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Video- President Obama Honors Carole King with Gershwin Prize

Live Streaming Video- President Obama and First Lady Obama Host the Gershwin Prize Concert with Carole King, Billy Joel, James Taylor & More 8:00p EDT

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Video Overnight Thread- Remembering 1986

When Stallone didn’t look like a plastic surgeon’s worst nightmare. …and CASTLEVANIA!! CHRISSIE!! WANG CHUNG!! Too many memory dings to expound on. Via.

Video Overnight Thread- Ray Manzarek, founding member of The Doors, dies at 74

Sigh. Don’t get me started. RIP Ray.

Ray Manzarek, a founding member of The Doors whose versatile and often haunting keyboards complimented Jim Morrison’s gloomy baritone and helped set the mood for some of rock’s most enduring songs, has died. He was 74.

The Doors’ original lineup, which also included drummer John Densmore and guitarist Robbie Krieger, was only together for a few years. But the band has retained a large and obsessive following decades after Morrison’s death, in 1971.

The Doors have sold more than 100 million records and songs such as “Light My Fire” and “Riders On the Storm” are still “classic” rock standards. For Doors admirers, the band symbolized the darker side of the Los Angeles lifestyle, what happened to the city after the sun went down and the Beach Boys fans headed home.

Next to Morrison, Manzarek was the most distinctive looking band member, his glasses and wavy blond hair making him resemble a young English professor more than a rock star, a contrast to Morrison’s Dionysian glamour — his sensuous mouth and long, dark hair. Musically, Manzarek’s spidery organ on “Light My Fire” is one of the most instantly recognizable sounds in rock history.

Video Mid Day Distraction- Fred Armison’s Punk Farewell To SNL

Video Overnight Thread- Commander Chris Hadfield Performs “Space Oddity” from International Space Station

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Video Mid Day Distraction- Gorillage People Sing “YMCA”

All of a sudden I have an urge to go to a wedding. Via.