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Spotify’s New Jukebox Takes Song Requests From Your T-Shirt

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Mar 20, 2016

Spotify’s New Jukebox Takes Song Requests From Your T-Shirt

Spotify has unveiled its latest new piece, an invention they’re calling the Spotify True Fan Jukebox. It’s no normal jukebox though, with the only way to request songs being to physically stand in front of the jukebox itself in the t-shirt of your favourite band.

The machine then reads the shirt and plays songs by that artist. As the official promotional video below suggests, ‘This machine doesn’t take money, it just needs your love of music”.

The jukebox has been on show at the Spotify House at SxSW, which has and will also feature performances from the likes of AlunaGeorge, Miguel, BADBADNOTGOOD and CHVRCHES.

The promotional video doesn’t provide any other information on how the machine actually works, and there’s been no indication from Spotify whether it’s just a one-off gimmick. However it’s probably a safe bet to assume this baby won’t be making its way into your local anytime soon.

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Ira Glass: “It’s ‘Boom Time’ for Podcast Advertising”

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Ira Glass: “It’s ‘Boom Time’ for Podcast Advertising”

Ira Glass, the radio host who became a podcast pioneer who became a movie producer, says the past few years have been a boon for podcast advertising. In fact, he said, the podcast for his hit show, This American Life, now makes more money through advertising than the actual radio show does.

Speaking on the final day of South by Southwest Interactive in Austin, Texas, Glass said CPMs sometimes reach $50 to $60 for ads during the podcast of the popular radio show he started two decades ago.

“It’s crazy; it’s amazing,” Glass said. “It’s unbelievable. It’s boom time. It’s a bubble!”

According to estimates from ZenithOptimedia, ad spending on podcasts in the U.S. could hit $35.1 million in 2016. That’s only 0.06 percent of all digital ad spending, but some say that estimate is low and that it could go as high as $50 million this year.

Via AdWeek

Songs Turned Into Comic Book Covers

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Have you ever been listening to a song and suddenly thought “Hey! That title would make a great comic!”? Chris Sims of the website, Comics Alliance has, and he decided to something about it. He’s got a baker’s dozen of his favorite tunes, remixed into the four-color world of comic book covers! This is so great…

David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust

Beastie Boys – Brass Monkey

Public Enemy – Security of the First World

Parliament – Dr. Funkenstein

Thin Lizzy – Jailbreak

Guided By Voices – Teenage FBI

The Ramones – Judy Is A Punk

Judas Priest – Turbo Lover

Foreigner – Jukebox Hero

Elton John – Tiny Dancer

Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Part 1

10 Times Siri Was The Funniest Person On The Planet

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10 Times Siri Was The Funniest Person On The Planet

Yeah, I know, Siri isn’t exactly a person, but someone created these brilliant answers to iPhone users’ questions. Right? She didn’t think of them herself, did she? I hope not…

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Katy Perry, Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Harry Styles And More MySpace Profiles

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According to MySpace, the social media site averages around 50.6 million monthly active users, with over 300 million views on their videos. That’s still a lot, even if a few stars today don’t use it site as actively as they once did. Let’s take a look at some musicians who used the site daily.

Taylor Swift

Katy Perry

Kim Kardashian

Lizzy Grant? Yeah, that’s Lana Del Rey’s real name

Kendall Jenner

Rihanna

Harry Styles from One Direction

No More Getting Lyrics Wrong With This Bluetooth Speaker

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Mar 20, 2016

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No More Getting Lyrics Wrong With This Bluetooth Speaker

Do’t you hate it when you’re singing with the radio, and the song gets the lyrics wrong? Heh. Check out this Bluetooth speaker that has a transparent LCD screen. When you play music through the Lyric Speaker, it will download and display the song’s lyrics at the right time, complete with motion graphics that accentuate the song’s mood. It’s available for purchase in June here.

All your favourite dogs gone viral, in one amazing compilation

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Mar 20, 2016

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One video of human’s best friend was all you need to brighten your day. Bringing a slew of them together in one funny compilation is out of this world when it comes to the level of happiness.

Source: This compilation of dogs & puppies will most definitely make you smile! by rumblestaff on Rumble

LL Cool J is recording a new album with Eminem

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LL Cool J, seeking to return to his rap music roots, has been recording a new album with friend Eminem.

“While LL Cool J’s new album has yet to get an official title or tracklist, the rapper promises that a big announcement on the production end. The rapper also spoke on his personal relationship with Eminem, who has previously heralded LL as one of his favorite MCs. He also revealed that Em gifted him with something special following his Hollywood Walk of Fame star.

“I just know that meeting Em and talking to him, he’s such a student of hip-hop. He knew all of my music,” LL said of Eminem. “He called up the radio station singing ‘Go Cut Creator Go’ and that’s a song nobody knows until you’re a diehard LL aficionado. Every time I’ve met Em, he’s had a great spirit. We’ve hung out many times. When I got my [Hollywood] star, he did something cool for me — he bought me a cool ad in a mag. He’s always given me love. I respect and appreciate what he’s done in his career.”

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Paul Graham on not worrying about prestige or status or money or approval alone

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Paul Graham on not worrying about prestige or status or money or approval alone

What you should not do, I think, is worry about the opinion of anyone beyond your friends. You shouldn’t worry about prestige. Prestige is the opinion of the rest of the world.

Prestige is like a powerful magnet that warps even your beliefs about what you enjoy. It causes you to work not on what you like, but what you’d like to like.

Prestige is just fossilized inspiration. If you do anything well enough, you’ll make it prestigious. Plenty of things we now consider prestigious were anything but at first. Jazz comes to mind—though almost any established art form would do. So just do what you like, and let prestige take care of itself.

Prestige is especially dangerous to the ambitious. If you want to make ambitious people waste their time on errands, the way to do it is to bait the hook with prestige. That’s the recipe for getting people to give talks, write forewords, serve on committees, be department heads, and so on. It might be a good rule simply to avoid any prestigious task. If it didn’t suck, they wouldn’t have had to make it prestigious.

Via Y-Combinator founder Paul Graham’s fantastic 2006 article, How to Do What You Love

Keith Richards Trades Stories and Licks

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Mar 19, 2016

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Legend is a word that’s thrown around probably too much, but there’s no real other way to describe Keith Richards. What else can you even say about the Rolling Stones guitarist? The 71-year-old is not only responsible for creating some of the most monumental music we’ve enjoyed over the last five decades, but his influence—alongside the Stones—has shaped music and the world that surrounds it. Watch the latest episode of Guitar Moves in which host Matt Sweeney lives his dream, freaks out, and sits down with Richards himself. Ever wanted to know how Richards learned how to play the guitar? Well, it started with his grandfather…

https://youtu.be/ceWWMfhAvD4