Peter Gammons: Major League Baseball deserves kudos for getting labor deal signed
Some of us remember all too well baseball’s longest winter. the walkout and the cancellation of the World Series; Major League Baseball Players Association chief Donald Fehr playing the piano at 2:30 a.m. in Rye Brook, N.Y.; the attempted intervention by President Bill Clinton; replacement players; and finally, the thankful and rightful ruling by Judge [...]
Tim Grobaty: Saturday’s Soundwalk is art for the ears
DO THIS: We have been writing about the annual Soundwalk event every year since it began back in aught-4, and we’re still at a loss for words when it comes to describing it. the barest-bones description of Soundwalk, we guess, is that it’s a thing where you walk and hear sounds. But it’s loads more [...]
Best Romantic Restaurant
1. Orange Hill Restaurant 6410 E. Chapman Ave., Orange, 714-997-2910 theorangehillrestaurant.com Most men, we’re told, aren’t very romantic. and with the prices at so-called romantic restaurants, who can blame them? Views and chandeliers and waiters in cummerbunds don’t come cheap, but I submit that romance most certainly should be, and can be, eminently affordable. And [...]
Sonic boom – FT.com
A workshop testing of Andy Cavatorta’s Gravity Harps What images come to mind when you hear the phrase “musical instrument”? A string quartet filing neatly around a grand piano? A drum kit emerging from a cloud of dry ice, cymbals shimmering? Polished brass belting out carols on a frosty day? Viewers tuning in to this [...]
Chili Peppers unrecognized by fans – The North Wind
The Red Hot Chili Peppers have conceived a new definition of groove in only a way that they could invent. if you are a sole patron of all that is older Chili Peppers, this may not even be your cup of tea. This is a completely new band that almost took a turn for the [...]
The Escapist : News : Build A Programmable Piano in Minecraft
Crafter FVDisco’s autopiano is massive, complicated, and really very charming. Since its release last year, Minecraft has sold over 2.5 million copies and allowed its creator to found his own games studio (which, incidentally, won our March Mayhem competition this year). It’s about to come to the Xbox Live Arcade with Kinect, and is also [...]
For Mark Hummel, playing music is better than ice cream
“It’s the greatest thing I can think of in life. Better than ice cream. Better than sex sometimes. There’s nothing that compares, except maybe flying for the first time,” Hummel said. His soaring blues passages will be heard at San Jose’s Poor House Bistro on July 21, at Redwood City’s PAL Blues Festival on July [...]
PacificSun.com : Theater: Buried child
the Ross Valley Player’s production of David Lindsay-Abaire’s Rabbit Hole may come as a surprise to audiences who recently saw his riotous farce Fuddy Meers at Marin Theatre Company. the situation and characters here are as serious as it gets. Becca (Beth Kellerman) and Howie (Gregg LeBlanc) grieve for their 4-year-old son who has been [...]
Korg Pa800 Used Sale – Günstig kaufen
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Barcodas iPhone App Turns Barcodes Codes Into Electronic Music
Leo van der Veen’s ingenious app lets you turn any scannable product into an augmented-reality musical instrument. Those ubiquitous QR codes may get all the trendy tech love these days, but the humbler Universal Product Code — or barcode, as it’s better known — has some creative life left in it yet. an iPhone app [...]