What Happened in New Hampshire

Press Clips: More commentary and different takes on the New Hampshire Primary.
FiveThirtyEight.Com Podcast on New Hampshire Primary. 
How It Ended for Chris Christie.
A Meteoric Rise Comes To a Stop.
New Hampshire: The Takeaways
Now: Dirty Tricks Begin
Sanders Did It All Right 
Hillary Panics 
 
And…don’t forget to check out the daily NightShift post, with front pages from all over the world, refreshed daily.
 
 

How to Invest Like The Donald

Paying Attention: One of the great things from the extended theater of the absurd that is an American Presidential Year in the 21st century are the financial disclosures that candidates must make.
It’s not exactly leveling the playfield between them and us–or between the candidates themselves–but it does provide some carefully (artfully) edited disclosure on their financial provenance. Who has what, and where did it come from.
The different candidates have vastly different financial stories to tell, but let’s face it: mostly this year,  we’re interested in Donald Trump and how he invests his money.
Well, now you can know. This great piece from Investopedia details where The Donald invests. Give it a read and see how your portfolio stacks up. Special thanks to Investopedia (which is a great site for financial knowledge, education, and news that you really should track) for digging this out
 

The Poetry of Rock: The End of The Innocence

The Poetry of Rock: With this post, a new series of posts begins based on the Poetry of Rock. This first post is from a song done by Eagles member Don Henley, “The End of The Innocence” (written by Don Henley and Bruce Hornsby), and seems very appropriate in light of the recent passing of Eagles founding member Glenn Frey (a tribute to Frey is in the works) who, with Henley, formed the backbone of the group’s creative output (until Joe Walsh came in to spice it all up). With America in an intense, often derogatory presidential election cycle and the recent passing of so many great rock stars and artists (Frey, David Bowie, Paul Kantner), it does, indeed seem like we’ve lost whatever innocence was left from surviving the last 30 years of the 20th Century and the first 15 of the 21st.  The continuing premise of “The Poetry of Rock” category is simple: the very best, most accessible, most highly distributed poetry of our time can be found in the lyrics of rock (and country) music. Sometimes, someone has to shine a light on these things for others to notice just how great the art is that surrounds us everyday. So..let’s get to it. There are a lot of great lyrics (poems) to recognize.
“The End Of The Innocence”

“Remember when the days were long
And rolled beneath a deep blue sky
Didn’t have a care in the world
With mommy and daddy standin’ by
But “happily ever after” fails
And we’ve been poisoned by these fairy tales
The lawyers dwell on small details
Since daddy had to flyBut I know a place where we can go
That’s still untouched by men
We’ll sit and watch the clouds roll by
And the tall grass wave in the wind
You can lay your head back on the ground
And let your hair fall all around me
Offer up your best defense
But this is the end
This is the end of the innocenceO’ beautiful, for spacious skies
But now those skies are threatening
They’re beating plowshares into swords
For this tired old man that we elected king
Armchair warriors often fail
And we’ve been poisoned by these fairy tales
The lawyers clean up all details
Since daddy had to lieBut I know a place where we can go
And wash away this sin
We’ll sit and watch the clouds roll by
And the tall grass wave in the wind
Just lay your head back on the ground
And let your hair spill all around me
Offer up your best defense
But this is the end
This is the end of the innocence
Who knows how long this will last
Now we’ve come so far, so fast
But, somewhere back there in the dust
That same small town in each of us
I need to remember this
So baby give me just one kiss
And let me take a long last look
Before we say goodbyeJust lay your head back on the ground
And let your hair fall all around me
Offer up your best defense
But this is the end
This is the end of the innocence..”
The Fine Print: Written by Don Henley and Bruce Hornsby, Copyright (C) 1989, Geffen Records. All Right Reserved. Video embed of Don Henley singing “The End of The Innocence”  was recored live at Farm Aid 1990 courtesy of YouTube (thanks guys), posted by FarmAid. All rights belong to their respective rights holders. Thanks to everyone for sharing. 

How to legal your film

Arriflex 1 SR3Annals of IP: Protecting Your Film.  Mark Litwak is on your side. You probably don’t even know Litwak…but if you’re a creative, if you write, make films, make music, are into intellectual property–he’s on your side. He’s the real life “Better Call Saul” for Creatives. Litwak–who is one of America’s top IP attorneys has produced a terrific guide to help film-makers protect their reputations and their films.  This is REQUIRED READING FOR FILM-MAKERS. Read it. Follow the advice. And send a nice thank you note to Mark for sharing his knowledge (and don’t forget to thank him when you win an Oscar…)
The Fine Print: Photo (c) 2011 by Derrick Collins taken on 7 April 2011, while Derrick was in prep for his final shoot of film school. Used under Creative Commons license. (Use and support the Creative Commons license…and donate a few bucks if you can). Thanks to Derrick for sharing (and hope that final film project worked out..let us know!)
 

IOWA

Press Clippings: A Clickpak of different viewpoints on what actually happened at the Iowa Caucuses  and the implications going forward. Good stuff…all of it.
Cruz Wins Republican Caucus (Source: nytimes.com ) 
Hilary vs. Bernie in Iowa: Who Was The Winner (Source: nytimes.com) 
The Unreality of Donald Trump (Source: nytimes.com) 
Understanding The Trump Loss (Source: nytimes.com )
Is Donald Trump The New Pat Buchanan  (source:fivethirtyeight.com ) 
An Analysis of the Iowa Caucus (source: latimes.com) 
A Flip Of A Coin (source: theguardian.com) 
How Bernie Sanders Stopped the Clinton Coronation (source: washingtonpost.com)
The Establishment Fights Back (source:washingtonpost.com) 
Who Won in Iowa? (source: politico.com) 
Trump Is Just Another Loser in Iowa (source: washingtonpost.com) 
How Donald Trump Did It (source: politico.com) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Last Day at The Post

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Press Clippings: For decades,  was a bastion of old school journalism. Founded in 1877,  owned by the Graham family since 1946, and lead for decades by the charismatic, fearless  Editor Ben Bradlee, The Washington Post was the paper of record for Washington D.C. and, by extension a critical window into American government, complete with all of its highs and lows, drama and scandal (it was The Post that unearthed the Watergate scandal that brought Nixon down), bravery and chicanery. The paper was sold in 2013 to Jeff Bezos, of Amazon for $250 million, a victim of changing delivery systems for all information (digital) and newspaper in particular (the business model for a newspaper is devastatingly uneconomic: the product has a 24 hour shelf life and the cost of production is enormous). Bezos has plans to modern the paper in every area, and, no doubt, move it into a more modern, digital process of news production and delivery. Whether or not that vision will match the 47 Pulizter prizes the Post has previously been awarded (6 in one year) is yet to be seen, but the transition is full effect. Here’s a piece on the last day at the old office of The Washington Post.  To say this is the end of an era is an understatement of heroic proportions. Long live the new version of The Washington Post and may it maintain the very high standards of the old version.
 
The Fine Print: The masthead of The Washington Post. All rights owned by respective rights holders. 

How To (re)Build An Iconic Racetrack

Daytona 24: A time lapse film of the reconstruction/redevelopment of Daytona International Speedway, the site of this weekends’ Rolex 24 at Daytona. Very cool and perfect prep for the weekend race.
 
The Fine Print: Embed via YouTube(thanks guys).Video by EarthCam (well done). Good luck this weekend to everyone racing in the D24