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Posts Tagged ‘edm culture’
Live Nation mogul to invest $1 billion in EDM
Robert F.X. Sillerman, 64, has officially announced his intentions to invest one billion dollars in EDM parties and festivals in the coming year. Sillerman is most noted for founding Live Nation and selling it to Clear Channel and Ticketmaster for a fortune. (Basically.) The New York Times reports that Sillerman prefers Bob Dylan and Paul [...]
Arabian revolutionary street art
You may be wondering what street art has to do with electronica. But in the same way a musician remixes one of their favorite tracks, graffiti artists are, in their own way, paying tribute to public spaces through artistic expression. Much to the chagrin of major labels and public officials alike, these two modern trends [...]
Peaches talking smack about sexist DJs
Peaches did a video interview with Spinner at Lollapalooza Brazil in which she discusses gender inequality among DJs and the actors she dislikes. BTW this is the same solo female DJ who wrote the songs Fuck the Pain Away, I Feel Cream and Lovertits in recent years. Peaches is known for her performances that stretch [...]
Dubstep heavy Call of Duty trailer
Activison released the dubstep heavy trailer for the highly anticipated Call of Duty: Black Ops II and you can watch it right here. The video game is set to drop November 13th in time for Christmas. This time around Activison asks: what would happen if America’s advanced weapons technology were turned against us? Rumors are [...]
Banksy salvaged by Detroit gallery
This street art is believed to be the work of elusive graffiti artist Bansky. It was originally painted on the wall of the crumbling ruins of an abandoned auto plant in Detroit. Resident artists of the 555 Gallery rescued the work in 2010 setting off a two year legal debate over who had the [...]
Fox News catches mole
Joe Muto was working as an associate producer at Fox News on the Bill O’Reilly Show when he teamed up with gossip blog Gawker to release sensitive footage that showed a behind the scenes look at the network studios. Before being detected in less than 24 hours and fired within 48, he managed to get [...]
Green Street Art
Everyone has heard of street art at this point. Recently some artists have taken graffiti to the next level by using moss instead of spray paint. You can check out more pictures here. Unlike the traditional method of spray painting, the public is usually delighted to find these works. It is a clever way to [...]
Diamond graffiti in Jewel City
A California street artist who goes by the name “ABOVE” has managed to spray paint an anti-blood diamond message in Johannesburg, South Africa. The message located outside one of the world’s biggest diamond distributors known as Jewel City reads “Diamonds are a woman’s best friend… and a man’s worst enemy.” ABOVE offered to paint the [...]
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