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Cultural Improvisations

Official Partners of the 2011 Chicago Dance Festival

July 14, 2011

It’s hard to imagine dance without music, unless you prefer mimed movements. Music helps give arm gestures, turns, kicks and jumps greater meaning and definition. The history of dance goes hand and hand with music. Even in the most indigenous and primal forms of dance are combined with rhythm pounding of drums. In many respects, [...]

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Market to Fight Crime with Classical Music

May 19, 2011

Yet again, classical music may prove to be a powerful weapon against crime. Or at least against teen loiterers. Last summer, I wrote about a Canadian library and a Denver McDonald’s blasting classical music to scare away rowdy teenagers. Now, another establishment has joined the battle. According to a story by Columbus TV station WBNS-10TV, [...]

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Jack Sparrow + Michael Bolton + Andy Samberg = One Hilarious Video

May 9, 2011

Our blog sometimes gets strange promotional pitches. Today, I got an unusual e-mail about a “Jack Sparrow” video featuring Michael Bolton. I thought it had something to do with the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean movie, so I eagerly clicked on the YouTube link. It turned out to be the latest digital short by Saturday [...]

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Billboard’s List of 15 Songs for Mother’s Day

May 6, 2011

Are you looking for the perfect song to tell your special mom just how much you love her? Then check out Billboard’s “Dear Mama Playlist” . I was actually a bit skeptical, figuring that Billboard would probably only include pop artists. But they actually have a nice range of artists including Danzig and Ozzy Osbourne [...]

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America’s Music Not As Rebellious?

April 24, 2011

The 60’s was an era of rebellion. Defiance was contagious and it was spread through the airwaves. Musicians helped spread rage and anger against civil injustice, war and economic inequality. Today’s music is tepid by comparison, or at least the monotonous . At least, that is what Adam McKay thinks. Upset by the lack of [...]

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Kiefer Sutherland’s Web Series “The Confession” Seeks New Musical Blood

March 31, 2011

Having just finished watching the entire series of 24 (thank you Netflix), I was just about to start going through withdrawal until I heard about the The Confession.  OurStage.com has partnered with Digital Broadcasting Group, the producers behind the new series, to look for the next generation of musical stars through a song competition. The [...]

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Dancing with the Stars Ramps up Likability with Season 12 Cast

March 1, 2011

As a Dancing with the Stars addict, I was on pins and needles waiting for the news about the Season 12 cast. I didn’t watch a single episode of Season 11 in protest of Bristol Palin, who really wasn’t a celebrity. And with rumors floating around that politician Christine O’Donnell would participate in Season 12, I [...]

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GOP Proposes Eliminating AmeriCorps and Funding for Public Broadcasting

February 22, 2011

I normally don’t use our blog as a political platform. However, I would like to share two petitions on Change.org which shed light on upcoming Republican budget cut proposals – the complete elimination of the AmeriCorps program and zeroing out funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Each of these proposals offends me as a [...]

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Best line from a Super Bowl Ad: “What’s a Bieber?”

February 8, 2011

Typical readers know Viola and I could care less about anything and everything doing with Justin Bieber, which is precisely why it’s a good thing I wasn’t drinking anything when I saw the Best Buy Super Bowl featuring Ozzy Osbourne and Justin Bieber. For the most part, I thought the Super Bowl ads were abysmal.  [...]

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