The original 1968 ‘Planet of the Apes’ film will be screening in more than 650 select movie theaters nationwide on July 24 and July 27 in the US through Turner Classic Movies and Fathom Events. The original Planet of the Apes movie from 1968, starring Charlton Heston, Linda Harrison, Kim Hunter and Roddy McDowall as Cornelius. Watch the old trailer for the original Planet of the Apes.
Person Asks Online Why “All Lives Matter” Is Insulting. This Reply Nails It.
Online outrage this week is directed at the response “All Lives Matter” to the statement “Black Lives Matter” because many white people have expressed confusion about why it’s controversial to broaden the #BlackLivesMatter movement to include people of all races. After all, we’re all human, right? We should all live together in peace and harmony, yeah?
While that thought is strictly true, “All Lives Matter” doesn’t really solve the problem. And more than a few people – Hilary Clinton and Ian Astbury of The Cult, have apologized for using that statement recently after the social media world blew up.
The best explanation we’ve seen so far comes from Reddit. In an “Explain Like I’m 5” thread, user GeekAesthete explained clearly, why changing #BlackLivesMatter to #AllLivesMatter only makes the problem worse.
GeekAesthete explains:
Imagine that you’re sitting down to dinner with your family, and while everyone else gets a serving of the meal, you don’t get any. So you say “I should get my fair share.” And as a direct response to this, your dad corrects you, saying, “everyone should get their fair share.” Now, that’s a wonderful sentiment — indeed, everyone should, and that was kinda your point in the first place: that you should be a part of everyone, and you should get your fair share also. However, dad’s smart-ass comment just dismissed you and didn’t solve the problem that you still haven’t gotten any!
The problem is that the statement “I should get my fair share” had an implicit “too” at the end: “I should get my fair share, too, just like everyone else.” But your dad’s response treated your statement as though you meant “only I should get my fair share”, which clearly was not your intention. As a result, his statement that “everyone should get their fair share,” while true, only served to ignore the problem you were trying to point out.
That’s the situation of the “black lives matter” movement. Culture, laws, the arts, religion, and everyone else repeatedly suggest that all lives should matter. Clearly, that message already abounds in our society.
The problem is that, in practice, the world doesn’t work that way. You see the film Nightcrawler? You know the part where Renee Russo tells Jake Gyllenhal that she doesn’t want footage of a black or latino person dying, she wants news stories about affluent white people being killed? That’s not made up out of whole cloth — there is a news bias toward stories that the majority of the audience (who are white) can identify with. So when a young black man gets killed (prior to the recent police shootings), it’s generally not considered “news”, while a middle-aged white woman being killed is treated as news. And to a large degree, that is accurate — young black men are killed in significantly disproportionate numbers, which is why we don’t treat it as anything new. But the result is that, societally, we don’t pay as much attention to certain people’s deaths as we do to others. So, currently, we don’t treat all lives as though they matter equally.
Just like asking dad for your fair share, the phrase “black lives matter” also has an implicit “too” at the end: it’s saying that black lives should also matter. But responding to this by saying “all lives matter” is willfully going back to ignoring the problem. It’s a way of dismissing the statement by falsely suggesting that it means “only black lives matter,” when that is obviously not the case. And so saying “all lives matter” as a direct response to “black lives matter” is essentially saying that we should just go back to ignoring the problem.
De La Soul Are Angry Birds In “Action” Video
De La Soul, whose crowdfunding album And the Anonymous Nobody is set for release on August 26, 2016, have recorded a new song, called “Action,” for an Angry Birds game. The song will accompany a weeklong event in which the band members will appear in the game — in bird form.
Pokémon Go is already more popular than Tinder
According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, only safety and physiological comfort are more important than love in our search for self-fulfillment. Maslow was wrong. A stronger driving force than love, apparently, is the need to catch ‘em all, seeing how Pokemon Go has already been installed more times after a week than Tinder in five years.
According to data from SimilarWeb, Pokemon Go has already been installed on about 5 percent of Android smartphones, compared to Tinder on about 2 percent. Clearly, Pokemon fulfills a basic human need.
Mondo.NYC Announces Initial Content Tracks And Panels At Debut NYC Summit
Mondo.NYC and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) have announced a collaborative relationship to design and present multiple panels at the inaugural Mondo.NYC summit and festival to be held September 14-18 at New York University’s Helen and Martin Kimmel Center and at music venues across Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Among a broad spectrum of topics connecting innovators in music, technology and content in a shared mission to empower artists and advance ideas in an ever-evolving music business, Mondo.NYC will feature 11 panels presented over the three-day business summit concentrating on the topics of music streaming, music publishing and music-related policy. Conference organizers consulted leaders from across the music business, including the RIAA, to devise an informative and substantive discussion on many of the key issues confronting the modern music industry. Business leaders from the worlds of music and technology will offer their insights on these and related topics.
Mondo.NYC’s Managing Director Bobby Haber states, “As we launch Mondo for leaders and pioneers in the music, technology and media industries, we are honored to present a slate of mission critical panels in collaboration with the RIAA. The RIAA’s expertise and mission is ever more crucial today as the volatile music space enters an exciting new era, rife with challenges and opportunities.”
“There are so many critical, complex and challenging issues facing today’s music community,” said Cary Sherman, Chairman and CEO of the RIAA. “Now more than ever, our community would greatly benefit from a thoughtful and informed conversation. We’re pleased to work with Bobby and the Mondo team on what should be an essential conference for anyone working in the music business.”
New York City Mayor’s Office Of Media And Entertainment Organizes Music Industry Convening
In February, the Mayor appointed Commissioner Julie Menin to the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME), also announcing that the Office’s portfolio would be expanding to include music.
Yesterday marked the first ever New York City Music Industry Convening at City Hall, where industry leaders were invited to participate in an open town-hall style dialogue to discuss the challenges and opportunities across all segments of New York City’s music industry. The Commissioner kicked off the meeting with an overview of MOME’s portfolio and initiatives, and shared her enthusiasm to work with the industry at large to develop her agenda. Her announcements included, Lady Gaga and Alicia Keys being named the City’s official music ambassadors, and the City’s successful in returning the MTV Video Music Awards to New York as with working on bringing back other prominent industry events.
Organized and moderated by Shira Gains, Senior Director of Policy and Programs, attendees enthusiastically shared their experiences and expertise to help shine light at the core issues the industry was facing to better help shape the Office’s music agenda and initiatives. Among topics discussed were live music, real estate, promotion & marketing, and education & workforce development.
NY is Music extends its gratitude to Commissioner Menin, Shira Gains, and the Office of Media and Entertainment for hosting the industry, and initiating an open conversation. It is clear, that the Mayor’s office has begun to realize that music is a key cultural and economic driver for New York City, and are committed to developing initiatives that will help the industry thrive.
This ballplayer is pretty amazing
Marisa Arriaga of Cedar Hill should be in the major leagues with her superpowers. She tells Fox 4 News that it’s just a bat trick, but I think that it’s clearly superpowers at work:
“I just started messing around,” said Arriaga. “I’m like, ‘I’m gonna make a bat trick video.’ So I got my sister out here and she was recording me.” […]
LaTisha Griffin, Arriaga’s softball coach, says Arriaga has crazy good skills.
“The finish is something she does all the time in the game, sending the ball a yard or going outfield with the ball with that complete swing through the zone, that’s something she does all the time,” said Griffin.
Deezer Launches Fresh Homepage With New Discovery And Recommendations
Deezer, the leading music streaming service has undergone a major facelift with a revamped homepage focused on simplifying the navigation of its extensive audio offering. Flagship feature Flow is now accompanied by select Channels encapsulating dedicated playlists, albums and radio stations, which correspond to the chosen genre.
The new home now includes an easy-to-use navigation slider, designed to quickly guide listeners to find the most relevant recommendations and content – starting with Channels – where listeners can explore and discover their music categories and genres. Channels offer at least 20 categories of music, as well as news and podcasts, localized for the listener based on location and preference. Inside Channels, the listener is free to explore even further with selected playlists and albums, artists, new releases and selected albums.
Live Radio offers easy access to participating best radio programs. Deezer will also offer a new feature on certain radio stations called, “Fingerprinting*” which allows users to identify and tag a song that is being played and add it to their favorite playlist.
Music lovers can also kick back and relax with an updated version of Flow, the most personalised soundtrack that intuitively knows exactly what you want to hear, including all your favourites as well as new suggested tracks.
“We didn’t just make an improvement. We made a 100% advancement with Flow along with new music discovery tools and the best entertaining audio content. It’s everything that our listeners could possibly want all on one homepage,” said Alexander Holland, Chief Content and Product Officer, Deezer.
Bertelsmann Welcomes Pink Floyd Legend Roger Waters To BMG
The international media company Bertelsmann is delighted to celebrate the latest signing of its music subsidiary, BMG, which is to represent the publishing interests of rock legend and songwriter Roger Waters. Waters has signed the songs he wrote for the world renowned group, Pink Floyd, from their very first album, “Piper At The Gates Of Dawn,” through such legendary albums as “The Dark Side Of The Moon,” “Wish You Were Here,” “Animals,” “The Wall,” to “The Final Cut.”
“This is another major milestone for Bertelsmann and BMG,” said Thomas Rabe, Chairman and CEO of Bertelsmann. “We warmly welcome Roger Waters to Bertelsmann. Our company has always been a home for the greatest creative talent in music, literature, journalism and film.”
BMG CEO Hartwig Masuch added: “Few artists can claim to have had such a dramatic and long-lasting impact on popular music culture as Roger Waters. We’re immensely proud that an artist with his longevity, track record and creative achievement has chosen BMG.”
After withdrawing from the traditional music business in 2008, Bertelsmann established the new BMG with a unique digital-age business model focused on the needs of artists and songwriters. Less than eight years later, and already No. 4 in the music rights market, BMG ranks among the top global music companies. At Bertelsmann, BMG has recently become an independent division with a presence in all major global music markets as it continues on its expansionist course. Bertelsmann sees music and in particular the management of music rights as one of its strategic growth platforms.
BuzzAngle Music 2016 Mid-Year Report Shows Music Consumption Up 6.5%
U.S. consumption of music continued to grow in the first half of 2016, even as sales of most formats declined, according to Border City Media’s state-of-the-industry data service BuzzAngle Music. With the pace of audio streaming more than doubling activity tracked over the same period last year, Total Industry Consumption was up by an impressive 6.5%. Streaming rose 58% and vinyl album sales continue its decade-long increase, with a 17% gain over midyear 2015.
The 58% gain in overall streaming was juiced by a 108% swell for audio streams, which more than doubled in 2016 YTD over same period last year. There were 209.4 billion on-demand streams in 2016 YTD – more than half (114 billion) were audio streams, marking the first time that streams from audio services (like Spotify and Apple) exceeded video streams from YouTube, Vevo, etc.
The recording industry can thank ongoing growth of on-demand streaming for most of the uptick, as on-demand audio and video streams grew by a combined 58%. Album consumption rose by the aforementioned 6.5%, when the contributions of song streams and sales are factored in with album sales. Similarly, the combined impact of streams and digital sales saw song consumption gain by a robust 29%. (Note: Utilizing industry standards, 10 song sales or 1,500 streams = 1 album sale; 150 streams = 1 song sale.)
King of the hill in the first half of the year is Drake, whose Views ranks as the top album while his “One Dance” is the most consumed song of the year. Meanwhile, even as the sales of downloads and CDs have slowed, an offering once presumed dead — the vinyl LP — continues a resurgence that has lasted more than a decade, 17% ahead of 2015’s first six months.
Quick takes from the 6-month data:
A The 58% gain in overall streaming was juiced by a 108% swell for audio streams, a category that saw a year-over-year growth of 97% in 2015. Audio stream plays in the first six months more than doubled those from the same period last year.
There were 209.4 billion on-demand streams in this half-year. More than half of those, 114 billion, were audio plays, marking the first period in which streams from audio services like Spotify and Apple Music exceeded video streams from YOUTUBE, VEVO and the like. With a 23% gain, video streams totaled 95 billion.
As happened in 2015, digital song sales continue to fall quicker than digital album sales in 2016 – (declining by 24.2 % and 17.7%, respectively), tracks still outsell album downloads by more than a 9-1 margin. As was the case in 2015, digital accounts for more than half of albums sold in the first half of 2016 with a 53% share.
Even with the vinyl’s 17% gain, a CD erosion of 11% meant physical album volume fell by 9% from the first half of 2015, yet physical can still mean a lot to some large sellers. ADELE’s “25,” for example, stands as the second best-selling album of the year, and 65% of the 1.25 million it rang this year came from physical product, the large majority of those CDs.
For top album project consumption, factoring song sales and streams with album sales, DRAKE’s “Views” leads the pack with more than 2.5 million album project units. In this tally, BEYONCE’s ” Lemonade” is second with 1.67 million, and ADELE’s “25” is third at 1.6 million. Like DRAKE’s “Views,” BEYONCE’s April release has been available for streaming for the life of the album.
DRAKE also ruled song project consumption, with the combined impact of sales and streams, surpassing 3.3 million song project units for “One Dance.” On song sales alone, FLO RIDA’s “My House” tops all with his 2015 song clocking 1.9 million song sales in the first six months of this year.
The two best-selling year-to date albums show the range of options artists and labels can employ in their approach to the marketplace. The top seller, DRAKE’s “Views” (1.27 million), has been available for streaming since its release 1O weeks ago. He earns the first-half sales crown and “Views” is also the most streamed album so far in ’16, piling up more than 1.5 billion plays.
Conversely, the runner up, ADELE’s aforementioned “25” — which was last year’s top seller — only reached streaming services at the end of JUNE, more than seven months after its launch. It and BEYONCE’s “Lemonade” are the only albums besides DRAKE’s to surpass 1 million album sales so far this year.
It’s been a banner six months for Urban music, with the Hip-Hop and R&B genres both showing conspicuous growth. Aside from league-leading DRAKE, KEVIN GATES represents Hip-Hop among the top 1O most consumed album projects, while BEYONCE and RIHANNA are among four R&B artists in that list’s top 10. Hip-Hop had the greatest growth among all genres in song consumption and second largest growth in album consumption. R&B’s growth ranked first in album consumption and third in songs.
In the half-year span when fans mourned the deaths of Rock and Roll Hall of Famers PRINCE, DAVID BOWIE, GLENN FREY and EARTH, WIND & FIRE founder MAURICE WHITE, their music resonated, with PRINCE and BOWIE each represented in the top 1O among year-to-date album sellers.
PRINCE, alone, placed five of the half-year period’s 100 top selling albums, most of his sales happening since his death in late APRIL. BOWIE and FREY’s EAGLES each placed two albums among the top 100 sellers. As a class, albums by those acts plus FREY’s solo releases and EARTH, WIND & FIRE’s catalog amassed 3 million copies in these six months, more than four times what that set of artists sold in all of 2015.