Digital Media has taken over Popular Culture, in music, film, books and even visual arts like comic books and photography.
I had the good luck to virtually meet European New Media Artist Francesca Bonci after I reviewed a song ‘Heaven Forgive Me’ by Federale, featured in a video of her creation. Her innovative visual production style has gained her fans around the world, and afforded her the chance to work with musical artists she admires.
The comic book series “Rebel Grrrls” focuses on the adventures of a female punk band making waves in the Southern U.S., and has fantasy and horror elements in addition to tons of fan service for admirers of rock music and Grrl Power in general.
Bolton’s project The Screaming Pope takes an innovative approach to music making, combining popular songwriting formats with analog hardware synthesis, digital computer instruments, along with loops and samples from sound libraries.
What if A.I. knows exactly how to create a hand with five fingers, but avoids doing so, to mislead us about artificial intelligence capabilities? That way we’ll all be caught off guard when the computers make their moves to take over the world.
With the release of ‘The Rock Star Paradox: Are You Such A Boring Musician?’ I find a more philosophical edge to the man/feline. Gilles The Chesire Snowcat?
Google’s surcharge on in app purchases on Android devices is making getting digital content a lot more annoying. Case in point — Amazon.