Results for "Michael Ricci"

Targeted Ads Will Let You Spy on Them for a Change

June 22, 2010

If an advertiser knows you like the artist Jasper Johns, it could use targeted advertising to tempt you with prints of his 'Target' painting; a new standardized mechanism will let you opt-out of such targeted ads later this summer. Advertisers have grown much more sophisticated since the early days of the web and can now target ...

Apple Collecting Sharing iPhone Users' Precise Locations

June 22, 2010

Big Apple is Watching. In an updated version of its privacy policy, the company added a paragraph noting that once users agree, Apple and unspecified “partners and licensees" may collect and store user location data. When users attempt to download apps or media from the iTunes store, they are prompted to agree to the new terms ...

Jazz Musician of the Day: Hermeto Pascoal

June 22, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Hermeto Pascoal's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Hermeto PascoalHermeto Pascoal is a prolific musician and composer who transcends category. Hermeto often uses unconventional instruments such as teapots, children\'s toys, found objects, and--sometimes, without harming them--live animals... more Website | Photos ...

Master Guitarists Wolfgang Muthspiel and Mick Goodrick Interviewed at AAJ...And More!

June 22, 2010

When guitarists Wolfgang Muthspiel and Mick Goodrick walked up to the stage on January 30th, 2008, they were not only preparing to record a live album for Muthspiel's Material Records label, they were celebrating a musical and personal relationship that stretches back more than two decades. First meeting at the New England Conservatory, where Muthspiel studied ...

Dizzy Gillespie - "Tin Tin Deo" (1965)

June 22, 2010

Dark Star Orchestra Picks Jeff Mattson as New Guitarist

June 22, 2010

TRICKSTER GETS THE GIG Dark Star Orchestra announced today that Jeff Mattson will be taking on the Jerry Garcia role and welcomes him as a full time member of the group. The band's statement reads: “After months of touring and playing with Jeff, we have decided to offer him the full time gig, which he has ...

Vote on a Song for Galactic and Umphrey's to Play Together July 3

June 22, 2010

FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND GATHERING LETS FANS HAVE A SAY Umphrey's McGee At the Red Rocks & Blue extravaganza on Saturday, July 3 at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado, Umphrey's McGee and Galactic are asking fans to use their freedom of choice and vote for a song that they'd like to hear the two acts play ...

Bob Dylan: Summer Tour Dates

June 22, 2010

EUROPEAN TOUR WRAPS UP JULY 4, U.S. TOUR BEGINS AUGUST 4 AT THE BACKYARD IN AUSTIN, TEXAS Bob Dylan Bob Dylan and his Band will perform throughout the western United States in August and September. The first dates have been announced and more will be released soon. Pre-sale tickets will be available for some shows ...

Music Veteran Alfonzo Blackwell Sizzles During Black Music Month

June 22, 2010

June 2010 Marks Black Music Month and American Saxophonist Alfonzo Blackwell continues to make Major Contributions to the History and Legacy of Black Music New York, NY (USA) American Jazz Saxophonist/Composer/Producer Alfonzo Blackwell is an African-American musician and entertainer who marks 2010 as his fifteenth year recording in the music business. He has much to celebrate ...

Limewire: They Still Just Don't Get It

June 22, 2010

LimeWire wants parents to know that that stealing is OK as long as it's music. By Moses Avalon So, in one of my many news feeds I came across this open letter by an anonymous webmaster of LimeWire. In it he still maintains that what they did was not wrong and that his children will continue ...