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Chris Imlay
Christopher Sterling Imlay (born May 24, 1969) is an American rock and roll musician and graphic artist. He has been in such bands as The Hi-Fives, The Dukes of Burl, The Dukes of Hamburg, Brent's T.V., Judy and The Loadies, Thee Shatners, and the Ne'er Do Wells. He has been the art director of the magazines ''Gearhead'', '' MacAddict'', ''Mobile PC'', '' PSM'', ''Nintendo Power'' was a senior designer at ''Wired ''Wired'' (stylized as ''WIRED'') is a monthly American magazine, published in print and online editions, that focuses on how emerging technologies affect culture, the economy, and politics. Owned by Condé Nast, it is headquartered in San ...'' a creative director at '' Future US'' and currently is the creative director at Dialect Inc. References 1969 births Living people {{US-musician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock And Roll
Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll, rock 'n' roll, or rock 'n roll) is a Genre (music), genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s. It Origins of rock and roll, originated from African-American music such as jazz, rhythm and blues, boogie woogie, gospel music, gospel, as well as country music. While rock and roll's formative elements can be heard in blues records from the 1920s and in country records of the 1930s,Peterson, Richard A. ''Creating Country Music: Fabricating Authenticity'' (1999), p. 9, . the genre did not acquire its name until 1954. According to journalist Greg Kot, "rock and roll" refers to a style of popular music originating in the United States in the 1950s. By the mid-1960s, rock and roll had developed into "the more encompassing international style known as rock music, though the latter also continued to be known in many circles as rock and roll."Kot, Greg"Rock and roll", in the ''Encyclopædia Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graphic Artist
A graphic designer is a professional within the graphic design and graphic arts industry who assembles together images, typography, or motion graphics to create a piece of design. A graphic designer creates the graphics primarily for published, printed, or electronic media, such as brochures and advertising. They are also sometimes responsible for typesetting, illustration, user interfaces. A core responsibility of the designer's job is to present information in a way that is both accessible and memorable. Qualifications Designers should be able to solve visual communication problems or challenges. In doing so, the designer must identify the communications issue, gather and analyze information related to the issue, and generate potential approaches aimed at solving the problem. Iterative prototyping and user testing can be used to determine the success or failure of a visual solution. Approaches to a communications problem are developed in the context of an audience and a medi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hi-Fives
The Hi-Fives are an American rock music, rock band from the San Francisco Bay Area. History The band was formed in 1994 after drummer Al Sobrante (John Kiffmeyer) left the previous incarnations, The Ne'er Do Wells and Thee Shatners. Sobrante was replaced by drummer Julie Rose, formerly of Red No.9. Julie remained with the band through the recording of the first Lookout! Records album Welcome To My Mind. The title track was a minor hit on college radio and modern rock stations. Julie left the band for personal reasons and was replaced by Evan Mendell from Benicia. The band was asked to open for Green Day during the 1994 Dookie tour, along with Pansy Division. Evan left the band after the tour and was replaced by Danny Seelig from The Phantom Surfers. The band won a category in the 1996 Bay Area Music Awards ("Bammies") for "Outstanding Alternative Pop/Rock Group" and embarked on a tour in the United States and Japan with the Mr. T Experience. While on U.S. tour with The Queers, J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CMJ New Music Monthly
CMJ Holdings Corp. is a music events and online media company, originally founded in 1978, which ran a website, hosted an annual festival in New York City, and published two magazines, ''CMJ New Music Monthly'' and ''CMJ New Music Report''. The company folded around 2017, but was bought by Amazing Radio in 2019 who will bring back the CMJ Music Marathon in New York, along with other new live and live-streamed offerings. The letters CMJ originally stood for ''College Media Journal'' but was also often considered short for ''College Music Journal''. History and operations The company was started by Robert Haber in 1978 as the ''College Media Journal'', a bi-weekly trade magazine aimed at college radio programmers in Great Neck, NY. The first issue was published on March 1, 1979, and featured Elvis Costello on the cover. Staff would often describe these early issues as "a bunch of photocopies stapled together." A year and a half later, the magazine was able to create the first a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ne'er Do Wells
The Hi-Fives are an American rock band from the San Francisco Bay Area. History The band was formed in 1994 after drummer Al Sobrante (John Kiffmeyer) left the previous incarnations, The Ne'er Do Wells and Thee Shatners. Sobrante was replaced by drummer Julie Rose, formerly of Red No.9. Julie remained with the band through the recording of the first Lookout! Records album Welcome To My Mind. The title track was a minor hit on college radio and modern rock stations. Julie left the band for personal reasons and was replaced by Evan Mendell from Benicia. The band was asked to open for Green Day during the 1994 Dookie tour, along with Pansy Division. Evan left the band after the tour and was replaced by Danny Seelig from The Phantom Surfers. The band won a category in the 1996 Bay Area Music Awards ("Bammies") for "Outstanding Alternative Pop/Rock Group" and embarked on a tour in the United States and Japan with the Mr. T Experience. While on U.S. tour with The Queers, Jess and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MacAddict
''MacLife'' (stylized as ''Mac, Life'') is an American monthly magazine published by Future US. It focuses on the Macintosh personal computer and related products, including the iPad and iPhone. It’s sold as a print product on newsstands, and an interactive and animated app edition through the App Store. Between September 1996 and February 2007, the magazine was known as ''MacAddict''. History ''MacLife'' is one of two successor magazines to the defunct '' CD-ROM Today''. First published in 1993 by Imagine Publishing (now Future US), ''CD-ROM Today'' was targeted at both Windows and Macintosh users, and each issue shipped with a CD-ROM of shareware and demo programs. In August 1996, ''CD-ROM Today'' ceased publication, with two magazines taking its place: ''MacAddict'' for Macintosh users, and ''boot'' (now ''Maximum PC'') for Windows users. As was the case with ''CD-ROM Today'', ''MacAddicts discs included shareware and demo programs, but also came with other added featur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mobile PC Magazine
''Mobile PC'' was a monthly magazine covering mobile technology, including notebook computers, mobile phones, personal digital assistants, MP3 players, digital cameras, mobile game consoles, and other portable electronics. History and profile The magazine was published by Future Network USA, its first issue was released on 14 June 2004. Founded as ''Mobile PC'' in 2003, then changed to ''Mobile'' in June 2005. Christopher Null was the first editor-in-chief. A cease and desist order on the use of the confusingly similar magazine name and website domain MobileMagazine.com was sent to Future Network USA. The print publication ''Mobile'' ceased publication in November 2005 due to undetermined reasons and the domain name MobileMagazine.com was transferred to Pilato Private Consulting. The ''Mobile PC'' editorial staff included Christopher Null, Dylan Tweney, Robert Strohmeyer, Rachel Rosmarin, Roger Hibbert, and Mark McClusky. The design staff included Chris Imlay, Christina Empedo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PSM Magazine
''PlayStation: The Official Magazine'' (''PTOM'') was a magazine originally known as ''PlayStation Magazine'' (''PSM''), becoming ''PlayStation: The Official Magazine'' in late 2007. ''PlayStation: The Official Magazine'' was published 13 times a year by Future plc until its cancellation in late 2012. ''PSM''s UK-based partner magazine, ''PSM3'', was another Future publication. History ''PSM: 100% Independent PlayStation Magazine'' Prior to becoming the official magazine, ''PSM'' was an independently published Video game journalism, video game magazine specializing in all Sony Computer Entertainment, Sony PlayStation-brand video game consoles and Handheld game console, handheld gaming platforms. ''PSM'' was published by Future, who also publishes ''PlayStation Official Magazine - UK, PlayStation Official Magazine''. The magazine launched with the September 1997 issue, which featured ''Final Fantasy VII'' on the cover. During its publication, it consistently outsold every other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nintendo Power
''Nintendo Power'' was a video game news and strategy magazine from Nintendo of America, first published in July/August 1988 as Nintendo's official print magazine for North America. The magazine's publication was initially done monthly by Nintendo of America, then independently, and in December 2007 contracted to Future US, the American subsidiary of British publisher Future. Its 24–year production run is one of the longest of all video game magazines in the United States and Canada. On August 21, 2012, Nintendo announced that it would not be renewing its licensing agreement with Future Publishing, and that ''Nintendo Power'' would cease publication in December. The final issue, volume 285, was released on December 11, 2012. On December 20, 2017, ''Nintendo Power'' officially returned as a podcast. History ''Nintendo Fun Club News'' preceded ''Nintendo Power'' as a newsletter sent to club members for free. In mid-1988 it was discontinued after seven issues in favor of ''N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
