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- Seneca Valley senior has moves
- The Cleveland Free Times :: Music :: Local Dirt :: Shaun f The Dead
- … City Paper :: Philadelphia Arts Restaurants Music…
- Chris Cornell – Gig previews & reviews – Music – Entertainment -…
- Wind Symphony Mackey tackle a little of everything
- Split between jungle and resort
- Radding and Rigler hit the right note; Harris and Watts fall short

Seneca Valley senior has moves
Business Gazette – Oct 24, 2007
His longest session clocked in at six hours. ‘‘By the end of it I usually have trouble walking” said Thorne who does computer programming and teaches children to swim when he’s not playing DDR. The techno and heavy metal music fan has also played the drums for two years giving him an extra edge when it comes to moving his feet in time with music. Though Thorne is currently without a properly equipped arcade he didn’t let the broken machine keep him from his usual DDR tradition — a big post-game dinner. ‘‘I usually do this lose everything and go eat it back” he said with a laugh.

The Cleveland Free Times :: Music :: Local Dirt :: Shaun f The Dead
Cleveland Free Times – Oct 24, 2007
He and partner Eric Andexler have formed Skin and Bone Productions for mask and prop design. Presumably they'll put their designs to use in another project of Vanek's the Haunted Yard (5800 Rousseau Dr. Parma) which was started 20 years ago by Andexler's brother Joel. It's free but they'll be taking donations for the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation… Wednesday ctober 31. It'll feature music by local DJs Mike Filly Goodlife Mike and Misterbradleyp – and you dancing in costume. That costume gets you in free – but make it good. – APWheeler's Theremin dysseyIts electronic tremolo has been heard on numerous vintage sci-fi soundtracks and utilized by Beach Boy Brian Wilson. The theremin was created in the early 20th century by Soviet scientist Leon Theremin before he was shanghaied into a USSR Batcave to become Stalin's mad genius assigned to invent secret death rays and force fields (true story; see the documentary Theremin: An Electronic dyssey). But what of his best-known achievement? Designed to be played without being touched the musician waving arms between its diverging antennae the theremin has been mastered by few.

… City Paper :: Philadelphia Arts Restaurants Music…
Philadelphia citypaper.net – Oct 24, 2007
nly a Plexiglas cage separated children and me from a machine that could kill. Wheels and other metal parts went flying as the helpless robot was pinned in the corner then savagely beaten. The final blow caused an air tank to burst and compressed gas spewed out like a steam engine — much to the enjoyment of the audience… The Franklin Institute and the Northeast Robotics Club (NERC) teamed up to bring adult and teenage robot builders from America and Canada together at the Institute last weekend to show off their ‘bots in a competition that pitted machine against machine in three-minute cage matches. The competitors for Robot Day were placed into four weight classes and almost 40 robots ranging from 3 pounds to 30 pounds battled in gladiator-style combat. The only thing louder than the sound of metal hitting metal was the sound of kids screaming in excitement. The battling robots fought with weaponry that included spinning blades hammers and wedges. Sparks flew as one of the robots laid a metal cutting blade onto the topside of its opponent only to be thwarted by a severe beating delivered by its opponent’s pointy-ended robotic arm. The Philadelphia Bomb Squad brought out its bomb-disarming robot — for exhibition not competition — and let visitors interact with it. This black-and-chrome robot is definitely intimidating but I found it strange to watch the arm usually used to disarm or detonate explosives hand a bottle of water to a child with delicate grace.

Chris Cornell – Gig previews & reviews – Music – Entertainment -…
The Age – Oct 24, 2007
“Itwould be that nothing should be too precious. And it doesn’tmatter. Music should be fun. There aren’t really any genres. For Linkin Park who emerged in the postgrunge wave of “numetal” and have sold 40 million albums the group dynamic prevails. Drummer Rob Bourdon says the band members’ interaction helped themstretch their abilities while making their latest albumMinutes to Midnight. “Especially in the beginning we wereall just experimenting with different sounds and each other’sinstruments.

Wind Symphony Mackey tackle a little of everything
Dallas Morning News – Oct 24, 2007
And you’d expect no less from 34-year-old American composer John Mackey who judging by his onstage introductions is as high-strung as his music. Mackey represents what’s been labeled maximalism in newer music. And his 2005 piece Sasparilla also played on the concert does seem to embrace everything but the kitchen sink. The new concerto commissioned by a consortium of 25 wind bands including the DWS is more tautly constructed. But still as someone said to Mozart all those notes! Twenty-five minutes long with lots of rhythmic activity the concerto is in five movements. Framed by a bubbly prelude and a finale mingling solo virtuosity Hollywood fanfares and percussive bump-and-grind three central movements ostensibly represent individual aspects of the saxophone… But if you expect "Felt" to be soft and padded Mr. Mackey makes it jagged and frantic with squeaks and squawks. "Metal" isn’t so much brassy as dreamily satin-finished. "Wood" is a bluesy tango that might have been written for James Bond. Played dazzlingly and deliciously by DWS principal saxophonist Don Fabian the soprano saxophone sounded one minute like an amplified English horn the next like a high pianissimo trumpet. Led by artistic director Jerry Junkin the ensemble sounded securely in command of the tricky rhythms.
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Split between jungle and resort
Taipei Times – Oct 24, 2007
It’s hard to sleep. The jungle noises commence well before sunrise a combination of howler monkeys frogs toads toucans and cicadas that together make a sound we’ve never heard before; their symphonic attack sounds screechingly close to some of the electronic feedback on. But since we’re up early we decide to go for a long hike and that dry riverbed turns into a bonus.
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Radding and Rigler hit the right note; Harris and Watts fall short
Seattle Post Intelligencer – Oct 24, 2007
Each was intent upon their own journey and the side-by-side implications of each instrument in its own sphere had the cumulative effect of watching crickets dancing with fireflies. British saxophonist Watts was one of the first Western musicians to combine jazz with traditional African music. He is primarily known for the Moire Music Ensemble formed in 1982. For the past eight years he has been performing as a duo with percussionist Harris. Judging from their performance Monday night the music would have been better served by a larger ensemble. The central problem is that Harris’ percussion is locked into rigid patterns while Watts changes his rhythms and phrasing at will. There were moments when Watts would lock into a groove but Harris never broke out of his… Campbell who boasts a Ph. in ethnomusicology augmented his pared-down drum kit with a variety of cymbals bells and metal bowls and pots from which he drew a world of sympathetic rhythms and tones to color and propel Burns’ piano. Holding down the center was Johnson always the portrait of composure who can be counted on to do the right thing in all situations. His control is startling and he brought the piece to a perfect climax with one brilliant stroke of the bow. Burns’ fingering is airborne kamikaze: hands elevated wrists bent. He develops his themes through various positions of passionate action.