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New Menu Bar at All About Jazz

Source: Michael Ricci
April 29, 2010

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Have They Got a Tale for You in Ojai

Source: Michael Ricci
April 29, 2010

Performers gather for the 11th annual swapping of yarns at the Ojai Storytelling Festival, naughty bits included.

Old-fashioned storytelling may be a dying art in the age of YouTube, but the organizers of the 11th annual Ojai Storytelling Festival don't intend to let it go down without a fight. For the last 10 years, they have convened in the picturesque valley town's intimate Libbey Bowl to host what has become one of the genre's most well-known festivals. There in the ...

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Huntington Library Get's the Blues of Charles Bukowski

Source: Michael Ricci
April 29, 2010

Huntington Library to offer the first look at its Charles Bukowski collection with 'Poet on the Edge' exhibit The Huntington Library in San Marino, known as the home of Gainsborough's “The Blue Boy," made news four years ago with its acquisition of something a lot bluer: a cache of papers, books and memorabilia belonging to Charles Bukowski, the L.A. author known for hard living and hard-edged writing. This fall, the Huntington will offer the public its first look at material ...

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Apple Acquires Siri, a Personal Assistant Application for the Iphone

Source: Michael Ricci
April 29, 2010

Apple has acquired Siri, a voice-activated app for the iPhone that acts like a personal assistant. The transaction was approved Tuesday by the Federal Trade Commission. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Neither Siri nor Apple immediately responded to a request for comment. To use Siri, users need only to type or say something into the iPhone app, and it will carry out the command or find answers to a question. If a user wants to find a romantic ...

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Cash, Credit Card or....iPhone?

Source: Michael Ricci
April 29, 2010

Cellphone Payments Offer Alternative to Cash

You win a bet, but the loser does not have enough cash on him to settle it. If he has a credit card, and most people usually do, there is finally a solution. A number of big and small companies -- including eBay's PayPal unit, Intuit, VeriFone and Square -- are creating innovative ways for individuals to avoid cash and checks and settle all debts, public and private, using their cellphones. Several of the ...

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App Turns iPhone into a Credit Card Terminal

Source: All About Jazz
April 29, 2010

As if phones didn't already do enough, one of the latest mobile apps transforms iPhones and iPod Touches into portable charge card terminals.

ProcessAway plugs into Authorize.net's payment processing platform, allowing entrepreneurs to accept credit card payments anywhere they can access the internet. After downloading the app and (separately) setting up a merchant account with Authorize.net, clients can use ProcessAway like a traditional charge card terminal: enter the amount, input the card number, expiry date and verification code, and process. ...

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Guitarist Andre Matos Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
April 29, 2010

There is no doubt that Andre Matos has chops to burn. Placed firmly in the tradition of John Abercrombie and Pat Martino, with a bit of Sonny Sharrock at moments, a lot of Berklee (College of Music) influence is readily apparent, but with a bit of headiness that also reflects the guitarist's time at the New England Conservatory. Quare (2010), released on saxophonist Greg Osby's record Inner Circle Music label, serves as a nice introduction to Matos' compositional skills as ...

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The New Music Seminar Expands to a Multi-Day Conference

Source: Michael Ricci
April 29, 2010

FEATURING INTENSIVE PANELS, PRESENTATIONS, MENTORING SESSIONS, LIVE MUSIC, NETWORKING OPPS AND MORE NEW YORK CITY JULY 19th - JULY 21st New York, NY - The original New Music Seminar (NMS) newmusicseminar.com, announces that it is expanding into a multi-day conference and event from July 19th to July 21st at The NMS Revolution Hall @ M2 Ultra Lounge. The two day, three night conference will include a symphony of five “movements" (focused discussions) over the course of two days, 8 TED-style ...

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