New Media for the Evolving Artist
Ken George, blogging for my local NPR station, WBUR, has some interesting thoughts on “New Millennials” and radio in his ConverStation blog. The post jumped out at me because one of the blogs he quotes sounded like I could have written it myself: In college, I listen to less news radio, mostly because I don’t …
Image from WikipediaThe Chicago Tribune has a good set of numbers from the Radiohead “In Rainbows” release. As you may recall, Radiohead offered the album as a download in advance of the physical release and allowed fans to choose what price to pay for the album (if at all). A few highlights: $8 million from …
Welcome Artists, Still Indie was a community for artists working to create their works outside of traditional, mainstream media outlets. This site was maintained from June 2007 to July 2009. The post archives are still available for you to peruse, although the community forum is no longer active. The editors, Anna Pinkert and Teague Hopkins …
Welcome Artists, Still Indie is a new community for artists who want to create their works outside of traditional, mainstream media outlets. Whether your medium is film, music, radio, photos, sidewalk chalk, webcomics, or more, we want to bring you stories of success from other artists, tips, and emerging trends in the new media industry. …
Image from Cheryl’s PhotostreamI used to be a pretty big Family Guy devotee (back in that golden age when it was only shown on Adult Swim). While I’ve personally gotten a little tired of the manatees-with-idea-balls approach to storytelling (just watch the South Park episode), I think that MacFarlane’s talent for tapping into everything from …
Like every other media-and-pop-culture-obsessed feminist out there, I’m wondering why I hadn’t already heard of the “Bechdel Rule” (also known as Ripley’s Rule, the Bechdel/Wallace Rule, or any number of other variations the internet has yet to confuse us with). Kudos to my housemate and her friend for explaining it: Back in the day, Alison …
The Producer tipped me off to PBS Vote 2008, a spot where PBS is culling together the best of their documentary films, news coverage and web tools on the ’08 election, and presenting it to PBS viewers like you. My favorite of these is a game called Budget Hero: You get to play “cards” like …
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The names have been changed, but the problems are real. . . Firstly, welcome to me! I’m the 2nd team member on project “Hey Kids, Let’s Make a Movie!” – and the only one currently working full-time in film (which is why, in passing, The Producer called me The Insider, and I decided I liked …