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“It’s something we have in our soul,” says León Larregui, the frontman of Mexico ’s celebrated alt-rock band Zoé. “We’re telepathically connected, even from far away and without speaking.” That uncanny bond between Larregui and his bandmates — one he calls a “karmic sonic identity” — informed the band’s seventh album, Sonidos de Karmática Resonancia (or Sounds of Karmic Resonance ), out April 16th. “Our songs, some of which we wrote separately, would even have the same notes,” he continues. “It’s like we’re channeling from the same source.” For two decades, Zoé — comprised of Larregui, Sergio Acosta, Jesús Báez, Ángel Mosqueda, and Rodrigo Guardiola — have spun fantastic tales of otherworldly love and lucid dream explorations, all against a luminous rock backdrop that could easily induce visions of travelling through time and space. Formed in the late Nineties in Mexico City, at the tail end of the rock en español explosion, the five-piece band began making … [Read more...] about How Zoé Keep Their Musical Karma Evolving After 20 Years

Plex , a 12-year-old streaming provider with a unique combination of third-party access and management tools for users’ media assets, has raised $50 million in growth equity. The funds come from one of its existing backers, Intercap. As part of the round, Intercap chairman and CEO Jason Chapnik has joined the board of directors as chairman and Intercap president James Merkur has also gotten a board seat. The financing includes about $15 million in new capital for Plex, with the remainder used to buy shares and options from employees and shareholders. The company said it hopes the injection of capital will enable it to move closer to being a “one-stop shop” for streaming media. “Content providers, creators, and consumers are all paying the price for the explosion of so many streaming media services and the industry needs a trusted way for the experience to be as enjoyable as possible,” Chapnik said. “ Plex has always been at the forefront of solving new media … [Read more...] about Streaming Media Platform Plex Raises $50 Million From Existing Investor Intercap, Installing Its CEO As Board Chair

Singer Lady Gaga is voicing an animated version of herself in an upcoming episode of cartoon comedy The Simpsons . The 'Born This Way' star has revealed that she plays a bit of a slut in the episode named 'Lisa Goes Gaga', which will be aired on May 20 on Fox in the US. She says that she has donned 18 outfits for this show. Lady Gaga is once again sporting her infamous meat dress made of raw beef, which she donned in real life at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles. Talking to the website Contactmusic, the singer said, "I play a bit of a slut. The apple doesn't fall far from my artistic tree.” In the episode 'Lisa Goes Gaga', Lady Gaga arrives in the Simpsons' hometown of Springfield and she sets about trying to boost Lisa Simpson's spirits after the character becomes a social outcast. Talking about the show, she said that she was nervous filming a part for the 23rd season finale of The Simpsons . … [Read more...] about Lady Gaga sporting meat dress for The Simpsons again

Internet personality and content creator Chris Crocker minted their famous 2007 “Leave Britney Alone” video as a non-fungible token and sold it for about $44,000. Crocker launched the sale on the NFT marketplace Foundation on April 9th with a starting price of 10 ethereum (the cryptocurrency used most frequently to buy and sell NFTs), or $23,729.20. Based on the auction history, it looks as though there was a bit of a bidding war over the next week between two people. The sale was finalized on April 12th, with the NFT selling for a price of 18.6942 ETH, which is about $44,477.61. (The identity of the buyer was not made public.) ‘Leave Britney Alone’: Chris Crocker on the Viral YouTube Clip Crocker posted the “Leave Britney Alone” video in 2007, in which they tearfully defended Britney Spears after her much-maligned performance at the Video Music Awards that year. As Crocker noted in a description accompanying the NFT sale, within 24 hours of uploading, the clip had … [Read more...] about ‘Leave Britney Alone’ Video Sold as NFT for $44,000

On a sunny Saturday in February, two policemen on a motorcycle stop Jhon Jairo “Popeye” Velásquez as he walks down the driveway of a dilapidated mansion near Medellin, Colombia. The estate belonged to a former associate of late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, who was killed in 1993, reportedly by Colombian police aided by U.S. Special Forces .. Velásquez, who worked for Escobar, is giving a tour of his old mob hangouts and discussing his future in film and politics. The beat cops aren’t here to arrest him. “We’re intrigued by him,” says the more boyish of the patrolmen, who was born the year Escobar was killed. “It’s really cool to hear the story.” If the officer had been born 20 years earlier, he might have been one of over 500 policemen Velásquez and other assassins from Escobar’s Medellín Cartel murdered in a bloody war against the Colombian government. Instead, he gives Velásquez his patrol number in case of emergency and the policemen ride away. Related Inside 'El … [Read more...] about From Escobar Hitman to YouTube Star: Meet Jhon Jairo ‘Popeye’ Velasquez