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Jay-Z, Beyonce and Steve Jobs?
Evelyn McDonnell at MOLI
Jay-Z, Beyonce, and Steve Jobs: How's that for a power trio? An inside industry source recently told MOLI that it's a done deal: Pop's top couple will move to Apple to run a new music division. It sounds rather incredible: Carter's already got a pretty good job, running Def Jam, and Jobs may be too smart to get into the tanking recording business (as others have said). Of course, if it is true, my guess is this would be a new, revamped record biz, one based on digital distribution, not boring old physical products. It certainly speaks volumes about the state of the culture industry, if two artists who have been served well by the current way of doing business are willing to jump ship. Spokespeople for Apple, Shawn Carter, and Def Jam (Mr. Carter's label) did not return requests for comments.
The move would of course follow Paul McCartney's move from a traditional label, Capitol, to one run by another entity, Starbucks Music. Starbucks started signing artists after establishing a successful retail model through their Hear Music outlets and compilations. Apple has made a similar achievement with iTunes, to say the least.
Apple is definitely poaching at least one smart guy from a label: Capitol publicist Jason Roth starts at the technology company July 2. He says he knows nothing about the aforementioned rumors.
Justice - D.A.N.C.E
Courtesy of The Cool Hunter
The creation of Parisian electronic masterminds Gaspard Auge and Xavier de Rosnay, Justice first implanted their pogo-inducing sound in last year's massive remix of Simian's 'Never Be Alone'. While Justice's remixing fingers have also moulded the sounds of stars like NERD, Soulwax and Franz Ferdinand, it's their critically-lauded new album '†' which is causing the most fan-fervour.
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Hip Hop Odyssey International Film Festival
Courtesy of Format Magazine
The Hip Hop Odyssey International Film Festival has evolved into the largest hip-hop film festival in the world.
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Stanton DJ unveils T.90 USB turntable
Courtesy of Engadget
If you're looking for a quality, high-torque turntable that will also let your rip your vinyl to a PC, Stanton's got a new model in its T line that should do just the trick.
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Chicago-Made Cinema!
Courtesy of Gen Art Pulse
Chicago's trendiest guys and gals about town continued the five-day film fiesta with a viewing of Will Slocombe's locally-shot dark comedy Crime Fiction last night. The flick was screened at Old Town's Piper's Alley theatre, with both the director and up and coming stars Jonathan Eliot, Amy Sloan and Daily Show regular, Dan Bakkedahl present.
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