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July 15, 2008 | Columns
July 8, 2008 | Columns
Fan dancing has a history outside of burlesque fan-dancing, as well, and a search for “fan dance” on youtube locates videos featuring Asian and Spanish dances having nothing to do with burlesque, as well as bellydance videos. I’ve seen all these translated for a burlesque audience, as well as fire fans and fighting fans! Read more
July 3, 2008 | Columns
Although Thomas illegally shared a total of 1,702 songs over the Kazaa file-sharing network, the RIAA only focused on 24 songs. Statutes allow for damages between $750 and $30,000 per infringement, with a maximum of $150,000 for a willful violation. A jury of her peers ordered Thomas to pay $9,250 for each of the 24 songs she “stole.” Read more
July 2, 2008 | Columns
A functional society is an ecosystem of co-operative and competitive systems. These entities provide strength, balance, and hopefully a capacity to fight toxins in their midst. A dysfunctional society, therefore, is one in which certain organisms grow too powerful and dangerous as a result of other individuals or other institutions being unwilling or unable to check their excesses. These monsters grow large with the ability to do tremendous damage. But even with nothing standing in their way, sometimes even the most powerful organisms die. They may rape their environment until it becomes uninhabitable, or they could prove unable to adapt to a new climate, or they might become infected and zombified. Read more
July 1, 2008 | Columns
May 28, 2008 | Columns, Music News
I watch Manning get sacked and my heart stops. But then, inexplicably, he isn’t. He runs free, away from the pocket and throws an almost-spiral to the middle of the field. The confidence on that ball means a reception. So my heart stops again when I see Rodney Harrison jump up, grab Tyree’s left hand and reach for but miss the right, which is pinning the ball to the receiver’s helmet. Inexplicably, Tyree, with Harrison attached, falls 8 feet out of the air, hits the ground, and still has one hand and one helmet on the ball. Jim screams, “He caught it with his BRAIN!” Read more
May 27, 2008 | Columns
In the last issue of ALARM, I offered a list of shows to tide you over during the desolate months of the writers’ strike. Hopefully you found something to treat your TV fix, but now it’s back to business. The writers and producers have resolved their differences, and settled on an absurdly intricate deal that involves fractions of pennies worth of compensation for the digital exploitation of television shows. As the scribes of Hollywood return to their laptops, we’ll see many of our favorite shows return for what remains of this season. Hopefully for the networks, writers, and producers, audiences will return as well. Read more
May 13, 2008 | Columns
New so-called “360 deals” on major labels want a piece of everything the artist makes. They get their name because they take revenue from all sides of the pie—sales, touring, licensing, publishing, acting, modeling, merchandise—you name it. Read more
May 12, 2008 | Columns
April 30, 2008 | Columns
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In fan workshops, once we master some of the hand positions, we talk about the conceal/reveal opportunities afforded by fans. Although of course we play with the bigger ostrich feather fans, we also play with several different sizes and types of fans.
Hopefully, by the time you read this, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike will be over and television will be back to the business of making new, scripted programs. As I’m writing this, the Directors Guild of America (DGA) has already secured a deal with the producers, and the writers are headed back to the negotiating table. Really, I don’t see how much longer we can go with “American Gladiators” being one of the only “new” shows on television. 
Daniel Day-Lewis is my favorite American actor, even though he’s not American and rarely acts. In his last two major motion pictures, Day-Lewis brilliantly projects both sides of a quintessential American coin. In Martin Scorsese’s Gangs of New York, Bill the Butcher is the embodiment of raw political talent. Likewise, Daniel Plainview is a flawless portrait of economic determination in Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood.