Sunday, July 18, 2010
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Coachella 2010!!
Here is the line-up for Coachella 2010, for the time being. I will be working at the Zia Records tent for the second year in a row! I gotta see Grizzly Bear among a few (dozen). Perhaps I'll be motivated enough to post another lengthy blog entry on my experiences this year.
Drop by the tent if you are lucky enough to make it out this year!!
K
Drop by the tent if you are lucky enough to make it out this year!!
K
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Ksenyia Simonova
Before watching this amazing Video Clip, first read the following….
This video shows the winner of "Ukraine’s Got Talent", Kseniya Simonova, 24, drawing a series of pictures on an illuminated sand table showing how ordinary people were affected by the German invasion during World War II. Her talent, which admittedly is a strange one, is mesmeric to watch.
The images, projected onto a large screen, moved many in the audience to tears and she won the top prize of about $130,000.00
She begins by creating a scene showing a couple sitting holding hands on a bench under a starry sky, but then warplanes appear and the happy scene is obliterated.
It is replaced by a woman’s face crying, but then a baby arrives and the woman smiles again. Once again war returns and Miss Simonova throws the sand into chaos from which a young woman’s face appears.
She quickly becomes an old widow, her face wrinkled and sad, before the image turns into a monument to an Unknown Soldier.
This outdoor scene becomes framed by a window as if the viewer is looking out on the monument from within a house..
In the final scene, a mother and child appear inside and a man standing outside, with his hands pressed against the glass, saying goodbye.
The Great Patriotic War, as it is called in Ukraine, resulted in one in four of the population being killed with eight to 11 million deaths out of a population of 42 million.
Kseniya Simonova says:
"I find it difficult enough to create art using paper and pencils or paintbrushes, but using sand and fingers is beyond me. The art, especially when the war is used as the subject matter, even brings some audience members to tears. And there’s surely no bigger compliment."
This video shows the winner of "Ukraine’s Got Talent", Kseniya Simonova, 24, drawing a series of pictures on an illuminated sand table showing how ordinary people were affected by the German invasion during World War II. Her talent, which admittedly is a strange one, is mesmeric to watch.
The images, projected onto a large screen, moved many in the audience to tears and she won the top prize of about $130,000.00
She begins by creating a scene showing a couple sitting holding hands on a bench under a starry sky, but then warplanes appear and the happy scene is obliterated.
It is replaced by a woman’s face crying, but then a baby arrives and the woman smiles again. Once again war returns and Miss Simonova throws the sand into chaos from which a young woman’s face appears.
She quickly becomes an old widow, her face wrinkled and sad, before the image turns into a monument to an Unknown Soldier.
This outdoor scene becomes framed by a window as if the viewer is looking out on the monument from within a house..
In the final scene, a mother and child appear inside and a man standing outside, with his hands pressed against the glass, saying goodbye.
The Great Patriotic War, as it is called in Ukraine, resulted in one in four of the population being killed with eight to 11 million deaths out of a population of 42 million.
Kseniya Simonova says:
"I find it difficult enough to create art using paper and pencils or paintbrushes, but using sand and fingers is beyond me. The art, especially when the war is used as the subject matter, even brings some audience members to tears. And there’s surely no bigger compliment."
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Friday, January 1, 2010
Discovered/Re-Discovered Catalog In 2009
Here's a list of a few catalog titles that I discovered/re-discovered in 2009 that are worth checking out:
* Azure Ray - Hold On Love
* Clearlake - Cedars
* The Czars - The Ugly People vs. The Beautiful People
* The Dream Syndicate - Ghost Stories
* Elbow - Asleep In The Back
* Galaxie 500 - This Is Our Music
* Guitar - Saltykisses
* James - Wah Wah
* Lisa Gerrard - Silver Tree
* Maria Taylor - Lynn Teeter Flower
* Mary Timony - The Golden Dove
* Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
* Recoil - Liquid
* Slowdive - I Am The Elephant, U Are The Mouse - Soundtrack
* The You - For The Masses
Enjoy!
K
* Azure Ray - Hold On Love
* Clearlake - Cedars
* The Czars - The Ugly People vs. The Beautiful People
* The Dream Syndicate - Ghost Stories
* Elbow - Asleep In The Back
* Galaxie 500 - This Is Our Music
* Guitar - Saltykisses
* James - Wah Wah
* Lisa Gerrard - Silver Tree
* Maria Taylor - Lynn Teeter Flower
* Mary Timony - The Golden Dove
* Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
* Recoil - Liquid
* Slowdive - I Am The Elephant, U Are The Mouse - Soundtrack
* The You - For The Masses
Enjoy!
K
Friday, December 25, 2009
Top 20 Albums 2009
Top Albums 2009
1. Grizzly Bear – Vecatimest
2. Doves – Kingdom Of Rust
3. Jónsi & Alex – Riceboy Sleeps
4. Neko Case – Middle Cyclone
5. St. Vincent – Actor
6. Zee Avi – Zee Avi
7. Brandi Carlile – Give Up The Ghost
8. Various Artists - Dark Was The Night
9. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz
10. Bat For Lashes – Two Suns
11. xx – xx
12. The Mars Volta - Octahedron
13. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
14. Camera Obscura – My Maudelin Career
15. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
16. Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions – Through The Devil Softly
17. Julian Plenti – Julian Plenti Is…Skyscraper
18. Julian Casablancas - Phrazes For The Young
19. David Sylvian – Manafon
20. Mono – Hymn To The Immortal Wind
1. Grizzly Bear – Vecatimest
2. Doves – Kingdom Of Rust
3. Jónsi & Alex – Riceboy Sleeps
4. Neko Case – Middle Cyclone
5. St. Vincent – Actor
6. Zee Avi – Zee Avi
7. Brandi Carlile – Give Up The Ghost
8. Various Artists - Dark Was The Night
9. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz
10. Bat For Lashes – Two Suns
11. xx – xx
12. The Mars Volta - Octahedron
13. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
14. Camera Obscura – My Maudelin Career
15. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
16. Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions – Through The Devil Softly
17. Julian Plenti – Julian Plenti Is…Skyscraper
18. Julian Casablancas - Phrazes For The Young
19. David Sylvian – Manafon
20. Mono – Hymn To The Immortal Wind
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