by | Sep 28, 2013 | Culture Music Art
from CNN The death of the home stereo system By Todd Leopold, CNN For many years, it was a rite of fall. You moved into your dorm room or new apartment. You started unpacking the car. And the first thing you set up in your new place was the stereo system: receiver,...
by | Sep 25, 2013 | Culture Music Art, Weirdness
from the LA Times Disney’s ‘Little Mermaid Second Screen Live’ adds iPad twist Family and Film: Will parents buy a break from moviegoing tradition to let kids play games along with second-screen showings? By Nicole Sperling For many parents of young...
by | Sep 19, 2013 | Culture Music Art
from MOJO Reggae Toaster Prince Jazzbo Dies, Aged 62 By Ian Harrison IN 1976 PRINCE JAZZBO would be immortalized on The Upsetters’ Lee Perry-produced classic Super Ape. He voiced the humid, dubbed up stream of consciousness track Croaking Lizard over the rhythm of Max...
by | Sep 18, 2013 | Culture Music Art
by | Sep 13, 2013 | Culture Music Art
from The Telegraph PICTURE OF THE DAY Aviator Jonathan Trappe set off on a world first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean dangling from 370 helium-filled balloons, but had to abort after 12 hours. Five others have died making similar attempts. [ click to read at The...
by | Sep 12, 2013 | Culture Music Art
from The San Francisco Chronicle Ray Dolby, pioneering sound engineer, dies at 80 Sam Whiting Ray Dolby, the inventor who took the hiss out of the soundtrack of our lives, died Thursday at his home in San Francisco. He was 80 and had been living with Alzheimer’s...
