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Looks like the cooling economy has claimed another local business. Less than three years after... [more]

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Looks like the cooling economy has claimed another local business. Less than three years after opening in Chinatown, the owners of the rRed Elephant Cafe and LIVE @ The rRed Elephant have announced plans to leave the neighborhood.
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I’m still having a hard time dealing with the fact that Sergio is gone.
I wanted to... [more]

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I’m still having a hard time dealing with the fact that Sergio is gone.
I wanted to write something funny about the night he got sprinkled with blood at the Blaisdell. Or wax poetic about the handful of times we got to chat over cocktails in Chinatown.
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BAMP Project continues to show no signs of slowing its all-out assault on the local concert scene.[more]

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BAMP Project continues to show no signs of slowing its all-out assault on the local concert scene.
Once again, rock fans were the main beneficiaries when BAMP announced two new shows and the rescheduling of a third earlier this afternoon. [less]

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Just received word that comedian Chris Rock will be making a stop on his worldwide “No... [more]

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Just received word that comedian Chris Rock will be making a stop on his worldwide “No Apologies” tour here in Hawaii.
Tickets for the July 26 concert at Blaisdell Arena go on sale at 9 a.m. Saturday at all Ticketmaster outlets. Mario Joyner will be the opening act.
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The price of jet fuel is soaring, but that hasn’t stopped a steady stream of celebrities... [more]

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The price of jet fuel is soaring, but that hasn’t stopped a steady stream of celebrities from spending time here this summer.
Last week’s spotted list included Halle Berry and Ashley Tisdale (with Hawaii-born boyfriend Jared Murillo in tow). Now it’s Kanye West’s turn; he blogged about his rumored visits to anger management classes [...] [less]

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A three-day holiday can’t possibly a good time to close a nightclub, but that’s exactly... [more]

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A three-day holiday can’t possibly a good time to close a nightclub, but that’s exactly what NextDoor plans to do this weekend. [less]

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Off-camera flash as High Art: Julius von Bismark, an artist in Berlin, is playing with snap-happy tourists by injecting words into their photos.He cut a hole in the back of an old film camera and stuck a slaved flash into it. By writing words onto transparent plastic and sliding the sheet into a slot near the film plane, the whole rig now works backwards and becomes a projector. By leaving the shutter open and slaving the rear flash, he can now project those words onto the subject of someone else's photo when their flash trips his flash.His slave setup is a little clunky (kinda Steam Punk-ish, actually). But a standalone SB-800 also would work great -- without the camera-topping project box slave.He's in it for the social commentary, but I can't help thinking how much fun this would be for sophomoric jokes, too. You know, if you were that kind of person...(Thanks to everyone who sent this in -- www.JuliusvonBismark.com, via Gizmodo.)-30-Special notice for Email/RSS subscribers: The second printing of the Strobist DVD Set is back in stock and shipping. (Announcement will go up on the main site next week.)

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Hahaha, Consequence kills me with his frenetic ConsTV vids. (hold your hand steady!) I love the fact that he caught this... [more]

Hahaha, Consequence kills me with his frenetic ConsTV vids. (hold your hand steady!) I love the fact that he caught this great moment from the Glow in the Dark tourstop when Chris Brown came onstage at Madison Sq.Garden for the first time ever and performed “Cinderella/Umbrella” with his boo boo.
Now the reality is….he coulda come out every night. Because…um…I hear he was tagging along for most of the whole tour, playing bball backstage while Rihanna was busy, lol. (cute)
And you get all the insight and fun commentary from Cons’ VIP peanut gallery: Talib Kweli, GLC, Kanye’s manager Don C, and Cons himself.
Favorite part is when Don does his interpretation of Chris Brown’s cameo:
“I’m gon’ be on your tour…and I’m not gonna ever leave…cuz I luuuve you, yeaaaah”


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Unlike Rock Port, Missouri, the entire state of Delaware won't be 100-percent wind-powered after Bluewater Wind constructs a $1.6 billion wind park just off its shore, but the state will be able to "light about 50,000 homes a year" for the duration of the 25-year contract. Said agreement was just nailed down between the aforesaid firm and Delmarva Power, and it hopes to start powering homes via wind by 2012. The offshore site will sit around 12 miles off Rehoboth Beach, with a number of turbines to be planted 90-feet into the sea floor and sport three blades apiece measuring 150-feet long. It's noted that vacationers and locals alike won't be able to notice the park from the beach except on a few remarkably clear days, but if their energy bills sink because of it, we don't really think they'll mind, anyway.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments


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CHICAGO (AP) -- McDonald's, Wal-Mart and other U.S. chains have halted sales of some raw tomatoes as federal health officials... [more]

CHICAGO (AP) -- McDonald's, Wal-Mart and other U.S. chains have halted sales of some raw tomatoes as federal health officials work to trace the source of a multistate salmonella food poisoning outbreak.... [less]

A nursing home in Germany built an exact replica of a bus stop in front of the facility. The only difference is that buses... [more]

A nursing home in Germany built an exact replica of a bus stop in front of the facility. The only difference is that buses never stop there.


“It sounds funny,” said Old Lions Chairman Franz-Josef Goebel, “but it helps. Our members are 84 years-old on average. Their short-term memory hardly works at all, but the long-term memory is still active. They know the green and yellow bus sign and remember that waiting there means they will go home.” The result is that errant patients now wait for their trip home at the bus stop, before quickly forgetting why they were there in the first place.

“We will approach them and say that the bus is coming later today and invite them in to the home for a coffee,” said Mr Neureither. “Five minutes later they have completely forgotten they wanted to leave.”
Link | Photo of faux bus stop here (via Arbroath)







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meth’s leap of faith.
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TuneCore Finds A Way To Contribute To The Cesspool of Mediocrity: Tunecore claims it can get unsigned artists on digital... [more]

TuneCore Finds A Way To Contribute To The Cesspool of Mediocrity: Tunecore claims it can get unsigned artists on digital stores including iTunes, eMusic, Amazon, and Rhapsody, for roughly $30 an album.
“Twenty years ago, an artist with an acoustic guitar and a four-track demo would need to find a label to get her album on the shelves at Tower Records. Getting that contract was a long and painful process for the few who could navigate it; for most, it never led to anything, and that four-track demo was heard only by friends, family, and patrons of the local coffee shop”.
(Ars Technica)
Jeff Price who heads TuneCore tells Ars Technica that “the music industry changed” on the day that TuneCore went live. Any person on the planet “can have access to worldwide distribution; there are no filters,” he says, and he says it with energy.
Ladies and Gentlemen, allow us to re-write the story. Twenty years ago, an artist with an acoustic guitar and a four track demo couldn’t get the album on the shelves at Tower Records because in MOST cases, it wouldn’t deserve such a prime placement. It wasn’t a distribution problem, it was called mediocre product problem.
Distribution won’t increase your popularity and certainly won’t increase sales especially if you’re an unknown artist. Jeff Price sees a marketing opportunity what he calls ‘worldwide unfiltered distribution’. Price is contributing to the cesspool of garbage and certainly doesn’t seem to care about the consumer or the music. Filling iTunes with unfiltered music is comparable to dumping raw sewage in our seas. We don’t need more music, we need better music.
If you’re a serious passionate artist looking to build a fan base and hoping to bring your music to the masses, then getting your songs on iTunes is not the solution. The solution is writing great songs and finding a producer that will attack the songs, making them even better. The next step is to play live and putting on a killer live show. Sell your CD’s at a live show for 5 bucks and you were certainly make a return on your investment. If your worthy and fans want more of you, then consider a line of merchandise including t-shirts. When you begin to feel the buzz and you’re getting hundreds upon hundreds of legit emails requesting music, then consider iTunes; or sell your songs on your website establishing a direct relationship with the fans.
If you’re that person with an acoustic guitar and a four-track demo wanting worldwide distribution, consider yourself a dreamer, certainly not an artist.
We want to hear new music. Send us great songs and make our day. Email tips@kingsofar.com with link to your myspace and let us know what song we should be listening to.


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Americans love bubbles, so lately bartenders and drinks-minded mad-scientist types have been pioneering methods of adding... [more]

Americans love bubbles, so lately bartenders and drinks-minded mad-scientist types have been pioneering methods of adding bubbles to booze by carbonating the liquor (or the entire cocktail) itself. [less]

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) -- Brazil's government agreed to release stunning photos of Amazon Indians firing arrows at an... [more]

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) -- Brazil's government agreed to release stunning photos of Amazon Indians firing arrows at an airplane so that the world can better understand the threats facing one of the few tribes still living in near-total isolation from civilization, officials said Friday.... [less]

All three of these videos have been amazing. I can see Kanye creating a video-art installation a la Murakami’s “Inochi”... [more]

All three of these videos have been amazing. I can see Kanye creating a video-art installation a la Murakami’s “Inochi” one day….
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Last week’s leak….




Kanye’s listening session breakdown of the song…




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