Posts filed under “Culture”
White On White
Scene: White on white on white with metallic undertones and black accents, a touch of cream, a dash of colors, and textures at Sensation White, Barclay Center in Brooklyn. This was Sensation White’s 100th show, celebrating it’s global electronic dance culture, featuring pyrotechnic, light effects, and acrobatic performances all synchronized to House Music. The Ocean of […]
Say Something
Scene & Heard: Say Something, by indie duo A Great Big World performed with Christina Aguilera at the American Music Awards. The New York duo, Chad Vaccarino manning the keyboard, and vocalist Ian Axel sat at the grand piano accompanied by a string section at the awards. Aguilera had been inspired by the song, reaching out to the duo and […]
11/11
Scene: Walter King, my dad-in-law, was a WWII Army Air Force vet. Veterans Day is an official US holiday. World War One formally ended at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, when the Armistice with Germany went into effect. In 1945, World War II veteran Raymond Weeks had the idea […]
All Hallows’ Eve
Scene: Hallowe’en, a Scottish term which is a contraction of All Hallows’ Eve, from about 1745. A Christianized feast influenced by the Celtic harvest festival of Samhain. Folklorists have also detected its origins in the Roman feast of Pomona, the goddess of fruits and seeds, or in the festival of the dead called Parentalia. Dressing up in costumes and going “guising” was […]
Summer Ways
Scene: Days getting shorter and cooler nights. Walk on by. On Sunday, September 22 at 4:44pm eastern standard time, the season changes. Scene & Heard: Summer’s over — On the Way Home, from John Mayer’s recently released Paradise Valley album.