13 blogs
about Arts and media.
3:AM Magazine
Whatever it is, we're against it.
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Shit Life Syndrome
By Stu Hennigan. “The phrase seemed to denote a level of long-standing poverty, family breakdown, lack of stability, unemployment and potential risk factors common to many of the predominately young, working class patients referred to …
By Andrew Gallix, 6,446 words
#algopop
Studying the appearance of algorithms in popular culture and everyday life.
By Matthew Plummer-Fernández.
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Balladeer's Blog
Singing the praises of things that slip through the cultural cracks.
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A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1914) – ANOTHER SILENT FILM VERSION
Christmas Carol-a-Thon 2024 continues here at Balladeer’s Blog with another all-new review. A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1914) – This British production was directed by Harold M. Shaw and runs a bit over 22 minutes. Charles Rock …
By balladeer, 1,437 words
cultural snow
Author of books about Radiohead, Leonard Cohen and The Noughties, plus odds and sods for The Guardian, Mojo, Time Out, Prospect, BBC, CNN and more.
By Tim Footman.
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About Twitter
Crikey. I Just came across something I posted 18 years ago, when I’d just joined Twitter, which was so new I had to explain what it was. I called it one of those sites that …
DIGICULT | Digital Art, Design and Culture
Since 2005, Digicult is a platform that critically examines the impact of digital technologies and science on art, design, culture and contemporary society.
By Valentina Foti, et al.
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Voices by Philippe Parreno
“Voices”is a landscape in which remoteness is compressed, events are co-generated, interfaces disappear, humans and non-humans connect through new languages and the whole evolves and transforms relentlessly throughout time. The post Voices by Philippe Parreno …
By Redazione Digicult, 49 words
Flow
Flow’s mission is to provide a space where scholars and the public can discuss media histories, media studies, and the changing landscape of contemporary media.
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Automated for the People Gerald Sim / Florida Atlantic University
Figure 1. Video Editing Work Last May, when OpenAI withdrew Sky, the ChatGPT voice that resembled Scarlett Johansson’s too much for the actress’s liking, the startup learned a lesson that Disney had paid for 3 …
By Gerald Sim / Florida Atlantic University, 1,530 words
My Life 100 Years Ago
A journey back in time.
By Mary Grace McGeehan.
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A Double Rainbow of 1924 Magazine Covers
I recently went on on a trip from Cape Town to Washington, D.C., Seattle, North Cascades National Park, Seattle again, Denver, D.C. again, and then back home to Cape Town, all in three weeks. It …
By Mary Grace McGeehan, 1,054 words
Neural
Critical digital culture and media arts.
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The Case for a Small Language Model, kinetic transparency
The inner generative properties of literature can be found in various works, such as the exemplary “Cent mille milliards de poèmes” by Raymond Queneau, which is created by cutting up pages. Richard Vijgen’s The Case …
News From ME
About TV, movies, theatre, comics, news, politics and other forms of fantasy.
By Mark Evanier.
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Mark's Xmas Video Countdown – #5
And of course, we all remember the great song from the 1966 animated special from the great Dr. Seuss book, How the Grinch Stole Christmas. It was directed by Chuck Jones and starred the voice …
Podnews podcasting news
Daily news about the global podcasting and on-demand audio industry.
By James Cridland.
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A look back at 2024
This is sponsored by Understood, from CBC. From CBC, Understood goes deep on the current events, people, and cultural moments shaping society. Seasons span four episodes, hosted by journalists with an existing expertise on the …
Quote Investigator® – Tracing Quotations
Records the investigatory work of Garson O’Toole who diligently seeks the truth about quotations. Who really said what?
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Quote Origin: Worry Is Like Paying Interest On a Debt You Don’t Owe
Mark Twain? William Ralph Inge? Harry A. Thompson? Havelock Ellis? Anonymous? Symbolic representation of debt from Unsplash Question for Quote Investigator: Excessive worrying is debilitating to one’s mental health. Upsetting scenarios are often sidestepped, and …
By quoteresearch, 1,921 words
Spectre Collie
The Journal of Poorly-Explained Phenomena.
By Chuck Jordan.
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A Sense of Like a Dozen Endings
What We Do In The Shadows will most likely be one of my top 10 television series of all time. It was never “appointment viewing.” I’m sure there’s a lot that I’ve forgotten, and I …
We Are the Mutants
An online magazine focusing on Cold War-era sci-fi, fantasy, genre, pulp, cult, occult, and anti-establishment media.
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Kool Kelly’s Place: True Confessions of an ’80s Bedroom
Recollections / December 17, 2024 ROBERTS: I can’t believe I let you guys talk me into this, but I suppose it has to be done. A few months ago my dad sent me a whole …
By K.E. Roberts, 3,201 words