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9:17 am Tue
Apr 6, 2010
Ben Meyers is a 17-year-old who spent a month putting together this video that combines improvised percussion—done on the lockers, doors and other various parts of his school—with piano and xylophone melodies. It's all played by him, recorded separately and edited together in the video. Wired's Steve Silberman tells me that young Ben is off to the Berklee College of Music in the fall. Congrats!
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi was briefly called “Revenge of the Jedi.” Apparently screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan had told Lucas that “Return of the Jedi” was a “weak title.” In December 1982 though, Lucas went back to his original title but not before promotional posters had already been released, such as the […]
For dinner, the Varchetti family ordered a pepperoni pizza from Hungry Howie’s. When the 18 year old delivery man arrived at their home, he gave them the pizza, saw the piano in the foyer, and asked if he could play it. For the next ninety seconds, he played the third movement of Beethoven’s “Moonlight” sonata […]
In the course of my work as a documentary filmmaker, I sometimes find hidden gems. Samuel Fuller’s “The Naked Kiss” is one of them.
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The Adobe Creative Cloud suite is the foundation on which many creatives build their careers, but some of its programs, like Photoshop and InDesign, are notoriously complex, making it difficult for aspiring designers, photographers, and the like to break into their field. But, don’t get discouraged. The Pay What You Want: Adobe CC A-Z Lifetime Bundle […]
