Arts

Kseniya Simonova is from the Ukraine. What she does with sand is stunning. She tells a story with creativity and with emotion. This video on YouTube has been viewed over six million times. It is simply masterful…

It’s just brilliant and so imaginative. This is street art that, through the internet, is gaining global exposure. Here is the video:
link: Street Art
Kudos to Joshua Allen Harris!
Catherine

Paul Newman often played the role of the American antihero. In the process, he became an American legend. He was a humanitarian who sometimes acted. He did it all well. Paul Newman: 1925 - 2008.
Catherine Forsythe

In case you missed it, here is a YouTube clip of Tina Fey opening Saturday Night Live as Governor Palin:
link: September 13th, 2008 - Saturday Night Live
Ms Fey has a wonderful ear. She is almost pitch-perfect.
Catherine
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Katie Reider was a talented songwriter and singer. She was just at the beginning of a singing and performing career that she loved. A cancer in her jaw robbed Katie of her voice and vision.
“…In May, Reider fan and friend Lauren Fernandes launched a Web site, 500Kin365.org, where fans could donate $1 for a [...]

Jessie Baylin has released her first album and the reviews are highly positive. Here is a YouTube sample of a song that is included on her first album. The song is “Contradicting Words”:

Here is a Scarlett Johansson video. My geek friends would think she was great if Ms Johansson was reading the name from the telephone book. Anyway, you can decide:
link: “Falling Down” (please forgive the commercial at the front of the video)
So… can Scarlett Johansson sing?
Catherine
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If you don’t know who Tristan Prettyman is, you’re in for a treat:

Yael Naim writes songs and sings in many languages. Perhaps her name is not familiar. However, chances are that you have heard one of her songs through the MacBook ads that have been part of Apple’s media blitz:
“NEW YORK — Folksy French-Israeli singer Yael Naim found commercial success after her song New Soul [...]

It seems that a new method of marketing is emerging on the Internet. It began with Radiohead and is continuing with Nine Inch Nails. Online, Nine Inch Nails is offering a free sampler. For the new album, the fan determines how much to pay (or donate):
“…Nine Inch Nails’ new album Ghosts I-IV, [...]