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“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

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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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America's longest-running rock-'n'-roll mag:

An industry-revered tastemaker with global influence:


ALARM Press; on the rock-'n'-roll scene since 1995, has acted as a constant advocate for independent music, art, and design. As one of America's longest-running rock-'n'-roll magazines; possesses passion in discovering and sharing exceptional, boundary-defying musicians and designers. Shared by tireless cast of contributors, which helps ALARM forge a likeminded community to support and promote new and innovative ideas.


ALARM Magazine uncovers groundbreaking artists and contemporary style with interviews, product profiles, photo essays, behind-the-scenes tours, AM offers uncommon glimpses at the lives and loves of innovative musicians, with personalized editorial on fashion, travel, gear, tattoos, and booze to boot.

Approaching its 20th anniversary, ALARM Magazine has featured beloved bands and future favorites alike, ranging from big names such as Mike Patton, Queens of the Stone Age, Air, The Mars Volta, Atmosphere, Jon Spencer, Saul Williams, and the Melvins to upcoming and unheralded artists such as Isis, Russian Circles, El-P, Mr. Lif, and Dub Trio.

In ALARM, you won’t find the same rehashed quotes from the same ten bands doing the press circuit. AM is committed to covering the bands that you need to hear, not just the ones whose names you recognize.



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.
 The Motown Museum:

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