Music Art Film

Brad sits down with Andy Weber from Smashed Plastic Records for our Music Art Film Design Series.

Exploring what makes people take the path less traveled is an anomaly. What makes humans push themselves creatively? What drives inspiration? Is it an intense desire to bring our imaginations and realities into focus? ... Or is it a primal desire that needs to be fulfilled in order to define our existence? Thoughts become things and ideas become products. Join us as we probe the trials, errors, successes and failures on the creators path to perfection and to the edge of uncertainty. Welcome to Music Film Design

Audiences of all ages will benefit from its beautiful images and sharply scripted story…surreal and hypnotizing.”--Barry Hertz, Toronto Globe and Mail

“Powerful…a little science fiction, a lot of fantasy, and a surprisingly potent allegory.”--Jared Mobarak, The Film Stage

This timely and fast-paced animated adventure story takes a flight of fancy through a world in the grip of an epidemic of fear. Ruled by an evil media-mogul despot who spreads lies and threats, the population cowers in the safety of a domed community. A lone scientist believes that the birds are trying to give mankind a message, and he begins to build a machine to translate their songs into human speech. An accident destroys the machine and its inventor disappears, but his wide-eyed ten-year-old son Tito understands the urgency of his dad’s mission. Guided in a dream by a bird drawing that takes flight from an ancient cave painting, Tito recruits his friends Sarah and Buiú to join him in following the bird’s clues in order to rebuild his dad’s machine and avert a global crisis. Colorful and lusciously textured oil-painted imagery combines with digital drawings and computer animation for a haunting allegory suitable for all ages. In Portuguese with English subtitles. DCP digital widescreen.

Join Who Shot Kennedy and Music Art Film as we visit the Oswald Rooming House in Dallas Texas. Meet Patricia Hall the granddaughter of Gladys Johnson(the original homeowner). Patrica Hall was 11 years old when she met Lee Harvey Oswald, join us as she gives us a tour of the house and tells her story.

John Holmstrom (born 1954) is an American underground cartoonist and writer. He is best known for illustrating the covers of the Ramones albums Rocket to Russia and Road to Ruin, as well as his characters Bosko and Joe (published in Scholastic's Bananas magazine from 1975–1984).
As the founding editor of Punk Magazine[1] at the age of 21 in late 1975, Holmstrom's work became the visual representation of the punk era. After Punk ceased publication in 1979, he worked for several publications, including The Village Voice, Video Games magazine, K-Power, and Heavy Metal.
In 1986, Holmstrom contributed a comic-based chronology of punk rock for Spin magazine's special punk issue.[2] In 1987, Holmstrom began to work for High Times magazine as Managing Editor, was soon promoted to Executive Editor, and in 1991 was promoted to Publisher and President. In 1996 he stepped aside to launch the High Times website.
He left High Times in 2000, and went on to work on other projects. He relaunched Punk for a few issues (before the events of 9/11 ended it), published a Bosko comic book, and got involved in several Japanese clothing deals. He was quoted in a September 2007 New York Times article about the CBGB.

Ali was born and grew-up in Iran. He was studying Physical Education at Ahwaz University when revolution in 1979 led to the closure of universities. Ali was forced to abandon his studies and started working with sign makers which have triggered his creativity. However, by the time he was able to establish himself as a sign designer the infamous Iran/Iraq war became too much to bear and he decided to leave the country.

In 1989 Ali moved to Britain where he did BA Graphic Design at St. Martins College of Art and Design followed by a Masters in Industrial Design. While doing his dissertation Ali has become very interested in working with objects of everyday use and transforming them into lighting fixtures. This has led to designs involving umbrellas, cutlery and even coat hangers which represent design not in the expected form of stylishness but with a sense of humour which brings these objects closer to the audience.

Ali's work is being sponsored and exhibited in major international exhibitions by British European Design Group.

In 2007 Banksy goes to Palestine to paint on walls. Someone takes offense at a piece depicting an Israeli soldier checking a donkey's ID. A local taxi driver decides to cut it off and sell it back to the West. This is the story of the Palestinian perspective and reaction to street art through the work of its most celebrated hero. The story of an illegal black market of art stolen from streets around the world, cultures clashing in the face of an unsustainable political situation and finally of the changing perception on street art. It is not one story, but many. Like Banksy's art would be meaningless without its context, so the absence of it would be meaningless without an understanding of the elements that brought his artwork from Bethlehem to a Western auction house, along with the wall it was painted on.

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Vast conspiracy theories are enjoying more attention than ever in this age of fake new and fake presidents...but there is just one huge event that still stirs most conspiracy theorist bile

Who shot john kennedy is that one mystery that is still not convincingly solved. Recently our team has uncovered a treasure trove of documents and research that was exploring this mystery over 30 years ago and we are going to reveal it all to you over the coming year

Join us on our journey as we explore a lost Kennedy archive.

Who knew that Bill Wyman (The Rolling Stones) makes an amazingLamb Chops with Endive and Blue Cheese Salad, that Michael McDonald (The Doobie Brothers) lovesPasta with Ham and Parmesan Cheese, or that Boz Scaggs eatsTuscan Grilled Chicken?

With more than a hundred recipes from seven decades of rock ‘n’ roll, pop, country, RnB, and disco, Mark Bego, along with Mary Wilson of The Supremes, gathers beloved recipes from legendary rocker friends and invites the ultimate music fan to put on an apron and join them at the table. Featuring each rock star’s biography, their favorite recipe, and other fun facts,Eat Like a Rock Staris a must-have for every die-hard rocker-at-heart who loves to eat.

There is nowhere else you will find Ray Parker Jr.’sSalmon and Eggs, Joey Fatone’s (NSYNC)Rice Balls, Micky Dolenz’s (The Monkees)Micky ‘D’ Cocktail, and Angela Bowie’s (David Bowie’s ex-wife’s)Rosti Hash Brown Potatoesall in one book. Whether it’s brunch, lunch, dinner, or desert, learn to cook:

• Michelle Phillips’s (The Mamas & The Papas)Organic Lemon Chicken
• Lou Christie’sLinguine with Fresh Tomatoes
• Marilyn McCoo's (The 5th Dimension)Leg of Lamb
• Glen Campbell’sFavorite Mexican Chicken Casserole
• Sarah Dash’s (Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles)Peach Cobbler, and more!

With a section on head-spinning cocktails, full menu suggestions, as well as author Mark Bego’s own culinary concoctions such asSpicy Szechuan Sesame NoodlesandBoozy Banana Cream Pie, look no further for the all-in-one cooking and rock ‘n’ roll companion. As Martha Reeves says about herSmoked Turkey Necks & Lima Beans, “Honey, this is real soul food!”