RSSCulture
HOME > ENTERTAINMENT > CULTURE
Packing It In: Why the Foam Noodle Couldn't Cut It in the Protection Racket
Materials engineer Edgar Burchard has been watching packing materials fail for his entire career. In 1964, when he was a recent hire at BASF, the conglomerate narrowly escaped a public scandal. It had been crowing about the quality of its foam shells—brand-new tech at the time—so the PR guys dreamed up a brilliant publicity stunt: They would ship Michelangelo's La Pietà from the Vatican to the World's Fair in New York. Packed, of course, in their product. But when expo workers in Queens pried open the wooden crate, they found the massive marble masterpiece listing dangerously to one side, just a bump away from catastrophe. Vatican staff chalked up the barely averted disaster to their excellent relations with God. But Burchard knew that divine intervention would never have been necessary if BASF's product were better designed. Fast forward 30 years, to 1995. While Burchard was experimenting with refrigerator insulation, he came up with a novel way of molding low-density foam. The foam wasn't a very good insulator (in other words, not useful to him at the time), but he was impressed by how light and strong it was. He realized that he could use it to improve upon the packing peanut. Burchard shaped the new material into rough- textured lightning bolts of foam that locked together to stay put under the weight of heavy, priceless objects. He christened his creation Expans O Fill and in 1998 sent it to Michigan State University's School of Packaging for independent testing. It trounced all seven competitive products, transmitting up to 90 percent less shock and cushioning four times better than the packing peanut. Five years later, 3M bought the design, renamed it the Packing Noodle, and rolled it out in 2004. Even though the Noodle was a vast improvement over the peanut, "they didn't sell well," says Carter Swift, a brand manager at 3M. "They were just too different." The Noodles came fitted together in compact, shrink-wrapped blocks. Retailers loved them because they took up such little shelf space. But consumers didn't understand that the blocks broke apart into hundreds of Noodles. In June, Burchard's brilliant idea was discontinued, and once again we're left with only God (and a few lesser earthly products) to protect our precious cargo.
Congratulations Human, You've Been Accepted to Singularity University
Tech luminaries Ray Kurzweil (The Singularity Is Near) and Peter Diamandis (X Prize) recently opened Singularity University, which offers an interdisciplinary "graduate studies program" combining genetics, artificial intelligence, and engineering. It's nine weeks of deep thought with eminent theorists and business leaders. Just getting accepted would be... something.
Great Geek Debates: Kirk vs. Picard
If you’re a Star Trek fan, you’ve surely considered the differences between the captains in the various series, even if you don’t have a favorite. And, while Sisko, Janeway, and even Archer have their fans, the quintessential Star Trek debate has been, since TNG premiered nearly 22 years ago, who’s the better captain: Kirk or Picard?
Force of Nature: Artist Puts Petal to the Metal for Electrifying Images
Forget the notion of a reverent nature photographer tiptoeing through the woods, camera slung over one shoulder, patiently looking for perfect light. Robert Buelteman works indoors in total darkness, forsaking cameras, lenses, and computers for jumper cables, fiber optics, and 80,000 volts of electricity. This bizarre union of Dr. Frankenstein and Georgia O'Keeffe spawns photos that seem to portray the life force of his subjects as the very process destroys them. Golden Columbine
Buelteman's technique is an elaborate extension of Kirlian photography (a high-voltage photogram process popular in the late 1930s) and is considered so dangerous and laborious that no one else will attempt it—even if they could get through all the steps. Buelteman begins by painstakingly whittling down flowers, leaves, sprigs, and twigs with a scalpel until they're translucent. He then lays each specimen on color transparency film and, for a more detailed effect, covers it with a diffusion screen. This assemblage is placed on his "easel"—a piece of sheet metal sandwiched between Plexiglas, floating in liquid silicone. Buelteman hits everything with an electric pulse and the electrons do a dance as they leap from the sheet metal, through the silicone and the plant (and hopefully not through him), while heading back out the jumper cables. In that moment, the gas surrounding the subject is ionized, leaving behind ethereal coronas. He then hand-paints the result with white light shining through an optical fiber the width of a human hair, a process so tricky each image can take up to 150 attempts. Because there's no lens to distort the colors, Buelteman's work replicates natural hues far better than traditional photographs. "I'm calling into question what we see every day," Buelteman says. "Is that really a flower? Have I been blind my entire life?" You can see for yourself in his recently published book, Signs of Life. Alstroemeria, sp.
Cannabis sativa
Cortaderia selloana
Eucalyptus polyanthemos
Galisteo Roses
Helianthus annuus
White Clematis
Photo: Robert Buelteman
Photo: Robert Buelteman
Photo: Robert Buelteman
Photo: Robert Buelteman
Photo: Robert Buelteman
Photo: Robert Buelteman
Photo: Robert Buelteman
Photo: Robert Buelteman
Pa Ingalls, Pioneer GeekDad
You may think that “Little House on The Prairie” is pretty much just about Laura Ingalls running through the tall grass in a calico dress. But there’s a lot more D.I.Y. than dresses: This is life before Home Depot.
Gadget Blessings: Shinto Priest Protects Electronics From Bad Mojo
Boom!... Boom!... My chest reverberates with the thumping of a huge wooden drum as two robed holy men shuffle across tatami mats. They kneel in a vermilion-colored alcove, and a young assistant announces that the ceremony has commenced. The priests begin bowing and chanting rhythmically. I've been given a white "robe of cleansing" to wear. Actually, it's more like a smock. I'm not sure what I should be doing. I bow a couple of times. I've come to the 1,270-year-old Kanda Shrine in Tokyo to purify and bless something very near and dear to me: my cell phone. I've had hellish luck with mobiles over the past year. I left one on a ride at Universal Studios Japan. Its successor suddenly—and mysteriously—died. The next one accompanied my pants into the washing machine, and its replacement went AWOL in less than a week. Divine intervention was needed, and pronto. Japan's Shinto religion holds that nearly every object in the world, animate or inanimate, has a spiritual essence. Therefore, anything can be blessed, from a newborn child to an automobile. Priests at the Kanda Shrine, which overlooks Akihabara—Tokyo's mecca for consumer electronics—offer prayers for the well-being of gadgets. Kanda found its calling in metaphysical IT work seven years ago, when Microsoft XP went on sale in Japan. The shrine created talismans to prevent system crashes, and they were snapped up by the throngs of nerds who prowl Akihabara for the latest gizmos and porn comics. Soon, requests were pouring in for priests to perform purification rites on laptops, cell phones, even Web portals. Today Kanda offers microchip-shaped good-luck charms for ¥800 (about $8) and private ceremonies for ¥5,000. Back in the great hall, an older priest waves a giant wand—essentially a mop of white parchment streamers—over his counterpart. Thus cleansed, the younger priest rises and carries my phone on a lacquer tray to the main altar. He begins a low-pitched chant, invoking the shrine's deities to "watch over and protect Brian Ashcraft's cellular phone." As the sound of plucked koto strings echoes through the hall, the assistant jingles gold bells over my head. I'm told to approach the altar and am given a tree branch, an offering to the shrine's deities. A priest painstakingly instructs me to turn the branch 180 degrees—no, no, clockwise—and place it on the altar. Then bow deeply twice—that's good—and clap twice. Most Japanese people would probably stumble through this intricate ceremony as clumsily as I do, but the tenets of Shinto are deeply ingrained in their consciousness. It occurs to me that this must affect how they view their little electronic helpmates. Perhaps gadgets really do have souls. Maybe my problem isn't bad luck—maybe I simply haven't been giving my phones the respect they deserve. I bow again, and the ceremony concludes. Near the great hall's exit, I am presented with a wooden plaque certifying that my cell has been purified. Over a cup of sake, senior priest Katsuji Takahashi chuckles as he tells me, "I've lost my phone twice, but both times it turned up." Seven months later, my blessed phone is still with me. My cell phone sits in a lacquer tray waiting to be blessed by a Shinto priest. Late last year, I visited the ancient Kanda shrine, located in the heart of Tokyo's consumer electronics district. The shrine does boffo business offering charms and ceremonial purifications that protect cell phones and laptops and even blogs and ISP service from bad mojo. You can read about it here and see more images of the temple and its priests by clicking on the thumbnails above.
A geek nirvana has grown up around the 1,200-year-old Shinto shrine. Tokyo's Akihabara district is the place to go if you're looking for gizmos, manga, videogames, anime, or figurines. On the right is the otaku hypermart AsoBitCity, and on the left is a doujin (fanzine) bookstore packed with images of doe-eyed schoolgirl characters.
Up a narrow side street and under a red and green gate, a wide stone path leads up to the Kanda shrine. It's morning, and a salaryman on his way to work stands tossing change into the wooden offering box and clasps his hands in prayer. Just over the top of the green roof tiles, modern buildings dot the skyline. The view is discombobulating at first, the modern and ritzy clashing with the traditional and sacred, yet that image sums up Japan.
Near the shrine's entryway is what looks like an old-school arcade attraction. Inside is a shishigashira, or lion head puppet. Drop some yen in this coin-op device to see the mechanical lion do its festive Shinto dance that wards off evil. When the shimmying is over, an omikuji, or fortune, drops down the chute. The fortune, printed on a rolled-up piece of paper, could just as easily be terrible as great. I'm afraid to use the thing — one more bit of bad luck and my cell phone might spontaneously combust in my pocket.
I enter the shrine with my cell and don a white robe for the purification ceremony. I've been called before the altar. I'm feeling nervous and awkward. Why wouldn't I be? I don't know precisely what it is that I'm supposed to be doing. Clap two times...? Alrighty, here goes.
Whoosh! Parchment rustles noisily, and gusts of cleansed air hit me in the face. The priest is holding a haraigushi, a prayer stick covered with folded bits of paper. Waving the haraigushi over my phone is part of the blessing ceremony. After this is over, I'm called upon to offer a tree branch to the deities of the shrine.
These paper charms are made to look like microchips. Each has the words "IT Info Safety Blessing" and the shrine's name inscribed on it. The backing is a sticker with peel-off paper — perfect for slapping it onto your laptop. Take that, computer viruses!
All done! I'm given a piece of wood to commemorate the ritual. My name is handwritten on it, along with the words "Cell Phone Safety Blessing." It's been eight months since this ceremony, and my phone is still safe and sound. Maybe the ritual itself worked…or maybe the ritual forced me to look at my phone with a little more reverence and respect.
10 Best Prison Breaks
Tower of London (1597)
Libby Prison (1864)
Lake County Jail (1934)
Auschwitz (1944)
Stalag Luft III (1944)
Colditz Castle (1945)
Alcatraz (1962)
Imrali (1974)
Pretoria Prison (1979)
Luynes and Grasse Prisons (2001, 2003, 2007)
Catholic dissenter John Gerard fled on a rope stretched from the Tower roof to a getaway rowboat.
Captive Union soldiers tunneled from this Virginia prison into a nearby yard; 109 walked away.
John Dillinger, brandishing a wooden gun blackened with shoe polish, bailed in the sheriff's Ford.
Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler hid in a woodpile for days before trekking to the Slovakian border.
POWs excavated three tunnels below this Nazi stronghold. Only three of 76 men got away, but it's still known as the Great Escape.
The best escape from this WWII prison never happened: Allied officers built a glider in the attic but were rescued before takeoff.
After chipping away walls with spoons, Frank Morris and the Anglin brothers left on a raincoat raft and were never found.
At a Turkish island jail, Billy Hayes stole a boat and survived to see the movie adaptation—Midnight Express—win two Oscars.
Political activists learned to pick locks while in the clink. (Or did a sympathetic guard help?) They opened 10 doors on the way out.
Pascal Payet called in a hijacked helicopter. He later returned in another to lift out two buddies. Recaptured, he did it again—on Bastille Day.
Video: How to Photograph Strangers on the Street
Photographer Clay Enos goes from shooting superheroes on the set of Watchmen to taking street portraits. He shows us how to do a street-studio photo session with a sheet of white paper, some tape and a camera. Also required: Good people skills.
20 More Ways to Tell You're Married to a Geek
If your husband still cries after watching Lord of the Rings, there's a good chance you're married to a GeekDad.
Jargon Watch: Queasing, Predator X, Greenfinger
Queasing n. British slang for "quantitative easing," the UK's policy of printing money to stimulate the economy. The US is doing much the same thing, but Fed chair Ben Bernanke calls it "credit easing"—and so far pundits haven't spun "creasing" into the vernacular. Predator X n. Paleontologists' name for a recently discovered marine dinosaur with foot-long teeth. Its bite, four times stronger than T. rex's, could have crushed a Hummer. Greenfinger n. A rogue environmentalist who endangers ecosystems with risky projects aimed at reducing global warming. Proposed schemes include dumping iron filings into the ocean and injecting a chalky substance into the arctic stratosphere. Grass mud horse n. Wildly popular on YouTube, this mythical, alpaca-like creature was conjured by Chinese citizens to protest Internet censorship. Though the grass mud horse looks innocent, its Chinese name—Cao Ni Ma—sounds like "fuck your mother" in Mandarin.
—Jonathon Keats (jargon@wired.com)
Wired: Culture
News, reviews and opinion from the digital realm.
Jefferson—The Risk of Too Much Confidence in Elected Government
It would be a dangerous delusion were a confidence in the men of our choice to silence our fears for the safety of our rights; that confidence is every where the parent of despotism; free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence; it is jealousy, and not confidence, which prescribes limited constitutions to bind down those whom we are obliged to trust with power; that our Constitution has accordingly fixed the limits to which, and no farther, our confidence may go; and let the honest advocate of confidence read the Alien and Sedition Acts, and say if the Constitution has not been wise in fixing limits to the government it created, and whether we should be wise in destroying those limits; let him say what the government is, if it be not a tyranny, which the men of our choice have conferred on the President, and the President of our choice has assented to and accepted, over the friendly strangers, to whom the mild spirit of our country and its laws had pledged hospitality and protection; that the men of our choice have more respected the bare suspicions of the President than the solid rights of innocence, the claims of justification, the sacred force of truth, and the forms and substance of law and justice. In questions of power, then, let no more be said of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution. . . .
Links
. . .
KEN SILVERSTEIN—The Clinton Foundation: It depends on how you define “is”
When Barack Obama nominated Hillary Clinton as secretary of state, he made her appointment contingent on her husband revealing the contributors to his foundation in order to avoid any questions about potential conflicts of interest. The foundation subsequently disclosed its donors– after refusing to list them for a decade– and it turned out they included many “governments, corporations and billionaires with their own interests in U.S. foreign policy”. . . .
KEN SILVERSTEIN—Absolute Last Word on Soccer: Fans make PETA activists look open-minded
Not since endorsing horse slaughter have I received so many angry emails from readers of this blog as I have in response to my recent posts about the lamentable American soccer team. Really, American soccer fans need to lighten up; the anti-horse-slaughter crowd had a much better sense of humor. Also, fans might want to channel some of their energy and passion into more enlightened causes than soccer, such as ending world hunger and homelessness. . . .
KEN SILVERSTEIN—Washington Post and Reporters For Sale to Highest Bidder
From Politico: . . .
Links
. . .
Correction
Because of an editing error, “The Less You Know” [Readings, June], an abridged transcript of a December 19, 2005, telephone conversation between Bernard Madoff and executives of the Fairfield Greenwich Group (FGG), mistakenly suggested that FGG permitted Madoff to remove funds directly from its accounts. The edited transcript also erroneously implied that Madoff was operating FGG’s fund. Furthermore, the Fairfield Greenwich Group has advised Harper’s Magazine that it was at the time of the conversation fully cooperating with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and that it notified the SEC about the phone call and all aspects of the conversation with Madoff. We regret the errors. . . .
KEN SILVERSTEIN—For Your Morning Viewing Pleasure
The Daily Show and the Colbert Report were both unmissable last night. . . .
KEN SILVERSTEIN—Clinton Boner Picture Identified
Yesterday I posted an item describing a picture (sent to me by several sources) of former President Bill Clinton posing for the camera with Gulnara Karimova, daughter of the dictator of Uzbekistan and a woman widely accused of corruption and thuggery. I didn’t post the picture because I wasn’t sure who owned the rights, but a reader emailed me to say that I could find a copy at Gulnara’s personal website, so here it is. (Incidentally, for a taste of just how vile Gulnara is, spend a few moments on her site.) . . .
KEN SILVERSTEIN—More on the Awful American Soccer Team
I received dozens of replies to yesterday’s post about why I hate the American soccer team and was so happy to see it seize defeat from the jaws of victory in the Confederation Cup final against Brazil. The replies were overwhelmingly negative and a few were nasty (”You are embarrassing to our nation, the sport and journalism”). I’ll publish a few below. Thanks to everyone for writing, even Matt Horton, who sent that last comment (and I published the most civilized sentence of his tirade). . . .
SCOTT HORTON—“Just Following Orders”
Often enough, commentators talk about the prospect that some foreign prosecutors will open criminal cases against Americans involved in some of the Bush Administration’s criminal enterprises, such as the operation of the torture black sites. But such cases are not speculative. They are already pending, and the most advanced of them is now coming close to the conclusion of the trial phase. In Milan, Italian prosecutors are pursuing kidnapping and assault charges against 26 American officials—CIA officers, diplomats, and a military attaché—in connection with the seizure and torture of a radical Islamic cleric known as Abu Omar. According to some observers, the case will conclude by the end of the summer. . . .
Links
. . .
KEN SILVERSTEIN—Coleman Concedes: The good news and the bad news
From the New York Times: . . .
KEN SILVERSTEIN—Clinton’s Latest Boner: Ex-president poses with dictator’s daughter
Two trusted sources have sent me a picture of former President Bill Clinton posing for the camera with a woman who the sources say is Gulnara Karimova, daughter of the dictator of Uzbekistan, one of the world’s worst regimes. The picture is undated but was clearly taken recently. I haven’t published it because I don’t know who owns the rights, but I have compared it with photographs of Gulnara on the web and it certainly appears to be her. . . .
KEN SILVERSTEIN—The Evil of Sam Zell
I used to work at the Los Angeles Times and still read it online regularly, although I rarely see a hard copy. I was just in Los Angeles for a week and was surprised to see that — despite Sam Zell’s best efforts to destroy it — it’s still an exceedingly good newspaper. . . .
KEN SILVERSTEIN—I hate the U.S. (Soccer Team)
Americans almost always interpret international sports victories as demonstrations of national superiority, so it was wonderful to watch the U.S. soccer team’s massive choke in the Confederation Cup final against Brazil. Ahead 2-0 at the half, the Americans watched helplessly as Brazil scored three goals in the second half to win. (Actually four, but the referee blew a call and failed to credit what I, watching the game on television, could see was an obvious goal by Kaka.) . . .
KEN SILVERSTEIN—Snack Attack: Industry lobbies on junk food
From the Wall Street Journal: . . .
THEODORE ROSS—Weekly Review
Iraq held its first National Sovereignty Day in honor of the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraqi cities. A celebration was held with poets and singers in Baghdad's al-Zawraa park and former Vice President Dick Cheney said that he was worried that the withdrawal would “waste all the tremendous sacrifice that has gotten us to this point.” Two hundred Iraqis were killed or wounded in the last ten days of June.
CNN
The Washington Times
A federal court judge in New York City sentenced Bernard Madoff to 150 years in prison, calling Madoff “extraordinarily evil” and noting that none of the financier's family members, friends, or associates had pleaded for leniency on his behalf.
NY Times
Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was exiled to Costa Rica by the military as part of a coup d'etat under the direction of the Honduran Supreme Court; he was replaced by Roberto Michelletti, who took power in what he called “an absolutely legal transition process.”
BBC News
Steve Jobs returned to Apple with a new liver.
NY Times
Google CEO Eric Schmidt said that attempts by governments to censor the Internet were futile, and that governments censored “at their own peril.”
Telegraph
The New York Times revealed that, for seven months, it had sought to keep news of the kidnapping of one of its reporters by the Taliban out of the media, and had worked closely with Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales to suppress news of the kidnapping.
The New York Times
Spanish fertility researchers advised professional cyclists to freeze their sperm,
BBC News
and the sheriff of Los Angeles County was considering whether to distribute condoms to all L.A. jail inmates, rather than just the gay ones.
LA Times
. . .
Links
. . .
SCOTT HORTON—Judges Above the Law
The chief judge of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals acted preemptively in an apparent effort to head off challenges to his colleague, torture lawyer turned judge Jay Bybee. On Friday, public interests groups in California filed a judicial misconduct complaint against Bybee based on his focal role in creating legal memoranda designed to protect torturers against criminal prosecution. Judge Alex Kozinski handed down a decision stating that judges of the court of appeals could not be held accountable for any crimes they may have committed before they came on the bench—at least not through the court’s own internal disciplinary mechanisms. Bybee had prepared the torture memoranda for the Department of Justice while his nomination to the federal bench was in the process of being cleared, and some critics have seen evidence of a quid pro quo arrangement under which he prepared the memoranda in order to get the appointment as a federal judge. Bybee is now the subject of a criminal investigation in the Spanish Audiencia Nacional—making him the first American federal appeals court judge to continue on the bench after becoming the subject of a criminal proceeding. John Roemer of the Daily Journal reports:(subscription required) . . .
García Lorca — For the Love of Green
Verde que te quiero verde.
Verde viento. Verdes ramas.
El barco sobre la mar
y el caballo en la montaña.
Con la sombra en la cintura
ella sueña en su baranda,
verde carne, pelo verde,
con ojos de fría plata.
Verde que te quiero verde.
Bajo la luna gitana,
las cosas le están mirando
y ella no puede mirarlas. . . .
Copernicus—Vita brevis
Vita brevis, sensus ebes, negligentiæ torpor et inutiles occupationes nos pancula scire permittent. Et aliquotients scita excutit ab animo per temporum frandatrix scientiæ et inimica memoriam præceps oblivio. . . .
Links
. . .
RONALD REAGAN—G.O.P.Y.T.
Dear Michael, . . .
MR. FISH—A Cartoon
. . .
SCOTT HORTON—Did a Bush Justice Figure Obstruct the Renzi Investigation?
Why was Paul K. Charlton, the man appointed by George W. Bush in 2001 as U.S. attorney in Arizona, fired from his job in the immediate wake of the 2006 election? Charlton was pursuing a corruption investigation into G.O.P. Congressman Rick Renzi. Karl Rove and his acolytes in the White House were deeply concerned that information about the investigation could cost the G.O.P. a vital seat in the House. That fact seems clearly to have played a major role in the decision to fire Charlton. But it seems that political meddling with the Renzi case was not limited to Charlton’s firing. . . .
Links
. . .
SCOTT HORTON—Political Prosecutions in the Bush Era: A Forum
While the collapse of the Justice Department’s prosecution of former Alaska Senator Ted Stevens and the criminal probe targeting the Department’s senior prosecutors responsible for political cases have gained some recent attention, the story of prosecutorial misconduct in high-profile political cases over the last eight years remains largely unexplored. On Friday, June 26, a forum in Washington will focus attention on these cases and will revive the call for Congressional probes and an internal accounting within the Justice Department. . . .
Links
. . .
Links
. . .
Harper's Magazine
Harper's Magazine: Founded June 1850.
This RSS feed has moved!
Please update your link to point to this new address.
Facing the Challenge of our times
Equipping Christians to respond to contemporary culture in a Biblical, effective way
CD Review: Tea Leaf Green - Coffee Bean Brown Comes Alive
San Francisco rock band, Tea Leaf Green is known for their incendiary, psychedelic rock shows and skillfully crafted songs. Over the years, they have developed an alter ego band with the namesake, Coffee Bean Brown. Coffee Bean Brown is known for playing impromptu shows that display their acoustic side while focusing more on singer/songwriter Trevor Garrod’s timeless songwriting skills. These shows are special for the few Tea Leaf Green fans who attend and now they are offering one of their most intimate shows available with clear, crispy quality. <em><br /> </em>
Strangers Almanac: Volume 27: Regina Spektor
<div align=\"center\">At first listen, Regina Spektor’s music sounds fantastical, with her buoyant voice, backed by piano runs, escaping far, far away from reality. However, the listening experience is a lot like opening a little girl’s music box. The spinning, red-haired ballerina at center stage pirouettes in time with the twinkling melody, and at first the dance feels inviting and at last, eerily affecting. The music box’s whimsy masks its ability to actually influence an audience, but then its power takes hold. It’s not just fun anymore…it’s something more.</div>
Time Out, Take Five: Branford Marsalis, Sonny Rollins, Ravi Coltrane, Steve Bernstein, Bill Evans
Five more shotgun jazz CD reviews by Glide contributor Doug Collette - this month he visits: Branford Marsalis, Sonny Rollins, Ravi Coltrane, Steve Bernstein, Bill Evans.<br />
CD Review: Andy Shauf - Darker Days
Sometimes all it takes is a pure voice, a few instruments, and a scattering of bells and whistles for a talent to stand out in a crowd. Canada’s Andy Shauf has all of those things, and he delivers them on <em>Darker Days</em>, his solo debut. The songs are brief, the songwriting seems personal and mature, and the melodies have staying power that suggest Shauf, 21, is a lot older than he really is.
Feature: Track By Track: An Inside Look at Mark Karans Walk Through The Fire
<em>A new Hidden Track column called 'Track By Track,' in which an artist shares a story or factoid about each track on their latest album.</em>
Gallery: Nine Inch Nails - Susquehanna Bank Center, Camden NJ 6.5.09
Nine Inch Nails performing in Camden, NJ on June 5th, 2009. All photos by Kenny Pusey
CD Review: The Mars Volta - Octohedron
Straightforward. Subdued. Accessible. If <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Octohedron</span> had been recorded by just about any other band, those words would never cross anyone's mind. However, the Mars Volta has pushed the boundaries of their music and their mania time and again, leaving the expectation that each album will be a further exploration of psychedelic insanity. This album explores to be sure, but in a different way than they have previously
CD Review: Akron/Family - Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free
It is great to literally hear the walls of genre coffining labels collapse when Akron/Family starts a’rolling. Their newest release <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Set’Em Wild, Set’Em Free</span> isn’t as experimentally weird as past efforts, but still brings enough freak with their Nuevo-hippy folk to keep listeners on edge. <br />
Sights & Sounds: Booker T. Jones & Drive By Truckers - "Green Onions"
Giveaway: Albert King/Stevie Ray Vaughan CD/Stax Records T-Shirt
Glide Magazine is proud to giveaway to three (3) different winners a CD copy of Albert King and Steve Ray Vaughan's In Session and a Stax T-Shirt.
CD Review: Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> </w:Compatibility> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val=\"Cambria Math\"/> <m:brkBin m:val=\"before\"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val=\"--\"/> <m:smallFrac m:val=\"off\"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val=\"0\"/> <m:rMargin m:val=\"0\"/> <m:defJc m:val=\"centerGroup\"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val=\"1440\"/> <m:intLim m:val=\"subSup\"/> <m:naryLim m:val=\"undOvr\"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState=\"false\" DefUnhideWhenUsed=\"true\" DefSemiHidden=\"true\" DefQFormat=\"false\" DefPriority=\"99\" LatentStyleCount=\"267\"> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"0\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" QFormat=\"true\" Name=\"Normal\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"9\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" QFormat=\"true\" Name=\"heading 1\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"9\" QFormat=\"true\" Name=\"heading 2\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"9\" QFormat=\"true\" Name=\"heading 3\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"9\" QFormat=\"true\" Name=\"heading 4\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"9\" QFormat=\"true\" Name=\"heading 5\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"9\" QFormat=\"true\" Name=\"heading 6\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"9\" QFormat=\"true\" Name=\"heading 7\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"9\" QFormat=\"true\" Name=\"heading 8\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"9\" QFormat=\"true\" Name=\"heading 9\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"39\" Name=\"toc 1\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"39\" Name=\"toc 2\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"39\" Name=\"toc 3\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"39\" Name=\"toc 4\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"39\" Name=\"toc 5\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"39\" Name=\"toc 6\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"39\" Name=\"toc 7\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"39\" Name=\"toc 8\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"39\" Name=\"toc 9\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"35\" QFormat=\"true\" Name=\"caption\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"10\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" QFormat=\"true\" Name=\"Title\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"1\" Name=\"Default Paragraph Font\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"11\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" QFormat=\"true\" Name=\"Subtitle\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"22\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" QFormat=\"true\" Name=\"Strong\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"20\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" QFormat=\"true\" Name=\"Emphasis\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"59\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Table Grid\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Placeholder Text\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"1\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" QFormat=\"true\" Name=\"No Spacing\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"60\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Light Shading\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"61\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Light List\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"62\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Light Grid\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"63\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Medium Shading 1\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"64\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Medium Shading 2\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"65\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Medium List 1\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"66\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Medium List 2\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"67\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Medium Grid 1\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"68\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Medium Grid 2\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"69\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Medium Grid 3\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"70\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Dark List\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"71\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Colorful Shading\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"72\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Colorful List\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"73\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Colorful Grid\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"60\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Light Shading Accent 1\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"61\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Light List Accent 1\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"62\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Light Grid Accent 1\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"63\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Medium Shading 1 Accent 1\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"64\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Medium Shading 2 Accent 1\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"65\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Medium List 1 Accent 1\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Revision\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"34\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" QFormat=\"true\" Name=\"List Paragraph\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"29\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" QFormat=\"true\" Name=\"Quote\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"30\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" QFormat=\"true\" Name=\"Intense Quote\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"66\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Medium List 2 Accent 1\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"67\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Medium Grid 1 Accent 1\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"68\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Medium Grid 2 Accent 1\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"69\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Medium Grid 3 Accent 1\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"70\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Dark List Accent 1\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"71\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Colorful Shading Accent 1\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"72\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Colorful List Accent 1\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"73\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Colorful Grid Accent 1\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"60\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Light Shading Accent 2\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"61\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Light List Accent 2\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"62\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Light Grid Accent 2\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"63\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Medium Shading 1 Accent 2\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"64\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Medium Shading 2 Accent 2\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"65\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Medium List 1 Accent 2\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"66\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Medium List 2 Accent 2\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"67\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Medium Grid 1 Accent 2\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"68\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Medium Grid 2 Accent 2\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"69\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Medium Grid 3 Accent 2\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"70\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Dark List Accent 2\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"71\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Colorful Shading Accent 2\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"72\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Colorful List Accent 2\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"73\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Colorful Grid Accent 2\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"60\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Light Shading Accent 3\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"61\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Light List Accent 3\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"62\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Light Grid Accent 3\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"63\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Medium Shading 1 Accent 3\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"64\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Medium Shading 2 Accent 3\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"65\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Medium List 1 Accent 3\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"66\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Medium List 2 Accent 3\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"67\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Medium Grid 1 Accent 3\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"68\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Medium Grid 2 Accent 3\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"69\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Medium Grid 3 Accent 3\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"70\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Dark List Accent 3\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"71\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Colorful Shading Accent 3\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"72\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Colorful List Accent 3\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"73\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Colorful Grid Accent 3\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"60\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Light Shading Accent 4\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"61\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Light List Accent 4\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"62\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Light Grid Accent 4\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"63\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Medium Shading 1 Accent 4\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"64\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Medium Shading 2 Accent 4\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"65\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Medium List 1 Accent 4\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"66\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Medium List 2 Accent 4\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"67\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Medium Grid 1 Accent 4\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"68\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Medium Grid 2 Accent 4\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"69\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Medium Grid 3 Accent 4\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"70\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Dark List Accent 4\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"71\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Colorful Shading Accent 4\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"72\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Colorful List Accent 4\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"73\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Colorful Grid Accent 4\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"60\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Light Shading Accent 5\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"61\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Light List Accent 5\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"62\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Light Grid Accent 5\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"63\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Medium Shading 1 Accent 5\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"64\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Medium Shading 2 Accent 5\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"65\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Medium List 1 Accent 5\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"66\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Medium List 2 Accent 5\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"67\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Medium Grid 1 Accent 5\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"68\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Medium Grid 2 Accent 5\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"69\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Medium Grid 3 Accent 5\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"70\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Dark List Accent 5\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"71\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Colorful Shading Accent 5\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"72\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Colorful List Accent 5\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"73\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Colorful Grid Accent 5\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"60\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Light Shading Accent 6\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"61\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Light List Accent 6\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"62\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Light Grid Accent 6\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"63\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Medium Shading 1 Accent 6\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"64\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Medium Shading 2 Accent 6\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"65\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Medium List 1 Accent 6\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"66\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Medium List 2 Accent 6\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"67\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Medium Grid 1 Accent 6\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"68\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Medium Grid 2 Accent 6\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"69\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Medium Grid 3 Accent 6\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"70\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Dark List Accent 6\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"71\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Colorful Shading Accent 6\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"72\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Colorful List Accent 6\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"73\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" Name=\"Colorful Grid Accent 6\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"19\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" QFormat=\"true\" Name=\"Subtle Emphasis\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"21\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" QFormat=\"true\" Name=\"Intense Emphasis\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"31\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" QFormat=\"true\" Name=\"Subtle Reference\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"32\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" QFormat=\"true\" Name=\"Intense Reference\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"33\" SemiHidden=\"false\" UnhideWhenUsed=\"false\" QFormat=\"true\" Name=\"Book Title\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"37\" Name=\"Bibliography\"/> <w:LsdException Locked=\"false\" Priority=\"39\" QFormat=\"true\" Name=\"TOC Heading\"/> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:\"Cambria Math\"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:1; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-format:other; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:0 0 0 0 0 0;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1073750139 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Verdana; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1593833729 1073750107 16 0 415 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:\"\"; margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:10.0pt; margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:\"Calibri\",\"sans-serif\"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} .MsoPapDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; margin-bottom:10.0pt; line-height:115%;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:\"\"; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:\"Calibri\",\"sans-serif\"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class=\"MsoNormal\">With half undecipherable melodies, half indie pop, Dirty Projectors mash up a style that reflects the work of Deerhoof, capturing a disjointed knack of melody that is otherwise fascinating and pretentiously artsy. <span> </span>At first listen, you’ll probably want to run to the more “welcoming” sounds of Wilco.<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%\">. </span></p>
Sights & Sounds: Michael Jackson - "Human Nature" (Bad Tour 1987 - Live)
Sights & Sounds: Wilco - "You Never Know" (Conan 6/24)
CD Review: Dinosaur Jr. - Farm
Few bands have successfully produced two decades of quality music and lived to liven listener's senses for a third. Even fewer bands staking that claim hail from that musical-bridge between the late 80’s and early 90s. Yet that is exactly what Dinosaur Jr. has re-affirmed with their newest release: <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Farm</span>.
Glide Magazine - Music :: Culture :: Life
Glide Magazine is an online magazine with features, columns and reviews that focuses on the eclectic culture embodied by live music, the outdoors and other creative outlets.
Madonna in Jackson stage tribute
Madonna starts her revamped Sticky And Sweet tour at London's O2 Arena with a tribute to Michael Jackson.
'Abba concert' set for September
Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus are to take part in a UK concert showcasing Abba's biggest hits later this year.
Harry Potter star 'had swine flu'
Actor Rupert Grint, who plays Ron Weasley, is recovering from a "mild bout" of swine flu, his publicist says.
Beatles 'shark' Klein dies at 77
Ruthless music entrepreneur Allen Klein, blamed by many for contributing to The Beatles' demise, dies in New York at 77.
Slumdog star moves home
One of the child stars of the Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire moves from his Mumbai shanty dwelling into a new home.
Big Brother gives Sree the boot
Sree Dasari is evicted from the Big Brother house as aspiring politician Halfwit survives the public vote for a fourth week.
Take That receive coveted award
Pop survivors Take That win the coveted Silver Clef award, recognising their 18-year chart career.
Del Boy returns to TV as teenager
Only Fools and Horses wide boy Derek Trotter is returning to BBC One in a comedy drama about his teenage years.
Andre: 'Worst months of my life'
Singer Peter Andre says the months since his split with glamour model Katie Price have been the hardest of his life.
Blackpool to stage Variety gala
Blackpool is picked to host this year's Royal Variety Performance, featuring Britain's Got Talent Winners Diversity.
Seth writing Suitable Boy sequel
Author Vikram Seth is to pen a sequel to his highly-praised 1,350-page epic A Suitable Boy.
Leading Indian artist passes away
One of India's leading artists, Tyeb Mehta, dies in a hospital in the western city of Mumbai.
Housewife first on Fourth Plinth
A housewife from the East Midlands is to be the first person to stand on Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth.
Turkish TV show tells atheists: Find a faith and win a pilgrimage
A Turkish game show challenges atheists to find a faith, with a pilgrimage prize for any converts.
Blur comeback at Parklife venue
Britpop heroes Blur reveal the inspiration for their hit Parklife at the first of their Hyde Park reunion gigs.
Olympic cyclists join Kraftwerk
German godfathers of electronica peddle their way into the people of Manchester's hearts
Lil Wayne delays European shows
The US rapper has postponed his forthcoming European shows, expected to kick off in Paris on Thursday.
La Roux labels R&B 'empty'
The star, currently number one in the UK singles chart, labels R&B "empty", "hollow" and "really bad".
Carradine's death 'not suicide'
Actor David Carradine died of asphyxiation, according to a pathologist who oversaw an autopsy on behalf his family.
Hollywood actor Karl Malden dies
US actor Karl Malden, best known for his roles in films such as A Streetcar Named Desire and On the Waterfront, dies at 97.
Depp 'avoids watching his films'
Johnny Depp "almost religiously" avoids watching himself on screen, the actor reveals in an interview with BBC Radio 4.
Actor Kumar treated for malaria
Veteran Indian actor Dilip Kumar is receiving treatment for malaria at a private hospital in Mumbai.
BBC kills off Robin Hood series
The BBC's adaptation of Robin Hood is not returning for a fourth series, it has been confirmed.
The Bill's theme tune to be axed
The title music to long-running ITV1 drama The Bill is being dropped as the show moves to a post-watershed slot.
Actress Mollie Sugden dies at 86
Mollie Sugden, best known for playing Mrs Slocombe in Are You Being Served?, has died after a long illness, her agent has said.
Comedy star Hughes honoured
Royle Family actor Geoffrey Hughes is set to serve real royals after being appointed Deputy Lord Lieutenant for the Isle of Wight.
Ten years of Brand Beckham
It's been 10 years since Posh and Becks tied the knot, and the success of Brand Beckham shows no sign of slowing down.
Kid British
Hotly-tipped band discuss their 'Madness' single
In pictures
How the Beckhams have changed since they married
In pictures
The life and career of actress Mollie Sugden
Multi-storey art
Art in a Peckham car park: 'Why not?' asks Razia Iqbal
Lost tunes
Rare music sleuths make a monkey of the major labels
BBC News | Entertainment | UK Edition
Get the latest BBC Entertainment news: breaking news, views and analysis on celebrities, music, film, theatre, TV and radio plus audio-video content.
Torture-Free but Still a Rock Star
Jeff Tweedy has led Wilco to new success and has found himself a piece of normality too.
Isaac Stern’s Great Leap Forward Reverberates
A violinist’s visit and contribution to classical music in China honored, 30 years later.
She’s Ready for Millions of Her Closest Friends
“The Wendy Williams Show,” set to begin July 13, is a chance for the host to expand her reach and her brand — without, she hopes, sacrificing her persona.
She’s a Director Who’s Just Another Dude
Lynn Shelton, director of the bromance “Humpday,” takes a victory lap of the festival circuit.
Zaire’s Moment of the Soul
“Soul Power” rediscovers Zaire ’74, when American soul music met Afrobeat.
Art|CLOSE READING: Sculpture to Invigorate a Shrinking City
A new sculpture park in St. Louis, filled with works by Fernand Léger, Tony Smith, Jim Dine and Bernar Venet, has been created to draw tourists and art fans to the city.
Genre Blenders of Modern and Ballet
Paul Taylor, Twyla Tharp, Laura Dean and Mark Morris share their thoughts on the relationship between modern dance and ballet.
When Scott Met Irving ... Or Didn’t
“The Tin Pan Alley Rag” is a show about the lives, work and aesthetics of two influential songwriters: Irving Berlin and Scott Joplin.
Allen Klein, 77, Dies; Managed Music Legends
Mr. Klein managed the business affairs of Sam Cooke, the Rolling Stones and, for a short time, the Beatles.
Ken Roberts, Announcer Whose Voice Graced the Heyday of Radio, Dies at 99
Known for his comforting voice, Mr. Roberts was welcomed in millions of American homes over the airwaves.
Sandra Warfield, Opera and Cabaret Singer, Dies at 88
Ms. Warfield was an American mezzo-soprano who performed frequently with the Metropolitan Opera in the 1950s, ’60s and early ’70s.
The Dictator and the Disco King
The Chilean film “Tony Manero” uses “Saturday Night Fever” as a device to dissect the abusive dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet.
DVDs: Anne Frank, All-American Girl
A look at the upgraded, 50th anniversary edition of “The Diary of Anne Frank.”
Playlist: Brazilian Grooves, Groovy ’60s
Reviews of releases by Céu, the Dead Weather, Pisces, Busdriver, Deerhunter and Bachelorette.
Letter: Female Directors: Calling for More Scrutiny
To the Editor:.
Letter: Ensor’s Impact: Painter’s Other Side
To the Editor:.
Snatching Big Names, Aesthetics Aside
At Sotheby's and Christie's recent contemporary art sales, buyers eager to catch a prize paid handsomely for celebrity artists.
Risk-Defying Sale of Contemporary Art at Christie's
Christie's Post-War and Contemporary Art Sale, seen by market pundits as the most risk-fraught of all fields, brought $31.77 million.
Cambodians Take Back the Lens
Local photographers, long unsung or sidelined by foreign journalists, are honing their skills and mounting shows.
On the London Stage: New York Theater Under the Knife
Gerard Alessandrini’s “Forbidden Broadway,” which spoofs shows playing on both sides of the pond, opens for the third time in London.
A Russian Affair With Amsterdam
The new Hermitage museum in Amsterdam celebrates Russia's ties with the Netherlands, which were first forged long ago by Peter the Great.
NYT > Arts
Literary festivals: Like Glastonbury without the mud
The literary festival has outgrown its eccentric roots to become a celebritypacked staple of the summer calendar.
Teenage novels: review
Tom Payne relishes a batch of novels for teenagers including If I Stay by Gayle Forman
Historical children's books: review
Toby Clements celebrates five historical novels for children
Endpaper
Genevieve Fox reports from her book club on Kazuo Ishiguro's Nocturnes
What would you do if they put you on a plinth?
An allstar cast lines up for Antony Gormley's empty plinth in Trafalgar Square as witnessed by Jim White.
Let's face it the magic went out of Harry Potter many years ago
Emma Watson is already far more glamorous than her alter ego Hermione says Bryony Gordon
Montserrat Caballé camps its up again
Opera diva Montserrat Caballé is to sing Freddie Mecury song for the first time since his death.
Public art selloffs heading into troubled waters
Should museums and galleries be allowed to selloff their works?
Wilton's music hall is a pleasure palace to revel in
Wilton's music hall is one of London's architectural gems but distinctly unTrustworthy.
Public Enemies review
Michael Mann; Johnny Depp; Christian Bale; 15 147 mins Rating
Walking With Dinosaurs: The Arena Spectacular SECC Glasgow
The sound effects are extraordinary and the dinosaurs are awesome at this arena interpretation of the BBC's Walking With Dinosaurs. Rating:
Orpheus in the Underworld at Holland Park review
An amiable production of Offenbach's operetta makes for a pleasant but uninspired summer evening's entertainment. Rating:
Britten Sinfonia at the City of London Festival review
Rarer Nordic pieces and Vivaldi's Four Seasons combine in a single delightful concert
Emma Watson 'pounced' on Rupert Grint for Harry Potter kiss
The actress Emma Watson has confessed she was so desperate to complete her kissing scene with her Harry Potter costar Rupert Grint that she "pounced" on him.
'The Duckworth Lewis Method': will cricket songs be a big hit?
Two Irishmen have written a pop album The Duckworth Lewis Method about that most English of games cricket.
Horoscopes: the week ahead from 04 July
Telegraph weekly horoscope for Saturday July 4 to Friday July 10 from astrologer Catherine Tennant.
Kraftwerk at the Manchester Velodrome review
The British debut of Kraftwerk's new 3D show saw their music thrillingly made flesh in the Manchester Velodrome. Rating
Michael Jackson 'tried to adopt Nadya Suleman's octuplets'
Michael Jackson tried to adopt Nadya Suleman's octuplets just months before he died it has been reported.
Harry Potter and The HalfBlood Prince: director reveals heartache of young stars
Love is in the air at Hogwarts according to Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince director David Yates.
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince: interview with Jim Broadbent Professor Slughorn
Veteran British actor Jim Broadbent joins the long list of stars who have brought depth to the Harry Potter world with his role as Professor Slughorn in Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.
Summer picks for children
From new novels and picture books to classics children's authors and critics suggest ways of engaging young readers
Fame beyond the grave
Nicolette Jones surveys the writers who made their mark posthumously including Siobhan Dowd the winner of the Carnegie Medal
Alain de Botton: You'll regret those words until your dying day
Alain de Botton's attack on a reviewer is in a fine tradition of literary punchups. Philip Hensher reviews some legendary insults and explains how he dishes up revenge.
Harry Potter star Rupert Grint admits crush on Emma Watson
Hermione Granger actress is "pretty girl... popular with the cast".
Log On Watch This: the Natural History Museum's Nature Live
Nature Live the National History Museum's daily discussion webcast offers the chance for visitors to the museum's website to quiz its experts on the exhibits and science.
Arts news reviews and previews: culture movies music theatre books and TV
The latest arts culture and entertainment news from the Telegraph. Your source for arts movies music theatre books and TV reviews and previews.
The Week in Live Shots: U2, Bob Dylan, Kid Rock, MGMT and More: Springsteen, Neil Young, The Feelies, Explosions in the Sky
Springsteen, Neil Young, The Feelies, Explosions in the Sky
Random Notes: Van Halen, U2, Mariah Carey, Stevie Wonder and the Week in Rock: Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, Jamie Foxx, Britney Spears and more
Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, Jamie Foxx, Britney Spears and more
U2 Come Full Circle as 360 Degree Tour Launches in Barcelona:
Tue, Jun 30 2009 02:31 PDT
The Week in Live Shots: U2, Lady Gaga, Bon Jovi and More: Cheap Trick, Metallica, Chickenfoot, Lil Wayne, Blur, Faith No More
Cheap Trick, Metallica, Chickenfoot, Lil Wayne, Blur, Faith No More
Random Notes: Jay-Z, Beyonce, Bon Jovi, Spinal Tap and the Week in Rock: U2, Lady Gaga, Nick Jonas, Pete Wentz and more
U2, Lady Gaga, Nick Jonas, Pete Wentz and more
Michael Jackson Fans Hit the Streets to Remember the King of Pop:
Fri, Jun 26 2009 07:06 PDT
Rolling Stone Photos
Lose yourself in Rolling Stone's extensive library of celebrity
portraits, concert photos, artist galleries, and more than 1000 Rolling Stone covers.
2009 OSCAR NOMINEES 81st Academy Awards
2009 Academy Award Oscar Winners
2009 Best Picture Oscar Nominations
2009 Best Animated Feature Oscar Nominations
2009 Best Lead Actress Oscar Nominations
- Kate Winslet in "The Reader"
- Anne Hathaway in "Rachel Getting Married"
- Angelina Jolie in "Changeling"
- Melissa Leo in "Frozen River"
- Meryl Streep in "Doubt"
2009 Best Lead Actor Oscar Nominations
- Sean Penn in "Milk"
- Richard Jenkins in "The Visitor"
- Frank Langella in "Frost/Nixon"
- Brad Pitt in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
- Mickey Rourke in "The Wrestler"
2009 Best Supporting Actress Oscar Nominations
- Penlope Cruz in "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"
- Amy Adams in "Doubt"
- Viola Davis in "Doubt"
- Taraji P. Henson in "Benjamin Button"
- Marisa Tomei in "The Wrestler"