Brutal Legend

While his music doesn’t really push our buttons, Meat Loaf’s Bat Out Of Hell (released in 1977) had a fantastically schlocky album cover – a demonic bat watches as a skull adorned motorbike bursts from the ground, while the grimacing long haired rider hangs on for dear life; it really doesn’t get much more unashamedly ‘Heavy Metal’ than that. It’s from this same studded-leather-clad era that Tim Schafer (creator of Psychonauts and Grim Fandango) and Double Fine Productions have drawn upon to unl

Calvin’s Birthday Bash: Day 1

I get to look at this precious face every day. When he crinkles his nose in a smile, I can’t help but let the tensions of the day melt away as my face beams at his. My son joins me at the office when I work three days a week. On other days, we play together at the playground, in the back yard, or in the living room. There is always music. The soundtrack of our time together is full of laughter, applause, and clogging…well, at least foot-stomping. As a nod to the year of my son’s birt

NEA CHAIRMAN at GIA Conference

If you’re interested – and it is pretty interesting – you can download Rocco Landesman’s speech to the GIA conference here . In his remarks, Chairman Landesman laid out the guiding principle that will inform his work at the agency, which can be summed up in two words: “Art works.” Chairman Landesman explained that he means this in three ways: 1. “Art works” is a noun. They are the books, crafts, dances, designs, drawings, films, installations, music, musicals, paintings, plays, performance

What is My Gym Camp?

Nancy Kahn Scott is owner/operator of My Gym Children’s Fitness Center in Palm Desert, California. Here, she talks about the many options a My Gym camp can provide for children, whether over the summer period or during a special holiday occasion. My Gym camp is simply the best! Children participate in energizing fitness games, noncompetitive gymnastics, arts and crafts, music and so much more. Each camp program is uniquely designed to keep your children moving and active, as we emphasize ph

The Happiness Project Takes Over a Montreal Apartment

Charles Spearin, member of Broken Social Scene and Do Make Say Think , released an infamous concept album named ' The Happiness Project ' in February of this year. The idea was brilliant in its simplicity; he interviewed people in his neighbourhood in Toronto about what their definition of 'happy' is. He took the recorded conversations and wrote music to accompany their answers. Of course releasing a lauded album like that, on major indie label Arts Crafts no less, begs the questi

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