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Entries from December 2007

Graffiti Artists at the Bethlehem Wall

December 28th, 2007 by Trout · No Comments

In Bethlehem, artists from all over the world, including local artists, have been making art on the barrier wall separating Israel and Palestine.
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Tags: Controversy · Drawing and Illustration · Graffiti · Israel · Palestine · Public Art

A short film for you

December 26th, 2007 by Trout · No Comments

Support for the filmmakers…
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Tags: Short Films

David Byrne - How to be a musician in a digital world

December 24th, 2007 by Trout · No Comments

Last week, David Byrne interviewed Thom Yorke of Radiohead for Wired, about their battle with record companies and their ultimate decision to produce and distribute their own music. This was punctuated a few months ago by releasing their latest album, In Rainbows, through their own site, and allowed fans to name their own price […]

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Tags: Art Life · Big Business · Economics · Marketing · Music & Sounds · Technology

Animal vs. Buddy Rich

December 13th, 2007 by Trout · No Comments

On The Muppet Show, Animal battles Buddy Rich. Until I saw this clip, I didn’t know the musician who performed Animal’s drumming was Ronnie Verrell. This is some amazing drumming.

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Tags: Funny · Music & Sounds · Puppetry · Television · United States

People become sugar-gliders and flying squirrels

December 12th, 2007 by Trout · No Comments

As with Parkour, Yamakasi and Freerunning, here is another endeavor that blurs the line between performance art and sport.
New suits that give the wearers the aerodynamics of sugar-gliders or flying squirrels allow people to do flying feats never seen before. Currently people must tackle landing with a parachute, but flyer and basejumper Jeb Corliss […]

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Tags: Dance · Performance · Performance Art · Sports

No Art, only Entertainment

December 10th, 2007 by Trout · No Comments

I’ve noticed for quite some time that most media web sites and newspapers do not have an Arts section. The closest you find is Entertainment. The meaning of these two is of course very different, not because art can’t be entertaining, it can be. But art often has more purpose to it […]

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Tags: Art Life · Artforms · Big Business · Cinema · Dance · Drawing and Illustration · Painting · Photography · Sculpture · Television · The Press · Theatre