Everyday
Rain
We need it! Compared to the last few months, it has been dry here in the DC area. Here’s one of the most interesting and realistic “musical” interpretations of rain that I’ve seen or heard. I don’t know the source, as it came to me in an email. Seeing it makes it all the more fascinating but just listening, you would not know it wasn’t actual rain. Hey is that Jerry Seinfield as one of the snappers? musical rain This reminds me of an earlier, “everyday” story in the Washington Post regarding Joshua Bell, one of the most accomplished violinists in the world. A Violinist in the Metro From The…
Conversations @ Dancing on YouTube
OK, you may have seen the wedding video of the attendants and bride and groom dancing their way down the aisle on YouTube. I thought it was pretty cool too, especially the faux Slow Mo part (which the news clips seem to leave out). What I’m more fascinated by is the viral wave that took over after it was posted (July 19th). The couple was featured on Good Morning America; there was a story about it the Washington Post and they were featured on ABC’s Nightly News that night (July 24th). That’s pretty crazy. If they aren’t publicists they should be. The conversation came up about this at dinner that…
GM
I saw the report about General Motors coming out of bankruptcy on the news. I was more taken with the designers and artists creating the new car designs and the creative process for accomplishing this. The news clip showed graphic car designers adding finishing touches to their concepts on the computer and sculptors creating 3-D, small and life size models in clay. Fascinating! What would GM do without these artists? There are a whole series of videos to watch at the GM site, but here’s one specifically showing the designers. Here’s the ABC news report on 20/20: http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=8052475 Here’s a previous posting on cars as another form of canvas.
