In 2016 the members of the music group The Internet announced that 2017 would be the year that each member of the group released a solo album. Fin by lead vocalist Syd came out in early February, delivering on much of the singing and songwriting that I love about The Internet, but striking a more studio feel on the production-side, missing much of the great instrumentation provided by Syd’s bandmates. This...
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The Social Media Fast
Social media has its upsides, but as Mercury retrogrades are times to reflect, revise and review, Chakka is examining her relationship with social media by taking a break from it. She explains more in this post.
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Five Short Films and My Next Magic Trick
It’s been a while since I’ve posted on Freedomreeves.com. This entire time I’ve been thinking about posts I want to...
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The Ferguson Lesson- Three Reasons to #CancelBlackFriday
I woke up at 4am on the morning of Tuesday, November 25th. I was faced with a challenge: In four...
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Why We Need Boundaries, Online and Offline
When I log on to Tumblr or Twitter nowadays, useful, fun and inspiring content is being replaced by venting gone viral....
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Michael Jackson, Holograms and Capitalism
Corporations will do anything to make money, even raise the dead. Freedom's thoughts on the Michael Jackson hologram performance at the 2014 Billboard Music Awards.
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Three Reasons I Wrote About Suicide For TheRoot.com
When blogger Karyn Washington died of depression (I put it this way because depression is a disease that can kill,...
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The Corners and Classrooms of Chicago-#FreedomTeaches
This post is a part of the “Freedom Teaches” series, where I post my reflections on teaching video production in...