“It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” and the Direction of Streaming Giants

I love the Peanuts holiday movies to death, especially “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.” It’s simply one of those movies that has to be on around the holidays, and it always has been for my family and hundreds of thousands of others like mine. This year, however, many families may have to eschew this tradition, because It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown and all other Peanuts holiday specials are becoming Apple TV+ exclusives…

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Drain Gang’s Vision for the Future of Live Shows

Well into the COVID-19 lockdown, the official YouTube channel of London-based live radio network NTS uploaded an hour-long live performance featuring Bladee and Ecco2k, two members of the Swedish cloud rap collective Drain Gang. This whole “concert” shows the inventiveness of Drain Gang and it opens up a whole new world of possibilities for inventiveness in the live medium. There’s no telling what kind of creativity other artists could bring to the table if this becomes the new norm…

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