Sampling Steve Jobs Stirs Emotions For 90 Minutes
Edward Parks (Steve Jobs) and Jessica Jones (Chrisann Brennan). Photo by Ken Howard for Santa Fe Opera, 2017
Edward Parks (Steve Jobs) and Wei Wu (Kṑbun Chino Otogawa). Photo by Ken Howard for Santa Fe Opera, 2017By CARL NEWTON
Los Alamos
Composer Mason Bates sampled many sources of sounds in constructing his electronica based score. His goal was to create sound worlds for each character – sonic IDs. For Jobs he describes it as a quicksilver blend of orchestra and electronica incorporating Mac computer sounds. To that sound world he added the plucking of a steel stringed acoustic Read More
World Futures: Efficiency (Part One)
World Futures: What Do We Need?
By ANDY ANDREWS
Los Alamos World Futures Institute
Efficiency is a measure of avoiding waste while doing things well and successfully. Let’s consider it from two perspectives: the world (part 1) and humanity (parts two, three and four).
The world exists with essentially one energy source – the sun. You can argue that there also is coal, natural gas, oil, wind, ocean currents, and on and on. But without the daily supply of energy from the sun, these other sources would rapidly run out. In fact, chemical energy release, for example, when Read More
Mesa Public Library Screens ‘Roxanne’
There was Pinoccio. There was Cyrano de Bergerac. And then, there was Steve Martin in “Roxanne” (1987, rated PG), screening at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 3, at Mesa Public Library.
Martin, as screenwriter and lead actor, and director Fred Schepisi take the story of the plentiful proboscis to its romantic and comedic extreme in this retelling of de Bergerac’s classic tale.
C.D. Bates (Martin) runs a small-town fire department staffed by well-intentioned men who can neither save an altitude-wary cat nor snuff a fire. They do, at least, know better than to mention
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