This week: The Hustler, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, History of Swear Words, Chicago Med, Mr. Mayor, Pieces of a Woman, Pretend It’s a City, Lupin, American Gods
The idobi staff shoutout the music, the memes, and the wishes for a brighter future that kept us all going this year.
I’m glad that’s over but I’m still looking forward to more Wonder Woman and, hey, you just might like it.
The voices of the culture have changed but its truths remain.
Embed from Getty Images Today the Federal Trade Commission, along with the attorneys general from 48 states and territories officially filed two antitrust lawsuits against Facebook. The FTC alleges the social media giant has systematically been engaging in anti-competitive practices. The lawsuit states, “After identifying two significant competitive threats to its dominant position—Instagram and WhatsApp—Facebook moved to squelch those threats by buying the companies, reflecting a view CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s expressed in a 2008 email, ‘it is better to buy than compete.’” Both targets of these lawsuits—Instagram and WhatsApp—were acquired by Facebook in 2012 and 2014 respectively with the FTC’s… Read more »
What better way to kick off a weekend than with new music? Featuring new tracks from All Time Low & Demi Lovato, New Found Glory, Yungblud, and more.
This week: The Disney Holiday Singalong, CMA Country Christmas, His Dark Materials, 88th Annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center, Sound of Metal, Small Axe “Red, White and Blue”, Selena: The Series, Big Mouth, Mank, The Hardy Boys, The Great British Baking Show: Holidays, Euphoria
Just in case you didn’t spend your Sunday night watching the American Music Awards, we got your back. From the awkward to the amazing, let’s get into some of the evening’s highlights.
By now, you should know that idobi is participating in the ADAPT conference, happening this Thursday, October 22nd. But what you might not know is idobi is hosting our very own breakout session with the conference.
This week we chinwag about the lack of well-known female producers in the music industry. Afterward we chat with music producer, Esjay Jones. Esjay is a South African-born producer & songwriter now based between Los Angeles and Joshua Tree, California, who had her first major cut in the U.S. alongside co-writer Justin Tranter in 2013 with the single “I Choose U” by TimeFlies on Def Jam Records. Since then, she has worked with Sean Kingston, Jeffree Star, Olivia Holt, Escape The Fate, Mystery Skulls with Nile Rodgers and Brandy, Chester Rushing (‘Stranger Things’), Alien Ant Farm, and many others.
Esjay has had over a decade of success in the music Industry: during the first part, she cemented herself as one of South Africa’s top rock vocalists fronting Durban-based band, Stealing Love Jones. The band achieved mainstream success with 4 #1 Singles, as well as sharing the stage with major international acts like Fall Out Boy, Violent Femmes, Seether, Jimmy Eat World, and many more.
She is currently a part of the production team for the re-imagined ‘GREY DAZE’ album (Chester Bennington reels from 1994-1997), featuring Head & Munkey from Korn, Ryan Shuck of Orgy, Chris Traynor of Bush, and more.
