by Minter Dial | Jan 18, 2008 | Entertainment
The now celebrated Cebu Prison (Philippines) Thriller Dance video, first uploaded on YouTube just last July, has now been viewed nearly 11 million times. Wow. According to a January 15 Herald Tribune article, the beat goes on (thanks for the heads up Peter)! Some...
by Minter Dial | Jan 16, 2008 | Entertainment
Heard of Stephane Tourné? If you are in Paris and want to see a great photography exhibit in the centre of town, go visit Galerie Celal, located at 45 rue St Honore, 75001 Paris (M° Chatelet). The Galerie is exhibiting from January 17 to 27 the work of Stephane...
by Minter Dial | Dec 25, 2007 | Entertainment
I have long been a fan of Stanley Jordan. Innovative two-handed finger-snapping guitar playing. I found this piece — via a blog called “Who Sucks” — with a scintillating rendition on guitar by Adam Fulara of Bach’s BWV 848. Don’t...
by Minter Dial | Dec 11, 2007 | Entertainment
In 1980, I remember very well how disappointed I was when Led Zeppelin’s Johnnie Bonham died. I had a ticket to Led Zeppelin’s open air concert in London which was subsequently cancelled. Well, that was the end of an era I thought. Of course, Led Zeppelin...
by Minter Dial | Nov 25, 2007 | Entertainment
We went to see the very last performance of Riverdance at Palais des Congrès, Porte Maillot, along with the intimate 1,000 people… Although our seats were not fantastic, way out on the left hand side, the quality of the production was top notch and the handy...
by Minter Dial | Oct 11, 2007 | Entertainment
Attended last night the opening of the Zoé Zoé Femmes du Monde (Women of the World) exhibit at the Musée de l’Homme (Man’s Museum), Palais de Chaillot, Paris 16e (17 place du Trocadéro). With 200 renderings of women in all forms of drawings, paintings,...