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| Amazing Paper Art | |
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Peter Callesen is an amazing artist. It's hard to explain, it's paper art, and sometimes it's sculpture, and it's gorgeous. You just have to take a look and see it for yourself. Some of my favorites: Image of reality: http://oncotton.co.uk/peter/paper/reality.html Mirage: http://oncotton.co.uk/peter/paper/paper_mirage.html Paper Cuts: http://oncotton.co.uk/peter/paper/paper_cuts.html Artists, Authors, Musicians item Posted: 1/2/06; 9:15:14 PM |
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| Joan Jett and The Blackhearts | |
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At the EMP's Sky Church on 3/26/04 (9 pm - Midnight) This was my first time at the EMP Sky Church. It's very interesting. They include the entire upstairs lobby area for concert goers to roam about in. This is probably how they can sell up to 1000 tickets. But it's a rather intimate concert setting. It's an all ages show, but they have two bar areas from which you can still see the stage. It's pretty clever all around. The first opener was Hellfire Choir. Three women on guitars, bass and vocals, and a guy on drums. Punk, and very musically tight. Even though I don't much care for Punk, I rather enjoyed their performance. Later they were all roaming about in the audience and chatting with people. The middle band sucked and I went away from the stage to chat with a friend instead. I'm told they were "emo", but I don't have a good solid understanding of this particular sub-category of rock, so I will just leave it at: they sucked. This was my first time seeing Joan Jett live in concert. See is a good performer, she knows how to connect with the crowd and keep energy reasonably up even while dealing with technical difficulties. I'm not really informed on such things, but she was having problems with an amp, or monitor. There wasn't any sound making it from her guitar to the speakers. So she would just keeping singing while technicians worked on the problem. The Blackhearts were good, but they didn't do anything particularly note worthy. They are there and they do a good job. The young guy with the mohawk jumped around and got our attention a bit, the rest of the guys seemed happy and mellow. Joan Jett is definitely the driving personality on the stage. All around a good show. Artists, Authors, Musicians item Posted: 4/3/04; 5:52:09 PM |
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| Onion: AV Club: Interview with Arthur C. Clarke | |
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"Onion: Another favorite quote you tend to bring up in interviews is, "If there are any gods whose chief concern is man, they can't be very important gods." Can you expound on that? A.C. Clarke: [Laughs.] Well, I was rather a cynic once. But now I've combined all my beliefs into this phrase I've been circulating: "Religion is the most malevolent of all mind viruses." It's adapted from a phrase by the British writer and scientist Richard Dawkins, who said that religion was a mind virus, an idea that infected the mind. He said that not all mind-viruses are malignant; some may even be beneficial. But many are harmful˜racist theories, for instance. O: With that quote, are you talking about religion's harm to the individual, or harm to society? ACC: Well, look at history: religious wars, the Inquisition, the Crusades. What more do you need? It could be both, though." - - - - - He's smart and funny and in his 80's. If that's not proof that keeping your mind sharp is the key to growing old gracefully, I don't know what is. This is a really fun interview and now I feel the need to find and read some of his books. ~Snow Artists, Authors, Musicians item Posted: 2/17/04; 7:57:34 PM |
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| Annie Leibovitz: American Music (EMP Gallery Show) | |
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Annie Leibovitz is just amazing. I love her work, and I admire her quite a lot. I learned recently that she has a new book out called American Music, and then I learned that it was viewable as a gallery show at the EMP where I have never been, even though I only live a couple miles from it. The show is only going to be there until Jan. 19th, so if you are interested you'll need to move fast. I considered just buying the book and skipping the gallery, but learned that there is an audio track she recorded for the gallery, with little comments on every portrait hanging there. I think this definitely made it worth it. And I still want the book, of course. There weren't hardly any musicians shown that I listen to, but I did recognize at least a quarter of them. She was focusing on music that was really very American, so it mainly focused on Blues and Jazz roots, a lot of Country, and then you see Iggy Pop over here, and Beck over there and Mary J. Blige near the end. The closest we come to the music I do, or have ever listened to by choice is a portrait of a guitarist from the Red Hot Chili Peppers. My favorite portrait here was of Emmylou Harris, with Dolly Parton and Lucinda Williams next. You can see two of these on the EMPsite. All in all a fabulous show which spawned conversation for the rest of the evening. Artists, Authors, Musicians item Posted: 1/4/04; 2:46:09 PM |
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| Oracle Gathering: Ocean Deep | |
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Attended - 11/8/03 My first time attending one of these events. It was described to me by a friend as what a rave has grown up to be. I never went to a rave so I can't say, but I had a pretty good time either way. For me it was like a huge club with many rooms, two dance rooms with slightly different kinds of music, and a room full of blankets and pillows to lounge in which was nice and other little side rooms. If nothing else had gone right, the eye candy and people watching would have been enough to make it worth while for me. All walks of life and age groups represented. And shockingly enough it was a non-smoking event! That was great. The ocean theme was well used in the decorating and in the main performance at midnight. We stayed for that and it was well worth it. Pretty costumes and lovely dancing. Well choreographed and not too long for the most part. There was an end piece with five gals flinging sand around which got a bit tedious, but that was it. The rest of it was well paced, with different creatures swimming through, taking their turns on stage steadily. I liked it. But if I go to the next one, which I hear will have a fairy theme, I'll remember to eat first. (That's what happens when I have a busy weekend and nothing happens when it should.) I didn't have a lot of energy for this one because I forgot to eat. So I mostly sat around and watched. And I had to leave right after the main performance. Artists, Authors, Musicians item Posted: 11/9/03; 10:18:37 PM |
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| Charles de Lint book reading and signing | |||
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| Johnette Napolitano on Underworld Soundtrack! | |
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I am looking forward to seeing this movie, Underworld, and also hearing the soundtrack which seems to have lots of good artists on there. (See the Flash intensive ad) Artists, Authors, Musicians item Posted: 9/3/03; 6:05:23 PM |
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| The Origin of Snow, by Tanith Lee | |
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A friend just sent me this short piece by Tanith Lee and I think it's great, so I want to share it here. Artists, Authors, Musicians item Posted: 8/3/03; 12:09:28 AM |
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| Exactitudes | |
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Fascinating look at how, in an attempt to be different, people (mainly young adults) pick a look, a group to be a part of, and all look the same. Instead of being an individual, they are part of the pack. You have to actually see this yourself. My favorite has to be the Ghoulies: http://www.exactitudes.com/series.php?nr=53 Artists, Authors, Musicians item Posted: 6/7/03; 12:41:11 PM |
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| Finishing School, at the Union Garage | |
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Attended - 5/3/03 Saturday night Michael and I decided to go out, but didn't know what to do. So, we went to the half price ticket counter in the market and asked what would be within walking distance. We got tickets to see "Finishing School" at the Union Garage. This was a small independent theatre production. A comedy about modern politics and image campaigns. About how a politician can be confused with a bathroom cleaner. It was rather entertaining, we weren't the only ones in the audience who laughed out loud. I'm hoping that we will start seeing more live performances locally, it's a nice change from just always going to a movie. Artists, Authors, Musicians item Posted: 5/6/03; 11:29:21 PM |
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| Ice Photographs | |
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Michael sent me this one and I think it's interesting and beautiful. After paging through all of the pictures read the about page. Artists, Authors, Musicians item Posted: 4/18/03; 9:49:39 PM |
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| Recital at Benaroya Hall | |
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Sun. 2/23/03, 7:30 pm Wow, you mean there are other things to do besides go to movies? I've got to get out more. We saw a recital by Gidon Kremer (Violin), and Naida Cole (Piano). Mr. Kremer was simply amazing. He was so involved in his performance that I couldn't help but watch and listen and enjoy it. Ms. Cole was harder to follow because I couldn't see much of her through the piano, and from my poor vantage point she seemed a little more mechanical. I think that I am also more interested in the violin myself. I suppose everyone has their preferences. I rather enjoyed the performance, and what's better, is that it has made me realize that all I ever think of is movies when I want to go out and I should really broaden my perspective. I live near downtown Seattle, there has to be 100 things to do on any given day, I just need to find out what a few of them are.
http://www.gidon-kremer.com/inglesehtml/default.asp Artists, Authors, Musicians item Posted: 2/24/03; 9:49:42 PM |
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| Rhythm Hot Shots | |
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Saw this dance troupe perform at the Century Ballroom tonight. They were really good. We were led to believe that they were mainly 'swing' dancers, but that wasn't so. They did tap and other things (that went by too fast for me to identify) as well. None of this is bad, by the way, just an observation. They are apparently just starting a west coast tour here and I think they will do great. They put on a pretty tight show, absolutely amazing in places. This is the sort of thing, seeing a really great performance, that makes feel like I should either dance more or give up completely. Artists, Authors, Musicians item Posted: 2/2/03; 11:54:29 PM |
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| Concrete Blonde (Concert Review) | |
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1/25/03, 8 pm at the Showbox, Seattle, WA Johnette Napolitano, Jim Mankey and their new drummer Gabriel Ramirez-Quezada put on an amazing show. Johnette is always the center of attention whether she likes it or not. She looked great, and she sounded amazing. The audience worshipped her. Jim always seems content to stay out of the spotlight, happy to be onstage playing. Gabriel seemed very happy to be up there. He did a great job. I hope he will be more reliable then Harry. Artists, Authors, Musicians item Posted: 2/1/03; 11:19:03 AM |
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