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The Luckbox AI Resource Guide
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The first modern AI platform, Deep Dream Generator, was released in 2015 to create images from a text prompt. These days, more than 1,900 AI platforms perform at least 500 functions.
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Tucker Zimmerman Dances With Love, Backed By Big Thief
|The poet and singer-songwriter is set to release his 11th studio album with the indie rock band. 'Dance of Love' is full of heart, laughter and breezy folk tunes. -
Coldplay Falls Flat on ‘Moon Music’
|For one of the most widely known pop-rock acts in the industry, the British band delivered a lackluster collection of disjointed songs and tacky lyricism -
An Oasis of Nostalgia
|Major band splits have led to massive reunions and arena or stadium tours, including the Britpop assembly of Gallagher brothers for a 2025 Oasis world tour -
Shohei Ohtani’s Historic 2024 Season: A Quest For Baseball Immortality
|Shohei Ohtani is rewriting baseball history, one swing at a time making the Dodgers the favorite to win the 2024 World Series -
Book Review: On the Edge
By Dan Buchnat
|Author and data geek Nate Silver urges gamblers, investors, founders and philosophers to take more risks. Our own data geek reviews Silver's new book. -
Dr. Dog Hits The Reset Button
|After a break from touring, the Philly alt-rock band returned this year with their 11th studio album. At Chicago’s Riot Fest, they put on one of their best performances to… -
Riot Fest Delivers … Again
By Jeff Joseph
|In its 19th year, the alt rock, punk, and metal festival in Chicago delivered great performances from The Hives, Spoon and St. Vincent. A rock-lovers summary of our favorite Saturday… -
Riot Fest Day 1: Aces, Mulligans and Fall Outs
|In its 19th year, the alt rock, punk, and hip hop fest had a sort of homecoming in Chicago’s Douglass Park. Here are some of the acts The Rockhound caught. -
Wilderado Comes Home Again on ‘Talker’
|The Oklahoma indie folk rockers are set to release their second studio album, which is layered with Americana sound -
Unburdened By What Has Been
|Steamboat Willie, an early version of Disney's Mickey Mouse, has entered the public domain. Look for the character to star in everything from horror movies to porno films. -
Netflix: What’s Trending
By Luckbox
|From live programming to upcoming releases, here’s what the streaming service is offering this fall -
Review: May Contain Lies, How Stories, Statistics, and Studies Exploit Our Biases—and What We Can Do About It
By Jeff Joseph
|A review of a new book by Alex Edmans that helps us understand how bats and pangolins in a Wuhan wet market became the consensus COVID-19 culprits -
Nelson, Dylan and Mellencamp: Three Generations of Country, Folk and Rock
|The Outlaw Music Festival hosted a legendary lineup, but one fabled performer turned in a lackluster performance -
MJ Lenderman is Manning Indie Twang
|The multi-instrumentalist out of Asheville, North Carolina, has been dubbed indie rock’s guitar hero. On "Manning Fireworks," he delivers witty one-liners and takes a stance he won’t change to meet… -
What Does Tulsi Gabbard Have in Common With a Bomb in a Bang Energy Drink Can and a Knife in a Loaf of Keto Bread?
|Ask the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) -
The Rudiments of Ty Segall’s Percussion Past
|The multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter is releasing his 15th studio album, but this time he's ditching the guitar to pick up on his love for drums -
Adam Levine Takes Creatine Gummies. But Should You?
|In 1922, German confectioner Haribo introduced the Dancing Bear gummy. Today, more than 160 million Haribo gummy bears leave factory floors daily, headed to more than 100 countries. Vitamin and… -
Data Mining Diversity. Caution: May Contain Lies.
|Either through luck or subterfuge, stats can “prove” a thesis that’s simply not true as illustrated in this behind-the-scenes look at how a retail investment fund was inappropriately marketed to… -
Cage The Elephant and Young The Giant Deliver Power Alt-Rock Lineup
|From singing my heart out to 'My Body' by Young the Giant, to Cage The Elephant guitarist Brad Shultz jumping directly into me, the two alt rock bands put on… -
Live Nation-Ticketmaster—an Alleged Monopoly Achieves Record Growth
|Live Nation-Ticketmaster and other ticketing platforms like StubHub are accused of price-gouging, hidden fees and monopolistic power, but that’s not deterring them from conducting business as usual. Live Nation achieved…