The Los Angeles Times had the scoop today that everyone’s favorite TV streaming service Hulu will start charging a fee for its users who want the most access, a relatively modest 9.95 a month for access to back episodes and movies. Free users will still be able to stream the most recent 5 episodes of their Hulu favorites, while even paid users will still have ads shown to them during the shows. If that sounds like cable to you, you’re not alone. Read more…
MGMT’s cover for their new album ‘Congratulations’ is a serious early contender for the best cover of the year, and it seems that the psychedelic zanyness portrayed on the cover was exactly the style the band was aiming for in their much-anticipated follow up to “Oracular Spectacular.”
Much of MGMT’s success has been due to their megahit singles such as the Grammy-nominated “Kids” and the spectacular “Electric Feel,” but the band made it clear long before the follow-up was released that they weren’t going for the same level of pop this time around. They weren’t planning on making “Kids pt. 2,” and they said that if listeners go in expecting that, they will only be disappointed.
Instead, “Congratulations’ skips the pop and marches straight into Wonderland, and the result is an album full of insane 70’s spy movie grooves, 12-minute freakout epics and songs called “‘Brian Eno” and “Lady DaDa’s Nightmare.” Read more…
Charles Garcia reaches over a Fresno State player on Nov. 19 at KeyArena.
The Redhawks will have to find someone else to shoulder their winning hopes and dreams next season.
Star forward Charles Garica, the Redhawks men’s basketball team’s leading scorer with 18.7 points per game, has said that he plans on declaring for the NBA draft at the end of the season.
The announcement was first posted at Fox News before the official word came in a statement from Seattle U late Monday.
“It has always been a dream of mine to have an opportunity to play in the NBA. I want to thank Seattle University, Coach Dollar, and my teammates for putting me in this position. I also want to thank the city of Seattle for all their love and support,” said Garcia. “We have had an amazing winning season that I hope ends in a postseason tournament.”
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If you thought NBC choosing Jay Leno over Conan O’Brien was bad, evidently it was just a warmup for a whole lot of other terrible choices during the Vancouver games.
The Spectator wrote an editorial last week about the games so far where we called out NBC for tape-delaying events for most of America. This is a problem, but it’s also how its been done for years and years. Even the “Miracle on Ice” in the 1980 games was not seen live in the United States. For the most part, Americans are used to seeing delayed Olympic events.
The biggest problem with NBC’s winter game coverage is what they are choosing to show, where they are showing it, and how they are chopping up the events to be more “easily digestible” and “universally” appealing. Read more…
Seattle hip-hop fans had a lot to be happy about last night with a free show at Neumos featuring two of the local scene’s favorites, rapper Macklemore and the constantly partying goofballs of Mad Rad. The event filled to capacity by 9:00, and the sweaty masses of people couldn’t get enough, screaming for more after the set lists of both bands were finished. Portland duo Breakfast Mountain opened.
Macklemore also donated all of his merchandise proceeds from the show to the Haiti relief effort. Look for more coverage on the show in the coming days here and at su-spectator.com
Hulu’s free days are numbered.
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