Any concertgoer will agree, there’s no beverage that pairs better with live music than an ice-cold beer. After all, we tend to make our best doe eyes at a tall glass of IPA or while listening to our favorite bands play.  Paste decided to imagine a half-dozen mashups of some of our favorite bands and the beers that would pair best with them. As always, please enjoy responsibly.
Do you like lightning bolts? Then you’ve come to the right place, friend, because so does rock ‘n’ roll. Just strap on Pantera’s 1994 Washburn 333 or Peter Cook’s 1975 Custom Bolt Bass, and you’re all set.
via Infographic: 64 Of The Coolest Guitars From The Past 100 Years | Co.Design.
Only a year ago, the charts were dominated by stars who had come out of the old machine of radio and major-label promotion: Katy Perry, Rihanna, Adele, Maroon 5. This year’s biggest hits — “Call Me Maybe,†Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Know†and Fun.’s “We Are Young†— started in left field and were helped along by YouTube and Twitter before coming to the mainstream media.
via How ‘Call Me Maybe’ and Social Media Are Upending Music – NYTimes.com.
Photojournalist Lyle Owerko has collected shots of some of the most iconic portable stereos from a genre of street culture that began as early as 1983. His book, The Boombox Project, The Machines, the Music, and the Urban Underground is a beautiful catalog of that culture–from its people to their accessories.
“Sweet” Lou Snyder, Nye’s Polonaise Room, Minneapolis, MN, February 5, 2011
