Thai Spicy Fish McDippers, and other examples of fast-food you cant get in the United States Nov 11, 2009
gov.au/Business/VenuesForHire/SydneyTownHall/GrandOrgan ... You forgot about the only "Bamboo Pipe Organ in the World" found in the Philippines ... org/wiki/Las_Pi%C3%B1as_Bamboo_Organ. (Harper's Magazine)
Studio off the beaten path turns out some sweet music Nov 11, 2009
RC Sounds consists of a control room with a 24-track Akai digital recorder and other equipment, a main recording area with drums, various guitars and an organ, plus an isolation booth for recording vocals. Lindgren has thoroughly decorated each room with the memorabilia of his musical heroes: Kiss action figures, Johnny Cash posters and an Elvis Presley cut-out behind the drum kit. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
Hockey, 'Mind Chaos' Nov 9, 2009
Curse This City slides between start-stop funk and rollicking pop-punk, while the gospel-tinged Preacher is a roller-coaster ride of dramatic church organ, peppy piano rolls, and fuzzed-out vocals. Grubin displays diverse chops throughout, taking stabs at falsetto, soul-crooning, and even raspy folk ( Four Holy Photos ). (Boston Globe)
Church marks anniversary with concert Nov 8, 2009
Saturday, November 07, 2009. By DEBRA HAIGHT - H-P Correspondent. (St. Joseph Herald-Pallidium, MI)
No comments posted. Nov 8, 2009
Saturday, November 07, 2009. Church marks anniversary with concert. (St. Joseph Herald-Pallidium, MI)
Help Them To Hope with music Nov 7, 2009
According to concert organizer Wanda Lehmkuhl, this years theme is Christmas Around the World ... Others on stage will include Sean Rogers, Boise, piano and organ; Lehmkuhl, Payette, piano and organ; Phyllis Tincher, Nampa, hand bells; Bethany Sigurdson, Boise, vocals; and Victoria Arriero, Weiser, vocals ... This year marks the 16th music concert and the 36th year of Help Them to Hope fundraising by the organization. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
Weekend music Nov 6, 2009
Saturday, Nov. 7, brings the French-barrel organ sounds of Michel Saga. Shows both nights start at 6:30 p.m. and there is no cover. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Taking the list out of the listener Nov 6, 2009
It is the ability to organise along with being able to whistle while we work while standing on one foot that has led to our being on the top of the evolutionary ladder ... You can have a view on anything and be right, and completely wrong, all at the same time: the best song, the best cover version, the best vocals, the best harmonies, the best songwriter/s and the best solo in either of these categories: electric guitar, saxophone, harmonica, bass guitar, violin, acoustic guitar,... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
NAMM Announces Regional Semi-Finalists in SchoolJam USA Nationwide Teen Battle of the Bands Nov 6, 2009
North East Adrenaline - Burlington, CT High Tide - Sharon, MA Plain and Simple - Norfolk, MA Radio The Ape - Trumansburg, NY Simply Society - Somerset, MA Sleeping Lessons - Old Saybrook, CT The Jessica Prouty Band - Marblehead, MA Vibratribe - Roslyn, NY Clearly From Negligence - Fairport, NY Fyve - Winthrop, NE South Captain John and the Explorers - Clarks Summit, PA In The Summer - Henniker, NH Lame Radio Station - Montague, NJ Power Pirate - Washington, DC Sublimation - Alexandria, VA The... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
The church that helped bring down the Berlin Wall Nov 6, 2009
once played the organ here and the music remains alluring, but it is the church's more recent history in the last days of the and its role in the fall of the Berlin Wall that draw tourists today. The Rev. Christian Fuhrer became the pastor at St. Nikolai in 1980, when the world was divided by the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States. (USA Today -- News)
Chorus pro Musica concert Sunday features Old South Church organ Nov 6, 2009
The headliners at Sunday s Chorus pro Musica concert are the Skinner Opus 308 organ (sorry, all you singers) and Old South Church. Betsy Burleigh, in her debut appearance as the ensemble s music director, opens the season with music for chorus and organ, featuring Maurice Durufl ... s Requiem, Zoltn Kodly s Laudes Organi, and Johannes Brahms s motet Geistliches Lied, opus 30. (Boston Globe)
New studio opens its doors to Coastside musicians Nov 5, 2009
It s owned by San Gregorio resident Eric Simon, but most of the time visitors will find El Granada recording engineer Martin Wissenberg at the 24-channel mixing board, explaining the analog or digital options, or playing the circa-1950s Thomas organ alongside the upright piano along the wall. Martin Wissenberg plays the circa-1950s Thomas organ in the Wildlife recording studio in Montara. (Half Moon Bay Review, CA)
Organ concert Nov 5, 2009
PERU ; St. John;s Lutheran Church, 607 10th Ave, Mendota, welcomes Lorraine Brugh, organist, to its sanctuary at 7 p.m. Nov. 14. Brugh will present music of Bernardo Pasquini, J. S. Bach, Paul Hindemith and Dupre. (Princeton Bureau County Republican, IL)
Turnbull early scratching Nov 4, 2009
In fact Quinn played Muhammads uncle, Hamza, and the presence of Muhammad was indicated only by light organ music and his words repeated by Quinn. The new version, entitled The Messenger of Peace, is still in development. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Hingham Veterans Day Evensong Nov 3, 2009
Town officials, veterans groups and other patriotic organizations are being specially invited and many are expected to attend ... This service will take full advantage of the parish s newly-restored Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ and its choir. (Hingham Journal, MA)
Plano resident to receive Gift of Life award Nov 2, 2009
Since the surgeries, Brauss and the Martins have been tireless advocates for organ donation and transplantation ... The National Kidney Foundation Serving North Texas will honor local individuals on the giving and receiving end of organ donation at the 2009 Gift of Life Gala Nov. 7 ... Brauss' journey with organ donation began when she was diagnosed with renal failure at age 6. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
North Texan wins $12,000 grand piano Nov 1, 2009
A music lover and organist, McBroom s never owned a piano and entered the contest only after stumbling on it while browsing Dallas piano store websites ... I love playing the organ but you cannot play an electrical organ during a power outage. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Man of quirks is Allegheny County's doctor Nov 1, 2009
He plays piano and pipe organ ... He plans to continue doing just that -- and working on his North Braddock home and reassembling and playing a church pipe organ and collecting butterflies and eating out and wearing white shirts and black ties and teaching medicine and working as Health Department director. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Halloween Treat from Classical Musi... Oct 31, 2009
Bach's organ passacaglia is often used as a model for this kind of music. Boccherini, Luigi: Symphony No. 6, The House of the Devil. (Suite101.com)
North Texan wins $12,000 grand piano Oct 31, 2009
A music lover and organist, McBroom s never owned a piano and entered the contest only after stumbling on it while browsing Dallas piano store websites ... I love playing the organ but you cannot play an electrical organ during a power outage. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Jason Rozen’s label of love Oct 30, 2009
In fact, Rozen doesn t even mention the organ transplant when he talks about the gently fretful, haunted mood that typifies Wyman s music, or his label s mission of giving a portion of its sales to a charity of the artist s choosing. When I bring it up, over an afternoon snack at a restaurant with Rozen s Grinding Tapes cohorts Joanna Heath and Matt Lacorazza, the soft-spoken 26-year-old turns a bit bashful. (Boston Globe)
Eerie entertainment for Halloween Oct 30, 2009
James Welch gives his 17th annual Halloween pipe-organ concert at St. Mark's Episcopal Church at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31. The program includes the Symphony No. 1 by Louis Vierne (the nearly blind organist at Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral in the early 1900s) ... Welch has to use what looks like super-human coordination to manipulate the enormous pipe organ, and that coordination will probably be most important in "Toccata in D minor for Chainsaw and Organ" (which incorporates power tools). (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Halloween Organ Concert at teh Old South Church Oct 30, 2009
After tomorrow night s Halloween Organ Concert, you might have pipe nightmares instead of pipe dreams. Minister of Music Harry L. Huff will play flesh-crawling renditions of music from The Phantom of the Opera, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer s Stone, The Exorcist, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and more, ending with Bach s Toccata and Fugue in D minor. (Boston Globe)
Marie Zuvela Oct 28, 2009
Music was provided by JoAnne Sjoholm on organ and Janet Zuvela on flute. Burial was in Everett at Evergreen Cemetery. (Freeman Courier, SD)
Teddy Bear Tea, Festival of Trees return Oct 28, 2009
A Holiday Tea, planned for 2 p.m. Saturday Nov. 21, at 2 p.m., will feature a light meal, teas and petit fours, a fashion show of area merchants and holiday music in the Alhambra Music Room with a special pipe organ finale performance and fundraising event of beautiful items. Cost is 30 per person. (San Andreas Calaveras Enterprise, CA)
Benjamin F. Donaldson Jr. (5) Oct 28, 2009
Among accomplishments in which he also took special pride were: initiating the first St. Joseph Lake Bluff Easter Egg Hunt; his leadership of record-setting fund drives for the Salvation Army, the American Cancer Society and the American Heart Association; and his involvement in the local Carousel Society, retrieving the original Silver Beach Amusement Park carousel band organ, which he donated to the Carousel Society. Ben was an avid hobbyist, with extensive collections of model railroading and... (St. Joseph Herald-Pallidium, MI)
HINGHAM YESTERDAYS: New armory is taking shape Oct 28, 2009
Mr. Edwin Bates, organist at the Centre Hingham Church, presided at the organ in the Second Unitarian church Sunday afternoon ... Old photographs for Hingham s Yesterdays are researched and organized by Peg Charlton. (Hingham Journal, MA)
For Adcocks, it's like old times at Bar Harbor Oct 26, 2009
" Marilyn plays the piano, organ and she plays the bass with her feet. Joe plays drums, saxophone and the clarinet. They both sing. A variety duo, they play pretty much everything from jazz to country to bluegrass. Joe Adcock played his saxophone at a club in Augusta, Ga. The Adcocks said the music they'll perform will include Patsy Cline songs and beach music from The Drifters. On Sunday, all musicians are welcome to jam throughout most of the day. Adcocks' daughter, Rhonda Sullivan, who lives... (Brainerd Daily Dispatch)
DSC hires chair for new education program Oct 26, 2009
NOSFERATU' WITH LIVE ORGAN. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's Arts & Letters Series will present "Nosferatu," the classic 1922 horror masterpiece, on Tuesday, with live organ music accompaniment by David Stokes. (Daytona Beach News Journal -- Local)
Hunting: Control scents in the field to avoid unwanted communication with deer Oct 25, 2009
But through the deer's long nasal passages and a secondary scent organ, they smell a far wider range of information than hunters perceive with their eyes ... The shortening of days stimulates the hypothalamus section of a deer's brain, triggering a reproductive phase and activating the vomeronasal organ, which senses chemical compounds that can't be detected by the nose ... Bucks and does have the organ. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Local haunt: T&D staffers investigate paranormal claims at Arts Center Oct 25, 2009
There were times when we all heard ethereal organ music and bumps in the night that made my heart race ... "When I first heard 'the music,' I thought it was just my imagination. It was very faint and sounded like organs playing. But when the other two people in the room said they heard it and we all described it the same way, it freaked me out a little."Upstairs in the ballroom, the creepiness continued ... "In the second room that we sat in, we all heard music. The music we heard was not from a... (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
More dark arts this Halloween Oct 25, 2009
ALL SOUL S EVE ORGAN RECITAL. As part of trick-or-treat activities organized by Anchorage Lutheran Church, 1420 N St., Marcia Stratman will present a series of short recitals featuring some of the spookiest organ music ever written. Concerts take place each half hour starting at 7 p.m. on Saturday. (Anchorage Daily News)
JVC LT-46J300 Oct 24, 2009
The dynamic range was wide enough to give a sudden transition from dialog to a loud organ blast the emotional punch it needed. And the simulated surround was so good that it almost fooled me a couple of times. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
Vizio SV421XVT Oct 24, 2009
But overall it sounded good, and with the effective pseudo-surround and a wide dynamic range, a sudden organ blast had its intended effect. Of course, you'll need a separate surround-sound system to get the most out of today's movie sound tracks. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
10 ghoulish things to do for Halloween Oct 23, 2009
Subba Rao is the director of the National Youth Project in India who recently organized a youth camp in Kashmir, bringing together 500 youths of various religious beliefs ... He's organizing a peace rally in November at the Taj Hotel in Mumbai, India, marking the anniversary of the attacks across India's financial capital in November 2008 ... Haunting pipe organ music and eerie vocals are part of the concert, with numbers from "Phantom of the Opera," "Sweeney Todd" and others. (Fresno Bee)
How Tiny Cells Deliver Big Sound In Cochlea Oct 23, 2009
23, 2009) Deep in the ear, 95 percent of the cells that shuttle sound to the brain are big, boisterous neurons that, to date, have explained most of what scientists know about how hearing works. Whether a rare, whisper-small second set of cells also carry signals from the inner ear to the brain and have a real role in processing sound has been a matter of debate. (Science Daily)
What's all this noise about in SEC sports? Oct 23, 2009
At baseball games, the traditional organ has been replaced by synthesized sounds so ear-splitting it can hardly be called music. With the advent of video boards the size of small hotels and sound systems that make the noise produced at NASCAR races seem insignificant, football games have become decibel-busters. (Herald Online, SC -- Sports)
Mark your calendar Oct 22, 2009
Halloween Organ Concert at Old South Church. NOVEMBER 4 | Maria Muldaur & Her Garden of Joy Jug Band at the Northampton Center for the Arts. (Boston Globe)
Grossman wins volunteer award Oct 20, 2009
Grossman;s special talents lie in the game ;Name That Tune,; where she will play a variety of songs, either on her keyboard or an organ, and the residents have to guess the title of the song ... She brings with her a German street organ, as well as an old-fashioned monkey organ. (Princeton Bureau County Republican, IL)
HINGHAM YESTERDAYS: Schooner arrives with railroad ties Oct 20, 2009
A large audience from Greater Boston and the South Shore heard Edith Lang play a Sunset Hour of Organ Music at the Old Ship Church lat Sunday afternoon ... R. Freeman Lincoln was elected president of Eta Beta Pi, social organization for adults at Hingham Methodist Church, at a recent meeting and Eston Freemark was chosen as vice-president ... Old photographs for Hingham Yesterdays are researched and organized by Peg Charlton. (Hingham Journal, MA)
New conductors in LA, NY pose a challenge to the BSO’s agenda Oct 18, 2009
Dudamel, in case you ve been living in an organ loft, is an astonishingly young (28) Venezuelan firebrand with an electrifying podium presence and a passionate commitment to musical community ... There is also more that can be done on a structural level at the BSO. The orchestra has a historic tradition of commissioning new works, but it should take the next step and bring on board its own composer-in-residence, to write music, of course, but also to help oversee its new-music programming,... (Boston Globe)
Faith calendar Oct 18, 2009
CATHEDRAL ORGAN CONCERT by Yuri McCoy, featuring the music of Bach and Durufle; 5:30 p.m. Oct. 18, Episcopal Cathedral of St. Andrew; free; open to public; information, 524-2822. PASTA AND PASSION, pasta/dessert outreach event, with optional wine pairing; foods prepared by Dean Mishima of Dean's Drive Inn and cooking editor/author Wanda Adams; 6:30-9 p.m. Oct. 22, Hope Chapel Kaneohe; $15 (wine optional); child care (with dinner/drink) $5 per child; information, 348-2280. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Church to bring concert series Oct 18, 2009
Cobb is the recently appointed organist, choirmaster and Carillonneur of The Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Clearwater ... In 1989, as an organ pupil of the late Robert Rayfield, he graduated with a bachelor s degree in organ performance from Indiana University ... In 2003 Lee received the master of music in organ performance from University of Florida under the instruction of Willis Bodine, holding assistantships in both carillon and organ. (Lake Wales News, FL)
Donald G. Respecki honored in book about Vietnam veterans Oct 17, 2009
She played the organ at the Congregational Church for 33 years and for the Kiwanis for years, but she never got over it. She died in 1996. (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
VIDEO/MULTIMEDIA Oct 17, 2009
Robert Huw Morgan performs on the Fisk-Nanney pipe organ in Stanford's Memorial Church ... East Palo Alto residents hear speakers and music during an event at Bell Street Park organized to celebrate unity. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
SICK: Game show fakes sniper attack... Oct 16, 2009
In one news show, the announcer was tricked into eating some sort of fish organ meat, which caused her to vomit. The cameras followed her mercilessly as she sought privacy and a shred of dignity. (The Drudge Report)
•Meet the artist: Grace Scott Oct 15, 2009
Her mother toured with a singing group, her grandfather was a classically trained pianist and vocalist, and her grandmother played piano and organ at local churches. "Music is in my blood," she said. (The Daily Journal)
Left for dead, Carmina Salcido is back (25) Oct 15, 2009
She says she plays 11 instruments by rote, including the organ, piano, violin, guitar, oboe and flute. And, according to those who've heard her, she sings like an angel. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
PLAYLIST: The Raveonettes, plus 10 more Oct 14, 2009
A killer organ riff and defiant attitude evoke Eric Burdon's Animals on this single from Death Won't Send a Letter. Warm Kentucky Sunshine Adam Steffey. (USA Today -- Life)
Music shop expands to share the joy Oct 14, 2009
An organ is much easier to play than a piano; an organ does the work for you, says keyboard adviser and new manager Mandy Gardner of Fletcher Music Centers in Continental Shopping Plaza. A piano keyboard has 88 keys; an organ keyboard varies from 26 to more than 50 ... Rather than pressing down on heavy ivory or wood piano keys, Gardner said organ keys are lightweight and easier to use. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Restored pipe organ has a familial tone Oct 12, 2009
SARATOGA SPRINGS -- Touching the keys of Bethesda Episcopal Church's newly restored pipe organ Sunday flooded David Hyde Pierce with a lifetime of memories ... As a teenager, Hyde Pierce would practice on the church's organ after school when the pews were empty ... He played the organ there at his sister, Barbara's, wedding. (Albany Times Union)
Outcry over TV kidney competition Oct 12, 2009
Political parties have called for The Big Donor Show to be scrapped, but broadcaster BNN says it will highlight the country's shortage of organ donors ... I thought organ recipients were chosen on who is the closest match, not who the donor likes the most ... "Living donors can choose altruistically to give one of their kidneys - usually to a family member. "If organs become available after someone dies, health professionals with access to detailed information about those waiting for a... (Yahoo News -- Reality TV)
Dudamel Conducts Mahler's Symphony ... Oct 11, 2009
The LAPA commissioned work featured Wen Wei playing the sheng (a Chinese mouth organ), accompanied by the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Mahler's Symphony No. 1 in D major. (Suite101.com)
Jam For Life, Trenton, NJ Oct 11, 2009
Papa Carl, the event's creator, has had several surgeries and promotes putting the show's proceeds toward organ and tissue donation. This all started four years ago in my backyard, Papa Carl said Sunday as he presented three acts with special awards. (Suite101.com)
Religion Calendar for the Erie area Oct 10, 2009
This week's events Advertisement - ERIE CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN GUILD OF ORGANISTS: "Organ Music of Canada," lecture/recital by Kevin Dill, today, 1 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 890 Liberty St., Meadville. Followed by viewing of Unitarian Universalist Church organ, 842 Chestnut St. Free ... -ASBURY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, WATERFORD: Organ dedication with guest organist Bruce Gingrich and chancel choir, Sunday, 4 p.m., 27 W. Second St., Waterford. (Erie Times-News, PA)
A haunting we will go Oct 10, 2009
Missy wrote on Oct 9, 2009 9:45 AM:" As a kid growing up I went to school with a guy whose parents owned Cochell Funeral Homes. One Halloween it was raining & we had been pelted with eggs & tomatoes from people throwing them at us from atop buildings around the square in Albany. We decided enough was enough so we went to the funeral home & played in the caskets. Oh my ... when I think of that now I shudder! We had organ music going & no parents anywhere in sight.We thought we had the best time!... (Cameron Observer, MO)
Save-A-Date: Oct. 8 Oct 9, 2009
Oct. 18: New World Chorale 10th Anniversary Concert will be performed at 3 p.m., at Wellesley Hills Congregational Church, 207 Washington St. This free concert will feature experienced vocal musicians performing works by Mozart, Mendelssohn, Bruckner, Brahms, Verdi, Mussorgsky, Copland, Barber, Tavener, Fanshaw and Gilbert & Sullivan, as well as works by John Zielinski, the group s organ and piano accompanist ... This program is intended for parents of schoolchildren and is sponsored by the... (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
INSIDE THE BODY EXPERIENCE Oct 9, 2009
In addition to Body Walk, described as an in-school field trip, students study two additional components known as Wisercise and the Organ Wiseguys, classroom portions of the program that are ongoing throughout the year. Our main focus is to incorporate nutrition and physical activity education into what they re already learning, Juneau said. (New Iberia, LA)
Weekend Events Oct 9, 2009
Organ recital, lecture in Meadville Saturday "Organ Music of Canada," a lecture and recital sponsored by the Erie Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, is set for Saturday, 1 p.m., at First Presbyterian Church, 890 Liberty St., Meadville. Cost: Free Info: Call (814) 333-2161 or visit. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Movie remembers life of late Mayor Welch Oct 9, 2009
Penn State Public Broadcasting will air the documentary packaged with a rerun episode of Pennsylvania Inside Out that featured Welch discussing the topic of organ donations. Mayor Welch received a kidney from his daughter in 1994. (Daily Collegian, PA)
Track list for 'DJ Hero' unveiled Oct 7, 2009
2Pac - "All Eyez On Me" vs. The Aranbee Pop Orchestra - "Bittersweet Symphony (Instrumental)"50 Cent - "Disco Inferno" vs. David Bowie - "Let's Dance"50 Cent - "Disco Inferno" vs. InDeep - "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life"Afrika Bambaataa - "Zulu Nation Throwdown" vs. Freedom Express - "Get Down"Beastie Boys - "Here's A Little Somethin' For Ya" vs. DJ Shadow - "The Number Song (2009 Version)" (Produced and mixed by DJ Shadow)Beastie Boys - "Intergalactic" vs. Blondie - "Rapture"Beastie Boys - "Lee... (USA Today -- Tech)
Full DJ Hero Set List Oct 7, 2009
Dizzee Rascal - "Fix Up, Look Sharp" vs. DJ Shadow - "Organ Donor (Extended Overhaul)". Dizzee Rascal - "Fix Up, Look Sharp" vs. Justice - "Genesis". (IGN PS2)
* [ MUSIC ] Tapping your inner Clapton Oct 6, 2009
Moocow Music, which offers apps for bass, guitar, piano and organ, suggests on its Web site that its creations can be used as a musical notepad for working out riffs to play back in the studio on a real (instrument). This is true. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
The S.F. Jazz Festival lineup Oct 5, 2009
Pat Martino Quartet featuring Tony Monaco, Larry Goldings Trio, 8 p.m. Nov. 6, Palace of Fine Arts Theatre: An evening of deep-shag funk, centered around rippling Hammond B-3 organ flights. Savion Glover, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Nov. 6, Palace of Fine Arts: The star of the musical "Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk" Glover is a tornado of musical and story-telling talent, raining rhythm from dreads to toe, tapping the stormy history of jazz and the blues into the 21st century with his band The... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Rebirth of an icon (3) Oct 5, 2009
Meshing of old with new is evident in the new carousel's two organs. One organ is an overhauled Silver Beach original that will primarily play only on special occasions ... The second organ is cutting edge. (The Herald-Palladium)
