As Ishana Shyamalan’s directorial debut film “The Watchers” hit theaters this weekend, the whole family had reason to celebrate. Later this summer, her father, M. Night Shyamalan also premieres his latest mystery, “Trap,” which will feature music and performances from another daughter, Saleka. IndieWire describes how the family may be on the cusp of becoming a dynasty. https://flip.it/mRJ8nq #Culture#Entertainment#Movies#Shyamalan
Seven Bins shares the same culture of his masters, billionaires living in contempt of nation they see as mudsills. They are despots, contemptuous and hating despots purposely immiserating society into an underclass.
Ha ! Je découvre que le carillon de l'église du quartier peut jouer toutes les notes de la gamme, ya un gonz en train de faire des tests/réglages.
Du coup je me dis qu'en faisant un peu de hacking social et de hacking tout cours y'aurai moyen d'accéder et de reprogrammer le machin pour qu'il joue Hells Bells...
The Philippines is a conservative Catholic-majority nation, and many queer folk there feel excluded by the traditional church. They're turning to Roblox Filipino Catholics (RFC) as a more inclusive place where they can practice their faith. @restofworld's Patrick Kho spoke to queer Catholics about how they're finding community, preserving heritage, and even changing minds in this new space.
The term "fan" to mean avid supporter only came into popular use in the 19th century. Before that, words like "kranks," "habitués" and "lions" were used. There were even equivalents of today's fandoms that focus on a specific performer (like Swifties and Cumberbitches) in the form of Lisztians, who loved the composer Franz Liszt. Atlas Obscura spoke with Daniel Cavicchi, an American Studies scholar, about the history of fans and the words we've used to describe them. “How you name yourself says a lot about what you think of yourself and your very intense passions,” Cavicchi says. “But at the same time, another name or variation on the name, or another use of your name, maybe in a derogatory sense, may say something about what the culture thinks about you.”
The world made by hand, By Brian Kaller, originally published by Restoring Mayberry June 1, 2024
"...All the crafts disappeared in a generation or two – the coopers, wrights, milliners, cord-wainers and thousands more. All the stories handed down through generations disappeared in a few generations, until we all know only the same few pop-culture stories. Almost all the apprenticeships, lodges, clubs, co-ops and guilds disappeared... We are the survivors wandering the ruins of a post-apocalyptic society, but it has been a cultural apocalypse, a mass forgetting, and it’s still going on...
...I realize that we could not build some of these [buildings] now; the crafts to create them are forgotten, along with...[all] these [handcrafted] trades and … everything. The entire human infrastructure.
And I think: None of this world could have been built by the people now living in it."
Cinema has gifted us with a steady stream of post-apocalyptic movies that often make us ponder real life in a such a hellscape. Fortunately, one brave writer took up the task of watching 51 dystopian films to determine which ones he could survive. It nearly killed him. Read his story on The Ringer: https://flip.it/Eg00gs #Culture#Entertainment#Movies#Dystopia
As the row over Baillie Gifford's arts sponsorship gathers pace (Fossil Free Books are trying to end BG's sponsorships due to their involvement with fossil fuel firms), the bigger Q. is as more sponsorship is accused of using taineted money, how are arts & associated cultural events to be funded?
Accusations of greenwashing may be right but what is less developed is an alternative funding model for the arts.
Other than state funding (which seems unlikely) what else is there?
@ChrisMayLA6 I hate to say it but, with (heavily subsidised) fossil powered electricity now neck and neck with (zero materials cost) renewable power, it’s time for the renewables industry to start outspending their rivals for influence in all its forms. I want to see wholesale and retail energy companies becoming conspicuous for things like arts and sports sponsorship — if only so that there is greater perception that these companies (investing billions and earning the proceeds of 30%..