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  • Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann and Phil Lesh appear in Long Strange Trip by Amir Bar-Lev, an official selection of the Documentary Premieres program at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Andrew Kent.

Amazon Acquires a Grateful Dead Documentary titled Long Strange Trip

By |January 18th, 2017|Categories: Amazon, Entertainment, Featured, Film News, Music News, National News, Non-Fiction, Park City, Pop Culture, San Francisco, Sundance Film Festival, YouTube|Tags: , , , , , , |

Amazon announced today that they will acquire Long Strange Trip by Amir Bar-Lev. The documentary is set to debut at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. Long Strange Trip will have four screenings at the upcoming film festival in Utah. Business Wire and Amazon spoke with the director of the film Amir Bar-Lev, as well as band members from the Grateful Dead featuring Bob Weir and Micky Hart: "I first reached out to the Grateful Dead about this film back in 2003," said Bar-Lev. "Since then, everyone who has come aboard has treated this project with a renegade spirit of cooperation and ingenuity

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Solar Power Panels Increase Production in Areas with More Snowfall

By |January 17th, 2017|Categories: Clean Energy, Environment, Featured, National News, Tech News, YouTube|Tags: , , , , |

The U.S. Department of Energy recently reviewed the impacts that snow caused on solar power panels. They found out that in light snow conditions, the snow helped generate more power overall. In contrast, they also found that heavy snowfall currently created a problem for the panels. CleanTechnica reported in 2012 that snowy conditions can increase productivity with solar power panels. It does seem that the reflection of the snow would aid to the amount of solar (photovoltaic) cells available for the panels to collect. As technology continues to advance, the materials and methods that the panels are used will soon capture the

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  • Festival Director John Cooper, Sundance Institute Executive Director Keri Putnam, and President and Founder of Sundance Institute Robert Redford at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival Day One Press Conference. (c) 2015 by Brandon Joseph Baker.

Sundance Film Festival 2017 Live Streaming Schedule

By |January 17th, 2017|Categories: Entertainment, Featured, Fiction, Film News, National News, Non-Fiction, Park City, Pop Culture, Previews, Sundance Film Festival, Utah, Virtual Reality, World News, YouTube|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Watch the day 1 press conference with Robert Redford on YouTube with the live stream. The Sundance Festival organizers have recently announced a series of live streams that will run during the festival this month from Park City, Utah. Sundance Film Festival 2017 is set to stream panels and discussion with the Power of Story series. This year, Power of Story: The New Climate will connect with screenings of An Inconvenient Truth Sequel: Truth to Power, a documentary featuring Al Gore's fight to protect the environment, at the festival. In addition to the film screenings, former Vice President of the United

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  • Artwork for the song 'Paris' by The Chainsmokers. Photo provided.

An Inside Look to the Song ‘Paris’ by The Chainsmokers

By |January 17th, 2017|Categories: Entertainment, Featured, Music News, National News, Pop Culture, The Chainsmokers, YouTube|Tags: , , , , |

The Chainsmokers, international pop musicians, have released a new track for 'Paris' on streaming and on-demand platforms. The group works with Victoria Zaro on this track. She continues to balance the male and female vocals with The Chainsmokers contemporary beat style. Alex and Drew of The Chainsmokers shared this passage about the song: "The song is actually about something very personal. Its about a friend of ours who struggled with a serious addiction and over the course of this lived in this fantasy world with his GF thinking life was great and they were just down for each other thinking

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The Impact of Climate Change in Australia and the South Pacific Islands

By |January 17th, 2017|Categories: Australia, Clean Energy, Economy, Environment, Featured, Global, National News, Politics, Sydney, World News, YouTube|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

A number of environmental issues continue to grow in Australia, as well as the South Pacific Islands. Larger countries, such as the United States and Australia produce a much larger carbon footprint, adding to the sea levels rising around coastal areas. The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration reported: 'Global sea level has been rising over the past century, and the rate has increased in recent decades. In 2014, global sea level was 2.6 inches above the 1993 average—the highest annual average in the satellite record (1993-present). Sea level continues to rise at a rate of about one-eighth of an inch per

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Preview International Entertainment Set for SXSW Music 2017

By |January 16th, 2017|Categories: Austin, Entertainment, Featured, Music News, National News, Previews, SXSW, Texas, World News, YouTube|Tags: , , , , , , |

SXSW Music 2017 has announced hundreds of international artists set to takeover downtown Austin during March 13-19. The biggest addition, and hottest unknown act to blow up at SXSW 2017 is The Regrettes. Among the artists recently announced, The Rumjacks from Australia, caught my attention with their Irish-influenced punk music. https://youtu.be/4ZlLk-PxAbI The beautiful part of SXSW Music 2017 is the combination of international artists in one spot. The main goal of our media outlet is to bridge cultural gaps, and this event helps us shine the light on upcoming acts, as well as provide a medium for people from

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  • Super Mario Odyssey screen shot. Photo by: Nintendo / YouTube

Watch the YouTube Trailer for Super Mario Odyssey

By |January 15th, 2017|Categories: Entertainment, Featured, Gaming, National News, Pop Culture, Previews, Tech News, World News, YouTube|Tags: , , , , , |

Nintendo Switch gaming platform recently released a new trailer for Super Mario Odyssey. The Nintendo Switch system will be available on March 3 for $299.99 retail. A select amount of games will be ready for the launch, but The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild will be ready. https://youtu.be/zw47_q9wbBE Super Mario Odyssey is set for release during the holiday season of 2017. After watching the beautiful trailer, it will be exciting to see how the Nintendo Switch will impact gameplay. Some of the graphics in the game take Mario, a fictional character, that usually interacts in fictional environments, and brings

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  • Okeechobee Music and Arts Festival 2017 lineup. Photo provided.

Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival Adds: Sturgill Simpson, Vulfpeck, The Floozies

By |January 15th, 2017|Categories: Entertainment, Featured, Florida, Music News, National News, Okeechobee, Previews, Sturgill Simpson, Vulfpeck, YouTube|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival has added Sturgill Simpson, Logic, Vulfpeck, and The Floozies to the 2017 lineup. Additional acts that have been added include: 12th Planet, Ganja White Night, Space Jesus, Brasstracks, Kasbo, Pell, The Golden Pony, Vandana, Polyenso, Lawrence, Funky Dawgz Brass Band, Octopus Kid, Roosevelt Collier Allstar Jam, Slumber, Tomas Station, and Jon Simon. “We are excited to build upon the success of OMF 16. This year’s lineup is great and we have more surprises to come. We are opening up more of our amazing property for people to explore, and continuing to invest in art and

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  • Shaky Knees Music Festival 2017 lineup. Photo provided.

Shaky Knees Music Festival 2017 Host The xx, Phoenix and +60 Live Acts

By |January 15th, 2017|Categories: Atlanta, Entertainment, Featured, Festivals, Georgia, Music News, National News, Previews, The Revivalists, YouTube|Tags: , , , , , , |

Shaky Knees Music Festival 2017 will host The xx, LCD Soundsystem and Phoenix as headliners for their annual festival taking place May 12 - 14 in downtown Atlanta at Centennial Olympic Park. The festival will host over 60 live musical acts on three stages. Additional acts include: Cage The Elephant, Pixies, The Shins, Nick Murphy, X Ambassadors, Third Eye Blind, Portugal. The Man and dozens more. Scan over the preview video for the upcoming Shaky Knees Music Festival 2017 in downtown Atlanta. Connect with tickets for the event via the festival's main website. Connect with the Shaky Knees main website for 2017

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La La Land Steals the Show at the 2017 Golden Globe Awards

By |January 12th, 2017|Categories: California, Entertainment, Featured, Fiction, Film News, Los Angeles, National News, Non-Fiction, Pop Culture, Reviews, World News, YouTube|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

The 2017 Golden Globe Awards was held January 8 in Beverly Hill, California. This marked the 74th Golden Globe Awards, and delivered big with international film and cinema. Explore the full list of winners via the Los Angeles Times. La La Land broke records for obtaining the most awards in one program at the Golden Globes. The audio production team picked up several awards. It was also awarded for best motion picture. Zootopia was awarded with the best animation film for the year. The show Atlanta won for best television series. Overall, the award show highlighted excellent works of art, and

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