December 2010
21 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-19) →
DJ Neil Armstrong (74)
N*E*R*D (19)
Blu (18)
Rich Medina (17)
Kanye West (17)
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Frog Design: The Four Secrets of Playtime That... →
“There is a myth, common in American culture, that work and play are entirely separate activities. I believe they are more entwined than ever before. As the Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget once said, “Play is the answer to how anything new comes about.” A playful mind thrives on ambiguity, complexity, and improvisation—the very things needed to innovate and come up with creative...
Watch“Baldwin’s Nigger (1969) was Horace Ové’s first film. Shot in a plain and simple verité style in black and white, the film represents a triumph for the filmmaker in presenting dialogue between black people as if no white people were present. This allows the speakers and audience to deal with issues without the need to self-censor. In addition it allows James Baldwin to make a direct...
Oscar Grant Update: Bay Area is Stunned as a Lying... →
“Last week an officer who blatantly lied under oath was given her job back.. We’re talking about Marysol Domenici who was one of the first officers to on the scene at the Fruitvale BART station in Oakland, January 1 2009 when an unarmed Oscar Grant was shot in the back by convicted former BART cop Johannes Mehserle.”
“BART says the ruling to reinstate Domenici is out of...
What Exactly Is A 360 Deal? →
“…in general, what it means is usually a deal with a record company in which the record company also participates in the income of all of the other aspects of the artist’s work, such as songwriting and merchandise, in addition to making money off the records.”
“They need to incentivize someone to do the marketing. Depending on where they are in the world as far...
COICA: The Reason Why Your Favorite Blogs Are/May... →
Piracy Fight Shuts Down Music Blogs
“As a result, these sites have a complex symbiosis with the music business. While the Recording Industry Association of America wants to shut them down, the rank and file of the record labels — particularly in hip-hop circles — uses them as marketing tools and publicity outlets.
“To Joe Q. Public, ‘leak’ sounds like a bad word,” Mr. Hofman said in an ...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-5) →
Ghostwridah (30)
Ghostface Killah (18)
Esperanza Spalding (17)
Ice Cube (14)
Viktor Vaughn (14)
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