On Saturday, record shops across the country will observe the fifth annual nationwide celebration of in-person commerce known as Record Store Day. Organized by coalitions of independent record stores, many record labels use the occasion to release collectible vinyl, limited-edition CDs and live material. For many of those stores, it'll be the single largest sales day of the entire year. For a struggling recording industry, it'll be like a one-day trip back in time. npr
Jazz fusion musician John McLaughlin was ranked by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. His ability to blend jazz, rock, Western and Indian classical music is admired by audiences around the world.
"Organist Atsuko Hashimoto, from Osaka, began her career at 18, demonstrating organs for Hammond Japan and teaching as a certified Hammond organ instructor. In the early '90s, she became the house organist at The Don Shop, a club in Osaka. By 1999, she'd gained enough notoriety to make her debut at U.S. jazz clubs. Since then, Hashimoto has spent the last decade playing many festivals and clubs, recording albums, winning awards and further honing her craft."
The Illusionist is one of a dying breed of stage entertainers. With emerging rock stars stealing his thunder in the late 1950s, he is forced to accept increasingly obscure assignments in fringe theatres, at garden parties and in bars and cafés. However, whilst performing in a village pub off the west coast of Scotland, he encounters Alice, an innocent young girl, who will change his life forever.
The Illusionist (2010) Director: Sylvain Chomet Writers: Jacques Tati (original screenplay), Sylvain Chomet (adaptation) Stars: Jean-Claude Donda, Eilidh Rankin and Duncan MacNeil
"Las enseñanzas religiosas deben llevar a la acción."
Religious thinker Karen Armstrong has written more than 20 books on faith and the major religions, studying what Islam, Judaism and Christianity have in common, and how our faiths shaped world history and drive current events.
A former nun, Armstrong has written two books about this experience: Through the Narrow Gate, about her seven years in the convent, and The Spiral Staircase, about her subsequent spiritual awakening, when she developed her iconoclastic take on the major monotheistic religions -- and on the strains of fundamentalism common to all. She is a powerful voice for ecumenical understanding.
Armstrong's 2008 TED Prize wish asks us to help her assemble the Charter for Compassion, a document around which religious leaders can work together for peace. In late fall 2008, the first draft of the document was written by the world, via a sharing website.
In February 2009 the words of the world were collected and given to the Council of Conscience, a gathering of religious leaders and thinkers, who are now crafting the final document. The Charter will be launched in November 2009.
Nuestra visita al festival de Cine de Sundance 2011
When you're a 15-year-old kid, your perception of yourself is rarely the same as the way the rest of the world views you. Such is the case with 15-year-old Oliver Tate (Craig Roberts) in director Richard Ayoade's feature film debut "Submarine," playing at this week's Sundance Film Festival.
Based on the 2008 novel by Joe Dunthorne and produced by Ben Stiller, "Submarine" follows the aforementioned Oliver, who fancies himself a cool, well-liked literary genius but in reality is socially awkward and unpopular. With his 16th birthday on the horizon, Oliver wants to do just two things: lose his virginity to his arsonist girlfriend Jordana (Yasmin Paige) and prevent his mom (Sally Hawkins), whom he suspects of banging her New Age life/dance coach Graham (Paddy Considine), from leaving his depressed father (Noah Taylor). And so he sets out to break up his mother's affair and save his family... all while pursing the seemingly impossible dream of cashing in his V card. MTV
