Erin Calabria
Transforming the Sound
Today, artists across the country are commemorating the eighth anniversary of the terrorist attacks. Here in New York City, I’ll be heading to the September 11th Memorial Sing, tonight 5-7:30pm. Organized by the Brooklyn Arts Council, 20 local musicians (including Papa Dish) will perform songs written specially for the occasion. It will be held at […]
Too Loud, Too Fast, Too Much
This week in Studio 360, Kurt talked with drummer and composerStewart Copeland. Copeland became famous in the early 80s as the drummer for the band,The Police. However, The Police were never, in Copeland’s own words, ‘a warm, cuddly band like U2. The band broke up in 1984,but Copeland went on to make quite a name […]
This Week in Swag
Earlier this summer, we lamented the decreased flow of swag into our office in the wake of the recession. While many promotion companies continue to tighten their belts, some recent arrivals may forecast a recovery. Below are some of our own uncommon economic indicators: From the folks at Sesame Street, we got a cookie monster […]
A Wild Homage
Tomorrow, the much-anticipated film,“Where the Wild Things Are”is coming to theaters. It’s based on the belovedchildren’s bookby Maurice Sendak, whose fantastical illustrations have inspired innumerable artists. One of those inspired artists is Cory Godbey. Godbey is an illustrator who started the fabulous blog Terrible Yellow Eyes, an homage to Sendak by dozens of illustrators from […]
Today in Swag
With Halloween fast approaching, the swag coming into the studio this week has taken a spooky turn. We appreciated these vampire teeth, which accompanied The Vampire Archives: The Most Complete Volume of Vampire Tales Ever Published… … and brought out our ghoulish side! We’ll have some ghoulish stories on the show this week — including […]
Sumthin Differen
Last week, Irish playwright Enda Walsh’s The New Electric Ballroom opened to rave reviews at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Dumbo, Brooklyn. I fell in love with Walsh’s work reading his first play, Disco Pigs, while living in Cork City, Ireland. Walsh isn’t just a playwright, but a wordsmith in the truest sense; he blasts language […]