Queen guitarist Brian May goes back to the mixing board to explain the complexity of layers that went into realizing Mercury’s vision for the song. The original 24-track analogue recording system was far too limited, so the band used the ping-pong technique to “bounce” literally hundreds of overdubs into the mix. May explains how the operatic vocal layers were inspired by the “cascading strings” effect made famous by Annunzio Paolo Mantovani, a technique May first tried out in 1974 with the guitar solo on “Killer Queen.” The video is an excerpt from Inside the Rhapsody, a documentary that was included...

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https://vimeo.com/70940074 An exclusive ten minute preview of Adam Bhala Lough's film The Motivation where we see some of th world's top skateboarders getting ready to compete in the $200,000 grand prize New York's Street League Championship. Not only is nearly a quarter-mil. on the line but also the prestige and recognition of being known as the world's best when it comes to skating the street. Sean Malto, Nyjah Huston, Paul Rodriquez, Ryan Sheckler, Chris Cole, Chaz Ortiz, Bastien Salabanzi and Luan Oliveira are all featured.

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Comic artist James Harvey had an idea. He expressed that idea on his tumlr blog. The idea: an Akira re-imagining using characters from The Simpsons. Not long after hundreds, 768 counted thus far, have contributed their work to the project. Here is a look at a few of the submissions: via BUZZ

Some pictures from New York photographer Alexander Richter's Instagram feed. via TWBE

New York's Little Egypt community in Astoria responds to the violence going on at home. via NYT

"Worlds Unknown" #3 (Sep. 1973) | cover art by Rich Buckler, Wayne Howard & John Romita Rich Buckler, primarily known for his work on "The Fantastic Four" teamed with Wayne Wright Howard and the great John V. Romita to produce the cover for this epic edition of "Worlds Unknown," an early graphic novelization of the classic sci-fi film The Day the Earth Stood Still. via CBC

Vanity Fair shows you how to get into the swank new restaurant which has opened uptown causing gastronomes across the city to clamor their way into getting their table reserved. Avoid the crowd and secure a dinner reservation with this guide on getting into any hot spot. This could actually work. via VF

Have a look at French artist Daniel Castan's kaleidoscopic acrylic studies of New York. One piece can either jump out at you with vivid splashes of color, while another may sit coolly waiting for you to jump into it. Castan's work reminds one of a modern impressionist in the traditions of a Claude Monet or Édouard Manet - only instead of painting ships in the harbor at Sunrise or A Bar at the Folies-Bergère, Castan depicts New York's Times Square at night or the city streets in the rain. via WHUDAT