Live Music at Popeye’s Garage
by Kinan Faham on Aug.29, 2010, under Music
This was a “Farewell & good luck” performance for Gabriel José Bolaños Chamorro before he moved to the west coast for grad school. The event took place in New Haven’s Popeye’s Garage at Goffe street.
The set started with Chris Point playing an Electronic noise piece of his followed by a piece by Adam Matlock on Accordion,Theremin & clarinet.
Then Black Thorn Cataclysm, Adam Matlock Nathan Bontrager & Gabriel José Bolaños Chamorro, took the stage playing a number of pieces using guitars, drums and keyboards. Their improvisational music ranged from heavy metal to post rock and flamenco.
The set was concluded with Chris Point & Adam Matlock playing one piece of electronic noise.
The following playlist shows all the pieces by the order they were played:
Mozilla Drumbeat New York
by Kinan Faham on Aug.17, 2010, under Events, meetup
On August 7th Mozilla had organized an event in SOHO at the offices of Open Plans aiming to present their concept for the future of the web and to get ideas from the public. The playlist will showcase the event in the order it was shot.
And here is a group shot from Flickr stream, more can be found here:
Music In The Garden
by Kinan Faham on Aug.15, 2010, under Music
Evan Ziporyn, a founding member of the famous Bang On A Can, played an outstanding set for Solo Clarinet & Bass Clarinet last Sunday at the Noguchi Museum in New York. The performance took place at the sculpture garden and included original pieces as well as pieces by Steve Reich and David Lang. Evan Ziporyn’s performance is part of the ongoing collaboration between the museum and Bang On A Can to bring “Music In The Garden” series to the public.
The last performance will take place on September 12th 2010 with Tristan Perich.
Above & Beneath The Surface
by Kinan Faham on Aug.15, 2010, under Walking, photography
A walk around Roosevelt Island last weekend. Stitching the panoramic photos took a good deal of time!
Arab-esque
by Kinan Faham on Jul.15, 2010, under Events, meetup
Last Saturday was the 8th Annual Arab American Cultural Street Festival which is the official kick-off to New York City’s Annual Arab Heritage Week. NAAP-NY has been organizing this street festival since its inception.
The festivities included an interesting and diverse array of live music & dance, food(of course) and several businesses/activities from all parts of the city and the Arab world.
My Heart Is In The Highlands
by Kinan Faham on Jul.13, 2010, under Hiking, Nature, Parks, Travel, meetup, photography
Inspired by the adaptation of Robert Burns’ song for organ by Arvo Part, this was a hike to Mount Taurus on the Hudson river Valley with a hiking meetup group last Sunday in the early AM. The video clip was shot along Metro North Hudson Line and the photos were taken around the white and yellow trails.
Walking Down The Memory Lane
by Kinan Faham on Jul.06, 2010, under Hiking, Parks, Walking, meetup, photography
This was a hike(or walk in the woods) with the Hartford Area Hiking Meetup group. The trail we took is called "Indian Council Caves Trail" and is located in Barkhamsted, CT. It got its name because of its glacier boulders(towards the end of the video clip) with cave-like pockets. Many native american artifacts have been found around the area but it is debated if it was used for council meetings. Most of the pictures show the typical New England Summer where green is the color of the day.
TGIF
by Kinan Faham on Jul.01, 2010, under Gathering, photography
This was a lunch with my colleagues in the Back Porch which is on Ferry Road, Old Saybrook CT. The occasion was the Employee Appreciation Day.
The Big Bang…On A Can
by Kinan Faham on Jun.29, 2010, under Music, photography
Bang On A Can Marathon took place in The World Financial Center this year with music flowing non-stop for more than 12 hours defying all borders between genres and really making it hard for music lovers to take a break. Every time a new group emerged on the stage, we got swept away and taken by their ingenuity and brilliance.
The photos show the following performers in the event. I only stayed for 10 hours and took a few walks to stretch my legs!
Slagwerk Den Haag
JACK Quartet
Talea Ensemble
Moritz Eggert
Vernon Reid, Mazz Swift, and Leon Gruenbaum
Mira Calix
Tim Brady
And of course:Bang on a Can All-Stars
Can’t wait for the next Big Bang…On A Can!
A Walk With Adobe Titans
by Kinan Faham on Jun.29, 2010, under Parks, meetup, photography
Adobe started a new meetup group in the Big Apple and they organized a photo walk last Saturday with Tom Hogarty and Bryan O’Neil Hughes. We wondered around 22nd Street dropping by the High line park before heading back to Fotocare to listen to what magical things Adobe CS5 and Lighroom 3 had to offer. I have to say they sound promising.
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The Silent Camera
Always fascinated by the odds of the world we live in, I keep my camera at close range all the time just to capture anything my eyes see and like.
This blog will document journeys to places unknown(to this fella at least) and show you around through his eyes.
My long term goal is to visit all of the 392 national parks in the United States and hopefully many more interesting places.I hope you like how I see our world.
Feel free to send me your shouts & murmurs either by leaving a comment or through the contact page.
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