“You know, life not all guessing games, frog. Sometimes we have to care about friends — especially friends who love cookies. Friends who love cookies so much they play silly guessing games.” — Cookie Monster, getting it right.
Best part? When he says, “Me all ears.”
Bill Murray’s past decade brings fresh challenges for his co-actors, directors, and heck, even Bill Myurray. Whether it’s showing up at people’s parties unexpected, or taking someone’s french fries at McDonald’s, make no mistake, Bill is waiting for the rest of us to catch up, as he’s got this life thing all figured out.
“I live a little bit on the seat of my pants, I try to be alert and available … for life to happen to me. We’re in this life, and if you’re not available, the sort of ordinary time goes past and you didn’t live it. But if you’re available, life gets huge. You’re really living it.” Via
“There’s a wonderful sense of well-being that begins to circulate . . . up and down your spine. And you feel something that makes you almost want to smile. So what’s it like to be me? Ask yourself, ‘What’s it like to be me?’ The only way we’ll ever know what it’s like to be you is if you work your best at being you as often as you can, and keep reminding yourself that’s where home is. Via
“If you have someone that you think is The One, don’t just sort of think in your ordinary mind, ‘OK, let’s pick a date. Let’s plan this and make a party and get married.’ Take that person and travel around the world. Buy a plane ticket for the two of you to travel all around the world, and go to places that are hard to go to and hard to get out of. And if, when you come back to JFK … you’re still in love with that person, get married at the airport.” Via
“There’s only a couple times when fame is ever helpful. Sometimes you can get into a restaurant where the kitchen is just closing. Sometimes you can avoid a traffic violation. But the only time it really matters is in the emergency room with your kids. That’s when you want to be noticed, because it’s very easy to get forgotten in an ER. It’s the only time when I would ever say, ‘Thank God. Thank God.’ There’s no other time.” Via
“It’s hard to be an artist. It’s hard to be anything. It’s hard to be.” Via
As a critic, activist, and award-winning author of speculative fiction, Margaret Atwood has always been looking ahead. In her glances toward the future, she’s often searching for how technology influences content. The digital transition has already run through an entire era of online evolution, fossilizing a first round of experiments that failed to catch on. But serial stories, online collaborations, and sites like Wattpad, which connects tens of millions of new authors, are leading the way in a new wave of innovation. We’ve always told stories—it’s part of our humanity—but how those stories are created and shared is changing all the time, and Atwood’s looking to share her excitement about it at this year’s Future Of StoryTelling.
Margaret Atwood – A State of Wonder: How Technology Shapes Story from Future Of StoryTelling on Vimeo.
The question remains, just how do you make tough subjects like math and art, and make it funny? Invite Steve Martin and Robin Williams. Back in 2002, Stanford University mathematics professor Robert Osserman chatted with comedian and banjo player Steve Martin in San Francisco’s Herbst Theatre. The event was called “Funny Numbers” and it was intended to deliver a lively discussion on math. And like Schoolhouse Rock, you may never forget these facts in the videos ever again.
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Composer and arranger Nick Proch and his band of merry musicians turn in an sparkling arrangement of Rage Against the Machine’s 1996 classic Bulls on Parade, played on traditional orchestral instruments. This version gives you some reflection instead of making you jump around in a club.
Is it still possible that Ringo Starr might still be underrated? Absolurely. His creative contribution to music has received praise from drummers such as Phil Collins, who described him as “a great musician”, and Steve Smith, who commented: “Before Ringo, drum stars were measured by their soloing ability and virtuosity. Ringo’s popularity brought forth a new paradigm … we started to see the drummer as an equal participant in the compositional aspect … His parts are so signature to the songs that you can listen to a Ringo drum part without the rest of the music and still identify the song.” He was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1998. In 2011, Rolling Stone readers named Starr the fifth-greatest drummer of all time. Starr, who was previously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a Beatle in 1988, was inducted for his solo career in 2015, making him one of 21 performers inducted more than once.
Paul Gambaccini profiles the British-born keyboard player and songwriter Rod Temperton, who enjoyed big disco-era success as part of Heatwave before writing hits for American R&B/pop stars like Donna Summer, George Benson, Aretha Franklin, James Ingram, Patti Austin, Herbie Hancock and, most lucratively, Michael Jackson.
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In the opening round of the 2016 Waste Management Phoenix Open, LDRIC the golf robot gets a hole-in-one on the par-3 16th hole.
I, for one, welcome our new robotic overlords. Wouldn’t have been awesome if the robot jumped up and down with human emotion, freaking out the engineers?
Rogers, in partnership with Seneca College, announced today the next round of GenNOW interns, continuing to give students in their final year of Seneca College’s Broadcasting – Radio program the unique opportunity to gain real work experience as on-air radio announcers in Canada’s most competitive radio market, while simultaneously earning a course credit.
Beginning Monday, Feb. 1, Navjot Virk, Romika Leslie, and Kayla Pappaianni will each take over the microphone on KiSS 92.5, hosting overnight shifts from the station’s downtown Toronto studio for 12 weeks. Virk, Leslie, and Pappaianni will be introduced on The Roz and Mocha Morning Show on Monday, Feb. 1 at 7:30 a.m. ET before taking turns on the airwaves overnights.
“We are proud to host the GenNOW internship program to invest in the development of future radio announcers with hands-on training and feedback,” said Julie Adam, Senior Vice President, Rogers Radio. “Based on the caliber of the students in the program every year, we have recognized that there’s a very bright future ahead for local radio.”
Students enrolled in the GenNOW course will receive both an on-air announcing internship experience and a Seneca College course credit – earned entirely on-site at the KiSS 92.5 studios.
Through this internship experience at KiSS 92.5, GenNOW interns will be able to develop their announcing skills while receiving unequalled access to mentoring sessions from KiSS 92.5 on-air personalities and the programming team. Students will participate in a series of on-air exercises to become intimately familiar with the skills it takes to succeed in a radio career.
“Year after year, the success of GenNOW interns confirms the value of this program in fostering successful radio announcers,” said Jim Carr, Co-ordinator and Professor for Seneca College’s Broadcasting – Radio program. “Rogers is one of the only media companies to invest in up-and-coming radio talent, and we look forward to continuing our partnership in the future.”
Rogers Radio and Seneca College have partnered to bring the GenNOW internship to the Broadcasting – Radio program students since 2012. Past GenNOW interns include KiSS 92.5 personality Will Menzies, 680News news anchor Scott Burnett and former 680News news reporter Jeremy Buch.
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