Wednesday Business Links

• A report predicts an increase in digital music consolidation over the next two years. Makes perfect sense. There are too many services out there ... Group that combines its Film & Performing Arts and Music & Literary Groups. Billboard ... . (Billboard.biz) • Here's a good article on the changing music business from a Nashville point [more...]

Date: 2008-02-27 17:39:46
Blog: Coolfer: Music And The ...

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Music: The New Diplomatic Tongue

There is a time when music becomes the best politics ... , music can be a truly transformative medium and a powerful instrument of human connection ... , said former U.S. Defense Secretary William Perry. Indeed, music may be exactly what we need to foster [more...]

Date: 2008-02-27 17:34:19
Blog: democracyarsenal.org...

Adventures in Learning

Adventures in Learning February 20th, 200801:19 pm No Comments Who says learning is dull? Children like having fun, (who doesn?t?) ... Art History. You want to teach your child about famous artists. You would go to sites or books ... as both gym class and a lesson in nature. Music: We all love music. How about adding fun to music [more...]

Date: 2008-02-20 13:19:10
Blog: eclettica06.net - thou...

Coopers Music Box

I think “Coopers Music Box” has a good ring to it, and they would serve beer from Coopers Brewery. The Perth International Arts Festival outdoor venue used to be a verandah at the Perth Concert Hall overlooking the Swan River. Now it is on the Esplanade, ‘it’ being the ‘music box’ aka Beck’ [more...]

Date: 2008-02-28 07:41:23
Blog: dilettante...

The Fabulous Nell Bryden

I am so excited to be able to feature the music of indie singer songwriter Nell Bryden on my web site ... in Brooklyn to an impressionist painter dad and a classical singer mom, Nell began her formal music training early with piano lessons at age four. After thinking she might try classical music or opera [more...]

Date: 2008-02-28 09:23:00
Blog: Welcome to Michele Stap...

Thirteen Methods of Vocalization

:) Summary Copyright( China ): No 2008-A-09241 The senior Beijing opera fiddle player in Beijing Opera House, Beijing, ... engaged in vocal music out of plight. Among so many vocal music experts, including so many famous ... to art are likely to get what they earnestly look for. Otherwise, you may let it slip even if [more...]

Date: 2008-02-26 02:40:52
Blog: Classical Music Forums ...

New Roxy Music DVD

ROXY MUSIC - The Thrill Of It All: A Visual History 1972-1982 [ ... concert at the Manchester Apollo. Disc 1 (1972-1976) 'Re-make/Re-model' 06/72 Royal College Of Art ... ', 'Nightingale', 'Out Of The Blue', and 'Street Life' 01/23/76 Stockholm Disc 2 (1979-1982) 'Dance [more...]

Date: 2008-02-15 17:25:25
Blog: Bill's Prog Blog...

Official Oscar picks

Time for the 2008 Oscar pick ‘em. Here’s what I’m thinking… 1. Actor in a leading role: Daniel Day Lewis - There Will Be Blood 2 ... 5. Animated feature: Persepolis 6. Art direction: Sweeney Todd 7. Cinematography: Atonement 8. Costume ... of the Caribbean - At World’s End 15. Music (score): Atonement 16. Music (song): That’s How [more...]

Date: 2008-02-24 02:47:07
Blog: Made in Richmond...

Call for entries: Expressions of the Nakba Announcement, US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, ... of the Nakba through personal expressions in the form of visual arts, essays, poetry, music, video ... words) 2. Recorded audio: spoken word and music (less than five minutes) 3. Visual arts [more...]

Date: 2008-02-13 09:56:17
Blog: Palestine Blogs - The G...

I have cilantro fingers on Oscar night...

... because it's Rice vs. Lisa II, and LISA WINS!! Thanks to all for the tips! I made rice for my version of Chipolte Grill's burrito. Yummy! ... , but no! The music from the scene in Edward Scissorhands where he's making the ice sculpture also appears in movie trailers, mostly Christmas ones and Big Fish. yes, I am a music nerd too. Oh, and take a [more...]

Date: 2008-02-25 03:24:00
Blog: Life of the Alien...

Framed limited edition music prints available from Rahimlive.com

Due to persistent requests I have decided to offer online sales of all of my music photos. Each photo will be reproduced no more than 25 times and prints will be signed, numbered ... of limited edition art which is not available anywhere else. The prints are awailable in the following [more...]

Date: 2008-02-17 15:16:11
Blog: LIVE music photography ...

A Closet of Curiosities

an avantgarde/modern classical music weblog from the same guy: A Basement of Curiosities ... and perhaps discussed. Most items will be LPs and some will be tapes and CDs. I will tell ... that I cannot resist purchasing while digging for music at places such as thrift stores, flea markets, antique [more...]

Date: 2008-02-03 18:25:11
Blog: linkfilter.net - fresh ...

Blog Release: Creative TreeHouse

On Sunday, March 9, Creative TreeHouse will be hosting an art and music event to benefit Invisible Children, ... can purchase artwork, prints, or handmade goods from local artists and Invisible Children collaborators ... and to educate and rehabilitate former child soldiers. Doors will open at 6pm for art, food and live music [more...]

Date: 2008-02-26 15:18:10
Blog: Burgh Diaspora: Knowled...

Meeting Kay Jamison

Here’s what I have on the near future CityBeat plate: March 12, Music, Pete Dressman March 19, Music, The Tillers March 19, Living Out Loud Now, for a story about Dr. Kay Jamison. Jamison is a world-renowned doctor and bipolar specialist. She is a professor, an author, a gifted speaker, and an incredibly intelligent woman [more...]

Date: 2008-02-27 18:47:48
Blog: C.A. MacConnell ...

We’re back

We’re back February 19th, 2008 · 3 Comments Well we made it back after our wedding anniversary getaway, ... (great movie) and Rambo (intense, not the best Rambo film), we checked out the remodeled Seattle Art Museum and we went to a musical, we saw Mame. We enjoyed the musical and decided to get season tickets [more...]

Date: 2008-02-19 21:37:01
Blog: Slightly Mordant — ...

Indie Music 23.

Welcome to my weekly roundup of inexpensive indie(ish) musical happenings in downtown Toronto ... @ The Smiling Buddha, 9:30pm. Kaeru and Mandibles @ Tranzac (Tiki Room), 9 pm, pwyc. This is part ... and The Papermakers @ The Boat, 9pm, $5. Crimson Shadows, Of The Epic, After The Invasion, and more @ Smiling Buddha [more...]

Date: 2008-02-19 06:32:28
Blog: Narratives: adventures ...

Apple: Think(ing) Different (About Censorship)

The so-called underdog of the computer world, Apple, is poised to overtake Wal-Mart in music sales sometime this year ... . But anybody older is going to remember that it wasn’t too long ago when music buying meant flipping ... . They refuse to carry CDs with cover art or lyrics deemed overtly sexual or dealing with topics [more...]

Date: 2008-02-27 15:35:00
Blog: Wal-Mart Watch...

Weekly Music Agenda

MONDAY >> It's a bit of a hike out to Hanover, but if seeing one of country music's more seasoned badasses sounds appealing on this President's Day, David Allan Coe will be playing for the 21+ crowd at Cancun Cantina. 5 p.m. $25. >> An easier destination for the Metro-dependent, [more...]

Date: 2008-02-20 00:26:22
Blog: DCist: ...

Classical music enjoys brush with relevance

When the New York Philharmonic played a concert in Pyongyang this week, ... houses, this doesn’t alter the fact that classical music seems increasingly isolated from modern life ... , a classical concert is lucky to get a few inches of space in the arts section, amid the coverage of pop [more...]

Date: 2008-02-26 20:16:54
Blog: adfreak...

Music - Billboards come to you

Billboards come to you Baltimore Sun - The 6-foot-high messages change frequently, ... s Maat Youth Group have been studying the Harlem Renaissance period and blacks contributions to art, music and writing. Maat, which is African for truth, justice and righteousness Overheard [more...]

Date: 2008-02-28 12:54:25
Blog: The Cafe @ Cubefiles.c...

Musical diplomacy thaws U.S.-N. Korea freeze

Music director Lorin Maazel accepts a bouquet of flowers from a North Korean woman after the New York Philharmonic's concert performance in Pyongyang, North Korea on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) [more...]

Date: 2008-02-26 22:01:48
Blog: The Swamp...

Urban Music Compositions

15 Tracks Publishing presents NEW BEGINNINGS: A Prelude to an Exhibition of Urban Music Compositions Visit www.15trackspublishing.co.nr for free instrumental downloads, and a free ringtone. Support independent art! [more...]

Date: 2008-02-22 17:15:16
Blog: Music production and mu...

Choose Native American Rattles For Ceremonial Music

Do you love Native American Rattles and other Indian musical instruments? ... , Navajo, Apache, Pueblo, Zuni and Hopi, can all be recognized by the variations of the beautiful art [more...]

Date: 2008-02-19 19:56:54
Blog: Mission Del Rey - Rawhi...

Reverberations: Opening Up the Garage

Welcome to Reverberations, a weekly column on all things garage rock… There was a time – between the British Invasion and the eventual ... in one of its more potent forms, less art than a sincere artifice and a more visceral, as opposed to calculated ... to ever track down. To be a hungry fan/successful excavator of this music is to be part [more...]

Date: 2008-02-27 21:07:29
Blog: Houstoned Rocks...

C'mon!

Does it just seem this way to me, or is it true that vast swathes of Christians are relatively inactive because they claim to not be "called" ... like to attempt a summary of the Great Commission / Greatest Commandment passages in the New Testament ... , or sharing the scriptures, practising your musical instrument, or performing your art before others [more...]

Date: 2008-02-25 10:59:46
Blog: madetopraisehim...

Sunburnt

Sunburnt February 24th, 2008 Thanks to everyone who made it down to Rochester for the opening last weekend–I was a bit nervous, ... that out. In the coming month I plan to release a limited edition EP/DVD of the video and it’s accompanying soundtrack - I’m sure I’ll post when it’s ready. Posted in Video, Music, Art, [more...]

Date: 2008-02-24 16:35:32
Blog: AMP ...

And The Annies Go Too….

So the Oscar’s aired last….Sunday was it?  I wasn’t really paying attention as the Oscar’s tend to come and go these days with little of the glitz ...  for Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann Best Art Direction Went To: Shinji Kimura for Tekkonkinkreet Best Music ... s always more. Best OVA Went To: Nasu: A Migratory Bird with Suitcase I’m just going to [more...]

Date: 2008-02-28 08:07:44
Blog: When Anime Past Meets ...

Art Closing Party Saturday Night, 7pm

Local artist — from the studios at 52 O Street — Adam Eig was generous enough to let us display his art on our walls since our opening 9 months ... on science and music, but a sculpture class I took in junior year set me in an entirely new direction ... my artistic development. From the beginning I was fascinated with transforming steel from its solid [more...]

Date: 2008-02-22 22:17:34
Blog: Big Bear Cafe...

Expressions of Nakba Competition 2008 http://www.expressionsofnakba ... for a commemoration of the Nakba through personal expressions in the form of visual arts, essays, poetry ... (no more than 1500 words) Recorded Audio - Spoken Word and Music (less than 5 minutes) Visual Arts [more...]

Date: 2008-02-01 15:42:20
Blog: Palestine Blogs - The G...

Wicked!!!

If you are reader of this blog you know that I am obsessed with Broadway plays and I am especially obsessed with the musical, Wicked ... the Art Institute of Chicago, a river tour, Sears Tower, and a tour of Wrigley Field ... it with Dave ever since I got back! Well, we are going to see Wicked in Chicago!!!! I can barely contain [more...]

Date: 2008-02-23 21:07:05
Blog: The Fairbanks Trio...

Trollers with Strollers

Weekend Plans Two jokers named Riegel and Blatt put together this music video/tutorial conglom explaining how to cruise the scene and "meet people". ... of a kinetic sculptor who creates exquisitely engineered wind-powered "animals" that roam beaches. Dutch artist Theo Jansen demonstrates his amazingly lifelike kinetic sculptures, built from plastic [more...]

Date: 2008-01-08 21:47:39
Blog: Vin Weasel glob...

reviews THIS IS NOLLYWOOD by Phil Hall African cinema can be just as noisy, ... THE ART STAR AND THE SUDANESE TWINS MAN ON WIRE MERMAID CARTS SAVED FROM THE FLAMES (DVD ... HOLDOUT A WALK TO BEAUTIFUL AMERICAN MUSIC: OFF THE RECORD MALA NOCHE (DVD) THE ESCAPIST HELL RIDE [more...]

Date: 2008-02-15 10:01:17
Blog: Current Movie Reviews, ...

10/11/2007 New Happenings Portland, OR art show in March I'm having a solo art show in Portland Oregon at The Lizard Lounge. The show opening is on Thursday March 6 at 7pm and there will be music and lots of fun action, I can't wait! I will be selling 13 limited edition prints from my Dumpster Diary journals [more...]

Date: 2008-02-18 05:24:22
Blog: Choss Pile...

I am a DJ I am What I Play

Saturday I went by Whitespace to hear John Otte's artist talk for his show "Seen/Unseen Selected Works 1982-2007" As said in the previous post on the show opening, Otte's work is so layered in historical references of art and music that an explanation from Otte gives the work another dimension and intention that could have otherwise been [more...]

Date: 2008-02-20 08:23:14
Blog: local ephemera...

About Tonight

READING: Formerly anonymous Imperial Hubris author and ex-CIA officer Michael Scheuer is at Politics and Prose ... Galway, sponsored by Washington Performing Arts Society in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall ... as Chaminade's Concertino, beloved of flutists everywhere. 8 p.m., $40 to $85. MUSIC: Louisville's [more...]

Date: 2008-02-25 20:55:43
Blog: DCist: ...

Marxism and Art

KOREA COLUMN 34 Marxism and Art What Marxism has to say about art (by which I mean all the creative arts i.e. music, literature, painting, sculpture, photography, film, drama, dance and so on) is limited ... painter than Picasso because he was more left wing, is not being a Marxist in his or her approach to art [more...]

Date: 2008-02-16 02:14:45
Blog: John Molyneux...

Sweet @ The Art Gallery, University of Maryland

2008_0213_Sweet.jpg Walking around D.C. you sometimes catch posters for shows at the Black Cat or 9:30 Club hung up in random places ... . Unfortunately, the street isn't the most forgiving gallery, but silk-screened gig posters do bring art ... in from the cold and displays a feast for art and music lovers alike. Curated by University of Maryland [more...]

Date: 2008-02-15 21:59:13
Blog: DCist: ...

Women's Hockey Art

The best art about the game of hockey has been made by women. Dolores Claman wrote the musical theme to Hockey Night In Canada ... . It certainly beats Robert Bateman's static goaltender. You can find the image on the cover of Impressions of the 20th Century: Fine Art Prints From the V&A Collection, edited by Margaret Timmers [more...]

Date: 2007-11-12 02:27:27
Blog: Plenty of Nothing...

Willits+Sakamoto: Ocean Fire

Bob Burnett: This morning I delved into Other Music's digital page to discover a new collaborative effort that I was interested to hear. Ocean Fire is a duet improvisation between "digital age"guitarist/custom-built software player ... sound sculpture mode more than a formal chordal compositional approach. I'm finding great attraction [more...]

Date: 2008-02-12 09:51:15
Blog: CD Reviews by C60Crew...

Rex Ray: Art and Design

Buy book Comment Embed Rex Ray's highly collectible artwork is coveted in design as well as art circles ... , "unslick, but superslick at the same time." Abstract and handcrafted, with a retro-futuristic mid-century ... cutouts, mixed-media collages, paintings, digital prints, and the highly admired graphic design and music [more...]

Date: 2008-02-19 21:23:55
Blog: BookVideos.tv...

The Rockologist: Punk Rock, New Wave, and the Jesus Of Cool The late seventies were a very strange time for rock music ... to stadiums and burn records by anyone from Chic and Kool & The Gang, to bands like Earth Wind ... . You would rarely for example, see a Journey fan at an Earth Wind & Fire show -- or vice versa [more...]

Date: 2008-02-23 09:19:12
Blog: The World Wide Glen: We...

When Will We Be Ready for the Real Harriet Tubman?

In the late 1930s, Earl Conrad, the young crusading journalist who thought of himself as a neo-abolitionist, ... for children about her than any other African American historical figure. Her name is given a place of honor ... . Creative spirits in film, painting, sculpture, music, theater, and other artistic venues celebrate [more...]

Date: 2008-02-11 05:00:00
Blog: History News Network...

links for 2008-02-28

Wild Animals - The Morning News “Think of your favorite teddy bear. Now imagine it’s been ripped open, gutted, and turned inside-out ... .” (tags: art toy interview via:aruzin) Mickey Finn (drugs) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia “ ... The popularity of the iTunes Store has propelled Apple to the number two music retailer spot [more...]

Date: 2008-02-28 08:32:37
Blog: Through the Wire ...

When you’re really hungry, even a bad cheeseburger is really good.

Wonder-Con, Day 3 Used to be that fifty cents would buy an album’s worth of singles. Today it buys you two. Less than six minutes of music ... for it. You may not care for Kirby’s art, but if you love superhero comics, then you in fact love Kirby’s art, because those comics without his influence would be ever so much duller [more...]

Date: 2008-02-27 18:33:49
Blog: Highway 62...

I Remember Clifford...and jazz...

This afternoon, quite unexpectedly, after living here for six months, I stumbled onto the local jazz scene ... store today (oh, Louisiana!) and a couple of jazzmen brought my Saturday schedule to a screeching ... a little music to hold onto the groove for one more minute longer. This clip is of the old Art Blakey [more...]

Date: 2008-02-17 00:08:39
Blog: Why Am I Not Surprised?...

Hoboken St. Patrick’s Day Parade 2008

2/26/2008 Update: I know how I feel about this annual drinking frenzy, but was wondering what the rest of you think ... , which are common days most of us share. Then there are local events in Hoboken, like the Arts & Music Festival, St. Ann’s, and other street fairs (which have non-drinking things like food, crafts [more...]

Date: 2008-02-26 12:59:15
Blog: Hoboken 411 » Hoboken's...

The Idolm@ster Live For You! LE - New, Restock Soon

«©NCSX» When the original Idolmaster shipped last year, consumers were given the choice of a regular edition and a limited edition. The latter was an overly elaborate affair which included a faceplate, a music video DVD, an art ... stage populated with figures but what buyers will receive are: » An 84 page art booklet which [more...]

Date: 2008-02-28 17:20:45
Blog: NCSX Import Video Game...

Ram Charan in Rajasthan

The second film of Ram Charan Teja, son of Mega Star Chiranjeevi, is all set for formal launch on March 2 at a simple function ... of Gita Arts. Regular shooting would begin from March 15 at Rajasthan. Kajal is the heroine opposite Ram Charan, M.M. Keeravani is scoring music. It is learnt that the storyline narrated by the director [more...]

Date: 2008-02-28 06:07:51
Blog: Telugu Movie News...

DVD Review: Om Shanti Om

DVD Review: Om Shanti Om Posted by on February 27th, 2008 MOVIE DETAILS Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Arjun Rampal, Shreyas Talpade, Kirron Kher Director: Farah Khan Producer: Gauri Khan Music : Vishal Shekhar Lyrics: Javed Akhtar THE FILM The film would be remembered for many reasons apart from it’s high entertainment value: [more...]

Date: 2008-02-27 05:21:57
Blog: Bollywood On Web - Indi...

DVD Review: Om Shanti Om

DVD Review: Om Shanti Om Posted by on February 27th, 2008 MOVIE DETAILS Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Arjun Rampal, Shreyas Talpade, Kirron Kher Director: Farah Khan Producer: Gauri Khan Music : Vishal Shekhar Lyrics: Javed Akhtar THE FILM The film would be remembered for many reasons apart from it’s high entertainment value: [more...]

Date: 2008-02-27 08:26:20
Blog: Bollywood On Web - Indi...

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