A Model Of Excitement Hobby Shops
5 June 2008, 16:04 No comments
For baby boomers looking to stay sharp, energize their time and discover the rewards that come from creating something with their hands, model building may help put all the pieces together. For instance, you can capture the thrill of your first Mustang or GTO-or craft something you never thought you’d own, like a sleek sailing [...]
Is Shigeru Miyamoto Today’s Walt Disney
27 May 2008, 04:04 No comments
The New York Times has a feature on the modest and charming Shigeru Miyamoto that likens him to Walt Disney. “The father of Donkey Kong, Mario, Zelda and, most recently, the Wii” has a stunning track record in the games business. The story says:
Mr Miyamoto’s work is evolving from a reliance on invented characters and [...]
In Paintings By Monet And Manet We See How Mens Hobbies Begin
12 May 2008, 00:12 No comments
A seated young woman with a lapdog looks up thoughtfully from her book. To the right of her, a girl in a pretty dress has turned her back to us and is staring downwards through some iron railings. A cloud of steam is rising from left to right below them. The girl seems to be [...]
Check out the candidates
7 May 2008, 00:12 No comments
The Kings County Record sent a questionnaire to every municipal candidate in Hampton, Norton, Sussex, Sussex Corner and Petitcodiac. It asked for the following information: name, age, occupation, and in two paragraphs, state why your town or village would be a better place with you as the mayor or councillor. The results are below, with [...]
A voice from the chorus still manages to stand out
16 April 2008, 17:05 No comments
With only a year of actual voice training eons ago,
45-year-old Lynch is an active grand opera singer.
Since 1996 he’s sung in the chorus of nearly 40
Michigan Opera Theatre productions at the Detroit Opera
House — including the world premieres of
”Margaret Garner” and
”Cyrano” and the very contemporary
”Dead Man Walking.”
”Also, three or four different productions of
‘La Boheme’ and [...]
A voice from the chorus still manages to stand out
14 April 2008, 01:01 No comments
With only a year of actual voice training eons ago,
45-year-old Lynch is an active grand opera singer.
Since 1996 he’s sung in the chorus of nearly 40
Michigan Opera Theatre productions at the Detroit Opera
House — including the world premieres of
”Margaret Garner” and
”Cyrano” and the very contemporary
”Dead Man Walking.”
”Also, three or four different productions of
‘La Boheme’ and [...]
Martin Scorsese shines a light on the illustrious career of the Rolling Stones
7 April 2008, 04:04 No comments
The archival clip, from a 1972 TV interview that Mick Jagger did with Dick Cavett, is comically prophetic.”Can you see yourself still doing this at 60?” Cavett asks, smirking as if he knows the answer.”Oh, absolutely,” Mick smirks back.And why not? His peers may be carrying around a spare tire, thinking about IRAs and retirement [...]
Martin Scorsese shines a light on the illustrious career of the Rolling Stones
7 April 2008, 04:04 No comments
The archival clip, from a 1972 TV interview that Mick Jagger did with Dick Cavett, is comically prophetic.”Can you see yourself still doing this at 60?” Cavett asks, smirking as if he knows the answer.”Oh, absolutely,” Mick smirks back.And why not? His peers may be carrying around a spare tire, thinking about IRAs and retirement [...]
Martin Scorsese shines a light on the illustrious career of the Rolling Stones
7 April 2008, 04:04 No comments
The archival clip, from a 1972 TV interview that Mick Jagger did with Dick Cavett, is comically prophetic.”Can you see yourself still doing this at 60?” Cavett asks, smirking as if he knows the answer.”Oh, absolutely,” Mick smirks back.And why not? His peers may be carrying around a spare tire, thinking about IRAs and retirement [...]
Read between the Lines
5 April 2008, 06:06 No comments
One of the great benefits of the recent, Internet-driven disestablishment of a centralized music industry is that a country boy like Aaron Lines can get pretty well what he wants – and most of what he needs – in his home and native [...]
