August 24, 2018
‘America to Me’: How Oscar Nominee Steve James Made a 10-Hour Collaborative Docuseries
The 10-part series premieres on Starz this Sunday evening, August 26th.
Equity over equality (or at least a considerate and proper understanding of the two) is a key issue at the forefront of nonfiction filmmaker Steve James’ latest docuseries, America to Me, a ten-part limited event that takes its title from a Langston Hughes poem and debuts this Sunday on the Starz network. Set over a year at Oak Park and River Forest High School (OPRF) in Oak Park, Illinois, the series follows 12 students as they navigate through their high school careers, dealing with shyness, romantic crushes, sports, slam poetry, homecoming dances, and inattentiveness.
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August 24, 2018
The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, August 24
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Get caught up on music news for the week of August 20 below and then grab your Music Badge for SXSW 2019 today!
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Friday, August 24
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Sony confesses to releasing fake Michael Jackson music
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Nicki Minaj accuses Travis Scott manager Irving Azoff of ‘smear campaign’ against her tour
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Riding the new wave of anti-fascist black metal
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Eventbrite files for U.S. IPO
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Leslie ‘Lazy Lester’ Johnson, architect of Louisiana swamp blues, dies in California at age 85
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John Lennon assassin Mark David Chapman denied parole
Post from NY Post
Thursday, August 23
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The major labels now turn over more than $1bn a month, but who’s ruling 2018?
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How Dev Hynes, English misfit, became Blood Orange, R&B miracle worker
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Ariana Grande’s Snapchat lens lets fans try on album merch
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10 music-related charities you need to know about now
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Michael Nesmith of The Monkees loves vaporwave. Seriously.
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The dearth of music performances on late night TV speaks to a larger cultural shift
Post from Uproxx
Wednesday, August 22
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TV ratings: Video Music Awards hit all-time-low on MTV
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Aretha Franklin left no will or trust, attorney says
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The new All My Friends festival had star power to spare. Now to lock in its audience.
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How K-Pop conquered the world
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Brian Eno, Damon Albarn, more petition imprisonment of Ugandan musician, politician Bobi Wine
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John Lydon, of Public Image and Sex Pistols fame, comes to terms with ‘anniversary rot’
Interview from Variety
Tuesday, August 21
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2018 MTV VMA winners
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Features and benefits of official artist channels
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Wayne Kramer: ‘I knew there was more to my story than most’
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The sounds of music in the twenty-first century
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T.I. on 15 years of ‘Trap Muzik’: “I wanted to make a classic”
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Eddie Willis, original Motown Funk Brother, dies at 82
Obituary from Billboard
Monday, August 20
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Beating the king of pop, The Eagles have the no. 1 album of all time
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Amazon is ready to take on Apple and Spotify in streaming music
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Nicki Minaj takes aim at Travis Scott and Spotify after ‘Queen’ debuts at no. 2 in US charts
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Lana Del Rey says performing in Israel ‘is not a political statement’
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Something from nothing: Stories of punk in Arlington
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Can a music festival make Kosovo cool?
Story from NY Times
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August 24, 2018
A Marriage (and a Divorce) Through Pre-Production: The Unusual Collaboration Behind ‘Loveling’
Gustavo Pizzi and Karine Teles wrote the script for ‘Loveling’ in the throes of divorce; they didn’t know their bittersweet lessons on love would make the film so beautiful.
Loveling (known as Benzinho in Brazil) is the tale of a mother preparing to say goodbye to her oldest son leaving home at the end of the summer. The lead actress, Karine Teles, and the director, Gustavo Pizzi, were married when they started to write the script. Through divorce, they discovered the highs and lows of love and family breakdown, and these hard-learned lessons wove themselves into the film.
From impressionistic visuals that use color and framing to explore the characters’ inner emotions to an extensive dedication to the naturalism of the cast, their collaboration creates a poignant rumination on letting go.
Pizzi and Teles first sat down with No Film School on the eve of their film’s premiere at Sundance to talk about writing separately post-divorce, rehearsing to prepare for the distracting experience on set, and how through thick and thin, they never gave up on the film.
Source: NoFilmSchool
August 24, 2018
Lensless cameras could turn windows into sensors, even pointed the ‘wrong’ way
A research group at the University of Utah is rethinking cameras for machines and not humans. The result? A lensless camera pointed at the edge of a piece of glass, instead of looking through the glass.
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August 24, 2018
A Guide to Drone Photography/Cinematography for Architecture
Drone photography has been one of the biggest advancements in aerial photography and cinematography. Drones began making a huge impact on filmmaking …
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August 24, 2018
First Sample Images of DJI Mavic 2 Pro
First Sample Images of DJI Mavic 2 Pro
This has been the announcement of the day in the world of tech and drones! DJI announced the newest of their pretty substantial lineup of drones with the upcoming Mavic 2 Pro and the Mavic 2 Zoom. Let’s give a closer look at the Mavic 2 Pro because it’s coming with a 1″ CMOS Sensor from Hasselblad. What does it mean? It means that you are flying a drone with a camera that is equivalent of the <a href="https://www.amazon.ca/RX100-Advanced-Camera-20-1MP-Sensor/dp/B00KW3BJ1Y/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1535055527&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=RX100+Advanced+Camera+with+1.0%22+type+Sensor+DSC-RX100” rel=”nofollow”>Sony RX100. It’s pretty innovative (and insane!), just imagine the dynamic range on the picture quality. With today’s announcement, Hasselblad released a set of picture sample, let’s check it out. *Scoop, it’s quite stunning, just click on this hi-res image.
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AoiroStudio
Aug 24, 2018
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August 23, 2018
Awe-inspiring Masterpiece Drawings by Gurekbal Bhachu
Awe-inspiring Masterpiece Drawings by Gurekbal Bhachu
Prepare to be amazed by masterpiece drawings by Gurekbal Bhachu who is a self-taught artist based in London, UK. His muse? He takes as inspiration celebrities and characters like Eminem, Drake, Morgan Freeman and even Thanos from the Avengers: Infinity War movie. His level of details is what is the most awe-inspiring ones we have ever seen on ABDZ. Take Thanos for example, you can clearly see the levels of details from the color, texture, and highlights. A huge prop to Gurekbal for his incredible work.
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AoiroStudio
Aug 23, 2018
Source: Abduzeedo Illustration
August 23, 2018
Google is making it easier for students to run lab tests in virtual reality
Google and Labster announced a partnership to bring more than 30 virtual science labs to Google Daydream, allowing students and others interested in science to spend time in a lab or out in the field.
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August 23, 2018
Luscious Watercolor pieces by Kseniia Yeromenko
Luscious Watercolor pieces by Kseniia Yeromenko
Watercolor is such a beautiful and intricate technique. I’m always taken away by the subtlety of watercolor pieces. It is like artists have a magic wand and create these beautiful stories with their work. And if you like to imagine what is behind an artwork, you will probably think that Kseniia Yeromenko is always hungry or always thinking about food. She creates amazing watercolor pieces that will certainly make you hungry. From pizza to sushi, pretzels to eggs, burgers to fries, Kseniia has a great hand for depicting items we love to eat.
Get that napkin ready because you will be salivating after you see these pieces. The details and beautiful colors of Kseniia’s work will certainly take you on a food related journey. It is almost food porn. Take a look. And remember to visit her Behance page for more.
I was born in Melitopol, Ukraine and currently live in Kiev. When I was younger, I enjoyed painting people and when I turned 7 my parents registered me in art school. A few years later I had to quit the school because of progressing problems with my vision. I was able to commence painting again, when I was 15. I studied fine art in art college. Upon graduating I was accepted into Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Fine Arts and studied graphic design.
Eventually, I realized that working with graphic design software was not my cup of tea and that I enjoyed creating art with my hands. As a freshman in Academy I had an assignment to depict an object of my choice using nine different techniques. I chose to paint cupcakes. I received an A for my project and my fellow students loved it as well. That’s when I decided to paint a few more cupcakes, doughnuts and cookies and started selling my paintings on Etsy. Then I added pizza, burgers, and fries to my collection.
Although I can work with oil, acrylic and gouache and different graphic mediums I prefer using watercolors. It is quite a difficult and interesting technique for me. I prefer squirrel and kolinsky brushes and sometimes use synthetic ones. People often tell me that my artwork makes them hungry, and I am pleased to hear that!
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GisMullr
Aug 23, 2018
Source: Abduzeedo Illustration
August 22, 2018
Oculus ‘Santa Cruz’ VR headset may arrive in the first quarter of 2019
Oculus may introduce a mid-tier VR headset during the Oculus Connect 5 conference in September. This is an assumption based on a response regarding the “Santa Cruz” headset that sources now claim will arrive in 2019’s first quarter.
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