CatchUP and MustHard
Just ordered Gregory Douglass’ STARK rightfully pumped by Out Magazine (October 2006, p. 44). He’s his own creature for sure, somewhere in the metro of Sarah McLachlan, Tori, and softer moody cafe crooners. Look forward to hearing this on my iPod. (Decided to pay a lot more and ordered the actual disc. Perhaps I’ll gift it to someone? or simply resell par usual. Wanted him to earn more on it.) Big thanks to OUT!
Billboard (Jan. 28 2006, p. 20) notes the Irish music biz inaugarated an award similar to UK’s Mercury as they continue to grow. I wonder how that relates to Dublin growing from the various tech, and other, industries moving in over the last decade or so. Relished the memories and visit just one year ago walking up the way for fresh juice and groceries this AM. Yum.
From some 2005 Out Traveler, I wrote “to advance, we must consider agin honestly for this is how time moves us. looking back is good and certaingly an educaiton too, though perhaps not propelled as we’d like.”
From Fast Company (Dec. ‘05, p.12),”Animation is the only part of film production where quality is going up while costs are going down.” Unions withstanding, I think we need to begin seeing this for filmmaking in general. I really am more prone to a cooperative profit sharing, beyond a base/basic salary payment, in my company’s model.
BET had an ad, in Billboard, quite awhile back saying they were #1 in 2005 in five different categories. I’m so unimpressed. Of course, it’s about more than money with me. As well, I think it’s funny they’ve made it to 25 being so shallow and weathering the consistent criticism about shallow (if quite profitable) programming. Would love to see some better/highbrow amidst all the other stuff. Ah, dreaming again, yes, I am!
Found this VV article about Latin freestyle’s early 80s origins being a compromise as hip-hop early on was quite black, and demanded to be strictly so. Hmmm, I guess we can live together; more application on the working together.
http://www.villagevoice.com/music/0616,veraacuten,72904,22.html
