Check Out A Terrific New Shorts Series Explaining
& Promoting Environmental Issues…
We get to
cover many documentaries on many important subjects and they include
environmental issues. Despite the drive
of misguided and even angry big money to make us pretend it does not matter,
abuse of our world has consequences and even if some exaggerate for their own
reasons, it is scientific fact and with recent events of
unusual-but–devastating proportions happening, bad things that should not be
happening are.
Don’t Just Sit There – Do
Something! is a
very impressive, through and articulate series of shorts that is ongoing and
really hitting the nail on the head about these issues as good as any
documentary we have covered to date. The
dynamic, terrific, well-spoken, awesome, multi-talented Joylette Portlock is
the host of this series and makes the subject as fun as Schoolhouse Rock or The
Electric Company ever was.
Be sure
to visit and check out the great work and words at their link:
http://www.dosomethingaboutclimate.com/
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Since we
posted this homepage letter, a newer version of the Thunderbolt cord has been
announced, though most do not have this cord, have used it or know what it
does, so we will continue to offer…
An Update On High Performance Cords & Wireless
Recently,
a few other developments in the world of electronics have happened than crosses
into motion pictures, music, television and home theater matters. As noted, Ultra HD (at 2160p) is here, though
some reports from Las Vegas
tell us that not all the Ultra HD projectors and monitors were as impressive as
they should be. We also don’t think the
models being early cases of the technology is an excuse for lackluster
performance, but more on that as those products come to market.
Besides
new HDMI cords (possibly to be dubbed 2.0, 1.5 or maybe even 1.4b; we’ll see
what they name them), a new cord called Thunderbolt is also on the market for
computers, can handle Ethernet work like Ethernet cords and the higher previous
HDMI cords, plus should have no trouble with 2160p. As long as Hollywood thinks they can have
copyright control as they have with HDMI, it could become a popular hook up and
also be a successor to the dwindling IEEE 1394 Firewire cord (and its variants)
Hollywood dismissed for home theaters years ago.
On
computers, especially tablets and laptops, we have seen the elimination of more
connects than expected. Older Ethernet
connections are fading faster than they should under the assumption wireless is
always there and reliable, but there are more than a few situations many of us
could think of where you might only have Ethernet available and even bad
weather can always affect wireless capacities depending on the situation. Flash drives continue to be popular,
including on Blu-ray players, but these USB ports are also fading faster than
they should and DVD-ROMs are not being replaced by BD-ROMs and are disappearing
to make many units lighter and not necessarily cheaper.
We can
understand old analog Pin-based hookups and the like fading away, but some of
this is too premature, forcing the consumer to get adaptors if they are even
available for said usage. This applies
to Blu-ray players with their increasing number of bells and whistles including
BD Live activity and various digital copy options.
Progress
is no good if it includes truly dumb mistakes and anytime you make any product
less consumer friendly, you make machines with limited usage and one that will
inevitably be less popular. Technology
is always growing and the way old analog electronic technology would go on and
on as a standard for many years is a thing of the past with computers and cyber
needs a permanent part of the entertainment landscape. Whenever this goes too far, consumers and the
press need to point out the limits and issues in eliminating still-useful
features, inputs and outputs so when you spend the money for any item,
especially when it is on the expensive side, you are happy with what you acquire
and find it fun and productive to use.
Consumers
are customers and people who deserve the best and get the most for their
money. It would be a shame if a bad new
tend of abandoning anything to save a company a few small bucks would get in
the way of that.
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Thank you
for visiting (and in many, many cases, returning) to our ever-expanding
independent coverage of film, music & TV on Blu-ray and DVD, plus older formats
like CDs and newer ones like SA-CD and Blu-ray 3D; a site that is now nearly 10
years old thanks to all of you. Your
input is always appreciated and we thank you for your support. For 3D fans, here is the link to our
ever-expanding list of Blu-ray 3D titles in the format and most of them so far
have offered pleasant surprises:
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/11274/Blu-ray+3D+Reviews+List
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CoreCre8, a division of Core Media House L.L.C., releases
‘Around the World’ rap/sung
collaboration by Art featuring Ike C
‘Around the World’
reaches number two on the list of the bestselling MP3 songs in neo soul at
Amazon.
CoreCre8 released Around the World, the
rap/sung collaboration by Art featuring Ike C, on March “CoreCre8,”
2013. Now available at Amazon,
CD Baby, iTunes,
and other Internet retailers, the song incorporates elements of neo soul and
electronic dance-music. On March 17, 2013, Around
the World reached number two on the list of the bestselling
MP3 songs in neo soul at Amazon. The song includes the following
performers:
Art: rap vocal
Ike C: sung vocals
Charles Constantino: synthesizer bass; synthesizer drums/percussion;
synthesizer electric-pianos; synthesizer strings
Click here to listen to a clip of Around
the World.
CoreCre8, a division of Core
Media House L.L.C., took Art and Ike C from the Pittsburgh
stage to Los Angeles
club play in one month. “I
had a showcase in Pittsburgh
for a promotion company that was helping me with a mixtape-release
project. That’s where me and Art performed a track,” says Ike C.
Art recalls, “The very moment I stepped off the stage, CoreCre8 meant business
and believed in my talent.”
Steven "Art" Williams
wrote the rap lyrics for Around the World. Isaac
"Ike C" Cummings and Charles Constantino wrote the sung lyrics.
Core Media House cofounder Charles
Constantino wrote and arranged the music for Around the World and produced the song. Ike C says, “With the
help of Charles producing the final beat and arranging the vocal placement, we
recorded the track. Within days, our track was mixed and mastered and
being played by popular deejays in the Los
Angeles area.” Charles Constantino Publishing—a
member of ASCAP, the American Society of
Composers, Authors and Publishers—is the exclusive publisher of Around the World.
Art says, “Recording with Charles Constantino was
an amazingly enlightening experience. The music behind Around the World is truly
exclusive, mature and original—but still hip-hop with a classy twist—and will
be loved worldwide. Graced with passionate lyrics and musical genius, the
outcome is nothing short of art.”
“The making of Around the World was without
conflict,” says Constantino. “The writing and performance of the rap were
articulate. Ike sustained my policy of not electronically correcting any
musical pitch in my productions.”
Charles Constantino and Chaz Peacock mixed Around
the World. “Art reminds me of a Pittsburgh version of T.I. Moreover, he
is a lot better than any other rapper that I recorded before,” says
Peacock. “After the tracking was
completed, I embarked on an audio journey with Charles. Although I felt
very intimidated at first, I realized that he has an exceptionally musical ear
that can only be compared with Jackson Pollock's paintbrush. The song
turned out so good that I offered to remix it at no charge.”
Garrett Haines mastered Around
the World. Haines says, “Around the World is an exciting
new release from CoreCre8. The track is a smooth blend of urban, funk,
and pop.”
Singer and CoreCre8 artist Samantha Bowen, who is
in preproduction with Constantino, says, “I’m really impressed. Around the World has a
bassline that's guaranteed to make you groove. If the song is any
indication as to the quality of Art's meaning and style, then I'm dying for the
next single!"
“Even in the sixth grade, Art was musically
talented,” says Amir Johnson, CoreCre8 vice-president of operations. “Since
then, he has been working very hard at his craft and has become one of the best
lyricists around. Charles did a wonderful job producing Around the World. I
love the bass—it makes you feel the song!”
Says Art, “I’m extremely excited about what’s to
come from this venture with CoreCre8. The process speaks for itself—I’m
already being played, mixed, and loved by L.A.
deejays.” Ike C adds, “I'm very excited now to take my career to the next
level, and I believe I am moving forward in the right direction with my new
music family, CoreCre8.”
Click here to request
additional information.
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Click
here for a PDF version of the preceding press release,
“CoreCre8,
a division of Core Media House L.L.C.,
releases
‘Around the World’ rap/sung collaboration by Art featuring Ike C.”
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Besides our constantly changing sidebar highlighting the best new discs
available, we have a master list of key Blu-ray titles we originally updated
often, but will now use as a guide to the best early releases so fans and
collectors can catch up. Also, the
prices are great on many of these titles now.
The link to these highlights can be found at this link:
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/4249/Highlights+of+software
You can also put “Blu-ray” in our search engine for the
latest coverage of software releases, at 2,200 titles alone (including many
single texts with more than one Blu-ray release and the Blu-ray 3D format as
noted above) and counting including import titles you will not hear about or
read about anywhere else and likely would want to add to your collection. Keep checking in (and on our sidebar) for
exclusive analysis of all the latest releases, including many that most other
sites and magazines have not covered!
As we
always say, we offer a rich, alternative website for Blu-ray, DVD, book and
film coverage that extends to music and television; we are in our seventh year
and invite you to search for anything you are interested in. Based in the United States, we search for the
bets material anywhere in the world we can find it, so you can find it. At this point, you are likely to find
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Though
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They also
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issue on Where Eagles Dare already
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second edition on the Sergio Leone/Clint Eastwood “Man With No Name” Trilogy (A Fistful Of Dollars, For A Few Dollars More, The Good The Bad & The Ugly) with
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In the
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expert, detailed (without ruining anything for first time viewers and
listeners, as we are not into spoilers), informative, fun, bold, vital
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on. We are doing our best to stay on top
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have heard about. If it is something you
know about, we will likely have information and observations you will get
nowhere else.
Now for some other sites worth
checking out…
High Def Disc News is a Blu-ray-only website with reviews
and more run by Justin Sluss and loaded with a surprisingly large number of
reviews and news items. They are one of
the best and most uncompromising independent sources and they are not just
recommending anything like a bunch of “fanboys”, which extends to their
staff. See more at http://www.highdefdiscnews.com/
Our writer Dante Ciampaglia’s Crazy From The Heat blog is always worth checking out for comments
on film, media and the world at large.
You can read him up at:
http://danteaciampaglia.com
Daniel Johnson also has a solid movie blog. He is a fine writer and implores “For amazing
movie articles, crazy cinematic lists, and riveting reviews go to Film Babble
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http://filmbabble.blogspot.com/
Continuing
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from all over the world like no other, and is one of the only other sites
besides ours to do so. Their link is:
www.DVDBeaver.com
We
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themselves more thoroughly than you would usually find on other sites or in
print. They have reviews as well, but
our favorite section is their ever-growing Blu-ray/DVD Comparisons section,
which features very technical details on several versions of a given film. Often, they are even from different DVD
Regions and Blu-ray regions, but they are always accompanied by still images
from each DVD covered. Gary W. Tooze’s
site is everything the net is supposed to deliver and we will be adding
anything we can to contribute to their efforts as they do ours.
www.cinegeek.com is run by Stephen Lackey
and has its own love of anything Sci-Fi, Horror, Fantasy or Cult. The web needs more alternative sites like
this, so be sure to visit them.
-- The Management
