[nonostantement #103] - wuhan / hiphop & spotify / igorrr
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#PEOPLE
[Video] - We Made a Fake Green Day Album. Fans Said It Was Real
"We made a Green Day fan fiction album called Magnum Opus of the Inglorious Kind but had no idea it would spiral this out of control."[Video] - Inside Japan’s Chicano Subculture | NYT
"When I heard Chicano culture had spread to Japan, I wanted to see it for myself. Who knew the culture I grew up with had a home so far from California?"[Video] - Louis Theroux Selling Sex (2020)
"The exchange of sex for money is legal in Britain, so long as it doesn’t involve coercion, exploitation, or any kind of public nuisance. Now, fuelled by websites and social media, a new economy has emerged – bringing a world of transactional sex to people who might never have previously considered it."[In Italian] - I centri sociali sono incubatori di cultura. La storia dell’hip hop italiano lo dimostra.
"La definizione più azzeccata di Bologna la diede forse Pier Paolo Pasolini nel 1975, dicendo che era 'consumista e comunista' e individuando con un gioco di parole ficcante quella contraddizione inconciliabile che da bolognese per prima riconosco."
#ART
20 Trailblazing Artists with Major Museum Shows in 2020
"In 2020, major art museums are recognizing the role of women in art history more than ever before through exhibitions ranging from a Renaissance master’s first major show to an examination of a sprawling Tuscan sculpture park."
#TECH
At a growing number of coffee shops, getting a coffee to go means checking out a cup
"As cities crack down on waste, coffee shops are turning to new solutions—like a startup called Vessel—to cut down on their plastic."It’s official: Data visualization has gone mainstream
"When the United States president is showing a Sharpie-doctored chart, you know data visualization isn’t hovering at the margins anymore."
#POLITICS
BlackRock C.E.O. Larry Fink: Climate Crisis Will Reshape Finance
"In his influential annual letter to chief executives, Mr. Fink said his firm would avoid investments in companies that “present a high sustainability-related risk.”
#SOCIALMEDIA
The Golden Age of Hip Hop in the Spotify Era
"It’s generally accepted that the Golden Age occurred from the mid ’80s and mid ’90s; it was then that all the elements of the culture – breaking, graffiti art and DJing – broke cover to enter the mainstream."We Finally Figured Out Who Makes wikiHow’s Bizarre Art
"Getting to the bottom of one of the internet’s most ridiculously drawn mysteries"[In Italian] - Cantami, o muser, di Tik Tok e della generazione Z
"Tutti ne parlano, pochi lo frequentano davvero, ancora meno lo capiscono fino in fondo. Cerchiamo allora di mimetizzarci nella festa-delle-medie permanente e di capire a cosa serve questo nuovo social."@thingtesting
"New brands and the stories behind them. No ads, only reviews.
#WEIRD
#THEDARKSIDE
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