This Day in Music History – June 3rd

1952 – Frank Sinatra recorded “Birth of the Blues.” 1964 – “The Hollywood Palace” hosted the first appearance of the Rolling Stones. 1972 – The Rolling Stones began their “Exile On Main Street” North American tour in Vancouver with Stevie Wonder as the opening act. 1987 – George Michael’s “I Want Your Sex” was banned […]

AFL Assets Go to Public Auction

It has been announced that GA Global Partners will conduct a public auction of the assets of the Arena Football League by order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. This timed online auction takes place through June 23, 2020 and features memorabilia, equipment, and intellectual property from five AFL teams: Albany Empire, Atlantic City Blackjacks, Baltimore […]

Zoom Paid Accounts reportedly will get strong Encryption for Calls

Zoom will add stronger encryption to its paid customers’ video calls, but isn’t planning to offer the enhanced security to all accounts, Reuters has reported. A security consultant with the company told Reuters that it still wasn’t clear whether some accounts, such as nonprofit users, might qualify for the more secure calls.   “Zoom’s approach […]

Musicians Across all Genres Honor Black Out Tuesday

Singer Rihanna

Musicians across every genre were posting black boxes yesterday, June 2nd, to disconnect from work to focus on community. The music industry is taking a pause to observe what is being called “Black Out Tuesday”, an “urgent step of action to provoke accountability and change.” In honor of yesterday’s action, dozens of artists, from Rihanna […]

Hudson’s Bay joins growing list of Fashion Brands on Animal Crossing

Much like Tiger King, baking banana bread and sharing your workout online, Nintendo’s Animal Crossing has become synonymous with our new socially distanced lives. The game has existed for more than 20 years, though the fifth installment, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, was released on March 20 of this year right as lockdown measures went into place across most […]

Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky Like You’ve Never Seen It Before

Over 40 years’ ago Sylvester Stallone was an unknown actor with a dream. “Becoming Rocky: The Birth of a Classic”, charts the creation of the most classic underdog story of all time, exclusively told by the legend himself. The whole world knows the Rocky franchise but very few know how this iconic film changed the […]

Rocky de Sylvester Stallone como nunca lo has visto antes

Hace más de 40 años, Sylvester Stallone era un actor desconocido con un sueño. “Becoming Rocky: The Birth of a Classic”, traza la creación de la historia más desvalida de todos los tiempos, contada exclusivamente por la propia leyenda. Todo el mundo conoce la franquicia de Rocky, pero muy pocos saben cómo esta película icónica […]

Elderberries: Modern Day Folk Medicine

Elderberrry is a shrub that has been used medicinally for centuries. Sambucus nigra, or black elderberry bush, is the version most commonly used to make syrup and lozenges. Extracts of elderberry have antiviral, anticancer, and anti-inflammatory properties. Elderberry is also high in flavonoids. People take elderberry syrup as a remedy for colds, flus, and bacterial […]

Dunkin’ wants you to celebrate National Donut Day with their “canDOUGHdates”

National Donut Day was originally established in 1938 by the Chicago Salvation Army to honor women who served donuts to soldiers during World War I, and is traditionally celebrated on the first Friday of June, which means June 5th this year!  And, as the country’s top donut retailer, Dunkin’ has been serving guests signature donuts […]