Williams Makes Changes
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
NAMIBIAN rugby coach John Williams has named a squad of 22 players who will take on Tunisia in a 2011 World Cup qualifier at the Hage Geingob Stadium tomorrow. Kick-off is at 16h00.
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The 2010 Tanglewood Season Listings
The Collaborative Piano Blog (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
For the second year in a row, here is the complete schedule for the Tanglewood Festival , released one minute after the end of the press embargo. These listings are taken directly from the press release, with only some minor formatting changes made to the original text. The Mahler Symphonyies # 2 and 3 look to be season highlights, but I always have a soft spot for programs like Audra MacDonald's New...
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'V' Returns To ABC Tonight In 'There Is No Normal Anymore'
MTV Movies Blog (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Did you tune in last week for "V"? As a child of the '80s, I can still remember that Marc Singer-starring classic series. The scene where the visitors first touch down on Earth to the strains of John Williams' "Star Wars" score is forever burned into my consciousness. Those lizards scared the crap out of [...]
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Star Wars: In Concert
Pat's Fantasy Hotlist (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Holy shit, I'm so there! November 25th at the Bell Center! If it's half as good as Howard Shore's Lord of the Rings Symphony of a few years back, it will be worth every penny. A pity John Williams is not the conductor. . . Check out your local listings to see if the tour stops in your city.
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Unemployment Is Really at 22.1%
EconomicPolicyJournal.com (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
NyPo's John Crudele reports on the latest numbers from Shadow Government Stats and fills in a bit more on how the government is able to whittle down the number to 10.1%: My friend John Williams of Shadow Government Stats thinks the true unemployment rate would be 22.1 percent if everyone -- all discouraged former workers, encouraged, involuntary part-timers and the like -- were included.Here are
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Out of This World
SLSO Blog (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
The Movie Music of John Williams concerts this past weekend were an intergalactic success. Two full houses at Powell Hall, with David Robertson and the SLSO giving the preeminent film composer of our time his due in out-of-this-world style....
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Obama and the Aqueduct
LATICONOMICS (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Obama and the Aqueduct Mises Daily: by Doug French "Italian Landscape with the Ruins of a Roman Bridge and Aqueduct," Jan Asselijn (1610–1652) The statisticians at the Commerce Department have determined that the US economy has turned around with the benefit of government incentives prodding consumers to spend money on cars and homes. On the surface, the New New Deal is working just...
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Celebrating Stoner by John Williams
Conversational Reading (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
For a long time now I've meant to read the mid-century American novel Stoner by John Williams. NYRB Classics publishes two of Williams' books (Stoner and the National Book Award winner Butcher's Crossing ), and Scott Bryan Wilson, a very trusted fellow reader, has long recommended the book. I finally got around to Stoner while in Canada, and it was an absolute pleasure. Simply put, the book is about...
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Who is kids' favourite classical composer - and why?
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
John Williams' Harry Potter theme has been voted the most popular classical music for children. But don't panic: Prokofiev isn't far behind Lucky old Prokofiev: he seems to be the man with the tunes closest to the bosom of the nation's youth. In a line-up of mostly hyper-romantic pictorialism, melodies that tell a story are the winners in this poll by Classic FM to find the classical music most popular...
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Tonight's Movie: Sabrina (1954)
Laura's Miscellaneous Musings (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
SABRINA is one of the two films we saw this evening at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. SABRINA, along with LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON (1957), was shown as part of a tribute to Audrey Hepburn . I had seen bits and pieces of SABRINA over the years, and also seen the 1995 remake, but this was my first chance to see SABRINA from start to finish. It was a great treat to see it for the first time in an...
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“Enough of that. And of this.”
Brit Lit Blogs (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
The love of literature, of language, of the mystery of the mind and the heart showing themselves in the minute, strange and unexpected combinations of letters and words, in the blackest and coldest print – the love which had to be hidden as if it were illicit and dangerous, he began to display, at first tentatively, and then boldly, and then proudly. - John Williams, Stoner Asylum is taking...
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John Williams Lomax charged with murdering Jasper Howard
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
A Connecticut man has been in the fatal stabbing of University of Connecticut football player Jasper Howard.Deron Freeman told the Associated Press today that his client, John William Lomax, has been arrested and booked on murder charges. Police said they would make an announcement later today to discuss what they have described as "significant developments."Freeman said Lomax was initially...
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Darth Vader pushes Symphony controller and takes control !
Iceland photos and info (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
I went tonight to see the Icelandic Symphony,play at a full house . Mr. Micheal Krajewsky was conducting,and the theme was , John Williams movie music. Mr Krajewsky ,is known for conducting Movie music and has worked with many Symphony orchestras , in San Francisco ,Dallas,Detroit, Baltimore,Stþ Louis to name a few. I called the Symphony ,and they gave me permission to videotape and put it on...
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The Perlman Music Program Celebrates 15th Anniversary with an …
- Are You Riled Up? - (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
A small taste of the 2009 Inauguration made its’ way to Sag Harbor Saturday evening as The Perlman Music Program celebrated their 15th Anniversary with a special debut concert of John Williams’ piece “Air and Simple Gifts ” which was …Continue Reading
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A Night at the LA Phil with John Williams
cathie filian - How to be Domestic (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
All dolled up and ready for a night on the town! A Night at the LA Phil with John Williams Disney Concert Hall. Frank Gehry designed the building and the acoustics of the concert hall were designed by Yasuhisa Toyota. The hall opened on October 23 2003. Ready to go in! The musicians are taking their seats! The organ. In all, there are 72 stops, 109 ranks, and 6,125 pipes; pipes range in size from a...