Great Big Story visited with Emily Lazar, a highly respected, Grammy-nominated sound mastering engineer who has worked on thousands of widely known albums. The forthright Lazar graciously explained how she got into the the business and what her job entails. Lazar also talked about what it’s like to be a female in a profession that…
How Joey Tribbiani’s Childlike Wonder Makes Him Oddly Wise In the Most Unexpected of Situations
As part of their ongoing series of deconstructing the individual personalities of the characters on the now-classic sitcom series Friends, film and television analysis platform ScreenPrism took a look the childlike wonder that makes Joey Tribbiani who he is. On one hand, it makes him oddly and unexpectedly wise in certain situations, yet more than…
A Delightful Photo Book That Celebrates the Often Disregarded Beauty of New York City Pigeons
Photographer Andrew Garn has captured in his delightful photo book The New York Pigeon: Behind the Feathers, the often disregarded beauty of these birds. Garn frames and lights the pigeons as if they were models rather than the “less than” creatures they are made out to be. In doing so, Garn captures each personality, determination…
A Beautiful Park Created From a Dormant Domino Sugar Refinery Opens Up on the Brooklyn Waterfront
A post shared by Scott Beale (@scottbeale) on Jun 16, 2018 at 1:59pm PDT Domino Sugar once had a thriving refinery that sat right on the banks of the East River in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The refinery opened in 1858 and was known as the “crown jewel” of the company. Unfortunately, the plant closed in 2004…
How to Make a Woodland Fantasy Art Doll of a Brambling Using Sculpting Clay, Wire, and Fabric
Artist Ryan Friant of The Dream Syndicate Arts demonstrates how he made a woodland fantasy art doll of a Brambling that started off as a sketch and was then sculpted out of polymer clay, armature wire, fabric, and other mixed-media. Prints of his creature are available to purchase on Etsy. A post shared by The…
My Friend Pedro, A Side-Scrolling Video Game About One Man’s Struggle to Obliterate Anyone in His Path
My Friend Pedro: Blood Bullets Bananas is an upcoming side-scrolling shooter video game, created by DeadToast Entertainment and published by Devolver Digital, about one man’s struggle to obliterate everything in his path while a banana tells him what to do. The action-packed game will become available for PC and the Nintendo Switch at some point…
A Gorgeous Film Created From Still Photos That Capture the Intersection of Water Meeting Light
Dutch filmmaker Armand Dijks has created “Elemental“, a gorgeous film that captures the brilliant intersection where light and water meet. The film was created using photos taken by Australian ocean wave photographer Ray Collins and put on an infinite loop for extended play. Each shot in this film was created from a single one of…
A Drowsy Cat and His Piano Playing Human Make Beautiful Music Together
In 2017, we wrote about Turkish musician Sarper Durman who plays piano with his beautiful tabby cat sitting upright on his lap. More recently, Durman has been playing piano with his hands atop the cat’s paws, literally making beautiful music together. Even when he’s not playing, the cat stays on Durman’s lap, providing much needed…