Big City Music is always sharing cool stuff, but this may take the prize. 
The father of modern electronic music, Bob Moog, signs a giant rubber duckie for Stephi. 
There’s got to be a great story behind this photo - if you know what’s going on, leave a comment!

Synth music pioneer Jean Michel Jarre has been awarded Doctor Honoris Causa by the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Jarre was decorated for “his outstanding contribution to the promotion of music as a culture and his commitment to protecting the environment.”
The official ceremony took place in an amphitheater at the Moscow Faculty of Sciences. The Rector bestowed [...]

King’s Place in London is hosting Cartoons and Weirdness – A Tribute to Raymond Scott, on Tuesday, October 14th.
The first night of Sound Source celebrates the work and influence of Raymond Scott, a lost genius of the 20th Century.
Bandleader, inventor and experimentalist – Scott’s career was diverse to say the least. He’s best known for inspiring [...]

Sonic-Core has announced that starting later this month, they will publish The John Bowen Chronicles, with new installments every few weeks, leading up to the release of the SOLARIS synthesizer.
John Bowen was involved in the development of many legends in synthesizer history - the Prophet 5, the Prophet VS and the Prophet T-8 by Sequential Circuits, [...]

Unidentified Sound Objects has posted pictures that offer a sneak peak inside the Radio Italiana Phonology Studio, a pioneering Italian electronic music studio:
In 1955, the Radio Italiana (Rai) established the Studio di Fonologia Musicale at RAI Center in Corso Sempione 27, Milan (Italy). Physicist Dr. Alfredo Lietti builded the famous “nine oscillators”, the white noise [...]

Pink Floyd keyboardist and songwriter Rick Wright died today at the age of 65, after a short bout with cancer. 
Wright kept a surprising low profile, despite being a member of one of the most influential rock bands of all time. While other 70’s keyboard heroes were known for burning up the keyboards, Wright leaned more [...]

Note: Irwin Chusid, journalist, music historian, radio personality and self-described “landmark preservationist,” wrote the following essay to mark the centennial of composer Raymond Scott. It was originally published at Boing Boing.
His merry melodies have propelled the antics of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, Animaniacs, and Bart Simpson. His recordings underscore the body-fluid fetishism of Ren [...]

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Klaus Schulze: Electronic Music Legend is a celebration of the magnificent, pioneering career of German electronic music legend Klaus Schulze. At the forefront of the development of music played on synthesizers, Schulze created a whole new style of music, beginning with his initial 1972 release, Irrlicht.
This book hails Schulze as the most important electronic musician [...]