At the recent Grammy Northwest Music Tech Summit Topspin Media's Ian Rogers' keynote took the audience through territory familiar to Hypebot readers: 1) for most artists the old model is dead; get over it. 2) in a fractured media landscape the definition of what a hit is and how to have one have changed 3) the relationship between the artist and fan is what really matters 4) a new musical middle class is emerging.But Roger's presented it all better than I've ever seen...anywhere...including on Hypebot. A few of my favorite lines: "The physics of the media space have changed and...
You guys! SEGA will be releasing a title for the Xbox 360 and PS3 called “Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection” early next year for $30. The game will include 40 classic Genesis games, all upgraded to 720p, and will also feature unlockable content like “arcade games and interviews with the original game developers.” You gonna buy it? Hit the jump to see the full game list… “THE LARGEST SEGA GENESIS COLLECTION TO DATE! Take a trip back in time with over 40 titles from the SEGA Genesis® era, including your Sonic The Hedgehog favorites, for only $29.95! In classic single-player...
Neal Hefti, the jazzy trumpeter behind such TV theme songs as the propulsive ditty that introduced the 1960s Batman series, has passed away. His composition—with its singular staccato lyric, itself a paean to Adam West’s be-spandexed superhero—may have been intentionally campy, but it’s proven both indelible and award-winning. (Hefti won a Grammy for it in 1966.) What other title tunes for live-action TV shows rock our world? Below, a list of our 20 favorites. Foggy memory? Click on any title to hear the tune. Alien Nation (by Steve Dorff) A chorus swells over bongos that settle into a calypso/merengue beat....
A quick reminder that there are still some tickets left for Thursday's benefit gig in NYC with DJ Spooky, all proceeds to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund: On August 21, Cory Doctorow, award-winning author and co-editor of the popular blog Boing Boing and experimental writer / artist / musician Paul Miller, a.k.a. D.J. Spooky That Subliminal Kid team up for a multimedia speaking event benefiting the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. Following their respective presentations, Doctorow and DJ Spooky will take the stage together for an open forum discussion about their work and the futurepresent each eloquently addresses across...
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