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pizzicato five = fabsolutely groovalicious!!!

Thursday, Jul 24, 2008 6:37PM / Standard Entry

after all these years
i still love it when they get their twiggy on!!

"twiggy twiggy"
pizzicato five

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my new hero: melody gardot

Tuesday, Apr 1, 2008 4:12AM / Standard Entry

she is truly inspiring!

this is from NPR.org:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=87997628

MELODY GARDOT'S ROAD TO RECOVERY

Weekend Edition Saturday, March 8, 2008 - Four years after a serious car accident, Melody Gardot used the experience as a springboard to musical success she might never have achieved otherwise.

The singer, now 23, was hit by an SUV while riding her bicycle. Her injuries were serious and left her unable to sit up for more than 10 minutes. She suffered short-term memory loss and acute sensitivity to light and sound.

Gardot had played the piano before the accident, and a doctor suggested that she use music as a kind of recovery therapy. Since she couldn't sit comfortably at the piano, she picked up a guitar. Now, she's a professional musician, and her debut full-length album is called Worrisome Heart.

Scott Simon spoke with Gardot from the studios of WHYY in Philadelphia. She says that, prior to the accident, she was more interested in visual art than music. But once she started music therapy, the focus of her music-making changed rapidly.

Worrisome Heart is filled with sultry, jazz-inflected ballads. Though she lacked training in jazz, Gardot says she picked up the idiom intuitively. She credits her backing musicians for buoying her along the way.

"My way of explaining things is in an art form," Gardot says. "So I'm like, you know, 'Go to the next frame.' And they're like, 'You mean the next bar?' I'm like, 'Yeah, the next bar.'"

Since the accident, Gardot has struggled with short-term memory loss, which forces her to write and record compositions before she forgets them. Furthermore, her heightened sensitivity to light and sound — which, despite hearing devices and sunglasses — makes performing somewhat difficult. But she says she still finds it enjoyable.

"To be honest with you, being on stage and performing is the 30, 40, 50 minutes of the most pleasurable experience that I have," Gardot says. "Because it's during that time that I don't really feel any pain. I think it's transcendental, and I also think it's kind of like when you have a headache, and someone punches you in the stomach, you forget all about your head."

She hasn't forgotten about her good fortune, though.

"I'm not one to wake up in the morning and forget that," Gardot says. "I forget a lot of things, but I don't forget that."

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ingrid michaelson...she's so cute!!

Sunday, Sep 30, 2007 6:07PM / Standard Entry

could there be a cuter song right now?

(turn it up, the volume's low.)

"the way i am"
ingrid Michaelson

...diner, milk shake, one glass, two straws...

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the power of fans

Wednesday, Sep 19, 2007 7:34AM / Standard Entry

to everything in life, there is balance.

in the business of entertainment, we cannot survive by our talents alone.
we need our audience, our fans.

the audience supports the artists, and in return the artists give back to their dedicated fans.
it is a constant cycle.

i was reminded of how moving the power of fans can be when i saw this video...

"je t'aime"
lara fabian

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goodbye to a legend

Saturday, Sep 8, 2007 10:24AM / Standard Entry

first time i heard him sing this was also the first time i really listened to opera.

he sang.

i listened.

i cried.

pavarotti taught me that the power of music surpasses all language barriers.

he will be missed.

"nessun dorma"
from the opera turandot by giacomo puccini

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Karin Anna Cheung

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Actress Karin Anna Cheung made her breakout debut on Justin Lin's Better Luck Tomorrow as the female lead...
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Actress Karin Anna Cheung made her breakout debut on Justin Lin's Better Luck Tomorrow as the female lead. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times has written that Karin is "a gifted Asian American actor." Her first feature film Better Luck Tomorrow directed by Justin Lin, in which she plays the leading female role screened at festivals across the country, including Sundance, but it was when MTV Films purchased it that Karin became known to everyone world wide. A multi-talented performer and artist, Karin's recent starring role was in the PBS drama pilot My Life...Disoriented.

A California native, Karin has had a passion for the arts since early childhood. She began her studies in music at age five and had parents who encouraged her to try everything artistic. She soon found self expression, fulfillment, growth and healing through both art and music and started to understand the deep connection between the two. After graduating from college with a degree in arts, she continued to work on art at home while performing her music at various gigs and working sporadically as a freelance photographer. Having had never considered showing her art, Karin recently had her first collaborated gallery show at Lost Souls Cafe in Los Angeles due to friends' encouragement and support. Whether it be abstract or character pieces, her art explores the balance of life/death and positive/negative energies. One of the most important things Karin learned is, "you should not be afraid to try anything in life, because the worst thing you can find out is that you don't like it or it's not right for you." This way of thinking allowed Karin to work without boundaries and limitations with materials, styles, and subject matters.

Karin is currently working on a romantic-comedy feature called "The People I've Slept With" with director Quentin Lee.
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