August 2010 Blog Posts (43)

("La source de Maafa dans les Aurès en Algérie" by Unknown Photographer)

« The Dam » is a 22-minute long suite in 8 movements that uses the metaphor of water flowing from source to ocean to illustrate the process that we affectionately refer to as life.

As…

A new crop of victims is assembling for "Final Destination 5" (a.k.a. "5nal Destination"), which starts shooting September 13 in Vancouver.

David Koechner, Nicholas D'Agosto, P.J. Byrne and Ellen Wroe are joining the already-cast Miles Fisher in the latest installment of the New Line movie series, which centers on the idea that you can't cheat death.

Each installment focuses on a group of people who survive a catastrophe but end up expiring in elaborate Rube Goldberg-like…

(Detail from "The hares and frogs" by Wenzel Hollar)

The Lepufology Project is the story of Jack Babbitt, regarded as one of the world’s most trustworthy investigators of the paranormal,…

This week on Tommie Talks Music I'm chatting with Toni Spearman, blues vocalist, songwriter and sax player, about her long career which took her from South Carolina via Long Island to Europe.

Toni learned her trade from such friends and mentors as Luther Allison, BB King and James Brown and has a wealth of experiences in her performances with those…

("Maitreya the Conqueror" by Nicholas Roerich)

I read the The Tibetan Book of the Dead twice. I started with a French…

("Two portraits of Ryogen" - Author Unknown - copyright holder is Kiemon Tsuruya)

« Creeper » is an allegory wherein destructive mental processes are compared to creeping plants. The piece depicts four stages of a confrontation between creeper and host : introduction, growth,…

In order for more people to maybe check out our music, I have decided to place our recent disc "The Culmination" on the $5 sale page at CDBaby. To find us, go to the $5 Sale link then on Genres, select Progressive Rock & in Sub Genres, select Ambient. We're there.

On a side note, I have also placed my solo project: Transcend with Time "A Haunting Presence" album on Sale as well. It can also be located on the Sub Genre: Ambient as well, but Genre: New Age. But this…

("Aerospaceplane " by Unknown Artist)

The Lepufology Project is the story of Jack Babbitt, regarded as one of the world’s most trustworthy investigators of the paranormal, whose unfaltering curiosity for the mysterious leads on an international chase seeking bizarre rabbits…

("Akshobhya Buddha" by VanemTao)

« Between Worlds » is a composition that started as a song entitled « Requiem » which was written in response to the deaths of my father and maternal grandmother, both…

("Ashram" by Nicholas Roerich)

« Into The Ashram » is the first chapter of the « Entering The Stream » trilogy, which also comprises « The Chrome Lake » and « Leaving The Ashram. »

The composition is intended to…

("Conejo" by Ecelan)

The Lepufology Project is the story of Jack Babbitt, regarded as one of the world’s most trustworthy investigators of the paranormal, whose unfaltering curiosity for the mysterious leads on an…

("The Dhyani Buddha Akshobhya" - Unknown Artist)

« Between Worlds » is a composition that started as a song entitled « Requiem » which was written in response to the deaths of my father and…

("QTC Recycled" based on "Plastic recycle logo PVC" by Tomia)

« Questioning Tasteless Creepers » is one in a series of rehashes which come from reengineered ideas left over from other works. Other pieces of the…

("Dance of the Lord of Death" by Jean-Marie Hullot)

« Between Worlds » is a composition that started as a song entitled « Requiem » which was written in response to the deaths of my father and maternal grandmother, both due to…

Mark here. Here is the 3rd review off "The Culmination." It's an okay review, but hey, of course not everyone is going to really enjoy it. That's the music biz for you. Anyway, here's the link: http://www.manticornio.com/rock-progresivo/S/SUBJECT-TO-THOUGHTS/culmination-the.php Since the original review is in Spanish, I used Google translator to translate then I fixed it because it was still…

A hospital psychiatrist testified Friday that medication given to Anna Nicole Smith by a doctor now on trial was "overkill" for the kind of pain she was describing.

Dr. Nathalie Maullin said she believed Smith had "a borderline personality disorder" and was addicted to prescription medications.

Maullin said she was on staff at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in April 2006 when Smith was brought in pregnant and in withdrawal from anti-anxiety drug Xanax and the pain killer…

This week it is an absolute pleasure to be talking with my good friend Claudette Harrell - Manning - my sistah Sweet Claudette!!

More about Claudette Harrell

Claudette is a wordsmith who is wonderfully versatile in putting together great lyrics for any one of the genres she has written in - funk, blues, jazz, R & B - spread across her five CDs.



Claudette writes poems, prose and…

("Climber on Stem Gem" by Jarekt)

« The Boulder Pecker » is a composition that Miguel completed on his own and submitted to the band.

The piece contains some of the most difficult…