Roughly 2,500 years ago, Pythagoras observed that objects, such as the anvils he purportedly studied, produced harmonious sounds while vibrating at frequencies in simple whole-number ratios.
More complex ratios gave rise to more dissonant sounds, which indicated that human beings were unconsciously ...
A J S = 1
B K T = 2
C L U = 3
D M V = 4
E N W = 5
F O X = 6
G P Y = 7
H Q Z = 8
I R = 9
To obtain the numerical value of your name, sum up the corresponding numerical value of all the alphabets of your name. If the result is a two-digit number, you have to add the two-digit ...
... Love has the more than final word. Love combines actions to finish the dream awake, with those who just go about their normal routine, never knowing until latter they are part of the dream given to you by grace.
The words of faith heard or not, are but a dream to you latter, if not now. Is the ...
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart tells viewers “it's even better than being informed.” And each night more than 1.5 million people agree—not to mention numerous judges for the Emmy and the Peabody awards. The satirical news show takes a critical yet hilarious look at government, current affairs, media, ...
HOMEGROWN: Engaged Cultural Criticismby bell hooks & Amalia Mesa-BainSSouth End Press Collective, 2006, 145 pages, $15.00reviewed by Patrisia GonzaleSIn my great-great grandmothers' era, black Muscogee Indians found refuge in our ancestral Kickapoo lands in Mexico. In my great grandparents' time, Indians ...
Documentaries have been
gaining steam over the last few years. Filmmakers are working with
activists, advocates, and organizers to give new and exciting meaning
to the term cinema verité.
A week before the 2006 mid-term elections, I found myself in a room
full of strangers, packed like sardines ...
Documentary, 2007, 93 minutes, Concert Productions International, Directed by Jim Brown Pete Seeger has been making music for 80 years. It should be impossible to do that justice in 90 minutes, but “Pete Seeger: The Power of Song” does it. This tightly packed, but graceful, documentary tells the story ...
“It's like radio used to be during World War II, when the airwaves were used to get messages out to families and friends … to get important information out to the community.”Renessa Lopez may sound more like Franklin Roosevelt than Blackbeard, but technically she is a pirate. As DJ icecreamlopez for ...
Invented in Olympia, WA, in 2000, ladyfest was meant to be a festival but in a very short time grew to be a movement. All over the world, in Jakarta, Warsaw, Houston, Leipzig, Timisoara and Newcastle upon Tyne, ladiezzz are celebrating, holding workshops and making music around the vague issue of being ...
In some circles it might be sporting to bash an online branch of the Rupert Murdoch empire. Musicians, however, don't bash MySpace. They've turned it to their own ends. It is the single greatest tool for musicians since the advent of PC-based recording. Everybody from aspiring hopefuls to superstars ...