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- Biographies shed light on music greats - Edmonton Journal
- CD on biographies of 56 FFs released - The Daily Star
- EVELYN STENBOCK DITTY - Duluth News Tribune
- Feeding the starving artists - Quad-Cities Times
| Posted: 21 Dec 2009 11:54 PM PST |
| Biographies shed light on music greats - Edmonton Journal Posted: 21 Dec 2009 06:29 AM PST Looking for gifts for the music fans on your Christmas list? Several recent biographies offer some intriguing insights on the musician's life. - -English drummer Bill Bruford has penned his own unique story. Bill Bruford: The Autobiography (Jawbone, 352 pages) offers the rare angle of a top musician who has worked in several very different musical contexts, from rock to jazz to pure percussion, over 40 years. Bruford grew up with a fascination for jazz and improvisation. It was only after he had become known for bringing innovative work to art-rock groups like Yes and King Crimson that he finally formed his jazz band, Earthworks, in 1986. All that sets up the book for a series of contrasts. Recording an album with a major rock band typically takes months in the studio, while many jazz groups can pull off an album in a few days. Then there's the touring. After doing international tours with a gargantuan travelling entourage, performing for stadium-sized audiences with rock bands like Yes, it was a vastly different experience for the drummer as his jazz group worked in the relative intimacy of clubs and concert halls. (Earthworks played the jazz festival here in 1988.) Bruford spends considerable time on the group chemistry and methodology of both rock and jazz, but less time on the personalities than some fans might like. One exception is King Crimson's inscrutable leader Robert Fripp, who was clearly a source of frustration for Bruford even as the band's experimental ethic repeatedly drew the drummer back to the fold. - -Journalist David Sheppard's book On Some Faraway Beach/The Life And Times of Brian Eno (Orion Books, 480 pages) is the most entertaining, best-written book considered here. Born in 1948, Eno has become a legend in his own time for his innovations in turning the recording studio into an experimental realm. Somewhere between his beginnings as an art college nerd with no formal musical training and his current role in semi-retirement toying with "quiet-room" installations and lecturing, he's become an intriguing philosopher of the postmodern era. The genre-crossing breadth of his own creations runs from innovative pop to the invention of ambient music and the groundbreaking use of sampling found sounds in My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1980). But Eno is probably best known as a Svengali-like force who has helped shape some of the most significant recordings by a long string of artists and groups starting with Roxy Music, David Bowie, Talking Heads and U2. With access to Eno, his friends, family and musical collaborators, Sheppard fashions an amazingly detailed story, creating a vivid picture of the musical and social trends that surrounded him, putting punk, new wave, pop and electronica in perspective. Far from a work of worship, the book offers a balanced critique of Eno's accomplishments and considers views that he's something of a dilettante. But even Eno's biggest critics grudgingly admit the man's gifts as a creative facilitator who thrives in a friction of creative personalities. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| CD on biographies of 56 FFs released - The Daily Star Posted: 18 Dec 2009 08:27 AM PST Saturday, December 19, 2009 With a view to making the young generation familiar with the valiant freedom fighters of the liberation war, a CD (compact disc) containing biographies of 56 freedom fighters was released yesterday. Sayeda Mortaza, wife of martyred intellectual Mohammad Mortaza, unwrapped the cover of the CD titled 'Mohima Tobu Udvasito, Muktijuddho Khondo 1' at a function on the premises of the Liberation War Museum in the city. Gunijan, an organisation that archived memories of noted personalities, arranged the programme. It has prepared the disc in a bid to preserve the memories of those gallant war heroes and present it before the young generation. The price of the CD has been fixed at Tk 100 and it will be available at various bookshops at Aziz Supermarket. The CD contains the biographies of freedom fighters and liberation war organisers, including Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Mohammad Mansur Ali, Tajuddin Ahmed, AHM Kamruzzaman, Syed Nazrul Islam, Khademul Bashar, Mohammad Ataul Gani Osmani, AK Khandaker, Abu Osman Chowdhury, Rafiqul Islam, Ziaur Rahman, ATM Haider, Khaled Mosharraf, KM Shafiullah, ANM Nuruzzaman, Chitta Ranjan Dutta, Mir Shawkat Ali, Nazmul Haque, Kazi Nur-Uzzaman, MA Manzur, MA Jalil, Abu Taher, M Hamidullah Khan, Mahiuddin Jahangir, Mohammad Ruhul Amin, Motiur Rahman, Nur Mohammad Sheikh, Munsi Abdur Rauf, Mostafa Kamal, Mohammad Hamidur Rahman, Altaf Mahmud, ANM Golam Mostafa, AFM Abdul Alim Chowdhury, Anwar Pasha, ANM Moniruzzaman, Gobinda Chandra Dev, Gias Uddin Ahmed, Jotirmoy Guha Thakurata, Dhirendranath Dutta, Nizam Uddin Ahmed, Fazle Rabbi, Fazlur Rahman Khan, Mamun Mahmud, Munier Chowdhury, Moyazzem Hossain, Mofazzal Haider Chowdhury, Mohammad Mortaza, Ranada Prashad Saha, Rashidul Hasan, Shahidullah Kaiser, Shaheed Saber, Santushchandra Bhattacharya, Sirajuddin Hossain, Selina Pervin and Habibur Rahman. Recalling memories at the function, Rokeya Hasan Lily, daughter of martyred intellectual Rashidul Hasan, said: "I along with my mother have been carrying out memories of my father for the last 38 years. I felt adventurous when I heard that those memories would be preserved." She called on the government to start the trial of war criminals immediately. Zeba Mahmud, daughter of martyred intellectual Mamun Mahmud, urged the freedom fighters to wage another war to bring the war criminals to book. She hoped that the young generation will stay beside the freedom fighters in the war. Mili Rahman, wife of Birshrestha Motiur Rahman, hoped that it would help new generation know the history of supreme sacrifices by the freedom fighters for the noble cause of independence. Alongside the biographies of the freedom fighters, the CD also carries photographs and various written as well as audio-visual documents on them. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| EVELYN STENBOCK DITTY - Duluth News Tribune Posted: 21 Dec 2009 11:18 PM PST Evelyn Stenbock Ditty, 80, of Kansas City, Kan., went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009. Evelyn Alice was born March 28, 1929, to Harold and Nellie Stenbock in the tiny settlement of Cloverland, Wis., and spent her early years there on a small family farm. Her father was an itinerant preacher, and Evelyn was introduced to the Lord at an early age. After graduating from High School in Duluth, Evelyn entered Briercrest Bible Institute in Caronport, Saskatchewan, Canada, where she was lead by the Lord to become a missionary. In 1955, she sailed on board a freighter bound for Morocco, where she served as a missionary with Gospel Missionary Union out of Kansas City, Missouri. While in Morocco, Evelyn lived and worked among Berber tribes teaching women and girls. In 1967, Evelyn returned to Smithville, Mo., to work at Gospel Missionary Union as Director of Publications. In 1972, she moved on to work for Nazarene Publishing House in Kansas City, Mo. as editor and staff writer. A writer at heart, Evelyn wrote a number of missionary biographies as well as the book, Teach yourself to Write, published by Writer's Digest Books in 1982. Evelyn retired in 1995 from KU School of Nursing Student Affairs Office. On July 12, 1986 Evelyn married Donald H. Ditty and moved to Kansas City, Kansas, where they enjoyed their years together with family and friends, their flower gardens and their dogs. During that time, and until the time of her death, Evelyn continued writing and teaching Bible Studies and ministering to others in many ways. Evelyn was preceded in death by her husband, Donald; her parents; sisters, Helga, Ethel, and Ruth; and her brother Paul. She is survived by one sister, Vivian (Tom) Bauers, of Hermantown, Minn; a stepdaughter, Candy; and grand-daughter, Amber; and by many nieces and nephews. The family would like to thank Don and Lennette Bonnell, special friends, who were faithful to God in their ministry to Evelyn and who lovingly cared for her during her final days. They were truly God's Gift to us all. VISITATION: 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009 until the 11 a.m. service in the Community Covenant Church, 15700 W. 87th St. Pkwy., Lenexa, KS, 66219 Burial to follow at the Johnson County Memorial Gardens. The family suggests contributions to Avant Ministries, Community Covenant Church or the City Union Mission. Fond memories and condolences for the family may be left at www.dwnewcomers.com Arrangements by D.W. Newcomer's Johnson County Chapel, 913-451-1860) Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Feeding the starving artists - Quad-Cities Times Posted: 21 Dec 2009 11:54 PM PST Dear Doug: I got this oil painting at a garage sale and found it quite interesting. It has a label that says, "Stringer Art Factory, 234 W. 4th, Davenport, Iowa." Can you give me some information on it, including the artist and/or possible value? Thank you, Ann P. Wheatland, Iowa Dear Ann: Isn't it amazing what you can find at a garage sale? I think sometimes I worry too much about what an item is worth to somebody else rather than appreciating it solely for what it means to me. This can be especially true with art, where one man's Mona Lisa is another man's plain-looking sister. Obviously, the creator behind your painting has decided talent, and if his work brings joy to you and beauty to your home, then it ipso facto has appreciable value. The works of most artists and their biographies can be discovered through many helpful sources, including books, periodicals, Web sites and expert consultants in the field. It's pretty simple really. Just pick up the painting, read the name in the lower corner and, well, that's where I got stuck on this one. That scribble the artist left on his canvas looks more like the accident of a dropped paintbrush. I wonder whether he is familiar with the English alphabet, and, quite frankly, his undecipherable name or initials might be a hint as to your painting's origin. My guess is that this is an inexpensive import from the school of "art by the yard." The decorative piece is done in an Old World European style, and it's more than just possible that it was created by someone in the Far East. Furthermore, the canvas appears to be fairly new and of lesser quality. Likewise, the frame is simple and atypical of an expensive piece. Still, I did make an effort with fellow art lovers to interpret the hieroglyphics, but no one I contacted recognized the signature either. The Stringer Art Factory at 234 W. 4th St., from which it came, presents another incongruous piece to this puzzle since that address puts it smack-dab in the middle of City Hall. I think it should actually be 324 W. 4th, the location of the former Warren L. Langwith auto dealership and apartments. That might seem a bit peculiar, but from 1956 until its departure in 1978, the owner's nephew, J. Kenneth Stringer Jr., was an employee there, ascending to and serving as president for many years. When the dealership was sold to Gordon-Dawson, Stringer started an art business across the street. Meanwhile, Gordon-Dawson stayed but one year and Stringer found himself back in the same building, running a second art business (The Langwith Gallery) as well as a stained-glass company, while maintaining the Stringer Art Factory at 315 W. 4th. All concerns were short-lived, however, and gone by 1984. Paintings such as these fall into the category of "works of the starving artists." They are purchased by dealers for very little and sold in a price range that allows the middle class, like me, to own original art. It likely would have sold for less than $50, and although there is no reason to believe it has lost any value, there also is no reason to believe it has gained any, either, other than an allowance for inflation. Unfortunately, it's very hard for an artist who remains in obscurity to achieve much of a reputation or following. This type of no-name original art still is being sold today and is surprisingly popular. You can purchase a hand-painted replica of many of the world's greatest works of art for roughly $75 each. So, I'm sorry that I was not able to unveil the artist's identity for I'm quite sure his full biography would have included some tear-jerking childhood hardships with a heartwarming ending, but my best guess is that the painting does not have great monetary value. Meanwhile, enjoy the comely scene and take heart in knowing that you have a true one-of-a-kind. Contact Doug Smith with your collectibles questions by e-mailing him at DougsQCCollecting@hotmail.com or visiting his Web site, DougsQCCollectibles.com. Comment on this column at qctimes.com.
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