Covered this week; Gene Wilder dies at 83… Apple mulling over product line enhancements… Stranger Things renewed for a 2nd season… Kaepernick takes a stand… Jon Polito dies at 65… The Summer of the Schill by Matt Taibbi… Burning Man 2016 coverage… N.W.A. manager Jerry Heller dies at 75…
August 29, 2016
Gene Wilder, who regularly stole the show in such comedic gems as “The Producers,” “Blazing Saddles,” “Young Frankenstein,” “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” and “Stir Crazy,” died Monday at his home in Stamford, Conn. of complications from Alzheimer’s disease. He was 83.
Dearest James, I don’t do or go where you are hoping, but I’ll be looking for you. With my love, Gene.
August 30, 2016
Apple is developing new features for the iPad to cater to professional users, along with new Mac laptops and desktops… a summary of what might be in the pipeline and when it may hit the streets… and here’s Jason Snell for Six Colors with his predictions…
August 31, 2016
In a not-so-strange turn of events, Netflix has renewed breakout hit “Stranger Things” for a second season. Season 2 will debut in 2017 and will consist of 9 episodes, in comparison to the first season that spanned 8 episodes… and some more entertaining speculation on C|NET…
September 1, 2016
“And then there’s the #VeteransForKaepernick hashtag that’s been trending on Twitter over the last 24 hours. Black veterans who fought for this country voicing their support for a man’s right to do something they’re put in harm’s way to protect: speak up. The very people politicians are trying to say Kaepernick is disrespecting with his protest are the offering up some of the clearest and smartest takes on the matter. Not sportswriters or pundits. It was interesting to see that the people they were trying to prop up as “Negro Firewall,” joined Kaepernick in calling them out.“. Evan Moore writing for Rolling Stone.
September 2, 2016
Actor Jon Polito, a favorite of writer/director team Joel and Ethan Coen, died Thursday in Duarte, Calif. He was 65.
Campaign 2016 won’t just have lasting implications for American politics. It’s obliterated what was left of our news media. The Summer of the Shill by Matt Taibbi for Rolling Stone.
The burns begin in Black Rock City.
Burning Man recently marked its 29th year as a counterculture festival. Amid growing concerns that the event has been co-opted by the rich and powerful, Desert Companion has leaked the program for 2016’s event (satire).
September 3, 2016
Burning Man turns 30… how a group of radical pranksters built a city in the desert. From the Suicide Club to early Silicon Valley to fancy desert rats, here’s the tale behind Black Rock City and The Man.
September 4, 2016
“Jerry Heller, the combative music manager whose fraught relationship with the seminal hip-hop group N.W.A was searingly portrayed in last year’s box office hit “Straight Outta Compton,” died Friday of a heart attack at Los Robles Hospital in Thousand Oaks. He was 75″
“In recent years it has become popular with Silicon Valley millionaires, and billionaires. Luxurious so-called “plug-n-play” camps have sprung up which use hired staff like cooks, builders and security, and allow international jetsetters to drop in for quick visits.” Revolt on the Playa.
