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Tony Award-nominated composer Dave Malloy has just launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a concept recording of his latest musical, “Three Houses,” which had its world premiere at the Signature Theatre earlier this year.”Recordings are one of the most important elements of the musical theater tradition. They are the way these shows live on forever, making them accessible to all, bringing the music to a global audience, and preserving the work of all the incredible artists involved,” Malloy wrote. “For Three Houses, we hope to go into the studio this fall to create a concept album, bringing the show’s music…
In a post on its social network, Bluesky revealed that it gained 2 million new users last week, a huge growth in a short space of time for a platform that only has around 8.4 million users overall. The same post included a Portuguese translation of the announcement, presumably because the majority of the new users are from Brazil. As you may know, Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes recently ordered the country’s internet service providers to block X after the website formerly known as Twitter refused to ban certain accounts that were allegedly spreading false information.Moraes also ordered…
Allpacka’s Kickstarter campaign starts today, making their innovative folding box for bikes available for pre-order. The concept behind it can be explained like this: The Allpacka One cargo box is permanently attached to your luggage carrier and is always with you, whether you suddenly go shopping after work or bring something to a BBQ. The box intuitively folds and unfolds when you need it. Meanwhile, when you don’t need the box, it folds flat and thus barely gets in the way. So your bike doesn’t get any wider and the folded box doesn’t get in the way of getting on…
While soundbars might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Klipsch, the company has plenty of experience with living room devices. The company already has two models in its Flexus Core lineup, and now it’s adding a third flagship-level option to the line. The Flexus Core 300 is a 5.1.2-channel soundbar that offers more immersive sound than the 3.1.2-channel Flexus Core 200 and 2.1-channel Flexus Core 100. At $999, it’s also the most expensive soundbar in the company’s current line.Klipsch says the Flexus Core 300 will be its first soundbar with Dirac Live room…
The campaign raised $48,008 from 619 backers, beating its goal of $12,332. Image from Garrett’s website© GaletteThe Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for the overseas indie yuri magazine Galette ended on Monday, raising 7,006,980 yen (about $48,008) from 619 backers, exceeding the 1.8 million yen (about $12,332) goal. The campaign aims to re-edit and translate the overseas special edition of the magazine into English, and the campaign has also achieved all of its stretch goals.The international edition will feature manga from past editions and will feature work by manga artists such as Morinaga Miruku, Hakamada Mera, Yotozaki Haru, Yorita Miyuki, Momono Moto,…
Cast Recording and Album Composer Dave Malloy launches Kickstarter to fund recording of new musical Three Houses The concept album will feature the show following its successful run at the Signature Theatre Off-Broadway. Mia Pak and Margo Seibert Mark J. Franklin Composer Dave Malloy has launched a public Kickstarter campaign to record and release a concept album for his new musical, Three Houses. The musical, which premiered Off-Broadway at the Signature Theatre earlier this year, was written by Malloy (Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812) with musical direction and supervision by longtime collaborator Ol Mathias. After multiple run…
Are you planning to upgrade your iPhone this week? Hold on, because Apple’s iPhone 16 event is just a few days away. That means you’ll have the chance to buy the latest iPhone or pick up last year’s model for less. Apple’s event will be held at 1pm ET (10am PST) on Monday, September 9th at the Steve Jobs Theater at Apple Park in Cupertino. You can stream Apple’s It’s Glowtime event live on YouTube (which we’ve embedded here for your convenience) and on Apple’s site.In terms of new products, we can expect the usual September upgrades, namely a new…
It’s been a few months since Intuit shut down the popular budgeting app Mint. I was a Mint user for many years; millions of other users like me enjoyed how easily Mint allowed us to track all accounts in one place and monitor credit scores. I also used it regularly to help me track spending, set goals like pay my mortgage down faster and with general money management.Ahead of Mint’s demise, I gave Credit Karma, Intuit’s other financial app, a try but found it to be a poor Mint alternative. So I set out to find a true replacement in…
Premium audio brand Bang & Olufsen is known for its high-end designs and equally outrageous prices. Typically, the company’s earphones and headphones are more expensive than most of its competitors, but not astronomically so. But the company’s flagship noise-canceling headphones have changed that. Following the $999 Beoplay H95, B&O has introduced the $1,549 Beoplay H100. According to the company, the H95 is their “most successful headphone to date,” and the H100 improves on that model in a number of ways.Like most of B&O’s headphones, the Beoplay H100 are made from premium materials, from the lambskin leather ear pads to aluminum…
A federal judge has ruled that social media companies cannot be required to block certain types of content from teenagers, meaning parts of a controversial social media law in Texas will no longer be enforceable.The ruling comes after tech industry groups challenged a Texas law, the SCOPE (Children Online Protection through Enhanced Parental Empowerment Act), which imposes age verification requirements and other policies on how social media companies treat teenage users. But as The Verge points out, the measure also requires companies to “prevent minors from being exposed to harmful content,” including content that “glorifies” self-harm or drug abuse.It was…