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Handcrafting a guitar

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A gorgeous walk through the process of handcrafting a guitar.

A beautifully hand crafted Valentine’s Day present

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To be up front, this is an ad for a red Field Notes memo book that came out a few years ago. But ad or not, it’s full of Valentine’s Day sentiment. Share this with someone you love. Happy Valentine’s Day!

The original Les Paul prototype guitar about to go on the auction block

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CNN:

The crusade to find a home for a sacred electric guitar is reverberating like a thundering encore through the music business as innovator Les Paul’s Black Beauty from the ’50s is going up for auction.

There’s also video of Tom Doyle talking about the guitar and the tech and craft that went into it.

The snakes that ate Florida

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This well-drawn graphic novel format tells the true story of the Burmese pythons that came to Florida as an accidental invasive species, and started gobbling up all the animals.

$700? For a book of rare John and Yoko pics?

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Japanese photographer Kishin Shinoyama had the rare opportunity to capture pictures of John Lennon and Yoko Ono a few months before Lennon’s murder. Shinoyama is now taking full advantage of that opportunity. To the tune of $700 for a book.

Another epic Danish bus ad

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One of the first posts I ever did for The Loop was this epic Danish bus ad.

Well, M2Film, the team behind the Midttrafik ad, is back with a sequel. Enjoy.

When musicians unintentionally steal

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Pacific Standard:

Imagine your favorite musician, actor, filmmaker, or painter. Undoubtedly, each one grew up idolizing—emulating, even—their artistic heroes. As such, if you pay close enough attention, it’s not hard to see those influences permeating the artist’s work. But at what point does paying homage to source material become a swindle?

Be sure to watch the Sam Smith/Tom Petty side-by-side video.

iPhone on the sidelines? In NFL, that’s not allowed

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NBCNews:

The NFL experience is getting pretty high-tech — for everyone, that is, except players on the sidelines.

Russell Wilson might pick up a tablet on the sidelines in Super Bowl XLIX, but he won’t be able to use it to check his email, play “Angry Birds” or take a selfie. It’s a Microsoft Surface Pro 2 handicapped to perform one function and one function only: display photographs.

We Are the World was recorded 30 years ago today – Here’s the backstory

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USA Today:

On Jan. 28, 1985, at A&M Recording Studios in Hollywood, following the American Music Awards, more than 40 artists gathered to record a song Lionel Richie and Michael Jackson had written to raise awareness of widespread, life-threatening poverty in Africa. Most of that show’s winners — including Cyndi Lauper, Hall & Oates, Bruce Springsteen, Huey Lewis, Willie Nelson, Tina Turner, the Pointer Sisters, Kenny Rogers and the Jacksons — participated.

This was a pretty big deal at the time. Part of the magic is that they managed to keep the whole production a complete secret until the song was released.

Free on iTunes

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Apple recently shelved their free “Single of the Week” on iTunes, but it has been replaced by a new “Free on iTunes” link on the iTunes Store home page.

Sports Illustrated lays off all staff photographers

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This is just another thread in a long, troubling trend.

“There was a decision made through the company to restructure various departments, including at Sports Illustrated. Unfortunately economic circumstances are such that it has cut the six staff photographers.”

Adding subtitles to ripped DVDs

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Wait. You can add subtitles to a DVD rip, even of a DVD that didn’t come with subtitles? Sign me up!

Amazon signs Woody Allen to half hour series deal

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First Amazon scores big with Transparent, their series that picked up a Best Comedy Golden Globe as well as a nod to Jeffrey Tambor for Best Actor. And now they’ve signed Woody Allen to produce an as yet untitled half hour series.

iPhone developer pays off his parents’ house

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iPhone developer Joseph Riquelme (AKA, Joey Trombone) took the money he made from his popular iOS video editing app, Videoshop, and put it to good use. Watch the video. Fantastic!