Hope, like the gleaming taper’s light, adorns and cheers our way; and still, as darker grows the night, emits a brighter ray.
- Oliver Goldsmith
The Hubble Deep Field: The Most Important Image Ever Taken
Our condolences to the family of Ray Cham. Ray was one of the songwriters for Disney’s High School Musical.
Ray Cham, 2006 Emmy-nominated Songwriter/Producer, passed away in Los Angeles on Sunday, March 4, 2007. Cham passed away from injuries sustained during a motorcycle accident. Cham was 35.
Ray Cham was described as …a great musical talent & [...]
Con Anima is a small ensemble of operatic vocalists from St. Petersburg, Russia. Small in number, but by no means small in sound or passion. They performed recently at my church, Mount Vernon Presbyterian Church. I could not find reviews of them online so I wanted to let you know what they are like as [...]
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Disney’s High School Musical opened at McIntyre Hall on March 23, 2007 for a three week run. Here are some photos of the HSM cast and musicians in rehearsal. Full cast is almost sixty strong and the live pit band is seven musicians (and six keyboards!).
High School Musical Cast at McIntyre Hall - Warmups
HSM Cast [...]
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Technical crews in the arts are notorious for not being appreciated. They work so hard backstage to make everything work right. If they do their job well, they are almost invisible as everything flows with effortless ease to make the cast look good on stage.
So if you’re involved in musical theater, plays, drama, music bands [...]
“If we evolved from apes, why do apes still exist?”
Recently a devout “creationist” joined one of my creation discussion forums with the proclaimed intention of finally unravelling the lie of “evolutionists”. After a full week of factless drivel I encouraged him to begin discussions on specific topics. I was very surprised that his first pick [...]
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SNL - United Way
Mount Vernon, WA (McIntyre Hall) - Skagit Opera presented Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro February 23 to March 4, 2007. I attended the second weekend Friday performance.
I have had many people ask me what I thought of the performance. Maybe in part they think I have an extra edge in reviewing the finer [...]
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I Have to Deal with Stereotypes
The first couple minutes of this is really great. Kudos to KevJumba, funny stuff.
DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY, AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON, DC
Abstract by S. Omar Ali and Zehra F. Peynirciolu
We explored the role of lyrics and melodies in conveying emotions in songs. Participants rated the intensity of four types [...]
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Seattle, WA - A little flashback here. I’m wondering how many people remember the early and mid 80’s clubs in Seattle that was Skoochies, City Beat and The Monastery. I’m also interested how many of those people ended up being in the arts as a profession.
I was talking to a theater director a couple days [...]
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“Little Johnny is classically trained” - translation is: “Little Johnny can read music.” Or this one, “My Aunt Thelma was a concert pianist” - translation is “My Aunt Thelma can play Chopin and gave a concert once which I wasn’t actually at.”
“Classically trained” and “Concert pianist” are two terms I hear quite a bit, and [...]
Bono NAACP Acceptance Speech
“True religion will not let us fall asleep in the comfort of our freedom. Love Thy Neighbor is not a piece of advice, it’s a command. That means that in the global village we’re going to have to start loving a whole lot more people.”
Bono receives an award from the NAACP. He [...]
Strange Faces and Noises I Can Make IV
Now how can you not just absolutely love this guy?
Mount Vernon, WA - Disney’s High School Musical opens at McIntyre Hall (Mount Vernon, WA) on March 23, 2007 for a threek week run. Included in the run is a school show and a bargain night on Thursday March 29th.
This show is the latest craze with pre-teen audiences. See it and find out [...]
The power of prayer. Is it real? Does it work? Am I instantly banished to hell for asking the question?
There was a prayer study several years back that claimed to prove that intercessory prayer works. Please note the word “intercessory”, which is a prayer done on someone else’s behalf. This is an important distinction, as [...]
Big Brother could be watching you at any time, especially at airports. With increased security you never know what might be caught on tape. Thermal imaging can make this a particularly sensitive issue. I might recommend you not eat or drink while watching this.
View Airport Thermal Imaging VideoÂ
One of these two entries will win a $100 prize for the best remix of my Dracula Overture. Will post voting results in about a week.
 FFT Dracula Remix MP3
Kevin Remix MP3
ORIGINAL OVERTURE MP3
Read about the Dracula Overture.
Whosane Music Video
Recording artist at studio facility in New York.
