Vanity Fair’s annual New Establishment List, which features “Silicon Valley hotshots, Hollywood moguls, Wall Street titans, and cultural icons” is out today.
The top five, in descending order: Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Evan Spiegal, Bob Iger, Elon Musk.
Other media titans making the 2016 cut include Reed Hastings (6), Rupert Murdoch (8), Les Moonves (15), Shane Smith (61) and Megyn Kelly (63).
With just over 30 days until the election, Hillary Clinton has way more endorsements from newspapers than her opponents.
According to The American Presidency Project, Clinton has received 17 endorsements, Gary Johnson has three and Donald Trump has none.
As sad as Trump’s showing is, giving him a zero is kind. As we pointed out, USA Today’s “endorsement” was basically “Not Trump,” so by our count that puts Trump at negative one.
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I can’t figure out why Pinuccio Sciola isn’t a well-known name. If you find inspiration in organic sculpture, interactive installations, material exploration, or unusual musicality, his work likely offers something to learn from.
Sciola was an innovative and prolific Italian sculptor who passed away this March at the age of 74. He is best known for his mind-bending series of “sound stones”: carefully sculpted rocks that produce eerie music when touched correctly.
Some sound stones were behemoth boulders, others would fit into a lap. Out in their environment they look like ancient wayfinding markers, or sacred alien symbols. To produce these odd musical instruments Sciola delicately cut and formed each rock to produce a range of tones based on its resonant frequency when rubbed and the depth or shape of his incisions. His sculptures required great insight into different stones’ material qualities, harmonics, and the methods needed to unleash them.
The result is a lot like a glass harmonium, or rubbing the lip of a wine glass, where the player adds friction across solid objects “tuned” to different notes based on their size and density. The music itself is often haunting. At times the sounds produced can sound like other instruments – horns, woodwinds, synthesizers, voice, and more experimental tools all come to mind – but they rarely sound like what you’d expect from a hunk of granite.
The Sciola Museum and its enormous “sound garden” are a great regional attraction, and his exhibition list is exhausting to look at. But despite a long and beloved career, there are surprisingly few English language sources on his biography and works. Aside from Google Translate, some of the most illuminating information comes from YouTube.
This short artsy documentary follows the sourcing and installation of an enormous sound stone, and allows some insight into how Sciola thinks of his materials (hint: he’s just letting them tell their own stories).
Another shows more intimate footage of the artist playing his smaller creations while looking like a whimsical stony elf.
Though he is less well known outside of Italy, and less still outside of Europe, Sciola has inspired scores of musicians, composers, and sculptors to engage with his work and let it influence their own. Some, like Giacomo Monica below, play using tools like bows.
Most musicians connect using only hands or smaller stones, as Sciola often did.
No matter how they’re played, each sculpture shows off its own surprising complexity and clarity, altogether shocking in an instrument made out of rock.
Almost a year ago, adidas made a commitment to Parley for the Oceans, an organization dedicated to raising awareness about the fragile nature of the 70% of our planet that exists in saltwater form. Not only has this commitment been renewed, but adidas……
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In any action movie, let’s take James Bond for example, there’s always a Plan A, and a subsequent Plan B. Plan A is always embellished, and almost too perfect. Plan A however always fails. That’s when Plan B steps in. Plan B is reliable, and just as effective as Plan A. Plan B also makes for much more interesting movies… and watches! That’s right, Plan B is a series of watches designed to show the watch world that there’s always a better, cooler, and more effective alternative to the luxurious extravagance of Plan A.
Designed to compete in terms of quality and build with the highest and most reputed watch brands in the business, Plan B aims showing that even a start-up can deliver a quality product with the finest craftsmanship in the watch world. It does the impossible by putting Affordable and Luxury, both in the same sentence. The series of watches rival the most high-end watches with their precisely manufactured stainless steel construction. The dials take inspiration from classic 1950s french watchmaking, with its smooth round shape. The domed glass that sits on top is made of crystal mineral, while the insides are Swiss Ronda with 4 jewels. Even though the watches go head-on with luxury timepieces, they come with a casual yet svelte side too. The watches ship with a canvas fabric strap for those lazy Sundays, and a metallic mesh strap so you look absolutely dapper at work… and that’s amazing for a watch with such incredibly affordable pricing!
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Screen Junkies’ “Honest Trailers” comedy series takes an honest look at The CW’s The Flash, a superhero television series based on the DC Comics character, Flash/Barry Allen.”Run, don’t walk, to see the CW combine the campiest parts of the Flash comic you love with YA soap drama…”..(Read…)
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