Chromatics - Tick of the Clock

Original version from the album "Night Drive"(2007).
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Rockstar Games is updating its website with mysterious new imagery

Rockstar Games, developer of acclaimed open world titles like GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2, has been updating its website with a number of interesting new images, leaving fans to speculate what could be in store for the studio's future. The first newly discovered piece of artwork, depicting what can only be described as a female Oscar android hugging the famous Rockstar "R" next to a bucket of champagne, appeared on the site earlier this week, originally written off as just another decoration to embellish the web page's side bar.
Read more: https://www.gamesradar.com/rockstar-games-is-updating-its-website-with-mysterious-new-imagery/?source=Snapzu

Apple won't let bad guys use iPhones in movies, 'Knives Out' director Rian Johnson says

Rian Johnson, the writer and director of "Knives Out," revealed that Apple will permit film productions to use its products onscreen, but with one very big caveat: Villains can't have an iPhone on camera.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/26/apple-wont-let-bad-guys-use-iphones-in-movies-says-knives-out-director.html?source=Snapzu

What One Learns from Twenty-Two Years of Writer’s Block

In her new memoir, “Scratched,” Elizabeth Tallent explores how the pursuit of perfection can paralyze a writer.
Read more: https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/what-one-learns-from-twenty-two-years-of-writers-block?source=Snapzu

Say It Is So: Baseball’s Disgrace

The case for electing "Shoeless" Joe Jackson and Pete Rose to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Read more: https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2020/02/20/say-it-is-so-baseballs-disgrace/?source=Snapzu

How 'Better Call Saul' and 'Breaking Bad' Changed Albuquerque Forever

We talked to Miguel Jaramillo, who tracks the shows' filming locations, about how ABQ became as much of a star as Walter White or Saul Goodman.
Read more: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/jged9k/how-better-call-saul-and-breaking-bad-changed-albuquerque-forever?source=Snapzu

Who Should Decide What Books Are Allowed In Prison?

The Color Purple, The Hate U Give and American Sign Language textbooks have all been censored in U.S. prisons. A recent report describes the restrictions as "arbitrary" and "opaque."
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2020/02/22/806966584/who-should-decide-what-books-are-allowed-in-prison?source=Snapzu

Is There Anything Wrong With Being a Slow Reader?

Hours of each day pass where I encounter nothing truly memorable on my computer or phone. What was I just reading five minutes ago?
Read more: https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/is-there-anything-wrong-with-being-a-slow-reader?source=Snapzu

The Mandalorian was shot on a holodeck-esque set with Unreal Engine, video shows

This video depicts one of the most radical evolutions of filmmaking in years.
Read more: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/02/the-mandalorian-was-shot-on-a-holodeck-esque-set-with-unreal-engine-video-shows/?source=Snapzu

What Is ‘Parasite’ Really About?

There's a lot of depth to this film.
Read more: https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2020/02/12/what-is-parasite-really-about/#1414c74c2394?source=Snapzu

New Music Release Tuesday - Week of February 19 - 25, 2020 (81 tracks)

Hey Snapzu, here's your newest mega-list of all new (English language) music releases/singles of this past week. Listen, enjoy, and don't forget to vote for your favorites so they climb on the list and stand out from the rest!
Read more: https://snapzu.com/djrascal/new-music-release-tuesday-week-of-february-19-25-2020-81-tracks?source=Snapzu

Netflix rolls out Top 10 feature to help show what people are actually watching

Netflix’s Top 10 row is now available to all subscribers after experiments ran in the UK and Mexico
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/24/21151327/netflix-top-10-list-homepage-subscribers-originals-licensed-movies-tv-shows?source=Snapzu

Back To The Future Writer Says A Reboot Is Not Happening. Ever

Co-writer for Back to the Future Bob Gale has laid all his cards out on the table. And he’s told us very bluntly that he is not accepting pitches for Doc and Marty to return to the big screen. Ever. He said, “You know, you don’t sell your kids into prostitution. It was the wrong thing to do. We put ‘The End’ at the end of part three.”
Read more: https://nerdbot.com/2020/02/23/back-to-the-future-writer-says-a-reboot-is-not-happening-ever/?source=Snapzu

8-year-old cello prodigy played Carnegie Hall and performed with the Moscow Symphony Orchestra

Cameron Renshaw has been playing the cello since he was five-years-old. While he uses a smaller version of the instrument than adults, his cello, which he named Spotlight, is still almost as big as he is. The nimble-fingered eight-year-old has been racking up music titles over the last few years - beating out other kids from all over the world. “I love playing on the stage,” Renshaw said. “I do not feel nervous at all. All I feel like is I need to give that audience my all.”
Read more: https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2020/02/8-year-old-cello-prodigy-played-carnegie-hall-and-performed-with-the-moscow-symphony-orchestra.html?source=Snapzu

Welcome to the Fresh Internet Hell of the Streaming Wars

No matter who wins, viewers are going to lose.
Read more: https://slate.com/technology/2020/02/netflix-hulu-disney-hbo-peacock-streaming-wars.html?source=Snapzu

'Love and free food': Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner share the secrets of their 70-year friendship

The giants of American comedy tell Hadley Freeman about the hits they have had, the wives they miss – and why they still spend every evening together
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/global/2020/feb/20/love-and-free-food-mel-brooks-and-carl-reiner-share-the-secrets-of-their-70-year-friendship?source=Snapzu

'The Whole System Collapsed': Inside the Music Industry's Ongoing Distribution Crisis

‘It’s amazing how a company most have never heard of can bring the U.S. music industry to its knees,’ said one label exec struggling to get his artists’ records into stores
Read more: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/cd-vinyl-distribution-crisis-950327/?source=Snapzu

'Tony Hawk's Pro Skater,' a video game that defined a generation, gets its own documentary

Tony Hawk’s reached one of the more enviable places in pop culture. Who wouldn’t want to be a pioneer in their field, amass a huge fortune, and still go unrecognized at the airport? Later this month, he’ll be in a public place where every person in the room should know his face: the Mammoth Film Festival.
Read more: https://www.mic.com/p/tony-hawks-pro-skater-a-video-game-that-defined-a-generation-gets-its-own-documentary-21815743?utm_campaign=mic?source=Snapzu

Jon Favreau’s Curiosity Continues to Make ‘The Chef Show’ One of Netflix’s Best Series

The Chef Show proves it's one of the best shows on all of Netflix with its third volume of new episodes, featuring Jon Favreau with Sam Raimi and Wolfgang Puck.
Read more: https://collider.com/the-chef-show-season-3-review-jon-favreau/?source=Snapzu

Rapper Pop Smoke Dead, Murdered in Home Invasion

Sources familiar with the surveillance video tell TMZ ... the video shows at least 4 masked men with hoodies making their way into the house just 10 minutes after people inside the house deadbolted the front doors shut. We're told they did not turn the house alarm on, which made it easier for the home invaders to get inside.
Read more: https://www.tmz.com/2020/02/19/pop-smoke-dead-dies-20-murdered-home-invasion-robbery/?source=Snapzu

Hulu is now the biggest live-TV streaming service after Sling subscribers shrink

Hulu is now officially the top live TV streaming service, overtaking Sling TV for the first time last quarter. Dish Network reported this morning that its Sling TV service finished Q4 2019 with 2.59 million subscribers, having lost 94,000 subscribers from the prior quarter. Hulu + Live TV, meanwhile, continues to grow, finishing last quarter with a record 3.4 million subscribers. The next closest streaming bundle competitor is YouTube TV with two million subscribers. Both Hulu + Live TV and Sling TV raised prices in Q4, but not until late December, so the full effects of those price hikes probably won’t be felt until next quarter.
Read more: https://www.fastcompany.com/90465664/hulu-is-now-the-biggest-live-tv-streaming-service-after-sling-subscribers-shrink?source=Snapzu

Macaulay Culkin Is Ready to Answer All the Questions You Have About Him

He is taking off his pants while standing up, trying not to fall over. He’s got his ankle kind of balanced on the opposite knee, and he sometimes loses his balance for a second, the way you and I do when we take off our pants while standing up. He has to hop on one foot. Sometimes he lets out a little whoopwhen he teeters on one foot, the way you and I might, especially.
Read more: https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a30680749/macaulay-culkin-interview-life-now-after-home-alone-2020/?utm_source=pocket-newtab?source=Snapzu

Sasha Banks Involved in Second Season of "The Mandalorian"

WWE star Sasha Banks is going to a galaxy far, far away … as she’s apparently filmed scenes for the upcoming season of “The Mandalorian.” The news of her involvement in the show’s second season was first reported by the Mat Men Pro Wrestling podcast and sources tell us their information is accurate.
Read more: https://www.prowrestlingsheet.com/sasha-banks-the-mandalorian/?source=Snapzu

This Chinese Factory Makes $100,000 Architectural Models!

Today we're visiting RJ Models, one of the top architectural model making factories in China. And it's amazing! It's a blend of high tech computerized tools like laser cutters, CNC mills, and high end 3d printers alongside old fashioned meticulous hand model making by skilled craftsmen. And the scale is unbelievable - 500 employees!
Read more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvwwYeDVAqk?source=Snapzu

Why I Call Myself a Socialist

In most reasonably large towns in the United States and Europe, you can find, on some important public square or street, a professional theater. And so, in various quiet neighborhoods in these towns, you can usually also find some rather quiet individuals, the actors who work regularly in that theater, individuals whose daily lives center around lawns and cars and cooking and shopping and occasionally the athletic events of children, but who surprisingly at night put on the robes of kings and wizards...
Read more: https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/why-i-call-myself-socialist/?source=Snapzu

Streamer carries a 9-year-old to max rank in Destiny 2’s Crucible

In what is almost certainly the most wholesome video of 2020 so far, Destiny content creator Fallout Plays and his pal Ryan (AKA fellow streamer, Rhythm) helped carry a 9-year-old child to max rank in Destiny 2’s competitive multiplayer playlist.
Read more: https://www.polygon.com/2020/2/14/21137823/destiny-2-crucible-legend-rank-child-fallout-plays?source=Snapzu

Rage Against the Bank Machine

- A Dose of Buckley (L)
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Why Cozy Mysteries Are The Hottest TV Genre Of 2020

We’re always observing genres as they grow and mutate – geek culture stands at the forefront of the new and different, and smart heads plug in early to get ahead of the curve.
Read more: https://www.geek.com/television/why-cozy-mysteries-are-the-hottest-tv-genre-of-2020-1818154/?source=Snapzu

Morgan Freeman Converted His 124-Acre Ranch Into A Giant Honeybee Sanctuary To Save The Bees

The beloved Morgan Freeman is film director, philanthropist, and one of the greatest actors of our time, and he now has another title being attributed to his name; Beekeeper.
Read more: https://understandingcompassion.com/compassion/morgan-freeman-converted-his-124-acre-ranch-into-a-giant-honeybee-sanctuary-to-save-the-bees/?source=Snapzu

Manchester City banned from Champions League for two seasons

Manchester City have been banned from the Champions League for two seasons, from 2020-21, and fined €30m by Uefa
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/feb/14/manchester-city-banned-from-champions-league-two-seasons-ffp-uefa?source=Snapzu

Local Bookstores Have A New Weapon In The Fight With Amazon

Bookshop.org is looking to generate revenue for independent book stores by moving sales, and affiliate links, away from Amazon and toward independent bookstores.
Read more: https://www.forbes.com/sites/joanverdon/2020/02/14/advocate-for-local-bookstores-takes-aim-against-amazon-with-new-website/?source=Snapzu

The New York Public Library releases their 125 most beloved books

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the New York Public Library has released a love letter to books. Continuing the celebration of the institution’s 125th anniversary, the library culled together a list of 125 beloved books, chosen by librarians within the NYPL system. The list, collected under “125 Books We Love,” brings together titles of adult literature, spanning 12 forms and genre categories.
Read more: https://allarts.org/2020/02/the-new-york-public-library-releases-their-125-most-beloved-books/?source=Snapzu

This Fake Travis Scott Song Created By Artificial Intelligence Sounds Almost Like The Real Thing

Digital agency space150 created a deepfake version of the rapper named Travisbott.
Read more: https://genius.com/a/this-fake-travis-scott-song-created-by-artificial-intelligence-sounds-almost-like-the-real-thing?source=Snapzu

‘Narcos: Mexico’ Is Back and More Bloody, Druggy, and Chaotic Than Ever

The second season of “Narcos: Mexico” sees the DEA attempt to take down cartel lord Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo (Diego Luna) and an up-and-comer by the name of El Chapo.
Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/narcos-mexico-season-2-on-netflix-is-more-bloody-druggy-and-chaotic-than-ever?ref=home?source=Snapzu

Televangelist sells $125 'Silver Solution' as cure for Coronavirus

The product contains chemicals known by the state of California to be dangerous, according to Bakker's website.
Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/televangelist-show-guest-promotes-silver-solution-cure-coronavirus-1487069?source=Snapzu

'Lose Yourself' Tops iTunes Following Eminem's Oscars Performance

Look/If you had/One shot/Or one opportunity/to totally make up for that 2003 thing/Would you capture it/Or just let it slip? Eminem chose “capture” for his surprise make-good Oscars moment, and that decision made “Lose Yourself” skyrocket all the way to No. 1 on the iTunes charts — 18 years after the song’s initial release.
Read more: https://www.thewrap.com/lose-yourself-is-no-1-song-on-itunes-following-eminems-surprise-oscars-performance/?source=Snapzu

11 Reasons Not to Become Famous (or “A Few Lessons Learned Since 2007”)

November of 2008. I had more hair, a flip phone, and absolutely no idea what was coming. Let the cymbals of popularity tinkle still. Let the butterflies of fame glitter with their wings.
Read more: https://tim.blog/2020/02/02/reasons-to-not-become-famous/?source=Snapzu

Rep. Jim Jordan accused of participating in OSU sexual abuse cover-up by ex-wrestler

Jim Jordan reportedly called a former OSU wrestler and "cried, groveled... begged" him to help Jordan cover up his involvement in the abuse.
Read more: https://sports.yahoo.com/rep-jim-jordan-accused-of-participating-in-osu-sexual-abuse-coverup-by-exwrestler-165329175.html?source=Snapzu

French judo great loses first fight in nearly 10 years

French judo great Teddy Riner has lost for the first time in nearly a decade after being defeated by Japan's Kokoro Kageura in the third round of the Paris Grand Slam on Sunday.
Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/09/sport/teddy-riner-defeat-spt-intl/index.html?source=Snapzu

Music streaming pioneer SoundCloud raises $75M from Pandora owner SiriusXM

SoundCloud, the music streaming company that has been described as the “YouTube of audio” because of its profusion of user-generated content, has some big, strategic investment news today.
Read more: https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/11/music-streaming-pioneer-soundcloud-raises-75m-from-pandora-owner-siriusxm/?source=Snapzu

A small bookstore pondered its future after a day without a sale. After a tweet, it became overwhelmed with orders.

After closing up shop that day, there was fear the bookstore might have to close permanently. But overnight, something unexpected happened.
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/a-small-bookstore-pondered-its-future-after-a-day-without-a-sale-after-a-tweet-it-became-overwhelmed-with-orders/?source=Snapzu

The use of jargon kills people’s interest in science, politics

When scientists and others use their specialized jargon terms while communicating with the general public, the effects are much worse than just making what they’re saying hard to understand. In a new study, people exposed to jargon when reading about subjects like self-driving cars and surgical robots later said they were less interested in science than others who read about the same topics, but without the use of specialized terms.
Read more: https://news.osu.edu/the-use-of-jargon-kills-peoples-interest-in-science-politics/?source=Snapzu

Virtuoso mourns beloved £150,000 piano smashed by movers

A unique piano which was treasured by the Canadian virtuoso Angela Hewitt as her “best friend” was broken beyond repair when it was dropped by specialist instrument movers. The expensive accident happened late last month after Hewitt finished recording Beethoven’s piano variations at a studio in Berlin. She said it left her in such shock that it took her 10 days before she could announce the news to her followers.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/11/virtuoso-mourns-beloved-150000-piano-smashed-by-movers?source=Snapzu

Column: Netflix didn't win best picture, but ‘Parasite’ couldn't have triumphed at the Oscars without it

None of the three acceptance speeches Bong Joon Ho made at the Oscars on Sunday night included a shout-out to Netflix, which is a shame; it’s tough to imagine “Parasite” making its much-deserved and historical wins at the 92nd Academy Awards without it.
Read more: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-02-10/column-netflix-didnt-win-best-picture-but-parasite-couldnt-triumph-without-it?source=Snapzu

YouTube may offer sign-ups for premium subscriptions like Showtime

YouTube would join Amazon and Apple by putting all your streaming services in one place.
Read more: https://www.engadget.com/2020/02/10/youtube-may-offer-other-subscriptions/?source=Snapzu

Greta Thunberg to make new documentary series for the BBC

The series will follow the teenage climate activist on her international crusade, giving an ‘inside view on what it’s like being a global icon’
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/feb/10/greta-thunberg-to-make-new-documentary-series-for-the-bbc?source=Snapzu

Taika Waititi slams Apple’s MacBook keyboards after winning first Oscar

"They are impossible to write on — they’ve gotten worse. It makes me want to go back to PCs."
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/9/21130967/oscars-taika-waititi-apple-butterfly-keyboards-jojo-rabbit-academy-award-press-room?source=Snapzu

Uncovered Hazards: Explosion at the DeRidder Pulp and Paper Mill

An updated safety video that includes findings and recommendations from the CSB's investigation into the February 8, 2017, explosion at the Packaging Corporation of America's DeRidder, Louisiana, pulp and paper mill.
Read more: https://snapzu.com/MontgomeryLaw/uncovered-hazards-explosion-at-the-deridder-pulp-and-paper-mill?source=Snapzu

Who doesn’t read books in America?

Roughly a quarter of American adults say they haven’t read a book in the past year. Who are these non-book readers?
Read more: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/09/26/who-doesnt-read-books-in-america/?source=Snapzu

Marilyn Monroe TV Series in the Works

The project from 'Yellowstone' producer 101 Studios and U.K. production company Seven Seas Films has the blessing of the late star's estate.
Read more: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/marilyn-monroe-drama-works-yellowstone-producer-1276504?source=Snapzu