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OtakuGeneration (Show #132) Fansubing
NOTE: This was also cross posted in the otakugeneration LJ community. Shownotes :: (show 132) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With Fansubbing, recorded live on December 17th, 2007. This week we discussed fansubbing, talked about the how to get started, what you would need, and even little history on the subject. While we were recording we had a unexpected visitor. Bryce (or “Pryce”… listen to the show to get the reference) showed up when we all thought he was still at school. Don’t fret, we still had other things to talk about, segments, feedback and more. So, join us this week for more of our nerdy discussions… laugh at us and/or with us. Either way you should be “danloading”… right now… if you don’t we’ll make Jefferson leave you many voicemails! Uh-huh that’s what I thought. NEWS: Vas built something unique for IE7 and FF 2.0 users… a search option for OGlink (click here) and shortner (also click here) that will let you get to the shortner/oglink redirect pages quicker! Check it out! Call Us!::: Skype Voicemail ::: You can leave us voicemail using Skype, at: otakugeneration or call: (610) 628.3154 -or- (206) 965.8154::: GoogeTalk Voicemail ::: You can also leave us voicemail with GoogleTalk, at: otaku.generation@gmail.com::: Gizmo ::: You can also leave us voicemail with using Gizmo, at: otakugenerationMentioned Stuff and Link(s) (during the show)OG LinkShortnerthe OG twitterOG Manga / Comic Contestemail your entry We finally figured out what you the audience likes for contests… so Dan came up with a manga/comic contest… for which the winners will get a book of the contest… confused? Here’s the deal… every few weeks… Dan will come up with a new manga/comic frame… with an empty comic bubble and it’s your job to fill it in and modify for everyones entertainment. The lowdown… Dan says NO MEMEs! If you use one… it better be HAWT SHIZNIT… otherwise, get creative. Anyhow this week… no entries. I guess it’s time for Dan to draw a new frame? Whatcha think? I agree! But to get started download the 1st frame here… but listen to the show to find out why want to download this file! Dan eventually remembered to the 2nd contest-frame (thanks to Jefferson)… so download it now!HERE! You want to win this prize pack! There’s unique OG merch, the eventual book of the contest (listen to the show for details)… give-a-ways… including some signed stuff from past guests. So what are you waiting for? Enter the contest now! At this point… we’re gonna end the contest on December 31st, 2007. So get your entries in… check back here, maybe I’ll post a 3rd frame and not even mention it on the cast… you’ll get bonus points for that… if you use it and enter it. Convention Schedule (1.0) by Anne PackratConvention Schedule @ fansview.comFan Reviews (1.0) by you the listeners :: (reviews@otakugeneration.net) we got one this week from our good ole buddy McKeed. (anime) :: Ghost Stories by McKeed Promos / BreakI Don’t Know Anything :: Feels Like Friday (now on music.podshow.com)Holmes in 30 Seconds - The Hound of the Baskervilles :: Peeper Radio Theatre (now on music.podshow.com)Applesauce vs. Sour Cream :: The LeeVees (now on music.podshow.com)Jefferson’s Wierd News (1.0) by Jefferson This week Jefferson brings us some news that interests him… Human Faced Freaky CreaturesDoes the Wii attract cockroaches?Japanese aquarium uses electric eel to light up Christmas treeMouse not scared of catsWeekly Anime DVD Releases (1.0) by Albert :: (releases@otakugeneration.net) Beck Vol.5 Death Note Vol.2+Limited Edition Full Moon Vol.7 Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2nd GIG Individual 11 Innocent Venus Vol.3 Le Chevalier D’Eon Vol.6 Princess Princess Complete Collection School Rumble Vol.4 Sorcerer Hunters Collection (Thinpak) Wallflower Vol.1 Yu Yu Hakusho Collection Vol.8 Nickname ME! by Alan :: (nickname@otakugeneration.net) None this week.. So email us and tell us something about yourself… than we’ll give you a nick! This way you can be uniquely identifiable among the other OG listners! If you send us feedback, and you want us to nickname you, email us, at: otaku.generation@gmail.com With somewhere in the subject: NICKNAME MENOTE: If we’ve already nicknamed you, you can’t be re-nicked… unless you plead… lots! …and we mean LOTS!!! =D For Podcast promos or MP3 Feedback, email us, at: otaku.generation@gmail.com With the exact subject: MP3 PROMOTION :: (for podcast promos) MP3 FEEDBACK :: (for audio feedback) In the body of the message, put: Your NameYour PodcastYour websiteBrief copy about your podcast for us to readNOTE: No copyrighted music, or clips! We won’t play promos with this kind of content! Unless you own the copyright, and have given us written authorization! Join us next week… for more of something we call a “podcast talky”! Cause we like it that way! A new show every Wednesday, so “podcast-in” with us! Download us, snear at us, but give us a listen… and maybe we won’t respect you in the morning… *meh* It’s still December. The year is almost over… give us your votes! [insert OG-bribes here… it’s late ((>.
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Xanadu 's Butler to Release Solo CD; Concert in March
s Butler to Release Solo CD; Concert in March Kerry Butler who plays Kira/Clio in the new musical at the Helen Hayes Theatre will release her debut solo recording later this year. Butler’s debut solo disc will be available in spring 2008 on the PS Classics label.

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST

At No 10, R Kelly (above) returns with Double Up, which features collaborations with Kanye West, Usher and Kid Rock.

Kylie ( above), in at No 7, spent many years as Kylie Minogue before becoming a one-name wonder, indicative of the affection with which the ultimate pop poppet has come to be nigh-universally regarded.

Composer\’s profile is boosted by high-profile CD release - Chicago Tribune
Composer\’s profile is boosted by high-profile CD releaseChicago Tribune, United States - Jan 10, 2008A CD of his music, “Imaginary Creatures,” was released in December in the high-profile American Classics series on Naxos, whose international distribution …

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:17:29 GMT
A Gun That Shoots Knives (CD release), The Resets
Seattle Post Intelligencer - AGTSK’s band members wear costumes and encourage fans to do so as well at their shows. The song “Hey Soap” is an ode to hygiene. When 1/12: 10 p.m. Ticket information $7. Event dates and times can change; it is advisable to phone ahead

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 07:53:00 GMT

TOPEKA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, as part of its 2000-2001 MasterWorks Series, will present ” Musical Portraits” at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8, at the Topeka Performing Arts Center, 214 S.E. 8th. Under the direction of Dr. John Wesley Strickler, the orchestra will perform ” Music of the Canvas” by David Ott, “A Lincoln Portrait” by Aaron Copland, and “Pictures at an Exhibition” by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky. Tickets are $24.50, $19.50 and $15.50 ($20, $15 and $10 for children and students through college). Tickets can be purchased through the TSO office, 232-2032, or Ticketmaster, 234-4545, and all of its outlets.

By BILL BLANKENSHIP

Photo illustration by JEFF DAVIS

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The Capital-Journal

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Conductor John Wesley Strickler will dip into the musical palette of the Topeka Symphony Orchestra to paint an evening of ” Musical Portraits.”

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f a picture is worth a thousand words, then a painting should inspire at least a thousand musical notes or even a full-blown symphony.

But one can normally trust Bernard Haitink to take a more considered view, and that’s how his new version of the Third Symphony comes across. Traditional modifications of tempo that don’t make sense to him are simply ignored. Instead, his is a performance that moves and breathes according to its own laws: the long, ardent opening theme rises and falls like a great, slow wave; the pace of the gentler second movement seems just as beautifully judged - mobile but subtly flexible. So this is a performance of real musical insight - but what about expressive engagement? Well, Haitink and the Boston Symphony Orchestra are hardly inexpressive, and there’s some lovely dark colouring in Brahms’s moodier pianissimos.

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Elsewhere, though, there’s a faceless, anonymous quality, especially in some of the wind solos. And, while it sometimes glows, this Brahms Three never quite bursts into flame.

But an intense, inward glow is just what the Alto Rhpasody needs, and Haitink seems to get much closer to the heart here, very much in sympathy with the thoughtful, brooding intensity of his vocalist, Jard van Nes (on what is her second recording of the work).

Van Nes’s device of holding back vibrato at some key points won’t please those who like their contraltos thick and creamy. I thought it was impressive, though - a genuinely musical use of tone-colour. No complaints about the recording either.

Ultra Pulvarize CD Release Party @ Vernon Lanes - Feb. 8
Louisville?s Ultra Pulverize is having a CD Release Party at Vernon Lanes on February 8th. Their new album is titled Unoriginals Get The Dose. The party starts at 11pm and only costs $5 bucks. Nashville?s The Protomen will be there as …

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Only the Sweetest Voice Could Save Me
Photo credit:Joanna Branson With her debut full-length Faces in the Rocks Nevada City songwriter Mariee Sioux has recorded one of this year?s most breathtaking and haunting albums. I was lucky enough to witness her spine-chilling performance on a beautiful afternoon in Amsterdam several weeks ago. That afternoon her songs seemed enriched with spiritual tales and Native American imagery. Her songs worked very well with just Mariee Sioux on guitar (see video below). What struck me the most that day was that these songs that sounded so sweet and light-hearted on cd, now on stage suddenly evoked a much deeper and distinct feeling of nostalgia and longing. Her eyes were telling tales that were not audible on the album recording to me at first. As I was sitting there in awe ? with a small crowd of maybe eighty people hanging on every word ? and watching her sing I had numerous images running through my mind. One of them was the picture as shown above which I randomly came across on Flickr many months ago. Somehow it seemed to capture the tension that I felt that afternoon between light-heartedness and nostalgia quite wonderfully. It also seemed to fit perfectly with a mix that I had already announced previously in a lullabies post. So I decided on the spot to build a mix around this picture and Mariee Sioux?s entrancing performance. As always my mixes come out rather melancholic, you should probably already know this. Nonetheless I feel that these songs work really well together in portraying a neither downright sad nor cheerful atmosphere, but instead ? with sometimes whispery, dreaming voices ? bring comfort, joy and sorrow all at once. Photo credit:Joanna BransonMariee Sioux - Wizard Flurry Home Faces in the Rocks (Grass Roots, 2007) Peggy Honeywell - Peach And Yellow Faint Humms (Galaxia, 2003) Kimya Dawson - Trump Style Im Sorry That Sometimes Im Mean (Rough Trade, 2002) Larkin Grimm - Link in Your Chain The Last Tree (Secret Eye, 2006) Pantaleimon - We Love Mercy Oceans (Durtro, 2007) TwinSisterMoon - Demonized Nature When Stars Glide Through Solid (Self released, 2007) Meg Baird, Helena Espvall, Sharron Kraus - Barbry Ellen Leaves from Off the Tree (BoWeavil, 2006) Sibylle Baier - Forget About Colour Green (Orange Twin, 2006) Josephine Foster - An die Musik A Wolf in Sheeps Clothing (Locust, 2007) Stream playlistVideo of that afternoon: Mariee Sioux (Dwars Festival, Amsterdam, November 11 2007)

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:16:20 EST

When you think Metro, you think rock and f-word roll, right? And wicked DJs in the Smart Bar? And cute, cuddly puppies? OK, maybe not the puppies, but that beagle’s awfully adorable in DJ Brad Owen’s arms on Metro’s new blog section of its Web site (www.metrochicago.com), and he still looks cool. That’s under the Meet the Staff heading. Also on the new blog are features such as Breaking News (this week was helpful info about Lupe Fiasco’s allegedly canceled MySpace party), Demo of the Week, Five Questions (occasional brief interviews), plus MP3s, video clips, behind-the- scenes photos, etc.