Jesse Boykins III 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 ); } } Jesse Boykins III Archives - The Earology Dept.

June 1, 2013June 1, 2013

tokimonsta // half shadows ♥ ♫

Here we are, securely ensconced smack dab betwixt the what was and the what will be of 2013. And with nearly half of the year behind us there is yet still much partying to do. I can’t think of a better mixologist to helm your good time than the uniquely talented TOKiMONSTA (Jennifer Lee). Ms. MONSTA recently released a 2nd LP titled Half Shadows ([icon name=”icon-arrow-left”] check it out) via the bonafide heavy hitta’ label Ultra.

After the jump I assembled an introduction listening party: which includes the Go With It ft. MDNR as well as the benignly sexy Moon Rise ft. Jesse Boykins III. Both tracks are taken from her most excellent Half Shadows album. And, just so your eyes won’t get jealous of your ears I’ve thrown in some visuals too. The video for The Force ft. Kool Keith is pure psychedelic Hip Hop majesty. Peace.
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January 27, 2012January 19, 2014

Jesse Boykins III & The Beauty Created // Way Of The Wayfarer (Video)

Some songs are a place and time filled radiantly with love and understanding. Right here, these songs exist exactly as we need them to be.

I am of the belief everything without exception contains a soul. Every living thing. Yes, the nonliving too, mountains and molecules alike. But more to the point. I especially am of the belief that even songs carry within them life-giving energies. These energies manifest in varying degrees of influence. For some, a song can encourage. Yet, for others the same exact song can caution. The songs of Jesse Boykins III are radiant and flush with an intimate feel-good vibe. Without a doubt these songs are living and breathing, and at times even kicking and screaming too.

The music of Mr. Boykins is much like meeting an old friend anew or akin to encountering someone you never met before, but for untold reasons ya’ll just click. These songs are much like the latter. Some say soul music is dead or dying. I disagree. Upon listening to “Way Of The Wayfarer,” you know as well as I do such proclamations are untrue to the point of lunacy. If you haven’t heard of Mr. Boykins it’s alright, better late to this sound party than never attending, right? Let’s just say you’re fashionably late. No matter, just enjoy what this young man is putting out into the universe and just chill. Peace. Continue reading “Jesse Boykins III & The Beauty Created // Way Of The Wayfarer (Video)”