LONDON (REUTERS).- He helped create one of rock’s greatest bands, but the late Syd Barrett always considered himself a painter before a Pink Floyd founder. Speaking at an exhibition of the troubled musician’s canvases and letters, his sister Rosemary B…
Canvases and Letters Show how Pink Floyd Founder Syd Barrett Put Painting Before Pop Music
LONDON (REUTERS).- He helped create one of rock’s greatest bands, but the late Syd Barrett always considered himself a painter before a Pink Floyd founder. Speaking at an exhibition of the troubled musician’s canvases and letters, his sister Rosemary B…
Taipei International Flora Exposition Features High Tech Interactive Displays
TAIPEI, TAIWAN (AP).- Paper-thin speakers blare pop music. Three-D films appear on elongated screens with no need for special viewing glasses. Viewers’ pulses turn cocoons into butterflies in an interactive display. Welcome to the Pavilion of Dreams, a…
John Lennon’s Son Julian and First Wife Cynthia Unveil Monument on Anniversary
LIVERPOOL (REUTERS).- John Lennon’s son Julian and first wife Cynthia unveiled a monument to the late singer Saturday, the 70th anniversary of his birth, and said the time for mourning the former Beatle was over. The presentation of a $350,000 18-foot …
John Lennon’s Son Julian and First Wife Cynthia Unveil Monument on Anniversary
LIVERPOOL (REUTERS).- John Lennon’s son Julian and first wife Cynthia unveiled a monument to the late singer Saturday, the 70th anniversary of his birth, and said the time for mourning the former Beatle was over. The presentation of a $350,000 18-foot …
Brooklyn Museum Target First Saturday Draws Record Breaking Attendance
BROOKLYN, NY.- This past Saturday, the Brooklyn Museum
experienced
record-breaking attendance, due in part to its monthly Target First
Saturday
event on July 3, 2010. The day – from 11am to 11pm drew a total of
24,000
visitors. The special…
Brooklyn Museum Target First Saturday Draws Record Breaking Attendance
BROOKLYN, NY.- This past Saturday, the Brooklyn Museum experienced record-breaking attendance, due in part to its monthly Target First Saturday event on July 3, 2010. The day – from 11am to 11pm drew a total of 24,000 visitors. The special exhibitions …
Marilyn Manson and David Lynch Open Exhibition at Kunsthalle in Vienna
VIENNA.- It was in the nineties when Marilyn Manson (born in 1969) became well known as a shock rocker combining brutally hammering industrial sounds with thick theater make-up and controversial texts about serial killers and Satanism to a garish spect…
Marilyn Manson and David Lynch Open Exhibition at Kunsthalle in Vienna
VIENNA.- It was in the nineties when Marilyn Manson
(born in 1969) became well known as a shock rocker combining
brutally
hammering industrial sounds with thick theater make-up and
controversial
texts about serial killers a…