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Gimme Shelter Screening Tonight in Santa Monica
The 1970 Rolling Stones tour filmed by the Maysles brothers, Gimme Shelter is a rare screening at the Santa Monica Library Gimme Shelter Tue., April 20, 7:00pm Santa Monica Public Library - Fairview Branch 2101 Ocean Park Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90406 Santa Monica (310) 450-0443 Starring: The ...
Feds OK Second Commodities Exchange Against Hollywood
Decision comes after Friday's greenlight of Trend Exchange. Federal regulators approved the creation of another commodities exchange hoping to trade in film futures. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has not yet given the greenlight to the Cantor Exchange's actual contracts to be traded. That decision is still pending. Their decision is not much of a surprise. ...
Rapper Guru Attained Fame with Gang Starr, Jazzmatazz Dies
Rapper Guru, who attained fame with his conscious, jazz-inflected brand of hip-hop in the groups Gang Starr and Jazzmatazz, died Monday after a long battle with cancer. He was 43. The rap performer had been hospitalized in February after suffering cardiac arrest and falling into a coma. Born Keith Elam and raised in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood, ...
The Difference Between Nerd, Dork, and Geek Explained
FINALLY: The Difference between Nerd, Dork, and Geek Explained by a Venn Diagram To all of you nerds and geeks who like me have been unfairly and inaccurately labeled dorks, only to then exhaustively explain the differences among the three to a more-than-skeptical offender, I say: You're welcome. This nerd/dork/geek/dweeb Venn diagram should save you a ...
Guitarist Chuck Anderson Interviewed at AAJ
Chuck Anderson's guitar artistry is a cut above the jazz standard. The quality of his execution is so fine that on first hearing, it is literally stunning. His recent CD, Freefall (Dreambox Media, 2010) consists of musical gems--all-original compositions, woven into a tapestry worthy of a master classical guitarist. Yet it is all straight-ahead mainstream jazz ...
Live Nation Sets up Australia Unit
Live Nation is bowing its concert promotion business in Australia, the seventh-largest music market. Roger Field has been tapped as VP of promotions, Australia and New Zealand. Hong Kong-based Luke Hede has been named VP of promotions for the Pacific Rim. “Over the last decade, Live Nation has been involved with some of the most successful ...
Los Angeles Soundings
LA gets the Blues and Sounds Pat Metheny Walt Disney Concert Hall Los Angeles, CA A Grammy award winner 17 times over, Metheny is a living legend in the realms of progressive jazz and jazz fusion. April 19, 2010 8:00 p.m. Playboy Jazz Festival Hollywood Bowl ...
Michael Buble Tops Juno Awards
It was all about crooning and swooning this weekend as Vancouver singer Michael Buble topped the 32nd Juno Awards, Canada's music honors, with four trophies, while teen YouTube phenom Justin Bieber -- shut out of his three nominations -- caused fan pandemonium. Seven statues were handed out on Sunday at a ceremony broadcast on CTV, featuring ...
Jazz Offerings in the Big Apple NY
New York Jazz Scene this Week GERI ALLEN QUARTET (Tuesday through Thursday) Geri Allens pianism leads a first-rate band with Ravi Coltrane on saxophones, Joe Sanders on bass and Jeff (Tain) Watts on drums. (Through April 25.) At 9 and 11 p.m. Village Vanguard ...
Opportunities for Indie Filmmakers, Pop Composers
For years it was common for studios to cross-market a film with a well known performer, but today niche artists are landing more tracks in films and reaping the spoils, especially around award season. Glancing at recent best song nominees, offbeat names like “Bird" York ("In the Deep" from “Crash"), A.R. Rahman ("Jai Ho" from “Slumdog ...
