Covered this week; Apple ads takes on barber shop culture… Cases where Apple was significantly behind but then caught up and passed… an inside look at Apple Campus 2… Chris Cornell, dead at 52… Basquiat painting sets a record at auction… The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus hangs its hat for the last time… 10 photos that could be paintings…
May 15, 2017
I have an enduring love of barber shop culture… cool to see Apple take a look through an ad.
May 16, 2017
Daniel Eran Dilger, Apple Insider, steps through a series of cases where Apple was seriously behind, then overtook the competition. A few examples…
May 17, 2017
Continuing the Apple Computer theme this week… this is a long read, but it’ll fly by. Beautifully crafted with lots of photos (by Dan Winters) and anecdotes (expertly related by long-time Apple historian Steven Levy). We’ve covered the aerial footage every step of the way… now with the occupation of the new complex imminent, this piece bookends nicely…
May 18, 2017
Chris Cornell, the powerful, dynamic singer whose band Soundgarden was one of the architects of grunge music, died on Wednesday night in Detroit hours after the band had performed there. He was 52.
May 19, 2017
Jean-Michel Basquiat’s painting of a skull sold for $110.5 million at Sotheby’s in New York, setting an auction record for American artists and providing a windfall for the daughter of two collectors who purchased it for $19,000 in 1984. The buyer was billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, founder of a Japanese fashion website, and a new force in contemporary art.
May 20, 2017
One of Ringling’s two traveling circuses is scheduled to perform its final show Sunday in New York. The other closed this month in Providence, and with it, the end to a way of life few others have experienced. The Associated Press was allowed to observe it extensively.
May 21, 2017
“While we’ve all seen our fair share of hyperrealistic and photorealistic art, or paintings and sculptures that look amazingly like photographs, it’s not too often that we come across photos that look like paintings. Throughout the five-plus years we’ve been around, we’ve seen these unbelievable photos pop up here and there and today, we decided to give them all one home. Here, then, are ten fascinating photos that look unbelievably like an oil, acrylic or watercolor painting. Enjoy!”
