Ravi Shankar, the Indian sitarist and composer whose collaborations with Western musicians - both classical and rock - made him a familiar concert name by the late '60s and earned him the title "godfather of world music," died Tuesday in a hospital near his home in Southern California, his family said. He was 92. Shankar's foundation said in a statement that he had suffered upper respiratory and heart problems and had undergone heart-valve replacement surgery last week, reports the Associated Press. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh also confirmed Shankar's death, calling him a "national treasure." But it was his daughter,...
- 12/12/2012
- by Stephen M. Silverman
- PEOPLE.com
Or we could have gone with “A Zombie with Anthrax.” Ah well. the important thing is that guitarist/comic book author Scott Ian has a new credit to add to his already impressively cool cv: zombie. Technically, “walker” – he’ll be playing a member of the undead in the new season of The Walking Dead, as he recently announced on Twitter:
Scott_Ian Scott Ian
What have I wanted to do since 1978? Be a Zombie!!! Full story on my day on Walking Dead coming later!!!
and he attached this photo:
Add this to his tweets about seeing Richard Alpert at Lax (he’s a Lost fan), starting out his day with Vivaldi and Mozart, and not yet blogging about The Walking Dead on his new site http://scott-ian.com/ because he didn’t know “the Dr. Who thing was on tonight” and it becomes even more obvious why the man is so popular.
Scott_Ian Scott Ian
What have I wanted to do since 1978? Be a Zombie!!! Full story on my day on Walking Dead coming later!!!
and he attached this photo:
Add this to his tweets about seeing Richard Alpert at Lax (he’s a Lost fan), starting out his day with Vivaldi and Mozart, and not yet blogging about The Walking Dead on his new site http://scott-ian.com/ because he didn’t know “the Dr. Who thing was on tonight” and it becomes even more obvious why the man is so popular.
- 8/17/2011
- by Erin Willard
- ScifiMafia
Over the last five years, it’s nice to have watched the Wndx Festival of Film and Video Art in Winnipeg grow into such a terrific powerhouse of showcasing the best Canadian avant-garde and experimental media. It’s fifth killer edition will run on Sept. 30 — Oct. 3.
There’s one great non-Canadian exception this year, though. Wndx honors the life and work of the legendary Brooklyn-bred underground filmmaker George Kuchar. There will be three retrospectives of his films, chronicling his career from his early ’60s Hollywood-inspired pastiches to his more recent autobiographical videos.
Also screening as part of the Kuchar celebration will be Jennifer M. Kroot’s hit documentary It Came From Kuchar about George and his twin filmmaking brother Mike. Of course, George will be there in person attending the festival and on Sunday, Oct. 3, he will join Winnipeg filmmaker Guy Maddin for a panel discussion that’s not to be missed.
There’s one great non-Canadian exception this year, though. Wndx honors the life and work of the legendary Brooklyn-bred underground filmmaker George Kuchar. There will be three retrospectives of his films, chronicling his career from his early ’60s Hollywood-inspired pastiches to his more recent autobiographical videos.
Also screening as part of the Kuchar celebration will be Jennifer M. Kroot’s hit documentary It Came From Kuchar about George and his twin filmmaking brother Mike. Of course, George will be there in person attending the festival and on Sunday, Oct. 3, he will join Winnipeg filmmaker Guy Maddin for a panel discussion that’s not to be missed.
- 9/23/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
While I missed listing the April 10 “Regional Youth Program” — which was technically the opening night — below is the lineup for the rest of Experiments in Cinema v.5.1. that will run April 14-18 at several venues in Albuquerque, New Mexico, including the Guild Cinema.
This is four nights and one day of some of the best cutting edge experimental films and videos being made today. Each night — and the day — is jam-packed with over three hours or of unique and intriguing short films made by filmmakers such as Sylvia Schedelbauer, Vanessa Renwick, Robert Todd, Penny Lane and Kerry Laitala. All told, there will 50 films from 13 countries screening, including 12 World Premieres.
Although Experiments in Cinema is truly an international event, festival director Bryan Konefsky is placing a special emphasis on regional filmmaking and has invited other festival directors and film curators to showcase works from their particular region. Montse Badia will screen Spanish experimental video,...
This is four nights and one day of some of the best cutting edge experimental films and videos being made today. Each night — and the day — is jam-packed with over three hours or of unique and intriguing short films made by filmmakers such as Sylvia Schedelbauer, Vanessa Renwick, Robert Todd, Penny Lane and Kerry Laitala. All told, there will 50 films from 13 countries screening, including 12 World Premieres.
Although Experiments in Cinema is truly an international event, festival director Bryan Konefsky is placing a special emphasis on regional filmmaking and has invited other festival directors and film curators to showcase works from their particular region. Montse Badia will screen Spanish experimental video,...
- 4/14/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
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