From Laurel Street (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
John Philip Sousa composed a march for military band titled “Transit of Venus” in 1883 to celebrate a rare astronomical phenomena that occurred on December 6, 1882 — Venus Venus passing directly between the Sun and Earth. You can listen to it here. Transits of Venus occur in a pattern that repeats every 243 years. [...]
Do the Math (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
... a weekend clarinetist. During the week he was an auto mechanic. But he loved music, especially John Philip Sousa, and he was in the marching band. My mother marched in the band too, in the women’s section. She didn’t play an instrument but sang in the church choir at the 19th Street Baptist Church in Philadelphia. Together, they always provided us with plenty of music in the...
Curtis Lowe (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
A little “Fix Bayonets” and some John Philip Sousa in anticipation of tomorrow’s birthday of the World’s Finest Fighting Force. Fast-forward to 1:55, then sit back and enjoy. You’re welcome. Technorati Tags: John Philip Sousa,USMC Posted in Billy Badass, History, Jarheads, Shooting Is Always Fun
Frequently Asked Q (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
'You Geeks Have to Become Radical Militant Activists' The face of evil, projected 20 feet tall on a screen behind Lawrence Lessig, belonged to Britney Spears. The face of good belonged to composer John Philip Sousa. Mr. Lessig, the Harvard Law School professor, was giving a keynote address at Educause 2009. He argued that intellectual property in education had been taken over by...
ReadWriteWeb (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
In 1906 John Philip Sousa criticized the gramophone saying, "These talking machines will ruin the artistic development of music in this country." Nevertheless, because Sousa did not forsee user-generated culture proliferating alongside "mechanical music" he could not have been further from the truth. Not only have machine technologies aided in musical...
Baxojayz - Centricity (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... head of state (1999) Today's Birthdays Adolphe Sax (1814-1894): inventor of the sax ; composers John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) and Ignace Jan Paderewski (1860-1941) share this birth date James Naismith (1861-1939): inventor of basketball Mike Nichols (78): multiple award-winning director of stage and screen Glenn Frey (61): rock musician, The Eagles ; plus, musician Arturo Sandoval...
San Diego Blog (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
... November 4, 1918- Art Carney, actor November 4, 1937- Loretta Swit, actress played Margaret "Hot Lips" on TV series "M*A*S*H" November 4, 1954- Yanni, composer November 4, 1969- Matthew McConaughey, actor November 5, 1911- Roy Rogers, the "King of the Cowboys", born Leonard Franklin Slye November 5, 1913- Vivien Leigh, actress November 5, 1931- Ike Turner, singer November 5, 1941- Elke Sommer,...
