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Moogy Klingman, Songwriter and Original Member of Utopia, Dies at 61
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November 21, 2011
Moogy Klingman, Songwriter and Original Member of Utopia, Dies at 61
By DOUGLAS MARTIN
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If pop music, at its best, can be called a series of evanescent but magically eternal moments, Moogy Klingman lived the concept. He jammed with the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley, produced a rare album featuring Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and other superstars, and helped write the song that Bette Midler made her theme, “Friends.”
He was best known for his association with Todd Rundgren, the singer, songwriter and producer. It was Mr. Rundgren who announced that Mr. Klingman, an original member of his band Utopia, died on Nov. 15 in Manhattan. He was 61.
Mr. Klingman lived most of his life out of the limelight, though he and his groups, most recently the Peaceniks, had long been part of the New York music scene.
As Mr. Klingman’s health declined, starting with bladder cancer, Mr. Rundgren summoned him and the other original members of Utopia to play a series of concerts. They had not played together in more than 30 years. They are continuing their tour to help pay Mr. Klingman’s medical expenses. Information on survivors was not available.
Mr. Klingman produced and played keyboards on “Buckets of Rain,” Ms. Midler’s duet with Bob Dylan of the Dylan song for her 1976 Atlantic album, “Songs for the New Depression.” “Friends,” also known as “(You Got to Have) Friends,” a song Mr. Klingman wrote with Buzzy Linhart, was a hit for Ms. Midler in 1973.
Original compositions included on Mr. Klingman’s own first album, “Moogy” (Capitol, 1972), were later recorded by Carly Simon, Johnny Winter, James Cotton and Thelma Houston.
Mark Klingman was born on Sept. 7, 1950; sources differ on whether he was born in New York City or Great Neck, N.Y. His nickname from childhood, Moogy, had nothing to do with the Moog synthesizers he played.
As a youth Mr. Klingman developed a distinctive style of piano playing informed by boogie-woogie and jazz, and by the time he was 16 he was spending more time in Greenwich Village than in high school. He formed a rock group and sat in with top musicians, including Hendrix.
In 1968 he played on the soundtrack for the Jane Fonda science fiction film “Barbarella.” He met Mr. Rundgren outside the Cafe Au Go Go in Greenwich Village that same year.
Mr. Rundgren and Mr. Klingman built a recording studio, Secret Sound, in Mr. Rundgren’s Manhattan loft. When Mr. Rundgren formed Utopia in 1973, he used members of Mr. Klingman’s band, Moogy and the Rhythm Kings, as the core.
Mr. Rundgren was scheduled to produce a “super session” in 1969 involving Mr. Clapton, Mr. Beck, Dr. John, Linda Ronstadt and other musicians. But after Mr. Rundgren’s manager refused the payment offered, Mr. Klingman, at 18, took on the project and found himself supervising his musical idols. The effort led to a single album, “Summit Meeting,” and a double album, “Music From Free Creek,” both released in England in the 1970s. The musicians used pseudonyms on the album. Mr. Clapton was “King Cool” and Mr. Beck “A. N. Other.”
In a 2001 interview with the magazine Heavy Metal Mayhem, Mr. Klingman said he had approached the sessions dreading that someone would say, “Who are you, Sonny, to tell us what to do?” No one did. “I knew when to back off,” he said.
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Nation of adults who will write like children?
By Katia Hetter, Special to CNN
August 10, 2011 2:04 p.m. EDT
Miley Cyrus's and Justin Bieber's handwriting in Habbo Celebrity "Advice to My Teenage Self."
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Critics are upset that cursive writing classes are being kicked out of more schools
Teacher: "Handwritten documents convey important cultural information"
Another critic fears adults in the years to come will write like children
Autograph seller says stars under age 30 already have sloppy writing
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(CNN) -- A glance at teen stars Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber's letters to their younger selves makes one thing clear: their handwriting is terrible. In the letters, part of the Habbo Celebrity "Advice to My Teenage Self" book, the content is messy and their cursive signatures are barely legible.
The handwriting of today's teen stars "is so atrocious, it's talked about and recognized through the industry," says Justin King, a Toronto-based paparazzi for Flynet Pictures and independent autograph seller. "With stars ages 30 and above, they generally have a much more full, legible signature. When you deal with these new people like [teen actress] Elle Fanning, you're lucky if you get an E and F and a heart for her signature."
It's just not the teen stars who can't write properly. Most states don't require children to learn cursive writing anymore. Some 46 states have adopted the Common Core Standards, a set of educational guidelines that do not require cursive writing as part of a school's curriculum. The state of Indiana recently announced it would drop a district requirement to teach cursive writing as of this fall. Instead, students must be able to type on keyboards.
How friends, family spark handwriting change
Technology has pushed cursive writing off the agenda of many school systems across the country. As a result, Handwriting Without Tears founder Jan Olsen sees more sloppy handwriting in schools today.
"If you stop teaching handwriting in the second grade, you're going to have a generation of people who write like second graders," says Olsen, whose company teaches a clean and simple style of cursive that avoids the fancy curls and swirls of old-fashioned script.
Are we becoming a country of adults who write like children? Will we be able to understand the power of John Hancock's actual signature on the Declaration of Independence if we can't read the original document? How can we feel the magic of Jane Austen's earliest, unpublished, handwritten manuscript, "The Watsons," which recently sold for $1.6 million at auction?
Will younger generations not know the powerful emotions that come from receiving a handwritten love letter that describes all the love someone else feels for you? What about the fear and courage that comes from writing your first love letter that contains all the love you feel for someone else?
'Snail Mail' project promotes art of letters
"Handwritten documents convey important cultural information about authors," says Davis Schneiderman, novelist and chair of the English Department at Lake Forest College. "These documents also suggest an authenticity that electronically produced documents do not. The Declaration is an index of its time as well as clue to the physicality of its signers. Imagine 'John Hancock' typed in an 18-point Times New Roman font. The proud fury behind his oversized signature would be lost."
Retired schoolteacher Carol Collin also mourns the loss of cursive in children's lives. "They miss the sense of pride they get when they can write neatly and elegantly in cursive instead of only knowing manuscript [print]," says Collin, who taught for 40 years in the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District in California and still substitute teaches. "There are many times in school and as an adult where being able to write elegantly is an advantage. Prospective employers will be impressed by clear, readable, attractive writing."
Educators warn of negative effects of not teaching cursive
Granted, most workplaces are more likely to be dominated by computers and technology than pens and pencils and handwritten thank you notes. Its makes sense that computers are the go-to resource for researching and writing papers and other homework assignments.
And some writing experts aren't worried about children not being able to read the original Declaration of Independence or sign their names in cursive. Historical documents can be reprinted in print form and children can be taught to sign their names in cursive for legal documents and birthday cards.
Handwriting has never been a static art
Yet teens who can't write legibly -- multimillionaire teen celebrities aside -- do suffer. Even though many children use computers to write papers at home, most writing done within the school walls is still done by hand. (The country's ongoing economic problems won't likely add many computers to our nation's public school classrooms in the next few years.)
"Without it [cursive handwriting] you lose the sense of having your thought process through your hand movements to create your language and thoughts to someone else," says Michael Sull, a master penman in Spencerian script; past president of the International Association of Master Penmen, Engrossers and Teachers of Handwriting; and author of four books on handwriting including, "American Cursive Handwriting," which was released last month. "There is a great loss in the progress that could be made with children fostering their motor skill development, literacy training and concepts of communication."
Sloppiness makes the reader think the writer's ideas aren't any good, studies show. "If you have sloppy handwriting, people make [negative] judgments about the quality of your ideas," says Steven Graham, professor of education at Vanderbilt University.
And poor handwriting slows down the writer. If you write slowly, your hand may not be able to keep up with your mind's attempt to have a thought, form it into a sentence and remember it long enough to write it down. "Until you can do this skill quickly and without thinking, it will interfere with your output," says Graham. "You better learn to write."
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In Cleveland, in the summer of 1975, all the bands were breaking up. The creative land rush of the years 1972-74 was played out. A generational window was passing over a mini sub-culture naively dedicated to the odd proposition that Rock Music was a serious art form. David Thomas had a group called Rocket From The Tombs. When it fell apart in the summer of 1975 he decided to record an artifact. This artifact, he hoped, would gain him entry into the Brotherhood of the Unknown that was gathering in used record bins everywhere. He thought Pere Ubu was a good name http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/album-rewievs/42947-story-of-pere-ubu-10-albumsIn Cleveland, in the summer of 1975, all the bands were breaking up. The creative land... more
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This is what happens when you lock John (of the Blue Fairy Godmothers) and Andrew (of Lava-Proof Boots) in a room with a bunch of keyboards and a computer for a month: an album with a bile-filled synthetic doo-wap song, noisy keyboard punk and plaintive ballads set in outer space. http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/rock/4938-the-math-amphetaminesThis is what happens when you lock John (of the Blue Fairy Godmothers) and Andrew (of... more
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Originally from Strasbourg (Albania) and inspired by the Belgian meaning of life. Kania Tieffer (her name is a flat french joke) is a girl doing faces obsessed by otters and creating short songs in her Brussels’ laboratory since 2005 with cheap keyboards for children, an old computer and an electric guitar… sounding like fake nonsense r’n’b or whatever lofi disturbed electropop.. Must listen.... http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/poplo-fi/3849-kania-tieffer-le-sens-des-valeurs-the-eastern-worldOriginally from Strasbourg (Albania) and inspired by the Belgian meaning of life.... more
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Music video for Mary Lemanski' song, "Whatcha Doing," off her album, "Eclectic."Music video for Mary Lemanski' song, "Whatcha Doing," off her album,... more
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...I’ve already written a full review of the band Here Come the Saviours (see 6/13/10 review), but after seeing them again at the Retox over the weekend, I can honestly say that this is SF’s most important of-the-moment indie bands you must see....
http://www.thereviewchimp.com/?p=165...I’ve already written a full review of the band Here Come the Saviours (see... more
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DeStorm made an entire song from keyboard letters, numbers, and special keys. It's pretty great.DeStorm made an entire song from keyboard letters, numbers, and special keys.... more
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This a slideshow of paintings by the Georgian-born and Queens-based artist Sizanna. Music and DVD still shots are by her brother David Monte Cristo. The music is track 10 from the CD The 6th Component by David Monte Cristo. Video and CD produced by David Monte Cristo and James Michaels (Monte Cristo Records).This a slideshow of paintings by the Georgian-born and Queens-based artist Sizanna.... more
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Stunning live performance by the beautiful and talented Anna Maria Kopek with the Pat Metheny group.Stunning live performance by the beautiful and talented Anna Maria Kopek with the Pat... more
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Not just Casio battery covers but many other electronics battery covers are being lost or abused. You must keep track of all electronic battery covers and help the planet earth. Kasio Kristmas is helping to spread the word through B.C.P.S. (The Battery Cover Preservation Society)Not just Casio battery covers but many other electronics battery covers are being lost... more
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Because sometimes typing on a normal keyboard is a bit boring, someone's designed a wearable keyboard!
It's pretty nifty as well, as the iKey AK-39 "features essential components for military applications, including an integrated Force Sensing Resistor (FSR) pointing device and adjustable green LED backlighting that is also available in a night vision (NVIS) compatible configuration."
All you've needed to complete your Spy outfit, possibly.Because sometimes typing on a normal keyboard is a bit boring, someone's designed... more
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Apparently because the way we use our mobile phones, things are a changing ~ mobile phone producers are switching their numeric keypads for QWERTY keyboards.
At the recent mobile phone trade show, which ran in Las Vegas, there weren't many new phones for the US market that had just numbers for their keypad, but instead many that were rocking either a keyboard or, none of the above and a touch screen.
These changes are apprently "a recognition of the popularity of text messaging and wireless Internet use."
I kinda agree with this, as technology advances and devices are used not just for calls, but for keeping up to date with emails, social networks and and texts then surely a QWERTY keyboard is a much wiser choice?Apparently because the way we use our mobile phones, things are a changing ~ mobile... more
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We've all heard about how disgusting our keyboards are. They're basically a nasty collection point for germs and bacteria and food and dirt -- they're dirtier than the average toilet seat! Yet we continue to tap away at them every day, probably without thinking twice about it (most of us anyways). Well, now that I've reminded you and you don't want to finish whatever you were doing on your computer, maybe you should invest in one of these. Now there's a keyboard and mouse that are dishwasher safe AND antimacrobial. They're wireless and so water-tight that they even work underwater.
Forget the germs, now I can work from the bath tub!!We've all heard about how disgusting our keyboards are. They're basically a... more
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- Step aside, keyboards, laptops, and 9-to-5 jobs. A survey of more than 1,000 Internet activists, journalists, and technologists released Sunday speculates that by 2012, those quaint relics of 20th century life will fade away.
It's not a formal survey of the sort that, say, political pollsters use. Nor are computer journalists especially known for their prognosticative abilities. Still, the Pew Internet and American Life Project hopes the effort will provide a glimpse of the best current thinking about how online life will evolve in the next decade or so.- Step aside, keyboards, laptops, and 9-to-5 jobs. A survey of more than 1,000... more
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