The name and visiual of Cirque Du Soleil’s latest touring show was released to the public. “Ovo” is a show on the theme of bugs and insects. It looks very fun!
CNN Comes to Zaia – March 2009
CNN came to our ZAIA show on March 26, 2009 to interview Daniel Lamarre, President of Cirque Du Soleil. In this interview you will also footage of that night’s ZAIA show and backstage shots of artists warming up and preparing for the show.
Daniel Lamarre talks about strategies of the arts and entertainment during the global financial crisis.
Also in attendance on this show was the band that opened for Coldplay, which did a concert in Hong Kong on March 25, 2009.
ZAIA is Cirque Du Soleil’s resident show at the Sands Venetian in Macau (SAR) China.
Freddy Fender in concert 2003
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj4ohpzU4vQ
Freddy singing “before the next teardrop” and “wasted days and wasted nights” New Mexico State Fair 2003. Conrad Askland is playing keyboards with Freddy in this video. Not a great video, but just happened to run across it while surfing YouTube. Augie Meyers is also playing accordion with us in this video.
Cirque Du Soleil ZED musicians at the Ginza Apple store in Tokyo
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ry5TTlX5Y2I
Cirque Du Soleil ZED musicians at the Ginza Apple store in Tokyo. The bass player, now with ZED, is the former bassist for the Mystere show in Las Vegas.
Notes on the 2009 Macbook Pro
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qpxab2osjKo
(Video above is Macbook Air boot comparision between SSD and HDD drives)
I’ve spent way too much time comparing the different Mac computers with PC’s. At home I have 8 PC’s. two PC laptops and one Mac G4. I use the G4 to run the Digidesign ProTools TDM MixPlus music recording system. I use the PC’s for everything from light video editing and music to installing internet software and even playing World of Warcraft ((I’m a level 53 Orc Hunter. YEAH!)
My main objections to buying the MacBook Pro were these (read on to see how these objections were overcome and incorrect):
- Not able to play high end games on Mac computers.
- When I upgrade to the new ProTools HD system I’ll need a Mac Pro (the Mac tower).
- I still have a lot of PC software that I need to run.
- The price: Around $5,000 fully loaded at 2.93Ghz with 8mb Ram, Final Cut Express, Aperture, Iwork, Aperture and Logic Express installed.
Asian Buddhism and the Lay Population
Mmmmm…….another blog post about nothing that I am an expert on. Just an observation from my limited personal experience. This post is about my perspective of religion and Buddhism in Asia and the lay population. (“Lay people” are ordinary people like you and me. Members of congregations and everyday people. They are not church leaders, monks or ministers.)
Mount Vernon High School Synergy Choir
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCxX7JUKGA0
Mount Vernon High School (Mount Vernon, Wa USA) Choir “Synergy” directed by Megan Lizama. I recognize some of these students from our production of Disney’s High School Musical in March 2007 at McIntyre Hall.
What a great sounding group and awesome arrangements. I’ve listened to quite a few high school choir videos on YouTube and I think this is one of the best. There’s a lot of talent in the Skagit Valley of Washington and at Mount Vernon High School. I’ve also worked with many student musicians from MVHS and they were excellent as well.
Gondoliers of the Venetian Macau
Gondoliers of the Venetian in Macau (SAR) China, March 2009. You can take a ride with them and be serenaded on the second floor of the Venetian by the retail shops.
Pope visits Africa, reaffirms ban on condoms
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/17/cameroon.pope/index.html
Excerpt:
Sub-Saharan Africa has been hit harder by AIDS and HIV than any other region of the world, according to the United Nations and World Health Organization. There has been fierce debate between those who advocate the use of condoms to help stop the spread of the epidemic and those who oppose it.
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I’m sure the blogosphere is on fire with this one right now. I have a friend who is Catholic and I asked her about this. She said it’s only for conservative Catholics. I said, “But the Pope is in Africa where millions of people have AIDS, and he’s telling them not to use condoms.” She replies, “Cannot. If people do not use condoms they will die. So they must.”
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer prints final edition in online transition
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer printed it’s last newspaper on March 17, 2009. It will now only be available online as an internet newspaper.
Excerpt: The paper published its final print edition Tuesday (March 17, 2009) as the P-I makes a transformation into an online-only news outlet. A skeleton crew of 20 to 25 staffers will remain at the new Seattle PI.com while more than 140 staffers will lose their jobs.