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  We speak to Joseph Gordon-Levitt (@hitRECordJoe) about BAND TOGETHER WITH LOGIC, a YouTube Originals special, in which award-winning rapper and producer Logic (@Logic301) invited the world to collaborate with him on an original song. After Logic laid down some rough ideas and released them on Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s online collaborative platform, HITRECORD, the song took
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While the punk-new wave musical revolution was brewing on the Bowery and in downtown New York in 1976 and 1977, a new breed of underground filmmakers were beginning to emerge, whose work reflected the same rough textures and emotional immediacy as punk rock. One of the leading filmmakers of New York's New Wave was Amos
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Photos by Anna Mazurek Jessica Shaefer, Global Art Program Manager and Lead Curator for the Artist in Residence (AIR) program, which commissions local artists to create unique installations at its offices around the world to inspire interaction, dialogue and learning for employees gave us some insight into the initiative as well as a look at
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Multiple Grammy and Oscar winning artist, musician and producer T Bone Burnett gave a thought provoking keynote speech at SXSW today, warning of the current dangers of the dominance of digital monopolies like Google and Facebook, while championing the value of the independence of artists. See below for the full text of the speech. Burnett has teamed up with Jay Bellerose and Keefus Ciancia for The Invisible Light Triliogy who’s first installment The Invisible Light: Acoustic Space comes out April 12 via Electro Magnetic/Verve Forecast. T BONE BURNETT SXSW KEYNOTE SPEECH: I am going to begin today with a quote from Marshall McLuhan from…

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ACCLAIMED NEW FILM ON BORDER WALL ALONG TEXAS-MEXICO BORDER The River and The Wall has received standing ovations at SXSW 2019, and Gravitas Ventures will release it theatrically and on demand May 3rd. The timely new documentary feature The River and The Wall (www.theriverandthewall.com), from award-winning director Ben Masters (Unbranded) and Emmy-winning producer Hillary Pierce (Tower) is having its world premiere screenings at the SXSW Film Festival. The next screening is this Friday, March 15th at 11:15 AM at Paramount Theatre. Distributor Gravitas Ventures, a Red Arrow Studios company, plans a North American theatrical and on demand release starting Friday, May 3, 2019. Gravitas previously…

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[ultimate_fancytext strings_textspeed="35" strings_backspeed="0" typewriter_loop="off" fancytext_strings="The book shows that both heaven and hell are shitty places to work, just one has a better view.” – Jon Hamm" strings_font_family="font_family:Almendra SC|font_call:Almendra+SC" strings_font_style="font-style:italic;,font-weight:bold;" strings_font_size="desktop:20px;" fancytext_color="#ff0000"] On March 9 at SXSW, Amazon Prime Video hosted the Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate SXSW Event, a featured discussion with Good Omens showrunner, executive producer and
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