Elon Musk, who has a habit of tweeting before he thinks, publicly scoffed at a Twitter employee of two years after he asked if he still had a job. On Monday, Haraldur Thorleifsson, a senior director at the company, tweeted Musk that access to his work computer had been cut off nine days prior, along with 200 employees who had reportedly been laid off.
In his tweet, Thorleifsson wrote to his boss, “Your head of Hr is not able to confirm if I am an employee or not.”
Musk responded by asking,...
In his tweet, Thorleifsson wrote to his boss, “Your head of Hr is not able to confirm if I am an employee or not.”
Musk responded by asking,...
- 3/8/2023
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
The latest package from Third Man Records' "Vault" subscription series features recordings from the White Stripes' first performances ever, recorded live at the Detroit bar the Gold Dollar in 1997.
The Live at the Gold Dollar 7" single features a recording from an open mic night on July 14, 1997, which was the first ever White Stripes live performance. It comes pressed on red vinyl and includes "Jimmy the Exploder" and the traditional "St. James Infirmary Blues" from 1999's The White Stripes, as well as a cover of "Love Potion #9".
The Live at the Gold Dollar 7" single features a recording from an open mic night on July 14, 1997, which was the first ever White Stripes live performance. It comes pressed on red vinyl and includes "Jimmy the Exploder" and the traditional "St. James Infirmary Blues" from 1999's The White Stripes, as well as a cover of "Love Potion #9".
- 7/9/2012
- by Pitchfork
- Huffington Post
The film critic on the receiving end of a rant by a director at Tuesday’s inaugural Aacta Awards after giving the film a negative review has told Encore that there was no personal attack to the director.
During the Aacta Awards, A Few Best Men director Stephan Elliott attacked The Age’s Jim Schembri over the critic’s review of the film, accusing Schembri of personal attacks. The attack was removed from Nine’s broadcast of the show.
Schembri on behalf of himself and The Age told Encore: “We respect Stephan Elliott’s right to bite back at negative reviews. However, we never engage in personal attacks in film reviews and cannot see how referring to him as ‘having proved himself worthy of so much better’ constitutes one.
“Also, journalists must never feel any obligation whatsoever to “support” Australian films, only good ones. Stephan Elliott showed with Easy Virtue...
During the Aacta Awards, A Few Best Men director Stephan Elliott attacked The Age’s Jim Schembri over the critic’s review of the film, accusing Schembri of personal attacks. The attack was removed from Nine’s broadcast of the show.
Schembri on behalf of himself and The Age told Encore: “We respect Stephan Elliott’s right to bite back at negative reviews. However, we never engage in personal attacks in film reviews and cannot see how referring to him as ‘having proved himself worthy of so much better’ constitutes one.
“Also, journalists must never feel any obligation whatsoever to “support” Australian films, only good ones. Stephan Elliott showed with Easy Virtue...
- 2/2/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Movies were destroyed and awards given to the destructors at the 12th annual Melbourne Underground Film Festival, which was held back on Aug. 19-28.
The Best Film of the fest, as chosen by jury head Jimmy the Exploder in in consultation with The Muff team, was the controversial A Serbian Film by Srdjan Spasojevic, which has been banned in some parts of the country, but now available on DVD in others.
Other big winners are: Larry Wessel who took home Best Director and Best Documentary for his epic 4-hour profile of cult figure Boyd Rice, Iconoclast (Watch the trailer.); Viva Bianca and Hanna Mangan Lawrence appropriately shared the Best Actress award for their starring roles in Jon Hewitt‘s X (Watch the trailer); and John V. Soto”s Needle took home numerous awards such as Best Actor (Michael Dorman), Best Cinematography (D.P. Stephen F. Windon), Best Poster (Horror Version) and the Special Jury Prize.
The Best Film of the fest, as chosen by jury head Jimmy the Exploder in in consultation with The Muff team, was the controversial A Serbian Film by Srdjan Spasojevic, which has been banned in some parts of the country, but now available on DVD in others.
Other big winners are: Larry Wessel who took home Best Director and Best Documentary for his epic 4-hour profile of cult figure Boyd Rice, Iconoclast (Watch the trailer.); Viva Bianca and Hanna Mangan Lawrence appropriately shared the Best Actress award for their starring roles in Jon Hewitt‘s X (Watch the trailer); and John V. Soto”s Needle took home numerous awards such as Best Actor (Michael Dorman), Best Cinematography (D.P. Stephen F. Windon), Best Poster (Horror Version) and the Special Jury Prize.
- 8/31/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
This week’s Must Read: Photographic portraits of the filmmaker as a young man: The early creative life of Nathaniel Dorsky. Pictures, yes, plus lots of great autobio info.Underground film distributor Canyon Cinema is moving this weekend and Maia Cybelle has some Flickr photos of the move. A brief post-move mention on the Canyon blog says they have moved to Yosemite Place in San Francisco, CA.The Melbourne Underground Film Festival, which begins this week, has an official blog written by Jj DeCeglie. Although the fest is yet to start, DeCeglie is already busy interviewing founder Richard Wolstencroft and Jury Head Jimmy Jack; and has written other articles.Cinemad has a new podcast up, this time with comedian, actor and filmmaker Bobcat Goldthwait.Rick Trembles sends Final Destination 5 to Motion Picture Purgatory.The Arizona Underground Film Festival has a snazzy, newly redesigned website you need to check out.
- 8/14/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Destroy All Movies! That’s the cheeky theme to the 12th annual Melbourne Underground Film Festival, which will run on August 19-28.
Festival director Richard Wolstencroft lays out his philosophy for this year’s Muff in an excellent Director’s Statement, which is published in the fest’s program guide. He explains his provocative statement as thus:
“Destroy All Movies” can be taken as a query, a question and even a complaint about cinema itself. Most of us love movies. I still do, of course. I am obsessed by them as ever. Making, watching and showing them. But how often do we question our passion in this kind of ontological sense?
In that regard, Muff is a much more focused and scaled back event this year with less films screening, but with a tighter consideration of local talent, as well as a larger, more provocative stance as ever.
Muff has...
Festival director Richard Wolstencroft lays out his philosophy for this year’s Muff in an excellent Director’s Statement, which is published in the fest’s program guide. He explains his provocative statement as thus:
“Destroy All Movies” can be taken as a query, a question and even a complaint about cinema itself. Most of us love movies. I still do, of course. I am obsessed by them as ever. Making, watching and showing them. But how often do we question our passion in this kind of ontological sense?
In that regard, Muff is a much more focused and scaled back event this year with less films screening, but with a tighter consideration of local talent, as well as a larger, more provocative stance as ever.
Muff has...
- 7/29/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
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