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“Wine and Cupcakes” is a visually beautiful artistic 12-minute short film by photographer Bruce Weber, a multilayered emotional celebration of love. Bruce Weber is renowned for his fashion photography, which over the past 30 years has appeared in editorial layouts for “Vogue” and “Vanity Fair” magazines, and in advertising campaigns for Abercrombie + Fitch and Ralph Lauren, but his long career as a filmmaker is not nearly as well known.
As an independent film director, Weber has self-financed documentaries and short films for the past 20 years. Many of his works have been widely acclaimed, but they have never been widely distributed in theaters and seem to go out of print not long after they are released. The range of Weber’s interests is very wide and somewhat eccentric, so his films often feel like the private visual journals of an obsessive fan and collector.
“Wine and Cupcakes” is an emotionally touching commemoration of New York City’s Central Park, shot partly as a remembrance of the aftermath of 9/11. The film is also a celebration of intimate personal feelings of love, following a middle-aged artist couple as they spend a long autumn afternoon in Central Park doing nothing special, but nevertheless storing up wonderful memories of a perfect New York day. The married couple is composer and pianist Paul Cantelon and singer Angela McCluskey, friends and neighbors of Weber in Manhattan. McCluskey is a Grammy nominated Scottish songstress who has had a long career as eclectic as her personal style.
This piece includes photographs, the short film and a music video.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/08/20/a-celebration-of-love-wine-and-cupcakes/“Wine and Cupcakes” is a visually beautiful artistic 12-minute short film... more
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Well, that only took a quarter of a century or so: In what may be the biggest Beatles-related news since Saturday night, Apple Corps Ltd. and EMI Music announced Tuesday morning that the Fab Four’s entire album catalog has been digitally remastered, and would be re-released on CD on Sept. 9. In a news release, Apple Corps and EMI said that the remastering effort, conducted at EMI’s Abbey Road Studios in London, took four years to complete, using a combination of modern-day recording technology and vintage studio equipment. The new CD releases, which include the 12 Beatles studio albums (the British versions) in stereo, as well as “Magical Mystery Tour” and “Past Masters Vol. I and II” (which have been combined into a single title) will feature the original UK album art, as well as original and newly written liner notes. On Sept. 9 (the same day that the video game The Beatles: Rock Band arrives in stores), Apple Corps and EMI said that two new Beatles boxed CD collections of the material would also be released, one comprising all 14 CDs plus a DVD documentary collection, the other consisting of 10 albums’ original mono mixes plus two additional CDs of mono masters. In a statement, the two companies added: “Discussions regarding the digital distribution of the catalogue will continue. There is no further information available at this time.”Well, that only took a quarter of a century or so: In what may be the biggest... more
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Navigant Consulting has announced plans to launch a major multi-client study on the convergence of the Smart Grid with Photovoltaics (PV). This comprehensive and focused study will help participating organizations identify the key technology components of a PV Smart Grid; understand how the Smart Grid could create additional value for distributed PV; gain insight to the implications for utilities; and identify trends and valuable market opportunities.
Navigant Consulting is accepting participants for the study.
"It's an exciting time for PV and we see tremendous opportunity with regards to the emerging Smart Grid," stated Lisa Frantzis, Managing Director, and leader of the Renewable Energy Team within Navigant Consulting's Energy Practice.
"We're seeing companies positioning themselves now for leadership in this rapidly converging PV Smart Grid future. This study will describe the likely evolution of PV and PV-enabling Smart Grid technologies, and the potential for new business models that will arise out of the convergence of the two."
Navigant Consulting has announced plans to launch a major multi-client study on the... more
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