H.G. Wells’ 1930s Radio Broadcasts

in Literature, Radio, Science | November 29th, 2010 Leave a Comment

H.G. Wells (1866-1946) gave us?The Time Machine, The Invisible Man, and?The War of the Worlds and practically invented science fiction as we know it. (Find his classic texts in our Free Audio Books and?Free eBooks collections.) Now, thanks to the BBC, you can travel back in time and get a glimpse into Wells’ creative mind. During the 1930s and 1940s, Wells?made regular radio broadcasts for the BBC, where he had the freedom to range widely, to talk about “world politics, the history of the printing press, the possibilities of technology and the shape of things to come…” Nine recordings now appear online. You can start listening here, or dip into an archive of Wells’ personal letters.

Finally, don’t miss one of my personal favorites. Orson Welles reading a dramatized version of H.G. Well’s The War of the Worlds in 1938. It’s?perhaps the most famous radio broadcast in American history and it drove America into a bout of mass hysteria, at least for a night …

H/T to @fionaatzler for flagging these BBC audio recordings.

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A Darwinian Theory of Beauty, or TED Does Its Best RSA

in TED Talks | November 29th, 2010 Leave a Comment

You have undoubtedly seen one, if not many, of RSA’s catchy videos during the past year. They feature the words of thought leaders accompanied by the fast-moving animation of Andrew Park. Along the way, we have featured RSA talks by Daniel Pink, Sir Ken Robinson, and Barbara Ehrenreich, among others.

The RSA videos have always struck me as a good alternative, or perhaps complement, to the more well-known TED videos. TED developed its style of presentation – speakers presenting on a live stage in a crisp 18 minutes (or less). Then RSA rolled out its distinctive animated videos. And now this: TED has Andrew Park animate Denis Dutton’s talk – A Darwinian Theory of Beauty – in RSA style. Intriguing talk. But a strange move on TED’s part. Hopefully, it’s just a one-off, and not a jump-the-shark moment…

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Nelly Responds…

One thing that I never understood with many artists is that an artist getting signed to a major is a business relationship but it is dominated by the label. The label looks only at numbers at BDS, Mediabase, Soundscan, etc. and whoever produces gets favortism. An artist can dictate how a label will maneuver budgets. During my tenure at MCA I learned that labels will sign a gang of artists and these non selling artist will support the selling artists, budgets get shifted all the time.

But back to the beginning. If I was signed to a major and get an advance or made a sh!tload of money, I would invest my own money in my own promotions team, my own marketing. Yes there are some restrictions but you can hire your own radio person to make sure you record will produce #’s so that the label will pick it up.

Unfortunately, many artists do NOT want to spend their own money on things like that. They wait for the label to do it. If you are serious about yours then I won’t put my destiny in someone elses hand sorry

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New Couple Alert: chris brown and mystery date at The Velvet Room

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Monday, November 29, 2010

Troubled R&B singer chris brown hosted the Sunday night party last night at the infamous Velvet Room in Decatur, Georgia, a suburb just north of Atlanta. brown, 21, was seen hugged up all night in the club’s VIP area with an attractive LSLH chick with interesting tongue jewelry.

Both Rihanna and brown have shown a strong desire to move past the drama surrounding their violent pre-Grammy Awards incident in 2009. Over the weekend, both stars appealed to their fanatical Twitter fan bases to let bygones be bygones.

After a chris brown Stan begged RiRi to stop talking about the incident in magazine interviews, Rihanna responded by tweeting: “AGREED! People won’t stop asking about it! It’s f—in’ annoying! Nobody wants to relive that, but some ppl can’t respect that!”

When the RiRi and breezy Stans continued bickering on Twitter, brown interceded with this tweet: “Y’all starting to sound extremely childish! #teambreezy and #rihannanavy It’s pointless. Love team breezy & thank you rihannanavy for supporting ya girl.”

Rihanna could benefit from the ceasefire. She has a new album to promote, LOUD, which debuted at #3 on the Billboard pop chart. And brown’s predicted miracle comeback never quite materialized after his Visine-assisted emotional breakdown onstage at the 2010 BET Awards in June.

brown left, partied with club owner Alex Gidewon (AG Entertainment Group), center, and Hot 107.9’s DJ Bestroh

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brown wore this tasteful Gucci collection watch ($1,295) with yellow diamonds added to it which brought the price up over $5,000.

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Jay Z’s ‘Decoded’ debuts at #3 on NY Times Bestseller’s List

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Monday, November 29, 2010

It looks like the over-hyped, over-the-top sales marketing plan worked for rapper Jay Z and former VIBE editor Dream Hampton, who goes uncredited as the actual author of Decoded.

Decoded, Jay Z’s autobiography slash memoir of his days hustling drugs in the Marcy Projects to his current gig hustling for cred in corporate boardrooms, debuted at #3 on the New York Times Best Seller list for hardcover non-fiction books.

This is not a big deal when you consider that the aging rapper is trailing behind 2 books that have been on the bestseller list for weeks: Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken (#2) and George Bush’s memoirs Decision Points (#1).

Jay Z’s rhyme tome didn’t even crack the Top 10 on USA Today’s bestseller list, which is actually based on overall sales and not who you know at the NY Times. Decoded landed at #18.

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Why Can’t We Walk Straight?

in Random, Science | November 28th, 2010 Leave a Comment

When we’re blindfolded, we’re doomed to walk in circles. The same thing happens when we drive and swim without the benefit of sight. Around and around we go. Robert Krulwich, the cohost of the excellent Radiolab show (iTunes -?Feed – Site), breaks this all down with some intriguing animation. But let me add this little spoiler alert. What makes us spin in circles still defies scientific explanation. H/T to Mike in Cambridge.

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Identified: the man who gave President Obama a fat lip

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Saturday, November 27, 2010

A little-known Hispanic politician was identified by the White House as the one who gave ‘The One’ a fat lip during a pickup basketball game at Fort McNair in Washington, DC yesterday.

U.S. President Barack Obama took an elbow to the mouth as he went up for a rebound while playing a pickup basketball game with his personal assistant Reggie Love (a former Duke University standout), and “family members” – according to the AP.

Many speculated that the dirty player was either Love, Hillary Clinton or a 5′-2″ female Secret Service Agent.

But the perpetrator was eventually identified as Rey Decerega, who works for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute in Washington, DC.

Obama’s busted lip required 12 stitches to close. But Hot Air explains that the number of stitches was increased due to doctors using a smaller filament (string) to stitch the wound tighter so the resulting scar would not be as visible when it heals.

Yesterday, the White House released an official statement from Decerega, who says he enjoys playing basketball with Obama and is sure the president will be back out on the court again soon.

Maybe one of Obama’s NBA buddies will educate him on the benefits of wearing a mouth guard such as the custom fanged one that Miami Heat star Lebron James wore during a game on Halloween night.

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Kanye West Getting Boo’d At Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

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@STLVixen… i was thinking the same thing. oh well. all i have to say to that is “hi haters!”

I love me some Kanye. I cannot co-sign some of the things he does out of the recording studio, but his new album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is getting major play in my home and car. Musically, there are few that can challenge him in his genre. Personally, he’s an ass but it makes for entertainment.

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Developing Apps for iPhone & iPad: A Free Stanford Course

in Apple, Stanford, iPad, iPhone | November 26th, 2010 4 Comments

Looking to?design apps for the iPhone or iPad? Stanford University now has a course online that will help you do just that.

Simply called?Developing Apps for iOS,?the course features 20 video lectures (the last installment was uploaded just this week)?and, somewhat fittingly,?they’re all available on Apple’s iTunesU.

Paul Hegarty teaches the course, and he assumes that you have experience programming in C, and some familiarity with UNIX, object-oriented programming and graphical toolkits.

You can find?Developing Apps for iOS in the Computer Science section of our big collection of Free Online Courses, along with two previous Stanford app development courses, both called iPhone Application Development.

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PICS: Keri Hilson, Polow Da Don, chris brown at Gold Room

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Friday, November 26, 2010

Singer Keri Hilson, who turns 28 in 2 weeks, has a hectic schedule that keeps her on the road traveling from city to city promoting her upcoming CD, No Boys Allowed.

After performing at Polow Da Don’s Thanksgiving Carnival earlier in the week, Keri jetted out of Atlanta to New York to appear on a float in the Macys Thanksgiving Day parade yesterday.

Then she flew back to Atlanta just in time to eat Thanksgiving dinner with the fam, before heading out again to host AG Entertainment’s Thursday Nights at the famed Gold Room nightclub. Wow, I’m exhausted just thinking about her schedule!

At the end of the night, Keri was walking back to her car when she was surprised by her longtime boyfriend. The lovers embraced passionately as the paparazzi snapped away. They say Keri and her man met in high school, but I don’t know if it’s true, so don’t quote me on that.

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Even though Keri was worn out, she still outshined all the other breezies in the room last night!

Speaking of Breezy, chris brown also attended the event with his BFF, producer Polow Da Don.

Club owner Alex Gidewon of AG Entertainment Group, promoter Chubbie Baby and male socialite Kenny Burns teamed up to make the party a huge success!

More pics at ATLPICS.net!

Other celebs and VIPs in the house included music producer Jazze Pha (not pictured), record execs Manny Hailey, far left, Shawn “Tubby” Holiday (Interscope Records), 3rd from left, music moguls Devyne Stephens and Bu Thiam (Def Jam A&R).

Shawn “Tubby” Holiday (Interscope Records) and Alex Gidewon (AG Ent Group)

Keri Hilson and male socialite Kenny Burns

Producer Jazze Pha poses with ATL PICS photographers Alfonso, left, and Alem

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Celebs Out & About: Fantasia, Kanye West, Keri Hilson

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Thursday, November 25, 2010

Troubled singer Fantasia Barrino and her daughter Zion made shakes at the famed Millions of Shakes shop in Culver City, CA yesterday. Her daughter is adorable!

Producer Kanye West wore a furry vest for his first ever Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade appearance this morning in New York. The troubled rapper performed “Lost in the World” from his critically acclaimed CD My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.

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Singer Keri Hilson was a beauty in pink on a float during the 84th Annual Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade in NYC today.

Gladys Knight (of Gladys Knight and The Pips) attended the 84th Annual Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade in NYC today.

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Alice’s Restaurant Illustrated

in Music | November 25th, 2010 Leave a Comment

Alice’s Restaurant.?It’s now a Thanksgiving classic, and admittedly something of an odd one.?Recorded in 1967, the 18+ minute counterculture song recounts Arlo Guthrie’s real encounter with the law, starting on Thanksgiving Day 1965. And it steadily builds into a satirical protest against the Vietnam War draft. We have featured Guthrie’s classic during past years. But, for this Thanksgiving, we give you the illustrated version. Part 1 is above; Part 2 here. Happy Thanksgiving to all who will celebrate today.

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Happy Thanksgiving to my SR family! I am thankful that you read my blog even though some of you don’t always agree with what I write. If you are at home or on the road visiting family, or even if you’re working today, have a Blessed holiday and be safe!

Here are pics of local celebrities and VIPs donating turkeys and volunteering their time to persons in need.

Local club owner Alex Gidewon, far left, Mayor Kasim Reed, 2nd from right, and The Gidewon Foundation took time out to enjoy the experience of giving to others yesterday.

Syndicated radio host Steve Harvey, center, his wife Marjorie, left, and Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed

Medical student Eudoxie, left, and her man Ludacris attended the The 4th Annual Zone 4 Inc, Foundation Focus and Ludacris Foundation Thanksgiving Carnival hosted by Big Boi in Atlanta on Tuesday, Nov. 23.

Photos by Prince Williams of ATLPics.net.

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Singer Keri Hilson performed at the Zone 4 Inc, Foundation Focus and Ludacris Foundation Thanksgiving Carnival hosted by Big Boi in Atlanta on Tuesday, Nov. 23.

Rapper Big Boi hosted the Zone 4 Inc, Foundation Focus and Ludacris Foundation Thanksgiving Carnival hosted by Big Boi in Atlanta on Tuesday, Nov. 23. Performers included Keri Hilson, Lloyd, Bow Wow, Waka Flocka Flame, Ludacris (pictured above), chris brown (pictured below) and more.

Oh, and I did my part to support the music industry yesterday. It’s the least I could do.

Photos by Prince Williams/ATLPics.net

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Donald Duck Wants You to Pay Your Taxes (1943)

in Film, History | November 25th, 2010 Leave a Comment

During World War II, some of the greatest living filmmakers put aside their commercial aspirations and directed propaganda films for the Allies. Frank Capra, Alfred Hitchcock, Howard Hawks, John Ford, John Huston – they all made a cinematic contribution to the war effort. (More on that here.) And so did Walt Disney, big time. 90% of Disney employees produced propaganda films for the American government, creating 68 hours of continuous film, including this short film for?the Treasury Department. The Spirit of ’43 puts Donald Duck in the always unenviable position of asking Americans to pay high taxes to fund their wars. (Imagine doing that today!) Some 26 million Americans viewed the short film, and apparently 37% of those interviewed in a Gallup poll later admitted that the film affected their willingness to pay Uncle Sam. You can find this Disney film and other wartime propaganda films (among other goodies) in our collection of Free Online Movies.

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Celebs Out & About: Nicki Minaj, Stacey Dash, Halle Berry, Lil Wayne, Serena Williams

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Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Actress Stacey Dash, accompanied by her two children Lola, left, and the Metrosexual Austin, aka Kanye West Jr, walked around NYC together, bundled up for the cold winter weather. Dash, 44, received her big break in the 1995 film “Clueless” as Dionne and is the cousin of Damon Dash. Photo by PacificCoastNews.com

Rapper Nicki Minaj signed copies of her new album Pink Friday at Best Buy in New York City, NY yesterday. Afterward, she attended Kanye West’s secret concert at the Bowery Ballroom. A few irate fans took to Twitter with complaints that Kanye’s “secret” show “went on sale” at 12 noon on TicketMaster, but there were no tickets available at 12:01 p.m., leading some to believe that the concert was a private industry event.

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Halle Berry and her actor boyfriend Olivier Martinez were seen at LAX yesterday.

Rapper Lil Wayne didn’t have much to smile about as he sat courtside at the Miami Heat vs Indiana Pacers game at American Airlines Arena earlier this week. The Pacers beat the hapless Miami Heat 93-77. I guess Udonis Haslem was the glue that held that team together. Haslem is out indefinitely with a foot injury.

Speaking of foot injuries, tennis superstar Serena Williams (who recently had surgery on her right foot) arrived at the orange carpet of the Miami Dolphins game against the Chicago Bears, assisted by singer Kelly Rowland last weekend.

Photos: Splash News Online, The Photo Agency and PacificCoastNews.com

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Kanye West gives long rambling, confusing speech during concert

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Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Last night, troubled producer/rapper Kanye West gave a last-minute secret concert at the Bowery Ballroom in NYC to promote his album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Kanye boasted about his comeback and his 1st week record sales (expected to be around 500K).

“It was a show performed by a real asshole…” writes the NY Times, “a guy who was convinced that no matter how much you loved him, you could still love him more.”

Celebrities in attendance included Sean Combs, Q-Tip, Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross, Swizz Beatz, Pusha T, Teyana Taylor, Ryan Leslie, Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, and John Legend.

Kanye ended the concert with a long rambling, confusing, narcissistic speech in which he once again blamed everyone else around him for his troubles, including his favorite targets: former president George Bush and country pop singer Taylor Swift.

Of the latter, he said, “…Taylor never came to my defense in any interview” I guess it didn’t occur to Kanye that his victims aren’t required to come to his defense?

Yeezy also swung wildly at bloggers: “The sh*t that people write on blogs is a projection of what they feel or what they’re scared about in themselves,” he said. “And now we are mere surfaces of the energy that they are projecting on us.” ?

The audience quickly grew restless halfway through Kanye’s rambling speech. There was a smattering of boos and a few of his fans (who spent $160 for the privilege of being there) yelled out “GAY FISH!” and “YOU’RE A LIAR!”

But West, who is firm in his belief that he is being unjustly persecuted — not unlike Jesus Christ — soldiered on, blaming everyone but God for forcing him to man up and face his own demons dead on.

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Kanye West performs with Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross, more after the break!

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Freddie Mercury, Live Aid (1985)

in Music | November 24th, 2010 Leave a Comment

Queen frontman Freddie Mercury died 19 years ago today. So a quick remembrance seems in order. We bring you Mercury and Brian May (now astrophysicist and university chancellor) driving along the crowd?at?Live Aid, the mega concert staged in London and Philly, back in 1985. Get the remaining parts of the virtuoso rock performance?here, here, and?here. And keep an eye out for the upcoming film that will feature Sacha Baron Cohen in the Mercury role.

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Keyshia Cole Treats Fan To Hang With Her Backstage at BET

THE TRUTH ABOUT SO-CALLED THANKSGIVING….??

This is not a day to be celebrated.

??Do you know how many of our brothers and sisters ( Native Indians are our relatives ) were killed when the so-called edomite pilgrims brought themselves to this land that doesn’t even belong to them??????????

Do you even know why the Turkey/ Cranberry sauce/ and Dressing are the main attraction for so-called Thanksgiving day?????????

The Bible has already warned us NOT TO CELEBRATE these feast days. This feast day is based on the murderous blood shed of our brothers and sisters.??Learn the Truth and teach your children the Truth.

Notice that a turkey has its tail as a ‘ spread of feathers ‘, the turkey represents the Native Indian Chiefs who wore a crown with feathers similar to the Turkey’s tail. The killing and preparation of the Turkey represents the killings of the Native Indian Chiefs…??Cranberry is self explanatory. Cranberry’s color is the color of Blood. The blood of our brothers and sisters who were viciously murdered at the hands of the edomite pilgrims AND SOME OF OUR BLACK ANCESTORS?( the Buffalo Soldiers ) WHO WERE USED TO KILL THE SWIFTEST ONES OF THE NATIVE INDIAN TRIBES. I forget the name of that tribe, but I will find out tho.??Dressing. This here is just pathetic…those evil edomite pilgrims cut off the breasts of the Native Indian Women and young women, and used it to play BASEBALL….BASEBALL PEOPLE!!!!!??So, NO I refuse to celebrate a day of mass murder of my brothers and sisters by the hands of the edomite pilgrims.??I will celebrate when the Almighty God repays the edomites for all the evil that they have done and the blood they have spilled on this land that doesn’t even belong to them.

That song that Bob Marley got called Buffalo Soldiers is a lie. He probably didn’t know it tho because he probably read the fake history books just like the majority of America.??The Buffalo Soldiers ( who are the tribe of Judah, descendants of Jacob ) were used to KILL the tribe of Native Indians ( who are also descendants of Jacob ) that the evil edomite pilgrims could not catch. That tribe was too fast for the so-called pilgrims, so they commissioned or tricked the Buffalo Soldiers into helping them catch that tribe.

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A Big Bach Download

in Music | November 24th, 2010 1 Comment

A quick fyi for Bach lovers:?You can download for free the complete organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach. They were recorded by Dr. James Kibbie (University of Michigan) on original baroque organs in Leipzig,?Germany. Start with a collection of Favorite Masterworks, or get the complete works that have been divided into 13 groups for easy download. Once you download these zip files, you will need to unzip them and import them into iTunes or a similar application. Thanks for @Pdarche (Peter Darche)?for flagging this for us.

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Neuroscience and Free Will

in Philosophy, Psychology, Science | November 23rd, 2010 4 Comments

We have free will. We make our own decisions. We have long taken these basic assumptions for granted. But what does neuroscience make of this? In this excerpt from the BBC Horizon special, “The Secret You,” Marcus Du Sautoy (Oxford University) participates in a brain imaging experiment conducted by John-Dylan Haynes, a neuroscientist based in Berlin. And the results? Well, they force us to rethink things a bit. Goodbye Descartes. Goodbye mind before matter. Goodbye to consciousness and free will, as we traditionally like to think about them. And welcome to the world of neurons, to brain activity that makes?your decisions before your conscious self is even aware of them. To delve deeper into all of this, you can watch Haynes give a 90 minute lecture here called “Unconscious determinants of free decisions in the human brain.”

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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Kudos to rappers Waka Flocka and Gucci Mane and So Icey Entertainment for giving back to their community.

Did the volunteers come straight from the club to help out?

Hey Sandra,

Earlier today, Debra Antney and Mizay Entertainment with DTLR and Hot 107.9 held their annual Turkey Giveaway Dinner Event in Forest Park, GA. People of all ages lined up getting Turkeys from all of the artists signed to Mizay including Waka Flocka Flame, Frenchie, Cartier Kitten, Muff Mommy, Cartel, Kebo Gotti, as well as Gucci Mane stopping by and helping some of the senior citizens by carrying turkeys and vegetables to their vehicles. Here’s a few photos, and there’s more on my site.

Thanks…

Bernadette Truell
Be True Photography

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