Had to have high, high hopes for a living... Shooting for the stars when I couldn't make a killing... Didn't have a dime but I always had a vision... Always had high, high hopes... Had to have high, high hopes for a living... Didn't know how but I always had a feeling... I was gonna be that one in a million... Always had high, high hopes... | | | | The crew from LODGE 49. A unique show on AMC
(AMC) | | | | |  | “Had to have high, high hopes for a living... Shooting for the stars when I couldn't make a killing... Didn't have a dime but I always had a vision... Always had high, high hopes... Had to have high, high hopes for a living... Didn't know how but I always had a feeling... I was gonna be that one in a million... Always had high, high hopes...”
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| | rantnrave:// Back and rested after 2 weeks back home in NYC. The weather there was horrendous. Happy to be back where humidity dies. How are you?... While I was in NYC, I sat down with the great PETER KAFKA for his RECODE MEDIA podcast wherein we discussed media moguls, OTT, content, the virtues of taking time off and how NETFLIX outsmarted the TV guys... Some new REDEF ORIGINALS from MATT BALL: Not all 'Original Series' deserve the label they're given. The reasons why may seem academic, but they tell you a lot about what that network does, why and how they compare. We take a look in "How the Paradox of the Term ‘Original Series’ Explains the Video Industry (Netflix Misunderstandings, Pt. 4)"... A lot of hope is being put into internet-based pay-TV services such as SLINGTV and DIRECTV NOW. But to survive, these services will need to prove four things. And they're currently 0-4. Learn more in "The Artificial Fantasy of Virtual Pay-TV"... While TRUMP peddles rule of law, he knows nothing of nor respects the rule of law. I think it's time this country got another lesson in the constitution, branches of government, and how our legal system works. It's astonishing how little most of our citizens know. Or what they actually believe. A few weeks ago I had lunch with someone I admire, PREET BHARARA. Preet was UNITED STATES ATTORNEY FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK from 2009 to 2017 until the orange monster had his say. Amongst many things, he now has a fantastic podcast, STAY TUNED WITH PREET. He "fought corruption, financial fraud, and violent crime, in a series about justice and fairness." I imagine books, TV, speaking and other things are on the way. It's time we had a NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON of government and law. And until someone like Preet goes back into public service (which I hope he does) he would be fantastic at breaking down these subjects for the public... What am I watching? I finished watching SHARP OBJECTS (so fantastic), JACK RYAN, SUCCESSION, and ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE during my break. Will be watching MAYANS MC on FX tonight... Happy Birthday to KELLY DAY, GILLES BIANROSA, LARRY MILLER, GLYNNIS MACNICOL, LAUREN GURVICH, BENJAMIN WAGNER, ROB HAYES. | | | - Jason Hirschhorn, curator |
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 | recode |
| Hirschhorn discusses media moguls, the virtues of taking time off and how Netflix outsmarted the TV guys. | | |
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 | REDEF |
| Not all 'Original Series' deserve the label they're given. The reasons why may seem academic, but they tell you a lot about what that network does, why and how they compare. | | |
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| REDEF |
| A lot of hope is being put into internet-based pay-TV services such as SlingTV and DirecTV Now. But to survive, these services will need to prove four things. And they're currently 0-4. | | |
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 | The New Yorker |
| The former mayor’s theatrical, combative style of politics anticipated-and perfectly aligns with-the President’s. | | |
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 | BuzzFeed News |
| "We were seduced, we were lured, we were hooked, and then, when we became captive audiences, we were manipulated to see what other people - people with vested interests and evil motives of power and domination - wanted us to see." | | |
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 | 99U by Behance |
| Designers Dani Balenson and Indhira Rojas interviewed each other about redefining the language of mental health, growing into their illnesses and developing communities around their work, and knowing when to quit and how to be okay with that. | | |
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 | POLITICO Magazine |
| The madness of the 1968 Democratic National Convention pushed conservatives’ distrust of “the establishment” into overdrive. | | |
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 | Vox |
| It basically asks if there’s a better way to build society, by way of mysticism, fraternal organizations, and seals. | | |
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 | The Boston Globe |
| An exhaustive review of newly released records and interviews with dozens of faculty members bolsters Warren's assertion that her claim to Native American heritage did not help her win jobs at prestigious law schools, even though there is evidence Harvard took advantage of it after she was hired. | | |
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 | Fast Company |
| If you’re keen to fill your closet with inexpensive clothes you can feel good about, this list is a good place to start. Companies like Everlane, Allbirds, Rent the Runway, and American Giant are leading the way, but so are some lesser known brands like MATE, Nisolo, and Blu & Blue. | | |
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| Vox |
| One of science’s best tools for understanding obesity is debunking weight loss myths. | | |
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 | The Atlantic |
| What your chicken dinner says about wage stagnation, income inequality, and economic sclerosis in the United States. | | |
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 | Mashable |
| The future of spacecraft, explained by a man who launches present-day spacecraft. | | |
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 | Detroit Free Press |
| The Queen left us with many lessons. But none was more important than teaching us how to live with purpose and live our way. | | |
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 | Slate |
| How the Patriots quarterback faced an offseason full of questions. (Excerpted from "Big Game: The NFL In Dangerous Times," by Mark Leibovich.) | | |
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 | Rolling Stone |
| ‘Big Game’ author Mark Leibovich on Trump, Goodell and the dysfunctional group of billionaires presiding over America’s most popular sport | | |
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 | Reuters |
| To hear Venezuela's leftist President Nicolas Maduro tell it, this remote hamlet of 1,300 souls is perched on the cutting edge of an innovation in cryptocurrency. | | |
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 | The Intercept |
| A year after the attack on Las Ramblas, the unfolding story of Abdelbaki Es Satty points more to a failure of the police than of the community he hid among. | | |
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 | Jalopnik |
| Parts arriving broken or weeks late. Horrible customer service. An office where employees were spied on with cameras. These are just a few complaints from former employees and from hundreds of car enthusiasts who have done business with major Euro auto parts supplier ECS Tuning. With the company having recently bought another giant in the industry, Pelican Parts, an entire car community now worries that it’ll be forced to contend with a dysfunctional retailer just to keep vehicles on the road. | | |
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| recode |
| Sleeping Giants founder Matt Rivitz tells Recode’s Kara Swisher that he wants to be "the source of some kind of conscience" for social media. | | |
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