MUSIC; When the Island Sings the Blues
The News Review:
- MUSIC; When the Island Sings the Blues
- Creating diverse merchandise
- Contractor builds on integrity
- Trouble bubbles up over Atherton fountain
- Britain’s brightest star
MUSIC; When the Island Sings the Blues
New York Times – May 22, 2005
Though blues songs do not regularly make the Top 10 list, the music has taken root again, far from the dusty Southern fields and gritty urban streets where it originated. On Long Island, in restaurants turned supper clubs and bars from Farmingdale to Riverhead, the number of local musicians playing the blues has expanded. It has been a home-grown renewal that musicians say is driven by the dearth of competition from outside acts and by regional rock n roll performers taking up the form as their sensibilities have shifted with age…
Today, the society’s Web site lists more than 75 different blues and bluesy acts that now perform with some regularity, including notables like Cadillac Moon, a nine-piece band headed by Mike Nugent that has been around for more than a decade, and newcomers like Lewd Buddha, formed two years ago. Even a younger generation raised in an era when pop sensibilities prevailed has taken up the blues. Last month, Pat Russo, 15, of East Northport and John Pagano, 16, of Smithtown watched from the balcony of the Vail-Levitt Music Hall in Riverhead as Andy Aledort and his band, the Groove Kings, performed. Aledort’s student, and John, whose mentor is the guitarist Sam Taylor, are both six-string blues devotees. Pat, who was wearing a black Led Zeppelin T-shirt, said that what he liked most about the blues was ”the authenticity. ” ”Every note, every beat is something you can feel,” he said.
Creating diverse merchandise
San Diego Union Tribune – May 22, 2005
Frustration among biracial and multiracial consumers, who crave products that reflect their cultures and skin tones, has bred a home-grown market in goods from cards to clothes. "There are all of these children of interracial marriages," said Tiffany Morrison, 37, who, with her sister, 36, launched Los Angeles-based Mix It Up in January. "There are things that we need, and now we're creating them. "On the sisters' Web site, www.
Contractor builds on integrity
East Valley Tribune – May 22, 2005
At first he focused on any project available, then he eventually began to concentrate on high-end homes, ranging in price of $100,000 per average job. “People have a lot of personal feelings when they decide to remodel their homes,” Dougherty said. “Theyve usually lived in them for a long time, theyre near schools and work and the equity of their home has steadily grown. “They also want their remodeling to make their home look like them. Like buying a new set of clothes. ” Dale Adams is an example of the “personal feelings” felt by homeowners seeking a remodeling. He purchased his home near Interstate 60 and Val Vista Drive in Mesa new in 1988 and recently asked Dougherty to upgrade the 17-year-old dwelling.
Trouble bubbles up over Atherton fountain
San Francisco Chronicle – May 22, 2005
Her son, Fred Chapman, says he and his siblings swam in it, fished in it and frolicked in it, and they and their mother adored it. But for decades, shrubbery kept it hidden from the public. When Virginia Chapman died last fall, Oster says, she knew Chapman’s grown children would want to sell the home, and she feared its new owner would find the fountain garish, with its five life-size female figurines, including four naked from the waist up. Oster figured if she bought Chapman’s house, she’d not only expand her property, but acquire and protect the fountain. She says her interest in the object has nothing to do with the fact that it sits next door to her house. Her position as head of the heritage association for the past 13 years, she says, has, in effect, made her the town steward of the numerous historical artifacts left behind from the earliest estates. Over the years, she’s saved other town history, including an important statue in the park and a couple of historic buildings.
Britain’s brightest star
Deccan Herald – May 22, 2005
Occasionally, he does a big budget like the debonair period-costumed Emma and the war epic Black Hawk Down. McGregor cannot claim any authentic working-class background. He and his older brother were raised in a solidly middle-class home in the small town of Crieff, near Edinburgh. His parents were both schoolteachers. His big break came with the British TV series Lipstick On Your Collar. His movie debut followed in Being Human, a Robin Williams fiasco. After Trainspotting, he has never looked back…
His movie debut followed in Being Human, a Robin Williams fiasco. After Trainspotting, he has never looked back. With his close family – he’s married to petite French production designer Eve Mouvrakis and they have a daughter – and his candid, studiously modest ways, he holds out promise of a home-grown star who won’t let fame go to his head, or abandon his country. Even though Britain’s brightest rising star has made the leap from local hero to global celebrity, he has not given up his love for the stage. Between movie roles, he’s busy treading the boards. Ewan’s recent releases include the low-budget Brit drama Young Adam, the nostalgic romcom Down With Love, with Renee Zellweger, Tim Burton’s The Big Fish, and Flora Plum for Jodie Foster.