“The idea behind Musekeweya, or the New Dawn, is to do the opposite of what the notorious Radio Libre des Mille Collines did 20 years ago as it stoked ethnic hatred during the genocide carried out by Hutu extremists.”
Tag: 04.04.14
Why Do Toys Have To Be So Identified By Gender?
“Campaigns such as Let Toys Be Toys in the United Kingdom have expressed frustration at the way manufacturers and shops have increasingly restricted the interests of girls to the narrow domain between the twin pink pillars of femininity—being caring and being pretty—while the broader, “different colored” terrain is for boys.”
Live Concerts Will (Inevitably?) Turn Into Hologram Concerts
“Purists will continue to resist the trend, maintaining that projections can never replace flesh-and-blood performers, but less discerning concertgoers may still give this new advent the support it needs.”
Harvey Weinstein Loves French Cinema, And Brings It (Quietly) To The U.S.
“It’s a niche, like anything else, but I think it’s alive and well.”
What Does Artist Anish Kapoor Think Of His London OlympicS Park Sculpture Now?
“The work comprises a central trunk that houses the lifts and viewing platforms around which curl massive loops of knotted red steel. ‘There was a lot of pressure to have it in grey like everything else in the park’ explains Kapoor. ‘So we had a quarrel and then it was made in red as we wanted.'”
So … Are Bookstores Dead?
No: “Like, come on, let’s calm down.”
Whoa: Watch As Google Maps Changes What You See When You’re In Another Country [VIDEO]
“What does Google Maps do? The service has found itself in many unwelcome geopolitical positions.”
The Problems With Music Criticism
“Perhaps I would be a better critic if I took the time to consider the output of Justin Bieber on the critical scoring points that matter to me, independent of the mainstream media through which I disregard him, but you won’t convince me of that.”
In A World Of Facebook And The NSA, Do We Own Our Identities – And Our Faces – Online?
“When the website suggests that you be tagged in a photo, what it actually does is compare a pre-created quantified dataset of your face to the newly uploaded image and measures how closely you match the identifiable subjects. Facebook keeps individual face templates in its databases to use over and over again.”
Movies And TV Shows – And Now Actors – Are Fleeing To Georgia. What?
“‘Georgia’s just got everything you want—really great infrastructure, good crew, stages—for a big-budget film, and all the way down to the indies and TV series as well,’ says Dama Claire, an L.A.-based production executive.”