http://www.samuelwebster.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 03 Nov 2008 05:03:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This review is now online at vibewire. Click here to see it Share This http://www.samuelwebster.com/blog/2008/06/02/review-pacific-operabel-a-capella-voices-on-a-sunday/ Band: Astor Piazzolla Quintet Title: Live at the Montreal Jazz Festival Label: Milan Records Originally written for: Music Web International Click here to see the original published version 1. Lunfardo 2. Muerte del Angel 3. Resurrección del Angel 4. Tristeza de un Doble A 5. Adiós Nonino 6. Chin Chin 7. Otoño Porteño Astor Piazzolla – Bandoneón Pablo Ziegler – Piano Fernando Suárez ... http://www.samuelwebster.com/blog/2008/05/28/review-astor-piazzolla-quintet-live-at-the-montreal-jazz-festival/ Title: Kaleidoscope: Jazz and Orchestra Artist: Kurt Elling Venue: Sydney Opera House Genre: JAZZ/CLASSICAL Format: LIVE CONCERT Originally Written for: Music Web International As the crowd settled into the soft shufflings that the Sydney Symphony Orchestra has come to expect, Conductor Ben Northey strode onto stage, keen to get things running. The first piece was unannounced ... http://www.samuelwebster.com/blog/2008/05/03/review-kurt-elling-and-the-sydney-symphony-orchestra/ Band: The Landau Orchestra Title: Janus Plays Telephone Label: Milan\Warner Originally written for: Music Web International Click here to see the original published version 1. 123 isn't easy 2. Dark days 3. With the past and future 4. Janus plays telephone 5. Whisper ... http://www.samuelwebster.com/blog/2008/04/14/the-landau-orchestra-janus-plays-telephone-review/ Title: First Hearing Artist: 3bpm Label: Slam Productions Catalogue Number: SLAMCD 274 Genre: JAZZ Format: AUDIO CD Written on behalf of Music Web International 1. Cleaning Windows (Van Morrison) 2. Baby Plays Around (Elvis Costello) 3. Scarborough Fayre (Traditional) 4. Jockey Full of Bourbon (Tom Waits) 5. Don’t Give Up (Gabriel/Bush) 6. The Island (Lins/Martin) 7. The Red One (Pat Metheny) 8. First Hearing ... http://www.samuelwebster.com/blog/2008/04/09/3bpm-first-hearing-review/ Title: Sublime Artist: Katie Noonan and the ACO Venue: Angel Place Recital Hall Genre: CLASSICAL Format: LIVE CONCERT Written on behalf of Music Web International Author's note: This review is presented here in its longer form which could be considered disagreeable to the 'music critique' genre for its use of imagery, rather than strict analysis. A ... http://www.samuelwebster.com/blog/2008/04/09/sublime-the-australian-chamber-orchestra-featuring-katie-noonan/ If you’re in the USA you’ve probably seen Michael Cera around quite a bit lately. He’s been in TV series Arrested Development, blockbuster film Superbad and now appears in the rising hit film Juno. If you’re like me though, from the moment you saw him sipping from his cereal bowl ... http://www.samuelwebster.com/blog/2008/01/20/review-juno-jason-reitmandiablo-cody/ Hey guys. Yesterday I did a photoshoot with Sydney band Daybreak for their upcoming EP. (available in march) Please support me by supporting them at www.myspace.com/banddaybreak The theme for the day was water and we needed to shoot the following pictures: Cover Shot Individual Portraits for inside booklet Band Shot for back of the booklet Water Abstracts ... http://www.samuelwebster.com/blog/2008/01/12/daybreak-photoshoot-behind-the-scenes-video/ For a film that has been so heavily advertised as ‘Bob Dylan as played by several actors’, I’m Not There is surprisingly not about Bob Dylan’s life. Well, not precisely anyway. The trailer shows Cate Blanchett in pseudo drag (more about that later) for Dylan’s infamous ‘going electric stage’ of ... http://www.samuelwebster.com/blog/2008/01/06/review-im-not-there-todd-haynes/ View the original news story here boxing day paints itself in sunlit boxes with tiny decorated trees leaning towards windows, tinsel curving lazily around the roofs like forgotten streets on mountain peaks and a public park, wherein grown men speak in heated tones that grow from grass and stumps to bottles and a cricket bat death wish. This ... http://www.samuelwebster.com/blog/2007/12/26/anonymous/