Oliver Nickell Archives - The Earology Dept.

Embeds allowing bloggers to easily embed videos from Distrify. Just go to any Distrify film page or player and copy the URL. Paste that URL in any WordPress blog and it will automatically be converted to an embedded Distrify player. If you are logged in to distrify.com it will automatically add your affiliate tracking code to your embeds. Make sure you turn on Auto-embeds in your WP settings and also make sure that the URL is on its own line and not hyperlinked (clickable when viewing the post). The plugin also extracts the still image from the film and saves it as the Featured Image for the post. This actually works for any Embed (not just Distrify) that you embed into your WordPress blog. Author: Distrify Limited Version: 0.3.1 Author URI: http://www.distrify.com License: GPL2 Copyright 2011-2013 Distrify (email : hello@distrify.com) This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA */ /** * Does the work of adding the Distrify provider to wp_oembed */ function add_distrify_provider($the_content){ require_once( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-oembed.php' ); wp_oembed_add_provider('#https?://(www\.)?(distrify|muvies).com/films/.*#i', 'http://distrify.com/oembed.json', true ); wp_oembed_add_provider('http://muvi.es/*', 'http://distrify.com/oembed.json' ); wp_oembed_add_provider('#https?://.*\.muvies.com/.*reviews/.*#i', 'http://distrify.com/oembed.json', true ); } //add the provider on plugins_loaded. add_action('plugins_loaded', 'add_distrify_provider'); /** * from http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/q/70752/1685 * Automatically set the featured image if an oEmbed-compatible embed is found in the post content. * author: TheDeadMedic * author URI: http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/users/1685/thedeadmedic * */ add_action( 'wp_insert_post', array( 'ofi', 'init' ) ); class ofi { /** * The post thumbnail ID * * @var int */ private $_thumb_id; /** * The post ID * * @var int */ private $_post_id; /** * Sets up an instance if called statically, and attempts to set the featured * image from an embed in the post content (if one has not already been set). * * @param int $post_id * @return object|null */ public function init( $post_id ) { if ( ! isset( $this ) ) return new ofi( $post_id ); global $wp_embed; $this->_post_id = absint( $post_id ); if ( ! $this->_thumb_id = get_post_meta( $this->_post_id, '_thumbnail_id', true ) ) { if ( $content = get_post_field( 'post_content', $this->_post_id, 'raw' ) ) { add_filter( 'oembed_dataparse', array( $this, 'oembed_dataparse' ), 10, 3 ); $wp_embed->autoembed( $content ); remove_filter( 'oembed_dataparse', array( $this, 'oembed_dataparse' ), 10, 3 ); } } } /** * @see init() */ public function __construct( $post_id ) { $this->init( $post_id ); } /** * Callback for the "oembed_dataparse" hook, which will fire on a successful * response from the oEmbed provider. * * @see WP_oEmbed::data2html() * * @param string $return The embed HTML * @param object $data The oEmbed response * @param string $url The oEmbed content URL */ public function oembed_dataparse( $return, $data, $url ) { if ( ! empty( $data->thumbnail_url ) && ! $this->_thumb_id ) { // if ( in_array( @ $data->type, array( 'video' ) ) ) // Only set for video embeds $this->set_thumb_by_url( $data->thumbnail_url, @ $data->title ); } } /** * Attempt to download the image from the URL, add it to the media library, * and set as the featured image. * * @see media_sideload_image() * * @param string $url * @param string $title Optionally set attachment title */ public function set_thumb_by_url( $url, $title = null ) { /* Following assets will already be loaded if in admin */ require_once ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/file.php'; require_once ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/media.php'; require_once ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/image.php'; $temp = download_url( $url ); if ( ! is_wp_error( $temp ) && $info = @ getimagesize( $temp ) ) { if ( ! strlen( $title ) ) $title = null; if ( ! $ext = image_type_to_extension( $info[2] ) ) $ext = '.jpg'; $data = array( 'name' => md5( $url ) . $ext, 'tmp_name' => $temp, ); $id = media_handle_sideload( $data, $this->_post_id, $title ); if ( ! is_wp_error( $id ) ) return update_post_meta( $this->_post_id, '_thumbnail_id', $this->_thumb_id = $id ); } if ( ! is_wp_error( $temp ) ) @ unlink( $temp ); } } Oliver Nickell Archives - The Earology Dept.

August 17, 2013July 8, 2015

tree // karma police (official video)

tree // karma police (official video)

The way out west artist Tree (Oliver Nickell) recently co-directed the video to his astounding Radiohead Karma Police cover. And although the video works well and a visual vehicle it is his re-imagining of the song that sends shivers all over my earlobe. So far, Tree’s Karma Police is my favorite cover of 2013!

Check out the debut Demons EP is available on vinyl via Apollo and R&S Records. Peace.

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February 8, 2012

Tree // Universal (Ft. Ariel Thiermann)

If you were to catch a shooting star and tap into its little black-box, and were able to decode all the energy inside. Well, the energy may sound something like the new “Universal” track by none other than San Francisco, California-based musician/producer Tree, bka Oliver Nickell. I am feeling the positive vibes, which are now flowing freely from my speakers, and into my cerebellum cortex. My brain is now so electrically happy it’s chanting Ohm into the labyrinth of gray coils which comprise my think organ. And before I fail to mention: Ariel Thiermann, your star-bright voice can be the call to Tree’s musical response any ole’ time. Peace. Continue reading “Tree // Universal (Ft. Ariel Thiermann)”

November 29, 2011

Tree – People (Ft. Shelf Nunny & Lena Kuhn)

The first struggling notes get your attention. These notes soon sprout into flickering electric bits fleshing out a beautifully morbid soundscape. Not to fret though, its all towards a delicately attractive end. The song “People” is an ode with roots encircling all of us; our own mortality is called front and center and it shines. The San Francisco artist Oliver Nickell aka Tree has enlisted the services of Shelf Nunny and Lena Kuhn on this wonderfully mundane track. Give it a listen and get in touch with your inner Tim Burton. Peace.