Michael Guerriero
Love Virtually
A couple weeks ago,Kurt spoke with director James Cameron about his spectacular new movieAvatar. He told Kurt that while the technology he used to craft the movie is important, at heart it’s a love story: it’s just that instead of boy meets girl, it’s boy meets twelve-foot blue humanoid-cat… by posing as a virtual twelve-foot […]
More for New Orleans to Celebrate
New Orleans is in the midst of a week-long party. Between last weekend’s Super Bowl win for the Saints and next week’s Mardi Gras festivities, the city has a lot to celebrate. But revelers, make sure to save some energy for a live performance by local singer Theresa Andersson, at Le Petit Theatre on February […]
Swifter. Higher. Hipper?
Halfway into the first week of the Vancouver Winter Olympics, some athletes have already taken issue with the judging. But at these games, there is no discordant French judge at the center of the controversy. Instead, it’s the style police stirring things up. Figure skater Johnny Weir has provoked two fashion-related confrontations. The first was […]
American Icons
Move over American Idol. Presenting: Studio 360’s American Icons. Sure, Abraham Lincoln isn’t most people’s idea of a triple threat (though his voice was said to be a reedy tenor). But his memorial in Washington, DC, has staying power. History was made there, and continues to be made there. It was the backdrop for opera […]
UK Soul Invasion
Another British invasion is underway. Almost fifty years afterThe Beatles,The Stones, andThe White Queen of Soulfound their way to American shores, a group of talented young ladies is grabbing the spotlight. This week,V.V. Brown stopped by Studio 360to chat with Kurt and play a few live songs with her band. Brown’s driving rhythms and retro-soul […]
Kurt’s Visit with the Guru
Guru, MC of the influential and critically-acclaimed rap group Gang Starr, suffered a heart attack this weekend. NBC New York and others report that he underwent successful surgery yesterday and remains in a medically-induced coma. [Update – 4/20: We were sad to learn that, after a long battle with cancer, Guru has died.] Born Keith […]