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fromBustle
2 days ago

Chloe Fineman Shares The Rejected 'SNL' Ideas She Won't Stop Pitching

"I feel a lot less crazy there, as you learn the ups and downs and how to just genuinely enjoy it. Comedy is at its best when you're being loose and at its worst when you're really tense and overthinking things. All my best stuff I've ever gotten on the show has been Plan D or 'I don't know, how about this?' It's not the thing I'd spent all night meticulously trying to make work."
Film
Design
fromDesign Milk
2 weeks ago

Nick Valentijn Explores the Unpredictable Rawness of Metal

Nick Valentijn's handmade metal and wood furniture emerges through improvisational, material-led making that embraces process, visible joinery, and organic unpredictability.
LA real estate
fromBrooklynVegan
3 weeks ago

Makaya McCraven announces four new EPs & tour (hear a track from each)

Makaya McCraven is releasing four interconnected EPs on October 31, with a physical compilation titled Off the Record arriving earlier on October 10.
Television
fromVulture
4 weeks ago

Sam Reich Wanted to Put Game Changer in the Audience's Hands

Comedians campaign against each other in a political debate moderated by Sam Reich in the Game Changer finale.
Toronto
fromThe Walrus
1 month ago

Before Ghostbusters: How Asperger's Shaped Young Dan Aykroyd | The Walrus

Actors improvise comedic skits for children's TV while filming on a roof in Toronto.
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fromFuncheap
4 months ago
San Francisco

Jazz at the Make-Out: Evangelista Quintet (Album Release), Bafus/Raskin/Johnston Trio

fromFuncheap
4 months ago
San Francisco

Jazz at the Make-Out: Evangelista Quintet (Album Release), Bafus/Raskin/Johnston Trio

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SF music
fromFuncheap
1 month ago

First Thursdays Do-Over: Live Music + 16MM Film (Oakland)

The Do-Over Music Series presents a rotating cast of local artists performing creative, improvised music and visuals.
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Music
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Anthony Braxton: Quartet (England) 1985 review | John Fordham's jazz album of the month

Braxton's innovative music bridges genres, showing the future of jazz through improvisation and composition.
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fromPitchfork
4 months ago
NYC music

Andre 3000: 7 piano sketches

The release's brief length encourages deep listening and reveals rich details in seemingly simple piano sketches.
fromArtforum
4 months ago
Music production

Brandon Lopez

Brandon López's innovative bass techniques and collaborations create unique soundscapes that reaffirm the cultural significance of the African diaspora.
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Independent films
fromRoger Ebert
3 months ago

Gifts in the Impediment: Nina Conti and Shenoah Allen on "Sunlight" | Interviews | Roger Ebert

Nina Conti blends ventriloquism and filmmaking in her debut feature, exploring deep themes through improvisational dialogue.
Berlin music
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

Mary Halvorson: About Ghosts review restless beauty from jazz's shape-shifting guitarist

Mary Halvorson's music blends powerful melodies with avant-garde elements, showcasing her versatility and broad appeal in the jazz genre.
NYC parents
fromenglish.elpais.com
3 months ago

Repairing torn banknotes or making fuel from plastic: The new trades for survival in a besieged Gaza

Gazans are forced to improvise homemade fuel production due to extreme shortages caused by supply blockades.
Music
fromConsequence
4 months ago

Mining Metal: Best Underground Metal Albums of April 2025

The article explores the interconnectedness of puzzles, prose, and music, emphasizing how they reflect and shape human perception.
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