In A World

<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/bZHBjLFu5is?rel=0" width="853"></iframe><br /><br /><div id="posttext" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://www.npr.org/2013/08/08/210135579/in-a-world-all-voice-overs-are-not-created-equal" target="blank">National Public Radio</a></b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">D</span><b>on LaFontaine had a voice anyone would recognize. As a voice-over artist, he recorded thousands of movie trailers and TV commercials, and became famous for his delivery of the phrase “In a world,” which kicked off countless trailers. He died in 2008, but the new comedy <i>In a World</i> ... — written and directed by actress Lake Bell — tells the story of voice-over artists competing to become the next LaFontaine.</b><br /><br /><object data="http://halkinnaman.com/ed/audio_rr/player.swf" height="24" id="audioplayer575" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="290"> <param name="movie" value="http://halkinnaman.com/ed/audio_rr/player.swf"><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer575&soundFile=http://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/fa/2013/08/20130808_fa_01.mp3"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="menu" value="false"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></object> <div><a href="http://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/fa/2013/08/20130808_fa_01.mp3" target="blank">download mp3</a></div></div>

In A World

National Public RadioDon LaFontaine had a voice anyone would recognize. As a voice-over artist, he recorded thousands of movie trailers and TV commercials, and became famous for his delivery of the phrase “In a world,” which kicked off countless trailers. He died in 2008, but the new comedy In a Wor…

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The Wrecking Crew

<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/jvXvTySfWMU?rel=0" width="853"></iframe><br /><br /><div id="posttext" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/26/movies/wrecking-crew-film-focuses-on-session-players.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0" target="blank"><b><span style="font-size: large;">The New York Times</span></b></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">I</span><b>n the 1960s many of the hits coming out of Los Angeles under the names of the Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, the Mamas and the Papas, the Monkees and other top pop acts were actually recorded by an elite but largely anonymous corps of studio musicians nicknamed the Wrecking Crew. To gain them some belated public recognition Denny Tedesco, a son of one of the most prolific of those session players, spent more than 15 years making a documentary about the ensemble.</b><br /><br />The Wrecking Crew consisted of 20 or so musicians, the guitarist Tommy Tedesco among them, and played in one configuration or another on thousands of records, including Jan and Dean’s “Surf City” and Frank Sinatra’s “Strangers in the Night.” Their first major successes came in 1962, providing the “wall of sound” for Phil Spector singles like “He’s a Rebel.” As the ’60s progressed, they played on hits by the Byrds, the Fifth Dimension, Simon & Garfunkel, Johnny Rivers and the Carpenters.<br /><br />“The Wrecking Crew were the best of the best, with the additional gift of being able to function as mini-arrangers within each song,” explained Kent Hartman, author of a recent book about the ensemble. “The producers depended on them to make the songs better, and that’s why they kept getting asked back time and time again: They knew how to turn a song into a hit.”<br /><br />Some members of the ensemble, most notably the guitarist Glen Campbell and the pianist Leon Russell, later became stars in their own right. But as hired hands the musicians had no ownership stake in or legal claim to the songs they recorded, and record company executives who may have felt a debt of gratitude for their contributions at the time have long since departed. As a believer in copyright Mr. Tedesco is philosophical about his situation.</div>

The Wrecking Crew

The New York TimesIn the 1960s many of the hits coming out of Los Angeles under the names of the Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, the Mamas and the Papas, the Monkees and other top pop acts were actually recorded by an elite but largely anonymous corps of studio musicians nicknamed the Wrecking Crew. To ga…

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Designer Gregory Kloehn Makes a Home Out of a Dumpster

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Designer Gregory Kloehn Makes a Home Out of a Dumpster

You’ve probably heard some houses described as a real dump. Well, California designer Gregory Kloehn turned a dumpster into a functional home with hardwood floor, toilet, shower, microwave and mini stove, sun deck, minibar, bed and more. The dumpster house is on wheels so he can move it. …

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The Birdman Does Music Old School

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The Birdman Does Music Old School

Jessie Auritt made this video of Rainbow Music’s Birdman. Amidst the Starbucks and Subways popping up on every corner of the East Village, Rainbow Music maintains its mom and pop feel, and is a hidden gem to its patrons. …

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Skateboarding Doggie

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Skateboarding Doggie

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