Music and Culture

MSNBC Worldblog SOAP OPERA UPENDS TRADITIONAL ARAB GENDER ROLES Posted: Thursday, July 31, 2008 9:48 AM Filed Under: Cairo, Egypt By Charlen...

Artists Tim Knowles attaches pens to trees and gets them to draw pictures. See Tim Knowles Tree Drawings here . See his motion artwork (incl...

CNN has a two-minute video story on the film here . An the website for The Order of Myths film is here .

Helping the reanimated undead hook up: Zombie Harmony Created by Mingle2.com (Dating for non-zombies)

NYT July 24, 2008 A 7,500-Square-Foot Ad for Chanel, With an Artistic Mission By CAROL VOGEL A rectangular patch of sand in Central Park may...

Shiho Fukada for The New York Times - Students taking a lesson at Lolan Pole Dancing School in Beijing. The school has five studios and plan...

NYT July 23, 2008 Camp Leads a Drumbeat for a Marching Band’s Style By SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — As his extended family gathere...

Reuters Loud music makes customers drink faster Fri Jul 18, 8:30 PM ET Customers of bars that play loud music drink more quickly and in fewe...

Rueters Court rules lesbians not just from Lesbos Island residents asked for a ban on use of 'lesbian' to describe gay women Reuters...

BBC Rock drummers 'are top athletes' "It is clear that their fitness levels need to be outstanding" Dr Marcus Smith Chiche...

The AP had a story on hip-hop/pop producer Scott Storch (34), who has apparently blown through his millions and fallen into a bit of a slump...

From the NYT July 20, 2008 Rock the Casbah By HOWARD HAMPTON Skip to next paragraph HEAVY METAL ISLAM Rock, Resistance, and the Struggle for...

New York Times July 19, 2008 Neil Young, Where Politics and Technology Meet By BEN SISARIO When Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young booked a conc...

From the The Guardian (UK) 'It's always a terrible and crucial time with us ... that's Massive Attack' The Bristol band'...

Sonicstate.com interviewed Portishead's Adrian Utley in his home studio. Part 1 here Part 2 here Part 3 here Hat tip to the most excell...