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Earl Dittman

posted September 8, 2015 #

one of top ten 'movie quote whores' for widely panned films.

Imogen Heap and Mycelia

posted September 8, 2015 #

I, admittedly, approach any article about the optimistic future of the music industry with great skepticism but this Jamie Bartlett piece for The Guardian has me intrigued; Imogen Heap: saviour of the music industry? The piece investigates the current state of the music industry and explores a new software development from Heap that leverages the Blockchain called Mycelia. At its most basic, it's a transparent way to see where a piece of music is being consumed and reused with the ability to instantly payout licensing and royalty fees.

When asked if listeners would pay for something they get for free, her response is pretty brilliant:
"I don't think it's that simple," she says. "It's not about paying or not paying, it's how and who gets what. There is plenty of money being made out of the music that we make, but it isn't getting back to us. It's about creating a fair trade industry for music, an ecosystem that makes sense. If people knew a radio station, a platform or a device was using a fair system, and that artists were being recompensed for their work directly, they'd go for it over another that didn't."
I'm not sure I have as much faith as she does in the behaviors of music consumption but the idea that artists have a bright future ahead - not a bleak one - because of the potentials of software is a headspace that I can get behind.

A Burger Manifesto

posted September 8, 2015 #

Loving this rant from Dave Chang, My Burger Manifesto. Mostly because I like it when people get really fired up about subjective topics that are silly to get fired up about.
I do not like a burger with a bunch of shit on it. Why? Who wants all the flavors of a pizza and a burger at the same time? Or when people go fancy with their burger? Come on, man, save the truffles for a dish you can't eat at a rest stop.
I don't agree with all of it but I do enjoy the read and welcome any conversation regarding ways to enjoy a hamburger.

via Adam

Director's Chair

posted September 8, 2015 #

Do yourself a favor and track down Robert Rodriguez's show Director's Chair. It airs on his El Rey network and features in-depth interviews between Rodriguez and a lot of great directors; John Carpenter, Quentin Tarantino, Francis Ford Coppola, Michael Mann and George Miller to name but a few. It's a casual conversation but they tend to cover a lot of great insights about the career in question. Quite enjoyable.

posted September 7, 2015 #

making the same mistakes and expecting diff results and lovin it

posted September 7, 2015 #

Four days after launch, @bytehq already has a user-created search engine and API mashups, with Byte.js on the way. https://t.co/jZEUgZXDiv

posted September 7, 2015 #

An NLP startup can analyze the text of a kickstarter project and predict successful funding with 90% accuracy: http://t.co/wbCFMCx6LY

posted September 7, 2015 #

Couple new zines up in my store: http://t.co/7cGWnXVMcy http://t.co/RNazIqeLpG

posted September 7, 2015 #

Right up your alley @yewknee http://t.co/zFZ8cb2Zv3

posted September 6, 2015 #

Space Age greeters at Disney?s Tomorrowland, summer 1960 http://t.co/lKWvJobdiK

posted September 5, 2015 #

Grace: http://t.co/13fK3MEu5M

posted September 5, 2015 #

https://t.co/GcOtACXwHy ?? by Cihan Parlayuksel

posted September 5, 2015 #

In other news http://t.co/puV4mIssel

posted September 5, 2015 #

STAR TREK: THE ANIMATED SERIES ? ONE OF OUR PLANETS IS MISSING (1973) Dir: Hal Sutherland | See IMDb for artist http://t.co/XQJn2BHd5z

posted September 5, 2015 #

For Christmas, I want an inbox that stays at 0 for at least 24 hours.
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