When Bloomberg reported that Spotify would be upping the cost of its premium subscription from $9.99 to $10.99, and including 15 hours of audiobooks per month in the U.S., the change sounded like a win for songwriters and publishers. Higher subscription prices typically equate to a bump in U.S. mechanical royalties — but not...
I’ve been a paying member for almost a decade. I’ve been training it that entire time with what I do and don’t like. I’ve also been using their suggested playlists for years and further refining what they recommend. So their algorithm is a huge part of it for me. I am constantly finding songs and artists I wouldn’t have been exposed to otherwise.
That said, I’ve been holding my nose while I renewed the service for the past couple of years. I’m willing to part ways for Tidal if it’s a comparable service with better benefits to the artists.
I’d absolutely go to a place where I can hang out with dudes who also love shooting guns, eating sausages and doing yoga. And I don’t even really do any of those things.
A movie weapons supervisor is facing up to 18 months in prison for the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western film “Rust,” with her sentencing scheduled for Monday in a New Mexico state court....
I fully support this kind of stuff. I ran movie theaters for 20 years. The switch from 35 to digital was welcome for a multitude of reasons. I really didn’t miss having brain wraps or a platter throwing the print all over the floor or having to replace trailers on the platter. Digital really is more convenient AND a better way to ensure a quality presentation. But now, even when I’m almost 15 years removed from the industry, I still have frequent dreams of threading projectors during a booth shift. I feel like I could walk into a 15 screen booth and still be able to thread and start an entire set without missing a beat. Those were some of the happiest days of my professional life. Just you and the machines. It was really zen.
Can you point to specific examples of someone you have encountered in your daily life, someone who is nearly starving… but chooses to spend their money on an unnecessary indulgence? Because it sounds like you’re otherwise just perpetuating stereotypes.
Elmore Leonard. Dude was a massive influence on popular culture. He was instrumental in teaching Tarantino how to be Tarantino. He wrote the books that SO MANY great movies and television shows were based on.
Hunter Thompson. His gonzo style is often imitated but rarely duplicated. And it’s such a goddamn simple concept, but no one else managed to do it with his flair.
Baristas are making $20/hr now? Shit, I may have to go back to slinging lattes. I was making a little over minimum when I was working at coffee shops 20 years ago.
It can be from any angle. Presently, I’m pondering what kind of context various LGBTQ+ characters can be written without making any kind of political statement, or rather, simply making a statement through normalization in a natural way. In other words, how do I empathize like the cool kids clique?...
Disney released an animated movie a couple years ago called Strange World. It was a wildly mediocre movie with a plot that had a very obvious pro-environment, message that was subtle as a brick.
But what really ruffled the conservative feathers was son character who had a gay crush. For as preachy ad the rest of the movie was, the gay crush subplot was amazingly well done. They treated it like any other hetero love interest subplot. It wasn’t preachy or hamfisted or campy… it was just a family being happy for the kid.
You gotta start maximizing your coils, yo. I was one shotting bad guys left and right with a couple high level impact damage coils on otherwise mediocre sharpshot bows.
A majority of my shirts have been band related since I was old enough to buy my own clothes. I’ve never been questioned, interrogated or otherwise questioned about my appreciation for the band.
On that same token I’ve never felt compelled to interrogate or judge anyone else on their choice of band shirt.
The company, Tuff Torq, was fined nearly $300,000 for hiring 10 children. It must also set aside $1.5 million to help the immigrant minors who were illegally employed....
Anon thinks you should have chickens (sh.itjust.works)
New life hack (lemmy.world)
Maybe an injection or pill? (lemmy.world)
After announcing increased prices, Spotify to Pay Songwriters About $150 Million Less Next Year (www.billboard.com)
When Bloomberg reported that Spotify would be upping the cost of its premium subscription from $9.99 to $10.99, and including 15 hours of audiobooks per month in the U.S., the change sounded like a win for songwriters and publishers. Higher subscription prices typically equate to a bump in U.S. mechanical royalties — but not...
They're not the brightest... (lemmy.world)
Millionaire tries to prove becoming wealthy is easy by becoming homeless and making a million in a year - and of course fails miserably and quits, citing reality (www.dailymail.co.uk)
“Wait this shit sucks, nevermind.”...
Get rid of landlords... (lemmy.world)
Russia says US support for Ukraine will end as ‘humiliating fiasco’ like ‘Vietnam and Afghanistan’ (thehill.com)
Gun supervisor for 'Rust' movie to be sentenced for fatal shooting by Alec Baldwin on set (apnews.com)
A movie weapons supervisor is facing up to 18 months in prison for the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western film “Rust,” with her sentencing scheduled for Monday in a New Mexico state court....
we live in an explosion (mander.xyz)
In the near future... (lemmy.one)
Or are you feeling a little more like...
The Government Isn’t Ready for the Violence Trump Might Unleash (www.theatlantic.com)
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35mm film is a dying art. An Ambler movie theater is keeping it alive (whyy.org)
Eggs (lemmy.world)
Who do you consider a Great Author of the last 50 years or so (first well-known work after 1970)? I'd like to get a feel for who's who in modern literature. Any language/culture. Fiction only.
Bonus points for any books you believe are classics from that time period. Any language, but only fiction please....
Boats can't bend steel beams! (lemmy.world)
funny how the richer people get the stingier they get (slrpnk.net)
What are your favorite social minority characters in any form of fictional entertainment media, or how should a minority be written better?
It can be from any angle. Presently, I’m pondering what kind of context various LGBTQ+ characters can be written without making any kind of political statement, or rather, simply making a statement through normalization in a natural way. In other words, how do I empathize like the cool kids clique?...
This is why god invented transmog (lemmy.world)
XXX (sh.itjust.works)
Kids as young as 14 were found working at a Tennessee factory that makes lawn mower parts (www.nbcnews.com)
The company, Tuff Torq, was fined nearly $300,000 for hiring 10 children. It must also set aside $1.5 million to help the immigrant minors who were illegally employed....