by | Oct 23, 2013 | Culture Music Art
from The New York Times Ronald Shannon Jackson, Composer and Avant-Garde Drummer, Dies at 73 By STEVE SMITH Alan Nahigian Ronald Shannon Jackson, an avant-garde drummer and composer who led an influential electric band and performed with many of the greatest names in...
by | Oct 22, 2013 | Culture Music Art
from The Telegraph Rihanna ordered out of UAE mosque complex over photo shoot Singer asked to leave Abu Dhabi’s sacred Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque complex after posing for “inappropriate” pictures By AFP Pop star Rihanna was asked to leave Abu...
by | Oct 21, 2013 | Culture Music Art
from The Hollywood Reporter Larry Flynt: Don’t Execute the Man Who Paralyzed Me (Guest Column) by Larry Flynt Joseph Paul Franklin, who has confessed to shooting Flynt in 1978 and been convicted in a series of racially motivated murders, is set for execution in...
by | Oct 18, 2013 | Culture Music Art, Mirth
from The New York Observer Banksy Ascends to Superhero (or Villain) Status in City By Drew Grant The mayor has condemned him. The police are after him. Possible copycats are posing as him. And vandals who dare deface his work are being humiliated by vigilante mobs....
by | Oct 16, 2013 | Culture Music Art
from The New York Times After Decades, a Water Tunnel Can Now Serve All of Manhattan Pool photo by Mary Altaffer By MATT FLEGENHEIMER Of all New York City’s sprawling mega-projects, the water tunnel snaking beneath the grid — connecting the Bronx to Upper Manhattan,...
by | Oct 15, 2013 | Culture Music Art
from The Daily Telegraph Is the royal train grinding to a halt? Despite decades in service, the royal train has yet to reach the end of the line – at least according to those who built it By Joe Shute In recent days, the Queen’s treasurer has done much to recast...
