Blackbird

Blackbird and BeethovenBlackbird, you are the Beethoven of songbirdsbut when I hear this, the metaphor summonshis bust and I can’t recall your call.How many musicians, blackbird, are deaflike the percussionist who taught herself to hearwith parts of her body other than her ears,who performs barefoot to hear the music better?If I’d known more about vibrations, blackbird,how we hear with our hands with special nerve cells,known that hearing, blackbird, is an audio-tactile experience,with both senses tuned to environmental…

Although the X-Men have been returning to the world of Lego in fits and starts recently—a few characters in the Marvel minifigures line here, a giant Wolverine fist there—2014 was the last time Marvel’s mutants actually got to star in a more traditional Lego set. That’s now changing... but it’s not an entirely joyous turn of events.Today Lego officially revealed the X-Men X-Jet, a new set launching on New Year’s Day 2024, inspired by the upcoming X-Men ‘97 animated series, continuing on the classic ‘90s cartoon. The set…

Although the convenience of having your digital documents backed up to the cloud and available everywhere was once a pricey privilege, Google will now enable your digital hoarding for the price of a fancy cup of coffee: 2TB of storage for just $10/month, and even more, if you need. But there’s another way to take advantage of Google’s vast expanse of cloud storage, and it’s completely free.YouTube’s not only a great way to share videos with the world, it’s also a useful archive tool—assuming you don’t mind your video…

“I’m pretty damn persistent,” Marley Munroe laughs. “It’s been a long, often gruelling road, but I’m finally here.”Munroe, AKA Lady Blackbird, has just walked off stage at the BBC’s Maida Vale Studios, after belting out three note-perfect, jazz-referencing songs backed by a symphony orchestra for Radio 2’s Piano Room Sessions. Adorned in her signature peroxide afro and oversized gold collar, she is capping off a whirlwind three years after decades spent searching for recognition in the music industry.“I’ve done it all,…

Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: Sydney-based Blackbird raised an AU$1B+ fund, the largest Australian VC fund yet, including AU$284M for early-stage in Australia and AU$668M for follow-on bets — Blackbird Ventures has raised the largest Australian venture capital fund yet, securing more than A$1 billion ($640 million) … Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: Sydney-based Blackbird raised an AU$1B+ fund, the largest Australian VC fund yet, including AU$284M for early-stage in Australia and AU$668M for follow-on…

Tech investor Blackbird Ventures has raised Australia’s largest fund to invest in nascent technology companies, with $1 billion to deploy in a market that has slumped since the giddy heights of last year.The fund is betting that the long-term growth of the technology industry will render the ongoing downturn a blip, despite analysis firm PitchBook recording a 40 per cent drop in the value of US venture investments last quarter.Blackbird co-founder Niki Scevak insists his fund won’t forget small start-ups.Credit:Louie…

Tata Motors is known for making sturdy car and SUVs in India. Lately the manufacturer has been gaining popularity in the electric vehicle space as well. Tata Motors now has decent number of vehicles in their portfolio and in the year 2023, it is expected that Tata will come up with few new products and also update the existing line-up. Here we have a list of 5 Tata vehicles that are expected to be launched in the market in 2023. Punch EV A speculative render of the Tata Punch EV, tipped to be launched in 2023. Punch is…

Mark Kermode has delivered a film review for the history books.The critic shared his review of new release Blackbird, which is a passion project by Lord of the Dance creator Michael Flatley.Flatley writes, directs and stars in the film, which he has described as “a tribute to the golden age of cinema”. However, according to Kermode: “I think a session on the golden toilet of cinema is closer.”The film, which Kermode called “mind-bendingly terrible”, follows a retired secret agent whose past comes back to haunt him after…

Mark Kermode has struck again – he’s torn a film to shreds so much that people are now considering seeing it.The film critic shared his review for new release Blackbird, which is a passion project by Lord of the Dance creator Michael Flatley.Flatley writes, directs and stars in the film, which he has described as “a tribute to the golden age of cinema”. However, according to Kermode: “I think a session on the golden toilet of cinema is closer.”The film, which Kermode called “mind-bendingly terrible”, follows a retired…

Since this increasingly legendary film starring Michael Flatley was briefly aired at London’s Raindance film festival in 2018 – a screening from which the media were barred – reports of it have been scattered, disjointed, unreliable. Like witnesses to a 10-bus pile-up on top of children coming out of a nursery school, those who saw it were traumatised and gibbering. The trailer which finally dropped online earlier this year was very disturbing, as it confirmed that the film really does exist.Hats off … Blackbird.…