Hasta La Gadget!

Why would four young, bright, fun-loving youngsters, wealthy beyond imagining, able to go anywhere and do anything, spend large chunks of time each day with their eyes closed? What is this meditation thing?
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CHICAGO — Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield stood toe to toe again, only this time there were hugs and smiles – and no bites to the ear.

The ill will that marked the former champions’ rivalry was nowhere in sight. Instead, they were like old friends meeting in a supermarket, which is exactly what they did on Saturday.

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Just because Rhapsody is an old hand at online music doesn’t mean it has to lag behind: the company just posted a new version of its app tailored to Windows Phone 8 listeners. Besides the native OS tie-ins, it adds offline downloads and access to the personalized My Music section. Windows Phone-focused listeners who’ve stuck to Rhapsody’s $10-plus service through thick and thin — or just aren’t wedded to options from Microsoft, Nokia and Spotify — can hit the source for the new jukebox.

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Titus Kaphar‘s newest installation, “The Vesper Project,” revolves around confabulation, a fantasy masquerading as a memory or factual account.

Kaphar experienced the sensation of mistaking myth for memory when recalling a time with his aunt that never occurred. The bizarre experience inspired the artist, who often works with the disruptive forces of history, embarked on a five year art project exploring the overlap between true and fabricated narratives. The story revolves around the Vesper family, which Kaphar describes as “a 19th century family who are able to ‘pass’ as a white family in New England although their mixed heritage makes them ‘Negro’ in the eyes of the law.“

After years of crafting a narrative of living memories that were not his own, Kaphar discovered an abandoned 19th century house that was saturated with the presence of his characters. For his exhibition at Friedman Benda, Kaphar brings the fragmented house inside the gallery space, building a lying time capsule filled with old photographs, uprooted floorboards and inexplicable presences.

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Jeremy Evans tried to add some high culture to his high-flying repertoire.

After he vaulted over former Utah Jazz center Mark Eaton earlier during the 2013 NBA Slam Dunk Contest, Evans dunked over a painting… of himself… dunking over a painting.

While Evans came up short against Terrence Ross in the final round, his “painting dunk” seemed to be one of the most memorable dunks of the night.

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