Tenor conquered classic and mainstream... Sep 7, 2007
Pavarotti drew record crowds during a string of outdoor concerts in the 1990s, including venues such as London's Hyde Park, the Great Lawn of New York's Central Park and in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris ... Scoperta da GdF a Ugovizza (Ud), al suo interno 2. (The Drudge Report)
CBS 2 At The Met: Ode To The Ud Jul 9, 2007
Music is the common denominator of all countries and cultures, which brings us to the ud. Thats ud, spelled u-d ... He said, "The Ud has really a long history that goes back to Egyptian times and Mesopotamian times. You can see how this one looks like teardrop in shape, a round body, back full, a short neck without any frets on it, and a little piece of wood down below to protect it when it's being played. They used a crow quill to pluck the strings. These are traditions that still go on... (CBS New York, NY)
Explainer: Are iTunes' Premium Downloads Worth It?click to play audio Apr 6, 2007
Studies (PDF) have found that as long as you're using high-quality encoding software, music compressed to a bitrate of 128 kbps or more is "transparent"in other words, most listeners can't distinguish it from CD quality ... As a result, about 90 percent of an audio CD's original data gets thrown away in the MP3 compression process ... To save even more space, the codecs also scrap frequencies that would be audible on their own but become virtually imperceptible in the presence of other sounds,... (Slate)
Bling springs off in Riviera Beach Mar 25, 2007
Friday was the first of a three-day buffet of musical performances by artists including MIMS, Remy Ma and Huey, contests in everything from dancing to the ability to spontaneously rap about your junky car breaking down, and the good, old-fashioned pastime of people watching and flirting. "(Will there be) girls? There better be!" joked Wood Faugue, 19, of Naples, as he rode a shuttle bus from a Riviera Beach parking lot to the Singer Island taping site with some college buddies from Friends... (The Palm Beach Post)
Explainer: Are Super Bowl Parties Illegal?click to play audio Feb 5, 2007
In 1998, Congress amended the copyright law to give a little bit more guidance when it comes to a class of events known as "nondramatic musical works." (This designation might include the Super Bowl's theme music and halftime show. The new rule gave bars and restaurants the right to broadcast these works on any television that's smaller than 55 inches and hooked up to fewer than five loudspeakers ... It also gives the NFL lawyers a handy rule of thumb: Instead of worrying over whether a certain... (Slate)
Making headlines in 2006 Jan 4, 2007
A politician is charged with theft, parochial school doors close, a town fights developers and wins, while students have their pie - and eat it, too ... Haverford Budget passes Commissioners agree to pass a revised '06 budget Jan. 26, after the first preliminary budget stalled in December ... The township was forced to work off of old budget numbers to cover expenses for a month. (News of Delaware County, PA)
