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The viola sings outReviews of recordings by Kim Kashkashian, Yuri Bashmet, David Aaron Carpenter, Eliesha Nelson and others. Google "viola joke" and you'll be rewarded with thousands, an afternoon's worth of hilarity at the expense of one of the most expressive sound producing machines ever conjured up.
LA Times Sunday, November 01, 2009Dam-Funk: In with the new, out with the oldThe DJ and
recording artist, whose 'Toeachizown' is his debut album, plans to use modern recording software in the future. Sitting in the makeshift studio in the garage behind his Leimert Park home, Dam-Funk says he doesn't know who dubbed him "the Ambassador of Boogie Funk," but he wants to be clear that he didn't give himself that title. "Boogie is fun, but I don't want to be lumped into a hole," he says. "I'm not going to let anybody peg me."
LA Times Sunday, November 01, 2009Jeff Bridges, psychic warriorTo play the leader of a military unit devoted to the use of brain energies to help the Army in 'The Men Who Stare at Goats,' the actor just recalled his trippy days in the '60s and '70s. Jeff Bridges, looking like a Malibu prophet with his bushy beard and seasoned surfer smile, says he had a bit of a flashback while filming "The Men Who Stare at Goats," which fictionalizes the oddball odyssey of a U.S. military program that tried to train soldiers to use mental powers as a weapon (and, yes, to snuff out farm animals by glaring at them).
LA Times Sunday, November 01, 2009Sam Worthington is human under the technology in 'Avatar'In a blockbuster movie, Sam Worthington figures, characters need to be especially relatable. 'I don't want to be a cartoon,' he says. Forget the flying dragons and giant blue aliens, Sam Worthington is in search of human life amid all that extraterrestrial spectacle in "Avatar." Director James Cameron's sci-fi epic arrives Dec. 18 amid intense discussion of its state-of-the-art performance capture and 3-D innovations, but for Worthington, the 33-year-old Australian star of the film, none of that is as important as locating the human heart in the story.
LA Times Sunday, November 01, 2009Jamie Oliver - Jamie Oliver Hated SchoolJamie Oliver vowed never to read or write again after leaving school.The multimillionaire chef - who suffers from learning disorder dyslexia, which causes sufferers...
Contact Music Sunday, November 01, 2009James Thornton - Joanna Page Needs Laughs For LoveJoanna Page could never date a serious man.The 'Gavin and Stacey' actress - who is married to 'Emmerdale' star James Thornton - needs someone to make her laugh...
Contact Music Sunday, November 01, 2009Girls Aloud - Cheryl Cole Fan Cheryl ColeCheryl Cole listens to her own
records at home.The Girls Aloud singer - whose debut solo single 'Fight For This Love' reached number one in the UK charts last week...
Contact Music Sunday, November 01, 200950 Cent - 50 Cents Aggressive Albums50 Cent makes violent
records to please his fans. The rapper said the public expect him to make certain records and he has accepted no matter how many
albums...
Contact Music Sunday, November 01, 2009Grand Giveaway: Russ Lee-led NewSong return with 'Give Yourself Away' projectRuss Lee-led NewSong return with 'Give Yourself Away' project
crossrhytms.co.uk Sunday, November 01, 2009'This Is It' tops worldwide box officeMusic News: Jackson docu wins domestic, foreign markets -- Michael Jackson's final encore "This Is It" grossed an estimated $101 million in its debut at the worldwide box office, including a domestic take of $21.3 million over the Halloween weekend.
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