Distance can create a sense of comfort and security, but it can also overwhelm, causing feelings of isolation and despair. So when Ben Gibbard was developing a title for the band
The United States drastically differs from other nations with respect to payment of public performance royalties. However, that may soon change in the artists
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On the heels of the acclaimed feature film documentary, Scratch, which chronicles the birth and evolution of the hip-hop DJ, the Scratch Tour 2003 features turntable masters QBert, Mix Master Mike, X-ecutioners, Z-Trip and the Original Jazzy Jay. Incorporating multimedia artists and opening sets by local DJs, the Scratch Tour proves DJs are more than equal to their traditional instrument peers
Skiing never made much sense to me. Every winter growing up in Milwaukee, a healthy chunk of classmates would be bussed up to a ski resort called Sunburst, leaving a few dozen of us pasty, fragile children behind. Not that I minded much; to me, a skier was placed in the same category as someone who would drive a car without a seatbelt on. A lunatic. I grew up in a conservative Jewish household-not conservative in the religious sense; we enjoyed a nice piece of shellfish every now and again. I mean conservative in the neurotic, overly cautious sense. I might not have been allowed to experience football, skiing, snowboarding, wrestling, hockey, or lacrosse. But I did turn out to be quite a fine yahtzee player.
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Rhonda Mitrani’s new project, The Florida Room, advocates a collaboration of local artists, organizations and citizens, to create community events centered around art. It provides a platform for dialogue and an outlet for expression and education. The organization launched its quest with its documentary film festival, The Rebirth of Social Media. Now in its second year, the festival runs Nov. 13-15th with the theme
The way it is: BMG Heritage has set a Jan. 13 release for two sets celebrating the career of pianist Bruce Hornsby. The CD “Greatest Radio Hits” is Hornsby’s first greatest-hits package. His first DVD release, the 1990 concert film “A Night on the Town,” will also hit stores that day.
Greatest Radio Hits” sports Hornsby’s best-known tracks, including “Mandolin Rain,” “Look Out Any Window,” “The Valley Road” and his breakthrough hit, “The Way It Is.” The set also features live versions of “The End of the Innocence” and “Jacob’s Ladder,” the former a collaboration with Don Henley that Henley made famous, and the latter a Hornsby compilation that proved a hit for Huey Lewis.
Additionally, the album boasts “Go Back to Your Woods,” a new and previously unreleased collaboration with Robbie Robertson.
As for “A Night on the Town,” it was filmed in 1990 in Los Angeles and features a host of guest artists, including Shawn Colvin, Bela Fleck and Jerry Garcia. Hornsby and his band the Range whip through a bevy of hits and rarities, including a cover of Otis Redding’s “These Arms of Mine.”
Source Billboard.com.
