This Barney the Dinosaur / Notorious B.I.G. mashup is the only thing worth watching today

The Notorious B.I.G.: Iconic late rapper known for helping to give the East Coast a voice and a legitimate footing in hip-hop. Barney the Dinosaur: Iconic purple Tyrannosaurus rex known for giving parents something to put on TV to distract their impressionable children while they down a glass of chardonnay. Finally, for the first time ever, the two are coming together for the mashup of your dreams.

Or is that nightmares?

Mylo the Cat, mashup maestro and curator of the YouTube channel isthishowyougoviral, has made a video that finds Barney rapping Biggie’s “Get Money”. Yes, his bitches get money, while he has sex all night, made head in the morn’. Just don’t smoke all his weed, or you’ll be another body in D.C. Make sure the kids are out of the room, and watch the video below (via Death and Taxes).

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CHVRCHES go Medieval in new video for “Clearest Blue” — watch

CHVRCHES are known for fusing synthpop elements old and new, familiar and alien. Their latest music video for Every Open Eye single “Clearest Blue” is no different.

Directed by Warren Fu, the clip sees Lauren Mayberry & co. channeling what appears to be the Medieval era — complete with heavy-duty body armor — while wandering about a smoky forest that could easily double as a strange futuristic planet of sorts. Whether it’s 2015 or 1300, the three-piece seem to fit right in with their surroundings.

Watch below.

The Glasgow outfit is scheduled to return to North America next month for a bunch of tour dates, including appearances at Buku Music + Art Project and Coachella Music Festival. Find the full itinerary here.

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The Stone Roses announce Madison Square Garden concert

The Stone Roses have confirmed a series of major concerts for this summer. As announced today, one of those shows will take place at Madison Square Garden on June 30th, featuring support from Rodrigo y Gabriela.

A source tells Consequence of Sound that the MSG show will be The Stone Roses’ only American performance of 2016. However, the band has also lined up four stadium shows in their hometown of Manchester, as well a July performance in Dublin, Ireland. They’re also favorites to headline this summer’s Glastonbury Music Festival.

Following a 15-year breakup, The Stone Roses reunited in 2011 and spent the next two years playing a number of shows around the world, including a headlining gig at Coachella 2013. There has been talk of a new studio album, but as of now nothing has materialized.

The Stone Roses 2016 Tour Dates:
06/15 – Manchester, UK @ Etihad Stadium
06/17 – Manchester, UK @ Etihad Stadium
06/18 – Manchester, UK @ Etihad Stadium
06/19 – Manchester, UK @ Etihad Stadium
06/30 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden ^
07/09 – Dublin, IE @ Marlay Park

^ = w/ Rodrigo y Gabriela

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Kanye West shares video for “All Day” / “I Feel Like That” directed by Steve McQueen — watch

During Paris Fashion Week last May, Kanye West premiered a nine-minute video for singles “All Day” and “I Feel Like That” directed by Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave). The video was subsequently screened in Los Angeles over the summer, but has never been available to watch online. That was until today.

London production house Unit Media is streaming the full video. Watch it here.

According to the Los Angeles Times, the video was shot in a single take in a dockyard interior near London. It’s about the “gaze and the gaze following you,” McQueen explained. Kanye “beat himself up” prior to the video’s filming in order to give himself a distressed, tired-out look, the Times adds.

“All Day”, featuring Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom, and Sir Paul McCartney, was released as a standalone single in March 2nd, 2015. “I Feel Lie That” remains unreleased.

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Taylor Swift donates $250,000 to Kesha to aid in lawsuit against alleged rapist Dr. Luke

On Friday, a Manhattan supreme court judge denied Kesha’s request for an injunction against her record label Sony Music and producer Dr. Luke, who she claims sexually assaulted her for nearly a decade.

Following the ruling, a number of Kesha’s pop contemporaries have leant their support. Chief among them is Taylor Swift, who has donated $250,000 to Kesha “to help with any of her financial needs during this trying time.”

A source connected to Swift told Rolling Stone that “When Taylor saw the heartbreaking courtroom photos of Kesha, it was then that she knew she needed to do something.”

Other musicians, including Lady Gaga, Lorde, and Demi Lovato have publicly backed Kesha through social media.

There are people all over the world who love you @KeshaRose. And I can say truly I am in awe of your bravery.

— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) February 19, 2016

standing with @KeshaRose through this traumatic, deeply unfair time. send good vibes her way everyone

— Lorde (@lorde) February 19, 2016

#FreeKesha 💗 this is only gonna make you stronger, you brave and beautiful girl. Prayers are with you 🙏🏼 @KeshaRose

— Demi Lovato (@ddlovato) February 20, 2016

Kesha filed her lawsuit against Sony and Dr. Luke (née Lukasz Gottwald) in 2014. Gottwald discovered and signed Kesha to his record label in 2005 when she was just 18 years old. Almost immediately, Kesha alleges, Gottwald began sexually abusing her.

Defending her decision, Judge Kornreich said that granting an injunction would result in Sony suffering “irreparable harm,” as the label would never receive the remaining six Kesha albums required by the contract. Additionally, the judge said that nullifying the original record deal would “undermine the state’s laws governing contracts.”

In response to the civil lawsuit two years ago, Gottwald called Kesha “a liar” and accused her of extortion. To this day, he has yet to be criminally charged.

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'No drill' dentistry shows fillings aren't needed in many cases

Many of us fear going to the dentist, and that fear is made worse by the dreadful prospect that on any given visit, you could be subjected to a whirring drill boring its way through your poor, hurty teeth.

But the findings of a new seven-year study by Australian researchers suggest that many of us have nothing to worry about, with research into 'no drill' oral care techniques showing there's often no need for the traditional 'fill and drill' approach that has defined dentistry for decades.

"It's unnecessary for patients to have fillings because they're not required in many cases of dental decay," said Wendell Evans of the University of Sydney. "This research signals the need for a major shift in the way tooth decay is managed by dentists… Our study shows that a preventative approach has major benefits compared to current practice."

According to the researchers, tooth decay is not the rapidly progressive phenomenon that dentists long believed it was. Because dentists used to think decay was fast-moving, the conventional practice was to identify early decay, remove it immediately to prevent the tooth's surface breaking up into cavities, and fill up the hole that was left with filling.

But decay is not always progressive, say Evans and his team, and even when it is, it develops more slowly than dentists used to think. "For example, it takes an average of four to eight years for decay to progress from the tooth's outer layer (enamel) to the inner layer (dentine)," he said. "That is plenty of time for the decay to be detected and treated before it becomes a cavity and requires a filling."

Developing a set of protocols they call the Caries Management System (CMS), the researchers say tooth decay can be stopped, reversed, and prevented long before a drill comes into play.

Continue reading:  http://www.sciencealert.com/no-drill-dentistry-shows-fillings-aren-t-needed-in-many-cases

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