You cannot win in the future from inside the old enterprise, revolution is key, a blank slate is key. | | | | The Gap Band is one of the greats. And one of my favorites.
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| | rantnrave:// Hello from the 40,000 ft in the air! One of the things I like about the internet is having virtually all the content that's ever been created available within a few clicks. It blurs and redefines the lines of what's new and what's old. What? Yes. Because on the internet, something old is new to someone. I love going back in time. Movies. Television. And especially, music. It energizes. It moves you. It makes you move and dance. It makes you feel. It is divine. As legendary music producer JIMMY JAM said to me at the POLLSTAR conference this year: “I always think of music as a divine art. If I asked you 10 years ago what you were doing, you might not have an answer. But if I played a song, it would unlock every memory. If that’s not divine, what is? It is healing beyond anything else. It transcends barriers beyond religion, class and color.” Music is a time machine. So, I stepped back into the past to feel some grooves in the present. Case in point, THE GAP BAND. One of my favorites. R&B and FUNK personified. The WILSON BROTHERS: CHARLIE, RONNIE, and ROBERT. Been listening to them non-stop lately. One of the tightest bands ever. One of the greatest lead singers ever. They were funky. And thick. And dirty. Guitar, synthesizer, drums, and horns. Hooks for days. And some of the greatest dance songs ever. You hear them on the radio. At the block party. At the Bar Mitzvah. At the wedding. They’ve been sampled. They’ve been covered. They’ve been honored. Let’s look at a bit of the songbook. Hits like “You Dropped A Bomb On Me”, “Burn Rubber,” “Early In The Morning,” “Party Train,” “Outstanding,” and so many more. "Ooh Wee," CHARLE WILSON is one of the greatest singers and frontmen in music history. As recognizable a voice as STING or ARETHA or MICHAEL JACKSON or anyone. In 2013, BET held a tribute for him that included the likes of JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, SNOOP DOGG, PHARRELL WILLIAMS and others. It “blew my mind, baby!” And it blew the minds of music's finest in the audience. Just watch their reactions. Add “Uncle Charlie” to the people I would die to meet. These guys are epic. I love them. Have a listen because if you don't know, now you know. Everything old is new to someone on the internets… So what hotel does ELON MUSK stay in when in SAUDI ARABIA? I hear the RITZ CARLTON is sold out... DONALD TRUMP and MARK BURNETT. A race to see who is more full of s***. Forget CHRIST, money is the religion. I'd be shocked if there were not tapes. I'd be more shocked that they aren't ashes in a burn bag... Happy Birthday to GEOFFREY SANDS, SANDY ASHENDORF, MICHAEL MCCARTNEY ASHLEY STETTS, CHRISTOPHER GOODMAN, ELIZABETH HARRISON, JIM BUCKMASTER, MATT CIBELLI, and MAHESH ANGADI. | | | - Jason Hirschhorn, curator |
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 | Stratechery |
| This is hardly the first Stratechery article about Facebook to start with SnapChat. The "camera company" née social network reported earnings that were, as they say, mixed. Revenue beat expectations by 5%, but user growth, after slowing considerably for two years, went in the opposite direction: Snap's Daily Active Users were still up 9% year-over-year, but for the first time declined sequentially (by 2%): So what happened? | | |
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 | The New Yorker |
| The hedge-fund manager has offered a fable for why the West should confront Putin. | | |
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 | Wired UK |
| He's one of the technology industry's most high profile and controversial figures. Here, his family, friends and colleagues reveal the inside story of Elon Musk | | |
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 | Science News |
| Thousands of years ago, money took different forms as a means of debt payment, archaeologists and anthropologists say. | | |
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 | Slate |
| With sexual needs outsourced to robots, marriages could become stronger than ever. | | |
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 | Gizmodo |
| The texts would come at all hours of the night, numbering in the thousands. "Have you been with an older guy?" "You're really hot, so it's worth the risk of getting in trouble." "Has your daddy fucked you today?" | | |
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| The New Yorker |
| The ascent and influence of the greatest singer in the history of postwar popular music. | | |
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 | GamesIndustry |
| Blizzard technical director Patrick Dawson on overcoming the challenges of continued development on an ageing MMO. | | |
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 | The Ringer |
| The Ringer’s Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald give an update on the current state of television’s content wars, including the upcoming slate of shows to get excited for (15:40), how networks are responding to Netflix’s domination, and which networks will survive the arms race in TV’s gilded age (40:30). | | |
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 | The Atlantic |
| Peering into the secrets of Louisa May Alcott’s real life sheds light on her treasured coming-of-age tale. | | |
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 | POLITICO Magazine |
| If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out. | | |
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 | Aeon Magazine |
| Optimists believe in good luck, pessimists in bad. But if it’s all a matter of perspective, does luck even exist? | | |
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 | Techdirt |
| It's been an interesting year for those of us who support strong privacy for the public -- in part because we've seen lots of movement on attempts to regulate privacy. However, you may have noticed that we've also regularly criticized... | | |
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 | New Republic |
| Why did Gao Chengyong rape and mutiliate 11 women-and why did he stop? | | |
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 | Pacific Standard |
| Americans' beliefs about politics are as inaccurate and bizarre as ever. Is there a way to fix that? | | |
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 | Vox |
| How much audiences love or hate a movie is hard to measure accurately. | | |
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 | TED Talks |
| AI is massively transforming our world, but there's one thing it cannot do: love. In a visionary talk, computer scientist Kai-Fu Lee details how the US and China are driving a deep learning revolution -- and shares a blueprint for how humans can thrive in the age of AI by harnessing compassion and creativity. | | |
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 | NPR |
| In the past century, many Americans have lost the ability to sit in a way that doesn't strain their backs. Specialists say we could take a lesson from excellent sitters from other cultures. | | |
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 | GQ |
| How a hit on a retired spy named Sergei Skripal became the latest--and most terrifying-front in Vladimir Putin’s war with the West. | | |
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 | SPIN |
| The Warner/Uproxx acquisition comes at a moment when small media operations are increasingly being swallowed up by larger companies. | | |
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 | The Verge |
| But not where you’d think. | | |
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| The Atlantic |
| Democrats are betting on a diversifying electorate to secure their party’s future, but the children of immigrants won’t willingly accept a deeply unequal society. | | |
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