He’s not just a musician, and Angels & Airwaves is not just a band—Tom DeLonge creates and educates through ‘psychic warfare’ Like any other punk rock kid hanging out in a garage and making music about broken homes with buddies who also came from broken homes, Tom DeLonge couldn’t care less what people thought of … Continued
Rap, hip-hop and pop are dominating the music industry these days, but rockers say their genre is just in a down cycle Back in the ‘90s when Blink-182 was touring on angsty albums like Cheshire Cat and Dude Ranch, singer and guitarist Tom DeLonge would spend weeks on end in the back of a van, … Continued
Strike selection plays a big role in the probability of profit for an options position, but Implied Volatility Rank (IVR) also plays a vital role.
In the spirit of Luckbox’s upcoming issue, which focuses on all aspects of cryptocurrency, our editorial team made its very own NFT. Stay tuned for the October issue, where we will outline the recipe for creating an NFT, as well as look into different disciplines of art exploring the NFT world, such as tattoos.⠀Our NFT … Continued
New and not-so-new books that captured our attention this month Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don’t Have All the Facts By Annie Duke As a poker champion, Annie Duke knows all too well that good, thought-out decisions don’t always lead to good outcomes, and that poor decisions sometimes result in wonderful outcomes. … Continued
Anyone who drives faster when the car speakers blast Radar Love should know how alcohol affects the decision to take risks Whether it’s Mark Wahlberg knocking back a drink before he goes all-in at the poker table in The Gambler or Ryan Reynolds and Ben Mendelsohn clinking glasses while betting on a horse race in … Continued
How to Resist Amazonand Why: The Fight for Local Economics, Data Privacy, Fair Labor, Independent Bookstores and a People-Powered Future! by Danny Caine Danny Caine, the author of poetry collections like CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST and El Dorado Freddy’s, owns the Raven Book Store in Lawrence, Kansas—but he’s also vocal in his opposition to Amazon. He gives … Continued
After playing a show in London in the late 1960s, the Beatles were driving home during a frigid snowstorm when the windshield of their van shattered. To stay warm, the four of them laid on top of each other on the van’s bench seat. As each rotated to the top of the pile, he swallowed … Continued
Music streaming gives artists exposure but not much else Music streaming gives relatively unknown artists a bigger microphone but a smaller paycheck. The mic’s larger in the sense that musicians reach a sizeable audience more quickly than ever before, but the resulting royalties won’t cover the bills unless a performer is approaching the popularity of … Continued
About 30 protesters came together May 25 in front of BlackRock, a financial investment company in Chicago, to encourage Amazon stockholders to vote against what the dissenters view as destructive Amazon business practices. Lining the sidewalk, they waved handmade signs that read “EyesOnAmazon” and chanted “Amazon’s a big polluter, do your part to save our … Continued