Brian Wilcox

Is There Any Escape from the Spotify Syndrome? The history of recorded music is now at our fingertips. But the streamer’s algorithmic skill at giving us what we like may keep us from what we’ll love.

Is There Any Escape from the Spotify Syndrome?

Pati Jinich Explores Panamericana | Alaska - Wild Harvest | Episode 1 Pati travels from the northernmost place in the U.S. to the remote island community of Halibut Cove.

The EO to stop PBS and NPR funding is unlawful.

Devastating news the night after a few friends debuted the first episode of “Panamericana” last night on PBS. Check it out if you can!

#TVskye

www.pbs.org/video/alaska...

Trump orders end to federal funding for NPR and PBS In an executive order, President Trump directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop funding NPR and PBS, the nation's primary public broadcasters.

In an executive order, President Trump directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop funding NPR and PBS, the nation's primary public broadcasters.

“Creative work is not a selfish act or a bid for attention on the part of the actor. It’s a gift to the world and every being in it. Don’t cheat us of your contribution. Give us what you’ve got.” - Steven Pressfield, the WAR of ART
#booksky #creativity #motivation

“Individuals who are realized in their own lives almost never criticize others. If they speak at all, it is to offer encouragement” - Steven Pressfield, the WAR of ART
#booksky #creativity #criticism

You have the best selection for the types of books I like to read!

For #IndependentBookstoreDay, I placed an order with @mzspress.bsky.social — an incredible online shop that’s introduced me to so many amazing film and culture books I might never have discovered otherwise. Excited to keep ordering from them! #Booksky #Film #Culture #IndieBookstore

“The rise of short-form video as a vessel for music discovery brought the logic of stream air to a new extreme. It was no longer about grabbing the listener in the first thirty seconds, but the first three-to-five seconds”
- @lizpelly.bsky.social in her book Mood Machines

I used to go to the movies weekly, but cost was a main reason I now space out my theatre going experiences. Great read. #filmsky

“It can seem like a mere semantic difference, but it’s true: Art-making and content-creating are different undertakings, not just spiritually, but also practically.” @lizpelly.bsky.social in her new book Mood Machines

#booksky #artandculture

“The history of art is a history of revivals: Established icons are shattered by an avant-garde that in time becomes the new establishment to be attacked by a new avant-garde that used its grandfather’s forms of weapons.”
-Robert McKee “Story”

#filmsky #booksky #quotes

“To be entertained is to be immersed in the ceremony of story to an intellectually and emotionally satisfying end.”

- Robert McKee, “Story”
#filmsky #booksky

“Story is about originality, not duplication.
Originality is the confluence of content and form- distinctive choices of subject plus a unique shaping of the telling. Content and form require, inspire, and mutually influence one another.”
- Robert McKee, “Story”
#filmsky #booksky

“…the gospel of popular entertainment is based on individualism- the belief that you can become anything you want if only you want it badly enough- anything that suggests otherwise is forbidden”
- Howard Suber “The Power of Film”

“It’s hard to say which came first: our so-called media illiteracy or the dumbing down of the media.”

It’s our lack of ability to pay attention and the rise of passive viewing that are causing creators, dare I say artists, to reiterate and repeat their symbols.

“The things we care about are the things we make art about. We frame them with our attention. Art is proof of care.” p82

What Art Does an Unfinished Theory - Brian Eno, Bette A.

“A crucial part of self-realization is being able to distinguish between our shallow likes and deep likes.” p78

What Art Does an Unfinished Theory - Brian Eno, Bette A.

“Art is the continuation of play into adulthood. We keep playing as adults because we need to keep learning. Play is research.” p72

What Art Does an Unfinished Theory - Brian Eno, Bette A.

“What happens in your mind when you see an artwork depends on you personal history and the history of your culture. It is a language that changes meaning depending on the listener.” p54
What Art Does an Unfinished Theory - Brian Eno, Bette A.

Survivor is my not so guilty pleasure… and the S48 premiere did not disappoint! The way this show evolves and changes is what’s kept it on the air for so long. #survivor48

Maybe these are not documentaries in the traditional sense. Do we need a new category for when directors and crew are emotionally invested in their subjects?

Documentarians have always had decisions in the direction of the camera and what to cut or include.

Right or wrong the growth of the documentary is fueled by the usage of modern film techniques while engaging with real subjects. The form has evolved from observation to elegant essays and prose evoking emotional truth vs observational reality. (Directors: D Gelb, M Heineman, B Fogel, etc)

Is documentary imitating films or is it two sided? Lucas with THX / American Graffiti and many others brought cinema verite approaches to films since the mid 70s as a way to breed authenticity.

AND do the tik tok and reels consuming audience have the patience to let the story play out?

Life, the Movie: Why Documentary Filmmaking Should Return to, You Know, Documenting Stuff | MZS | Roger Ebert If nonfiction films are determined to look, feel, and move like fiction, what’s the point of nonfiction filmmaking?

Thoughtful article on documentary approach by
@mattzollerseitz.bsky.social
“We have plenty of entertainment options. What’s missing is a sense of what life is like.”

Great points made throughout, leading me to ask…

www.rogerebert.com/mzs/life-the...

Opinion | Why Authoritarians Attack the Arts (Gift Article) It’s not about making the world a drab and miserable place. It’s worse.

Re-upping this 2017 article from Eve Ewing, in light of Trump’s announcement about the Kennedy Center (gift link).
www.nytimes.com/2017/04/06/o...