Saturday, November 20, 2010

The Awesomeness That Is Music By Andrew Zuckerman. Hmm...


Music is the latest work by much admired, NYC based photographer and film maker, Andrew Zuckerman. You'll find fifty portraits of musicians of all ages, from across all genres, providing perspective on one of the most universal and yet unexplainable art forms. You can buy the book, which includes portraits and interviews as well as access to a feature-length film; or even the iPad app, with text and portraits from the book as well as individual films for each contributor exclusive to the app. I refer you to the title of this entry. Awesome!

A Truly Inspiring NY Marathon Campaign. Hmm...


I'm no runner. I'd much rather drive. It's way more comfy not to mention faster and I get to not look like a panting idiot who probably shouldn't have had that last doughnut. But if I were a runner and if I chose to enter a marathon like the NY Marathon, this may be just what I would need to help push me over the finish line. Nice one, Asics.

An Amazing Theory On Beauty Ala TED Talks. Hmm...


TED collaborates with animator Andrew Park to illustrate Denis Dutton's provocative theory on beauty -- that art, music and other beautiful things, far from being simply "in the eye of the beholder," are a core part of human nature with deep evolutionary origins.

30 Seconds To Mars Live At The Dome. Hmm...

Jared Leto takes the stage after a full-on African drumming band wow the audience.

Confetti showered down upon 18000 screaming fans!
At the end, they pulled a ton of people up on stage for the final song. Epic!
It was one of the best live acts I've ever seen and I'm lucky to be able to say I've seen a ton of concerts. 18,000 screaming fans and a seemingly unstoppable band lit up The Dome tonight. There were ballads. There were epic scream-alongs. They even made a rad YouTube video with us (hopefully they upload it soon). Oh and get this, they told us how they wrote a lot of their greatest songs here in South Africa the last time they were here! Of course, the crowd went mad. I think I felt my brain detach a bit from my skull as I jumped around like a lunatic. I'm also mildly aware that my voice will be hurting tomorrow. As will my feet and probably my head. Golden Circle tickets were totally worth it!