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What Happens When a Musician Plays Stevie Ray Vaughan’s “Pride and Joy” on a Kids’ Guitar at Walmart

What Happens When a Musician Plays Stevie Ray Vaughan’s “Pride and Joy” on a $25 Kids’ Guitar at Walmart

Published by José Betancourt

There’s a max­im that says, “It’s not the gui­tar, it’s the play­er.” And the video above bears it out. In this clip, musi­cian Clay Shel­burn and his pal Zac Stokes vis­it a Wal­mart at 3 a.m. and pick up a Dis­ney Cars 2 toy gui­tar. Next, they pro­ceed to play Ste­vie Ray Vaughan’s “Pride and Joy” and unleash the full poten­tial of that $25 gui­tar. The Bar­bi­es all go crazy. When it comes to the blues, any old gui­tar will do. That we know. But if you care to watch Shel­burn play the same song on a gui­tar that runs north of $1,000, check out the video below. If you would like to sup­port the mis­sion of Open Cul­ture, con­sid­er mak­ing a dona­tion to our site. It’s hard to rely 100% on ads, and your con­tri­bu­tions will help us con­tin­ue pro­vid­ing the best free cul­tur­al and edu­ca­tion­al mate­ri­als to learn­ers every­where. You can con­tribute through Pay­Pal, Patre­on, and Ven­mo (@openculture). Thanks! Relat­ed Con­tent: Ozzy Osbourne’s Gui­tarist Zakk Wylde Plays Black Sab­bath on a Hel­lo Kit­ty Gui­tar Ste­vie Ray Vaugh­an Plays …

Lily King: ‘I couldn’t get past the first 20 pages of Pride and Prejudice’ | Books

Lily King: ‘I couldn’t get past the first 20 pages of Pride and Prejudice’ | Books

Published by Sam Flores

My earliest reading memoryThe Little Engine That Could. My mom used to read it to me at night and then one day I could read it myself. I read it over and over in bed, the story of a valiant little train making it over the mountain when all the bigger ones refused. The thrill of that never got old. I must have been four. My favourite book growing upI was really into Judy Blume. Obsessed. My very favourite, theone that made me think about being a writer for the first time, was It’s Not the End of the World. It’s told in the first person (which was a revelation to me) in the voice of a 12-year-old whose parents are divorcing. The dialogue is funny and sharp. It was the opposite of going through the Looking-Glass: Blume helped me see at age nine how all the drama and craziness and humour and meaning is right here in everyday life. The book that changed me as a teenagerI read Sherwood Anderson’s short story cycle, Winesburg, Ohio, when I was 14 or 15 for a …

Rivals star and Pride & Prejudice icon confirmed for new ‘propulsive lunar thriller’ series

Rivals star and Pride & Prejudice icon confirmed for new ‘propulsive lunar thriller’ series

Published by Daniella Wilson

Alex Hassell and Jennifer Ehle have joined the cast of ITV’s upcoming space thriller First Woman, which imagines a shocking disappearance that takes place on the lunar surface. The synopsis reads: “A biologist taking part in a groundbreaking research project, Claire Reith (Andrea Riseborough) is the first woman to set foot on the moon, and her disappearance throws suspicion on her fellow astronauts and China’s rival base. “With hundreds of thousands of miles between them, can her husband Ben (Ashley Walters) uncover the truth behind his wife’s disappearance?” It adds: “With the action switching between Mission Control in the UK and the lunar surface, this is a race against time like no other, with the remaining astronauts under increasing pressure and Ben hoping against hope that he and his wife can be reunited. “But how well can two people really know each other?” Want to see this content? This page contains content provided by Google reCAPTCHA. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as Google reCAPTCHA may use cookies and other technologies. To …

The House | Pride in Place: Can Labour’s Successor to ‘Levelling Up’ Finally Make a Difference?

The House | Pride in Place: Can Labour’s Successor to ‘Levelling Up’ Finally Make a Difference?

Published by Sam Flores

(Tracy Worrall) 8 min read2 hr Through MHCLG, Labour has begun a programme, like many plans before it, to regenerate hundreds of the most deprived places in Britain. Pride in Place has high and worthy ambitions. Will it succeed where others did not? Benedict Cooper reports It was meant to be all about the big policy announcement. The next phase of a major programme to lift the poorest communities out of poverty, announced by the PM personally. It just happened to be the week we learnt about Peter Mandelson’s secret dealings with Jeffrey Epstein during the financial crisis, sparking the gravest political crisis of Keir Starmer’s premiership to date. So, in the end, Pride in Place got very little time or coverage that day, and only one, nominal question at the press conference that followed. It wasn’t the first time a major policy programme meant to tackle dire, endemic poverty has been eclipsed by a Westminster scandal or the rest of the news agenda. By the time the successes of the New Deal …

Trump Administration Agrees to Return Rainbow Pride Flag to New York’s Stonewall Monument

Trump Administration Agrees to Return Rainbow Pride Flag to New York’s Stonewall Monument

Published by Sam Flores

NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administration said Monday it will resume flying a rainbow Pride flag on a federal flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument in New York City, reversing course two months after removing the banner from the first national monument commemorating LGBTQ+ history. The government revealed the decision in court papers as it agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by advocacy and historic preservation groups who had sought to block the Feb. 9 removal. A judge approved the deal. The Interior Department and National Park Service “have confirmed their intention to maintain a Pride flag at Stonewall,” lawyers for the government and the groups wrote in a joint court filing. The flag — one of several Pride banners at the 7.7-acre (3.1-hectare) park — won’t be removed, except for “maintenance or other practical purposes,” the filing said. Under the agreement, within a week, the park service will hang three flags on its flagpole at the monument. The Pride flag will be positioned below the U.S. flag, in accordance with U.S. flag code, …

Meet The Lion King’s new leads: ‘The Pride Rock prop is older than us!’

Meet The Lion King’s new leads: ‘The Pride Rock prop is older than us!’

Published by Sam Flores

“As performers we like to stay on top of our, physical health and mental health to give the same standard of performance anyway,” says Parker-Wallace, “But here you’ve got to to play animals on stage, you’ve got to be strong in your stature, your stance. The good thing is they’ve had 27 years of refining The Lion King, so the guys taking care of us are more than equipped. Tomorrow we have an injury prevention meeting. They’ve got an in-house physio team. They have many a PT on hand. Someone on the production had broken their ankle and within 7 weeks they were back on stage. So they will care for us while I feel like I can go home and learn my lines, get in the right headspace, try not to put my body in any jeopardizing positions, and as a company they will just usher me on my way to climbing Pride Rock…” Source link

People Born In The 60s & 70s Are Proud Of 10 Things That Younger Generations Are Embarrassed Of These Days

People Born In The 60s & 70s Are Proud Of 10 Things That Younger Generations Are Embarrassed Of These Days

Published by Jenni Sidey

Today’s society is many ways built on a platform of constant stimulation and comfort. Because things were so different in the past, people born in the 60s and 70s are proud of several things that those in younger generations are embarrassed by today. While embarrassment isn’t necessarily a bad thing, as it prompts the discomfort that creates growth, many young people hide from it today out of fear of social pain. They’re facing an epidemic of loneliness, so, of course, any feeling or experience that makes them feel like an outsider feels like a personal attack. However, people in older generations aren’t as likely to be afraid to face challenges and discomfort in these ways. People born in the 60s and 70s are proud of 10 things that younger generations are embarrassed of these days 1. Not documenting every part of their life Fizkes | Shutterstock.com While there’s an element of status and attention that younger people seek by curating a specific social image online and posting their lives, privacy is a value that many people born …

Mother’s Pride review: Like an inoffensive light ale, slips down more pleasantly than you might expect

Mother’s Pride review: Like an inoffensive light ale, slips down more pleasantly than you might expect

Published by Daniella Wilson

A star rating of 3 out of 5. From Local Hero to The Full Monty and Fisherman’s Friends, the feel-good comedy has always been a staple of British cinemas. Mother’s Pride fits neatly alongside these and others. Set in Somerset, it’s the sort of movie designed to appeal to the real ale crowd, with its story of a small, independent pub going up against a successful chain and brewing its way to success. The film stars Martin Clunes as Mick, the curmudgeonly landlord of The Drovers Arms, an ale house on its last legs. It’s not hard to see why. Mick is still grief-stricken over the loss of his wife. Living with son Jake (James Buckley), a single parent, he’s also cut up about the disappearance of his other son Cal (Jonno Davies), who took off to become a musician and never even returned for his mother’s funeral. But this failed pop star with just one hit to his name, ‘Guiding Light’, now returns, broke and with his tail between his legs. Mick hardly welcomes …

Netflix’s PRIDE AND PREJUDICE Has A Trailer

Netflix’s PRIDE AND PREJUDICE Has A Trailer

Published by José Betancourt

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Netflix’s PRIDE & PREJUDICE Has A Trailer and Get Ready for Another JANE EYRE Netflix’s Pride & Prejudice caught a bit of a lucky break. Austen never really goes out of style, but the box office success of Wuthering Heights might have people more primed than usual to take on a historical romance. This production was already in the offing of course, but Hollywood didn’t waste any time, queuing up a new adaptation of the work of another Bronté, Today In Books Sign up to Today In Books to receive daily news and miscellany from the world of books. Subscribe to Selected No Thanks Rachel Reid Says Parkinsons Symptoms Worsening, Delaying HEATED RIVALRY Installment In an Instagram post, Rachel Reid shared that her worsening Parkinson’s symptoms are forcing her to delay the release of the next book in …