We’re both from Urbana, IL, where I grew up watching At The Movies on WILL TV. And now, he gives a thumbs-up to Sita:
http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2008/12/having_wonderful_time_wish_you.htmlÂ
Roger Ebert is my Homeboy
Dancing Girls and Boys
Via Anne Altman’s blog, I became fascinated with this Beyonce video:
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My Chanukah Miracle
So there I was at the Dubai International Film Festival last week, and I forgot to bring my mobile phone charger. Usually my Blackberry’s battery conks out after less than 2 days, whether I make calls or not. But lo! That single charge lasted through the entire festival, and even worked when I got back to New York! 6 days of battery use on one charge. Blessed art Thou O Lord Our goD, King of the Universe! Happy Chanukah!
Watch me go on and on (and on) about copyright!
See me babble away on my current favorite subject, copyright and what’s wrong with it, over at questioncopyright.org. Here’s a sample:
Yes, the video is squished horizontally, because it was in DV format but uploaded on square pixels (I can’t wait until everyone just uses solid-state progressive-scan cameras). Also the audio is way compressed – it thoundth like I’m lithping. But the ideas come through.
This interview was conducted by Karl Fogel on November 6, 2008, at the Software Freedom Law Center in New York.
Rudresh Mahanthappa releases new albums, performs TONIGHT
Sita collaborator and jazzman Rudresh Mahanthappa has just released some new albums! He writes,
The debut CD “Apti” of the Indo-Pak Coalition, my trio with Rez Abbasi on guitar and Dan Weiss on tabla, was released just a few weeks ago on the innova record label (http://www.innova.mu). We’re celebrating with shows tonight and tomorrow night. I haven’t performed as leader in New York since March so I hope that you can come.
Lots of show information after the fold:
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Dead Lawyers by John Weldon