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 ); } } Elektra Records – The Earology Dept. https://www.theearologydept.com Where the food sounds good, and the music is pretty tasty too. Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:42:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.20 50391680 I Was There: The Shelter, Detroit, Michigan | Kitten https://www.theearologydept.com/kitten-shelter-detroit-michigan/ https://www.theearologydept.com/kitten-shelter-detroit-michigan/#respond Mon, 07 Jul 2014 18:10:45 +0000 http://www.theearologydept.com/?p=11731   It’s official, I got a girl crush. Kitten is the band. Chloe Chaidez is the object of my affection. I got it bad ya’ll. Yeah, I know and I am just as surprised too. Let’s get this straight. I am not some floosy easily enamored by a demi-rock Pop-goddess with the stage presence of …

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It’s official, I got a girl crush. Kitten is the band. Chloe Chaidez is the object of my affection. I got it bad ya’ll. Yeah, I know and I am just as surprised too. Let’s get this straight. I am not some floosy easily enamored by a demi-rock Pop-goddess with the stage presence of a modern day Madge Ciccone (but with prettier and softer edges than M. Sorry Ms. Material Girl). At first brush Kitten is Madonna, Taylor Dane and Cyndi Lauper-ish, but with extra sprinkles and sweeter glitter. Yet, her sound isn’t as simplistic as it seems. There exists depths of influence and elements with deep roots from the late 60’s and 70’s. A heavy dose of the bands stemming from the British Invasion. Along with a spattering of divergent elements as well. I musn’t forget her supporting cast. Guitarist Andy Miller and bassist Chris Vogel bring the goods and then some. Kitten is purely hard candy-Pop with an independent spirit. It’s at times a funkier, more often than not a post-punkier scope and orchestration. She’s like a jawbreaker or an all-day Day-Glo sucker. Kitten’s self-titled debut album is an alt sort of Pop too, which doesn’t don primary colors. No, hers is an ultraviolet and star splashed fluorescent patina. Yes, I have a genuine and unapologetic girl crush indeed.
 
Backstory. When? April 14, 2013. Where? The Loft. Lansing, Michigan. Kitten was opening for the Joy Formidable and as fate would have it her and I where in a dingy bathroom washing our hands, side by side. Her. A rising star. Me. An adoring fan. The entire time I wanted to let her know, I in fact knew exactly who I sharing this grungy, graffitied bathroom sink with. Instead, I told her how much I really liked her shorts (Yes, I actually went all fangirl brain dead, but do you blame me?). Seconds later we went on our separate ways. She. To her dressing room. Me. I joined the throng of people waiting for the show to start. Even then I knew, for girls we know. We know how love at first sight feels. It’s a lasso constricting the heart, and when I had air enough to breath all I could utter was, “I really like your shorts…”

Present day. When? July 1, 2014. Where? The Shelter. Detroit, Michigan. Kitten is currently on their first headlining tour. From the very first notes I watched as Kitten’s (Chloe Chaidez) took to the stage and transformed the otherwise nondescript surroundings into her own personal space.  Instantly, I was transported back to a dingy bathroom a year ago, we were close again. Close, because when Chloe performs the music has a way of stripping away the distance and enveloping listeners in her aura and pulling you in.
 

 
Chloe isn’t quite 20-years old yet, but she holds her own.  Her Shelter set was flawless, moving from one song to the next seamlessly. At one point she took up the drums and beat them like some wild primal princess. Talk about SEX-SY! I watched too her rock star antics, as she climbed to the rafters. So badass. Chloe is something to behold and she without a doubt knows what she is doing. Being on stage, she’s in her element much like some mythical Valkyrie/Siren hybrid wielding her power of seduction with little effort.  And when she launched in my fav song, Cut It Out, she killed me ever so softly.  Right through the heart. SPEECHLESS!

There is an actualization which takes place here, Chloe has been honing her musical craftwomanship since she was a preteen. It is more than evident she’s not only talented, but she’s a natural. Her music, on record or during a live set, does not show signs of the awkwardness, indirection, immaturity, or lack of self-confidence you’d expect from someone her age. At 19 Chloe knows what she’s about, and it’s beyond beautiful.
 
After the show (with the song Why I Wait floating in my  heart) Chloe hung out at the merch table graciously thanking fans. I stopped by and picked up the newly released self-titled Kitten album (which is awesome and has a very airy, 80’s pop feel to it). After plying her with kind words she signed the things I purchased, and then we took a selfie together. #awesome #imhuggingchloe #fangirlingsohard
 

Chloe Chaidez of Kitten and lil’ ol me.

 
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Like I said earlier, it is one thing to listen to an artist’s music on a pre-recorded mp3, cd, etc., but quite another thing to see, hear and interact with someone like Kitten live. It does something to a girl and immediately my emotions got invested for the long haul.  The band name Kitten is a bit of a misnomer though, because kittens are docile and cute. This brand of Kitten is anything but, Chloe is fierce and tenacious. Kitten forever! Corny I know, but whatevs. Crushes are like that. Corny. Silly. And at times totally unrealistic. But still they feel good.

So, this is how fans are made. I am not quite groupie status yet, but damn I could be. Who knows what the future holds?
 
 
Get with it, or go without. Don’t regret it.

-Ericka Kay

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]]> A thing echos because it cannot die, doesn’t want to give up the ghost and risk forgetfulness. So, it reverberates from the past and slithers and slinks a way into your heart space. It sets its eyes upon your ears and whispers in jazzy notes, enwraping your brain cells in coiled shimmer; laying claim to your full attention. Yes, this is a blast from the past but how it shines, Handsome Boy Modeling School (Chest Rockwell (Prince Paul) and Nathaniel Merriwether (Dan the Automator), circa 1999. I ain’t much for words around here, so just chill for a beat or two and experience something potent and oh so powerful. I’m serving up two songs here, “A Truth” taken from The Musical Curriculum From The: Handsome Boy Modeling School (1999) and then there is their sexily clad “I’ve Been Thinking (Ft. Cat Power)” from HBMS‘s  2004 LP White People. Your ears will fall in love. Peace.

“A Truth”

 

“I’ve Been Thinking (Ft. Cat Power)”

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