles, fashion and industry. This mag's format covers much more such as finance, lifestyle, technology, law and politics.

The Hollywood Reporter is one of the two major publications (based on market size) focused on Hollywood, the other being Variety. Both publications have expanded to cover what is more broadly called the entertainment industry. 

Caitlyn's Courage: Finally “Free”
One of the greatest human athlete of our time told the world that she is transgender.
 Introducing Caitlyn Jenner

Speaking publicly for the first time since completing gender transition, Caitlyn Jenner compares her emotional two-day photo shoot with Annie Leibovitz for the July cover of Vanity Fair to winning the gold medal for the decathlon at the 1976 Olympics. She tells Pulitzer Prize–winning V.F. contributing editor and author of Friday Night Lights Buzz Bissinger, “That was a good day, but the last couple of days were better. . . .

This shoot was about my life and who I am as a person. It’s not about the fanfare, it’s not about people cheering in the stadium, it’s not about going down the street and everybody giving you ‘that a boy, Bruce,’ pat on the back, O.K. This is about your life.”

Vanity Fair’s 22-page cover story features stunning Annie Leibovitz photos of Caitlyn Jenner, formerly known as Bruce, along with revealing new details. A preview of the story.— VANITY FAIR

Via a statement, ESPN— "Sometimes courage is demonstrated over the course of a lifetime and sometimes it is demonstrated in a single act that shines a light on an important contemporary issue."

It took Caitlyn's entire life to harness enough strength, enough bravery, to stand up and say this. In my opinion, she's more than just a little bit of progress, and she deserves to be seen and heard. “I for one can't wait to hear her acceptance speech when she gets her ESPY.” — Sandra Carreon-John


 Flash to a View: “I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.”— B.B. King
In performances, his singing and his solos flowed into each other as he wrung notes from the neck of his guitar, vibrating his hand as if it were wounded, his face a mask of suffering. Many of the songs he sang — like his biggest hit, “The Thrill Is Gone” (“I’ll still live on/But so lonely I’ll be”) — were poems of pain and perseverance.
 
Mr. King helped expand the audience for the blues through “the urbanity of his playing, the absorption of a multiplicity of influences, not simply from the blues, along with a graciousness of manner and willingness to adapt to new audiences and give them something they were able to respond to.” Mr. B.B. King passed at age 89— A Defining Bluesman for Generations.— Full Article   by TIM WEINER Via NYT

With a few words of encouragement.— B. B. stood for Blues Boy


 Who Rewrote the Language of Jazz?
Ornette Coleman, the alto saxophonist and composer who was one of the most powerful and contentious innovators in the history of jazz, passed away on June 11, 2015.

Ornette Coleman was more voluble and theoretical than John Coltrane, the other great pathbreaker of that jazz era. He was a kind of musician-philosopher, whose interests reached well beyond jazz. He was seen as a native avant-gardist, personifying the American independent will as much as any artist of the last century.

If his words were sometimes oblique, his music was usually not. Very few listeners today would fail to understand the appeal of his early songs like “Una Muy Bonita” (bright, bouncy) and “Lonely Woman” (tragic, flamencoesque). His run of records for the Atlantic label near the beginning of his career — especially “The Shape of Jazz to Come,” “Change of the Century” and “This Is Our Music” — pushed through an initial wall of skepticism and even ridicule to be recognized as some of the greatest albums in jazz history.— Full Article by BEN RATLIFF Via NYT

 “I’ve learned that everyone has their own moveable C.” — Ornette Coleman

“Nothing exists that is not in the form of life, because life is eternal.” — Ornette Coleman http://t.co/zCegMD5jW1 pic.twitter.com/obYoiXzO1D

— A Po'boy's Journey! (@Aboutpoboy) June 12, 2015

 “Life is how the pass and future connect.”— It's A Flash To A View !

MAXIM delivers the best of what guys want—

GOT a problem with this?

Supermodel Lisalla Montenegro Wilson loves fast cars, fastballs, and obsessing crazily over Game of Thrones. Got a problem with that?  LMW Isn't an Angel .

MAXIM— beautiful women, big laughs, and cool gear every month! Maxim is a unique combination of service journalism and irreverent humor, addressing real concerns of regular guys. Its success comes from understanding that men need to know a little bit about a lot of things; Maxim delivers this information in a witty and relevant style!

April 2015: The "prettiest girl in the whole fucking world" hits Maxim's Cover;
When you've built a multimillion-dollar career out of wearing next to nothing, the question of just how much skin to reveal can come down to a few very strategic centimeters of fabric.

Full back? Yes. Microscopic bikini bottoms? Sure. Still, it's a game of inches, and something has to be left to the imagination.

For Lil Aldridge, 29, the "prettiest girl in the whole fucking world" (according to her husband, Kings of Leon frontman Caleb Followill) toeing that line between lust object and celebrity-power-brand-in-the-making is all part of the business plan.

Though she's been modeling since she was 14, Aldridge debuted as a Victoria's Secret model in 2009; she is now one of just eight Angels. She landed the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit's 50th anniversary issue last year. Add her cred in high-fashion circles — shoots in Vogue and a campaign for Michael Kors — and Aldridge has won the Triple Crown of modeling.
As you might expect from any other thoroughbred, she says her contracts are ironclad, stipulating precisely how much of her extraordinary physique she'll bare. "I'm very careful about it," she says. 潲Posted by Sarah Horne Grosse

Flash To A View Moment:
"American Pie" is a song by American folk rock singer and songwriter Don McLean. Recorded and released on the American Pie album in 1971, the single was a number-one US hit for four weeks in 1972. In the UK, the single reached No. 2 on its original 1972 release and a reissue in 1991 reached No. 12. The song was listed as the No. 5 song on the RIAA project Songs of the Century. Audio Sample— 

On April 7 2015, "American Pie" manuscript sold for $1.2m
“I would say to young songwriters who are starting out to immerse yourself in beautiful music and beautiful lyrics and think about every word you say in a song.” Don McLean, Feb 13, 2015.

“American Pie” manuscript sold for $1.2m

“For more than 40 years I have rambled around every state of the union and many, many countries of the world. My primary interests in life have been America, singing, songwriting, and the English language. I love the English language as much as anything in life and words really do mean something. I thought it would be interesting as I reach age 70 to release this work product on the song American Pie so that anyone who might be interested will learn that this song was not a parlor game. It was an indescribable photograph of America that I tried to capture in words and music and then was fortunate enough through the help of others to make a successful recording.”— Don McLean


 American Pie…Something touched me deep inside. The Don McLean Story.
Flash 2A View!



Words Without Music;
 ultimately, you have the power of music to change the world.

Shape Magazine helps women develop a healthy lifestyle to last a lifetime;

Upbeat, lively and truthful, Shape gives you instantly useful techniques to make exercise and fitness more varied and fun, helps you trim the fat, and keeps today's woman challenged and motivated to look and feel her best. With each issue of Shape Magazine also comes great recipes, fashion tips, horoscopes, and beauty advice.


Sections within the magazine include Features & Cover Stories, Shape Your Life, Look Great, Live Healthy, Get Fit, Eat Right, You In Shape, and In Every Issue, which includes From the Editor’s Desk, Contributors, Readers Speak Out, The Hot List, and Fit & Famous. Every issue of Shape magazine includes the latest health, exercise, and nutrition news. Shape provides nutrition advice, as well as recipes. They provide new exercise routines and tips monthly.


Shape embraces a healthy lifestyle, which is represented through their cover models. Previous cover models include Ellen DeGeneres, Kelly Osbourne and Jillian Michaels. The “Up Close With” section provides an interview with the cover model and they provide their advice on how to live a healthy lifestyle. 2015 January issue presents Jada Pinkett Smith, showing major skin for Shape magazine! The 43-year-old actress puts her amazing body on display for the magazine's cover. Inside, Pinkett Smith talks about her fitness motivation. It turns out, it's her husband, Will Smith!


At the back of the magazine there is the “Fit & Famous” section where Shape interviews a celebrity who provides more tips on how to lead a more long, happy and confident life.


The “Readers Speak Out” and “You Asked” sections allow for Shape readers to make comments about previous issues and ask the contributors questions regarding fitness, nutrition and health. Shape contributors include medical doctors, registered dieticians, personal trainers, and other professional (PhD). Cynthia Sass, M.P.H., R.D. is a contributing editor who provides Shape’s nutritional advice. Doctor Oz, M.D. has previously provided contributions to the magazine as well. There are various other contributors depending on the topic/specialty.


The “Success Stories” section provides diet and exercise tips that have worked for other readers during their weight loss experience. Furthermore, the “Weight Loss Diary” section follows an average woman on her weight loss journey. In combination, these two sections provide real life tips that work for different body and lifestyle types to readers who are also on their weight loss journey. Other topics include sex, mind/spirit, beauty, travel, fashion, work, home and style.

Cosmopolitan 

The best-selling young women's magazine, Cosmopolitan Magazine helps women achieve their personal and professional goals. Each issue offers advice on interpersonal relationships, fashion and beauty tips, insights into the working world for women, information on eating healthy and exercising right, and articles on how to balance a busy schedule and reduce stress. Cosmo's credo is to help young, ambitious, and fearless women get the most out of their lives.

Marc Jacobs has released his spring/summer 2015 campaign yesterday, confirming a lineup of nine lucky models: a mix of well-established names like Karlie Kloss and Joan Smalls and fresh faces like Kendall Jenner (pictured above). It's Kendall's first campaign for the label, and only her second major campaign period — though it's her third time working with Marc Jacobs, having walked in his last two runway shows. As with many of her gigs, Kendall will likely be sending some thanks and flowers to stylist Katie Grand, her fashion fairy godmother/stunt queen, who served as the shoot's editor.

Still though, that wig.  You win some, you lose some.

Article by Alex Rees

How JPS Stays Fit?:
Find out how the actress maintains her tight, toned body—plus, how she keeps the romance alive with Will after 18 years of marriage.

Jada Pinkett Smith may be tiny (she clocks in at just 5 feet and weighs 108 pounds), but the actress claims to never actually feel petite—an attribute that helps her command presence in her role as a kick-ass Mob boss on Gotham. Read Full Article
As for her fitness motivation? "Well, I love when Will looks at me and says, 'You look so freaking good!' When my husband of almost 20 years can't take his eyes off of me? That's amazing.”

Flash 2A View Moment:
Frankie Goes to Hollywood;


On the back of an enormous publicity campaign, Frankie Goes to Hollywood dominated British music in 1984. Frankie's dance-pop borrowed heavily from the then-current Hi-NRG movement, adding a slick pop sensibility and production. What really distinguished the group was not their music, but their marketing campaign. With a series of slogans, T-shirts, and homoerotic videos, the band caused enormous controversy in England and managed to create some sensations in the United States. However, the Frankie sensation was finished as soon as it was started; by the release of their second album, Liverpool, in 1986, the group's audience had virtually disappeared.


 On this day in music, provides information on musicians who where born on this day, like recordings, gigs, deaths, chart positions and significant events.

Remember; the world is yours, 
“And, in the end
The love you take
is equal to the love you make.”
― Paul McCartney

Flash 2A View!

The Ultimate Women's Lifestyle Content:

“You owe it to your loved ones as well as yourself to know and pursue your pleasures.” ― Mireille Guiliano

                                          W mag. Welcome to the NetWork!


W is the pure luxury, fashion and lifestyle magazine design for discerning, modern women. W provides the ultimate insider experience, an original provocative approach to fashion, beauty, society, art, culture, travel and entertainment. Its lavish presentation has gained W Magazine the gold medal for fashion; thereby Wins 2013 National Magazine Award for Feature Photography! Live it out, W― the art of Living.
 “We never argue about anything aesthetic."― @Wmag!

In addition to the best original lifestyle content:
POPSUGAR!, a global women's lifestyle brand focused in media, commerce, and technology. PS' mission is to connect women with new entertainment, products, and experiences they're most passionate about.
POPSUGAR is the go-to destination for the biggest moments, the hottest trends, and the best tips in entertainment, celebrity, fashion, beauty, fitness, food, and parenting.
POPSUGAR's growing portfolio of commerce brands includes ShopStyle, the leading fashion search engine, and POPSUGAR Must Have, a monthly subscription box featuring editor-curated products.
Since its inception, POPSUGAR has focused on an audience of women 18-40 and has incomparable expertise in understanding their interests, needs, and behaviors.
                                               POPSUGAR-- It's Alive!


Flash 2A View Moment: “Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside while still alive. Never surrender.” ― Tupac Shakur

"All Eyez " was on Tupac Amaru Shakur;
 known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper. In addition to his status as a top-selling recording artist, Shakur was a successful film actor and a prominent social activist. He is recognized in the Guinness Book of World Records as the highest-selling rap artist, with over 75,000,000 albums sold worldwide, including over 50,000,000 in the United States.

Most of Shakur's songs are about growing up amid violence and hardship in ghettos, racism, problems in society and conflicts with other rappers. Shakur's work is known for advocating political, economic, social and racial equality.

Shakur's debut album, 2Pacalypse Now, gained critical recognition and backlash for its controversial lyrics. Shakur became the target of lawsuits and experienced other legal problems. Later, he was shot five times and robbed in the lobby of a recording studio in New York City. Following the event, Shakur grew suspicious that other figures in the rap industry had prior knowledge of the incident and did not warn him; the controversy helped spark the East Coast-West Coast hip hop rivalry.
 
                                                     "Expletive You"

 On September 7, 1996, Shakur was shot four times in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas.
 Stories that Shakur is still alive persist today, despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Since then, his story has become legend.

   “For any population who feels that they don’t have folks to speak for them, there’s always the hope that an icon like Tupac still exists. And when you hear Tupac’s music today, it reignites that hope; it reignites that wish that he was still around. And through his music, he will always be around.” They didn’t want Tupac Shakur to be a martyr or hero because he told the cops "Expletive You".

“For any population who feels that they don’t have folks to speak for them,” Emdin says, “there’s always the hope that an icon like Tupac still exists. And when you hear Tupac’s music today, it reignites that hope; it reignites that wish that he was still around. And through his music, he will always be around.” - See more at: http://vegasseven.com/2014/05/21/last-words-tupac-shakur/#sthash.Z1iLMmpy.dpuf

“Why am I fighting to live,
If I am just living to fight
Why am I trying to see.
When there aint nothing in sight
Why am I trying to give,
When no one gives me a try
Why am I dying to live,
If I am just living to die?”
― Tupac Shakur

“For any population who feels that they don’t have folks to speak for them,” Emdin says, “there’s always the hope that an icon like Tupac still exists. And when you hear Tupac’s music today, it reignites that hope; it reignites that wish that he was still around. And through his music, he will always be around.” - See more at: http://vegasseven.com/2014/05/21/last-words-tupac-shakur/#sthash.Z1iLMmpy.dpuf

“For any population who feels that they don’t have folks to speak for them,” Emdin says, “there’s always the hope that an icon like Tupac still exists. And when you hear Tupac’s music today, it reignites that hope; it reignites that wish that he was still around. And through his music, he will always be around.” - See more at: http://vegasseven.com/2014/05/21/last-words-tupac-shakur/#sthash.Z1iLMmpy.dpuf

Tupac: Resurrection brings unprecedented clarity and soulful intimacy to the life and work of the late Tupac Shakur. Resurrection features the artist in his own words, letters, and poems. They are showcased here, along with dozens of never-before-seen photographs, lyrics, screenplay ideas, and other personal effects.

  Capturing as never before the unrivaled passion and intense candor that made him one of America's bestselling solo recording artists of all time, Tupac: Resurrection stands as an indelible testament to Tupac's astonishing cultural legacy.


 #TheJourney: Tupac was making a name for himself as an actor in the years before his death. Do you think he would have ended up on Broadway?

              Musical director Kenny Leon say― 'Holler If Ya Hear Me' to EW;
  “California Love” is now a show tune. Tupac Shakur’s legacy forms the backbone of “Holler If Ya Hear Me,” tells a story about family, friendship and community. The world inside Tupac Shakur’s music and lyrics blazes to life in an entertaining new Broadway musical!

Broadway has always given voice to popular culture and social change. South Pacific, West Side Story, Hair, For Colored Girls…, Sarafina and Rent  are among the hits that hit home. Now Broadway gives voice to the lyrics of Tupac Shakur, whose music has sold over 77 million albums!

HOLLER IF YA HEAR ME is a riveting, non-biographical story about friendship, love, change, family and hope—an original work that is at once a love story and an unretouched picture of life in the streets.  Don’t miss this chance to experience the sheer brilliance of one of the 20th century’s most prophetic and influential voices whose message continues to echo throughout our culture today.

“You can spend minutes, hours, days, weeks, or even months over-analyzing a situation; trying to put the pieces together, justifying what could've, would've happened... or you can just leave the pieces on the floor and move the fuck on.”
― Tupac Shakur

Flash 2A View Moment, Thanks for your time!

Call on the masses: New York And London Has Something In Common―

                                                            NYLON!

 

“We must agree on what matters: kissing in public places, bacon sandwiches, disagreement, cutting-edge fashion, literature, generosity, water, a more equitable distribution of the world's resources, movies, music, freedom of thought, beauty, love.”
― Salman Rushdie

Do you recognize the young lady above? Yes, that's Tavi Gevinson. Ever since the Nylon “It Girl Issue” was born in 2007, the magazine’s annual cover has featured the likes of Emma Stone, Elizabeth Olsen, and more. Joining the elite club this year is Tavi Gevinson, who, at 18, already bears the titles “actress, writer, and founder and editor-in-chief of Rookie magazine.” Why was Tavi bestowed the prestigious title, you ask? Oh, because, according to Nylon, “she’s definitely got ‘it.’” Seems reasonable?, bam: Tavi Gevinson, ‘Nylon’ Magazine’s Latest ‘It’ Girl Takes Over The World.

 Nylon is an American magazine and digital media company that focuses on pop culture and fashion. Its coverage includes art, beauty, music, design, celebrities, technology and travel. Its name references New York and London. Dana Fields is the Publisher.

Nylon Magazine packs in culture and fashion for the independent soul. Get on the cutting edge of new music and styles before it's watered down for the masses.

NYLON merges high culture and pop culture to bring the best style, music, moves, art, and more to viewers. Every major celebrity of the moment has been featured on NYLON TV, whether it be behind the scenes from their cover shoot with an exclusive video interview just for NYLON TV, or via world wide events, parties, or special creative collaborations.


 The NYLON TV channel continues to build content around fashion and beauty shoots in addition to Nylon's signature music and entertainment features happening in-book and online each month.


Since its launch in 1999, NYLON magazine has been the reigning authority on fashion, music, and beauty for the modern and intelligent young woman, so stay tuned, Nylon: Styled Out!

 Nylon Guys Magazine; devoted to men's fashions. Its coverage includes art, music, design, technology, men's fashion and travel. It is a branch off of Nylon with a focus on the interests of guys.

Nylon Guys has featured a variety of celebrity men on their covers, including Jesse Eisenberg, Gerard Way, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Pharrell Williams and Michael Pitt. The most recently featured, Usher;
The man’s a super star in every sense of the word. (And it’s been that way since he was 16, might we add.)



The Cutting Edge: Has anyone been paying attention to this crew?
They're #TCB in the most unusual way―

 He's Drafting A Blueprint for Music's Future: Through his visibility in television and on social media, there may be no performer better positioned than Blake Shelton to thrive in music’s brave new world.

Earlier this month, the Voice kicked off it’s seventh season and the premiere drew almost 13 million viewers.

This season, Blake will be going for his fourth title, which would be the most of any coach.

Even if he doesn’t win, though, he’ll probably add a couple million more followers to Twitter,


many of whom will likely be interested to hear whether there will be another leg of Ten Times Crazier anytime in 2015. Read Full Article by Jesse Lawrence via Forbes.

This Queen Is: “clearly among the most powerful people in the music industry at the moment … so to understand the operation behind such a powerful figure is always very interesting.”
― Elberse

For those who have somehow forgotten about the seminal news event of the past several years: Without any advance marketing, this music artist released a self-titled album of songs and videos at the stroke of midnight on December 13, 2013, effectively just leaving it on iTunes and walking away. When fans awoke to the stunning news, they found they could buy only the $15.99 album in full—sampling one song at a time was out of the question.

The Queen was able to eschew the standard prerelease industry regimen of advertisements, singles, public appearances, and just generally making any mention of a new album, in part because she is who?,—Beyoncé! Now, Business Professors Are Serious About Studying  The Queen Bey's Method.

There's the straight ahead Lenny Kravitz classic rock mojo that has helped him sell over 40 million albums. Then there's the surprising slight nods to everything from Duran Duran to Cameo. VIBE sat down with the veteran artist, actor, and father of actress Zoe Kravitz to discuss everything from the eyebrow-raising inspiration behind Strut; the racial politics he had to endure in achieving his full blown rock star cred; and finally gaining acceptance in the black community to what makes Stevie Wonder, Prince and Paul McCartney the ultimate badass musicians.— 'Get Rid Of The Guitar'

But I wouldn't do it, and at that time I was living a Ford Pinto. So I don't know what made me hold on. I wanted to be me, but when you are being offered recording deals at 17 and you are living in your car you would think I would be like, "Alright, whatever...I'll make the music y'all want me to make. Let me get this money." But I didn't, and I thank God, because you wouldn't be talking to me today. I would have made one album and it would have been over.



“Real-World Music Listening”
Whether your favorite song is Bach’s "Toccata And Fugue In D Minor" or Lil Wayne’s "Let It Rock," your brain reacts to it in the same way.When we hear our favorite music, our thoughts tend to shift inward, activating the default mode network (DMN) a network of brain regions that's active when a person is awake but at rest. Our favorite songs also seem to spark a connection between our auditory circuts and the hippocampus, a region responsible for memory and emotions. The real question: Can Your Favorite Song Make You Smarter?

 The special tribute;
Michael In His Own Words is a beautiful 100-page celebration of the life of the King of Pop, Michael Jackson.

Inside you will find 5,000 words from Michael, including his last U.S. magazine interview, which was conducted by Ebony Magazine; Celebrity farewell essays from Quincy Jones, Berry Gordy, Ne-Yo and others; Memorable photos from the Ebony Magazine archives. Quantities of this special tribute Collector's book are limited.
 A Must for Any MJ Fan


A FlashToView Moment: REVIEW


There are alot of so called tribute magazines out there. They fall into 3 catagories: 

 1)Cheaply thrown together in order to make a buck off of Michael. Offering little to no substantial content.

 2)Magazines that still vilify him in his death and still feel a need to cover him in lies or negativity. These topics to me include any discussions that involve his appearance or discussion of those false charges which he was found (many forget) NOT GUILTY of.

 3)Well, researched, beautiful, work that pays tribute and honor to the man that was Michael Jackson. This falls into the last catagory. Michael had a longstanding relationship with Ebony, even granting them his last interview and photo shoot.

This edition is a beautifully made tribute that the magazine took time in making in order to give fans a true collectors magazine. What makes this magazine special is that it contains many rare photos from Ebony's own archives, interviews from Michael himself, and reflections from his good friends and employees of Michael (including his hairstylist, which I really liked her memories of him :)).

These reflections are not gossip, like what we have been seeing all over the news, but instead, cherished memories of their time spent with him. One of these treats is that from his concert manager who was organizing his tour. He shares with us his last night spent with Michael,the night before he passed. He also speaks about how Michael was so warmed by how the fans had received him. It is heartwarming and tender. This magazine offers much more, but I won't spoil it for anyone. I will just say, if you only get just one, get this one.

“The greatest education in the world is watching the masters at work.” ― Michael Jackson

                                              A Little Masterful Work Well Done, MJ


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A "Minuet In G" with a Motown - Funk Brothers' bassline?. . . hmm, equal to a smash-hit! 'A Lover's Concerto' by The Toys:

This melody was adapted from "Minuet In G," a composition written by Christian Petzold. "Minuet In G" is often thought to be by Johann Sebastian Bach because it was included in a book of sheet music kept by Bach's wife Anna Magdalena. The song was written by Denny Randell and Sandy Linzer, who wrote all the original songs on the album and went to write some of the biggest hits for The Four Seasons. In an interview with Denny Randell, he explained that he started listening to
"Minuet In G" at an early age.
Why the title does not appear in the lyrics. Read Full Article:


A well known classical piece.  
Critic Dave Thompson wrote, "Few records are this perfect. Riding across one of the most deceptively hook-laden melodies ever conceived ... 'A Lover’s Concerto'  also had an unusual structure that blurred the differences between its verses and choruses.
 The lyrics begin with:
   How gentle is the rain 
That falls softly on the meadow, 
Birds high up in the trees 
Serenade the flowers with their melodies
 But ”Lover’s Concerto” was anything but simple.

 'A Lover’s Concerto' marked the apogee of the Girl Group sound.
And a sweet story — 
'Because you girls are like kids. You're like toys.'
The girls were discovered at a talent show by Vince Marc, who became their manager. Before long, they were in the studio recording "A Lover's Concerto." Were the Toys aware the song was based on Bach?

The Toys scored with a # 1 hit; 

In September of 1965 a record was released on Bob Crewe's DynaVoice label that was to become an international, all-time classic.
"A LOVERS CONCERTO" by "THE TOYS" entered the charts and in just six short weeks surpassed luminaries the likes of "THE BEATLES, THE SUPREMES, ELVIS PRESLEY, THE ROLLING STONES, THE FOUR TOPS, STEVIE WONDER" etc..

The song fast forwarded to become a million seller.
 The voice singing lead, was that of Babara Harris.

As a piece of trivia, she also sang one of the background parts in the harmony. The success of "THE TOYS" carried Barbara to countries all over the world. England, Holland, Germany, Japan, Australia just to name a few.

 Barbara left the group, had a family and raised a total of seven children. While raising her family she never stopped singing. Barbara never liked to be tied to one style of music, which is what made her local band so much fun. Each night she performed 20 to 30 songs and did Gospel, blues, R&B, Rock, and Pop. That was Barbara then.

                                                         This Is "BARBARA NOW" —

 "My journey has taken me through Gospel, Blues, R&B, Rock&Roll, Pop and Jazz.  The sum of all this is the Barbara I am now. I hope you can hear all the musical influences of my
 life in my music."



Who were The Funk Brothers:

 What would the Motown Sound have been without the Funk Brothers’ inspired accompaniments?

Motown’s studio band—dubbed the Funk Brothers by Benny Benjamin,
according to legend—was comprised of multi-talented musicians who earned their musical chops in Detroit’s jazz and blues clubs.The improvisational skills and musical virtuosity they displayed,
from 1959 through 1972, in the so-called “snake pit” in Studio A set Motown singles apart from all others.

The subject of a 2002 documentary, “Standing in the Shadows of Motown,” the Funk Brothers received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2004 Grammy award ceremony.

Although the players changed over time, key figures included legendary bass guitarist James Jamerson, pianists and bandleaders Earl Van Dyke and Joe Hunter, and
drummer Benny “Papa Zita” Benjamin.

 Despite the passage of time since Motown Records’ establishment in 1959
by Berry Gordy, tens of thousands of visitors pass through Hitsville U.S.A., home to the Motown Museum, each year. Their presence is a testimony to Motown’s legacy and to the charisma, talent and staying power of the music and those who made it.
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