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by / on April 24, 2013 at 1:32 pm / in Just For Laughs, Links, Performing Arts, Uncategorized

Things That Are Awesome: Joffrey Bieber Tumblr

If you love Game of Thrones, then you may also love to disparage Justin Bieber. So, what if an awesome thing happened that combined your love of Game of Thrones [...]

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by / on March 30, 2013 at 9:20 am / in Advice/Mentoring, Arts & Entertainment, Doing Good In The 'Hood, Music, Performing Arts, Social Innovations, The Originals, Videos

Force For Good: Lady Gaga’s anti-bullying movement “Born This Way Foundation”

In honour of Lady Gaga’s birthday [March 28], instead of waxing on about her meteoric rise to the top of the world of pop music and performance art, we think [...]

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by / on March 14, 2013 at 9:30 am / in Arts & Entertainment, Current Events, Education/Learning, Just For Laughs, Music, Nerds Rule, Performing Arts, Technology & Science, Videos, World

Happy Pi Day! BYU’s rap makes Mathletes cooler than athletes-WE LOVE THIS!

            Brigham Young University believes that its star Mathletes should receive the same kind of adulation and school spirit as its star athletes.  And so [...]

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by / on February 6, 2013 at 4:28 pm / in Arts & Entertainment, Interviews, Music, Patrons of Cool, Performing Arts, Photography, The Originals, Uncategorized, Writing/Books

In Which Nikki Sixx Waxes Wise on Lyrics, Love & Legalization

Recently, I sat down with my wise, dear friend, and Different Is Cool “Patron of Cool”, the dark prince of rock, Nikki Sixx. We talked about a lot of things, [...]

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by / on January 12, 2013 at 9:13 am / in Arts & Entertainment, Between Heaven and Earth, Music, Patrons of Cool, Performing Arts, The Originals, Uncategorized, Videos

Sonic Soul Treat: Daniel Lanois Live In Session at West 54th

There is a reason U2′s Bono calls Daniel Lanois the best musician he’s ever come across…his unique strumming style, fuzz and masterful whammy experimentation is unsurpassed in popular music. Through [...]

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by / on January 10, 2013 at 7:33 am / in Arts & Entertainment, Music, Performing Arts, The Originals, Videos

Video Of The Day: The Piano Guys play One Direction’s ‘What Makes You Beautiful’

Thought you’d never see British pop sensation boy band One Direction on Different Is Cool? [Neither did we]. But, when one of their hit songs “What Makes You Beautiful” is [...]

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by / on December 31, 2012 at 2:42 pm / in Arts & Entertainment, Current Events, Dance, Music, Performing Arts, The Originals, Videos

A look back at the most popular music of 2012 from DJEarworm

As we enter into 2013, we take a look back at the most popular music of 2012, via one of our favorite mashup artists, DJ Earworm – with his brilliant, [...]

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by / on September 19, 2012 at 10:22 am / in Arts & Entertainment, Interviews, Music, Patrons of Cool, Performing Arts, The Originals, Videos

Happy Birthday to “The Maker” Daniel Lanois

He’s one of our founding Patrons of Cool and we want to take the opportunity to wish our friend Daniel Lanois the very happiest of birthdays.  And 10 thousand more. [...]

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by / on September 5, 2012 at 9:38 am / in Arts & Entertainment, Music, Performing Arts, Videos

Song Of The Day: The Good In Everyone ~ Sloan

At Different Is Cool, we believe that it is a worthwhile endeavour to find the good in everyone…with that in mind, we bring you: The Good In Everyone by Sloan. [...]

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by / on September 2, 2012 at 8:17 pm / in A Different POV, Arts & Entertainment, Music, Patrons of Cool, Performing Arts, Writing/Books

DisC’s Summer of Music: Nikki Sixx, Dan Lanois & Giveaways, Oh My!

August is a musical month – crickets chirping, waves crashing, ice cubes clinking, children squealing.  The long, hot, sonic days of summer are well and truly upon us and what [...]

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