Events
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:
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.
The Blue Angels at Jones Beach Air Show
by Kinan Faham on Jun.09, 2010, under Events, Parks, Travel
This is a video of the US Navy Blue Angels as they put together a spectacular show on Memorial Day weekend at Jones Beach State Park in Long Island. In addition, a few frames follow from the beach and one that demonstrates a failed attempt to capture the full sun in what is known as Manhattanhenge (went there on Monday May 31st 2010)….
The Blue Angels from TheSilentCamera on Vimeo.
The Definition of Eargasm: Mono Live in Milford, CT
by Kinan Faham on Jun.01, 2010, under Events, Music
Mono is a Japanese instrumental Rock quartet formed in 1999. Their current lineup includes:
Takaakira Goto – lead guitar
Yoda – rhythm guitar
Tamaki Kunishi – bass guitar, guitar, piano, glockenspiel
Yasunori Takada – drum kit, synthesizer, glockenspiel
The photos were taken in Daniel Street Club in Milford, CT last Saturday where the band played songs from their latest release “Hymn To The Immortal Wind”
It is worth mentioning that the band performed one outstanding performance last year(their 10 anniversary) with The Wordless Music Orchestra at the Society for Ethical Culture Hall in New York City. Here is a youtube video from that day:
Broadcloth makes it to The Stone in Alphabet City, NYC
by Kinan Faham on Mar.05, 2010, under Events, Music
My Cello teacher’s trio,Broadcloth, has made it to “The Stone” described by many as “ A not for profit space for the Experimental and Avant-Garde”. Its location in Alphabet city talks a ton about its vitality and dedication to up and new musicians.
Broadcloth is:
Anne Rhodes on Voice,
Nathan Bontrager on Cello and
Adam Matlock on Accordion/Recorders
The trio played a set of 5 pieces of their free improv music to the Big Apple crowd. They were accompanied towards the end by the remarkable sound of the Stone’s heater!
3- Introductus
The following is a playlist that has all the pieces in order instead of navigating through individual clips:
Ice Ice Baby
by Kinan Faham on Feb.11, 2010, under Events, meetup, photography
Ice Racing is quite popular in the North East. You can see ATVs, Dirt bikes & Sidehacks virtually wherever there is a frozen pond.
This was a day on the track of Hamilton Rod & Gun Club in Sturbridge, MA. Warren from Mid-CT photography meetup group had posted the event on the message board and a few members showed up.
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Broadcloth Trio
by Kinan Faham on Jan.31, 2010, under Arts, Events, Music
On January 30th 2010, Broadcloth trio played two sets of their original compositions with two aspiring guests. Broadcloth is a free improv Chamber group that includes:
Anne Rhodes, Vocal
Nathan Bontrager, Cello
Adam Matlock, Accordion and Recorders(he also provided some voices)
The guests were
Gabriel Bolaños Chamorro, electronic spectral music composition and guitar
Steve Zieminski, percussion and drums
The trio played the following pieces(in the order they were played):
“Intro piece” composed by Nathan Bontrager
“Windows In Walls” composed by Adam Matlock
“In Stitches” composed by Anne Rhodes and inspired by an embroidery she had made
”State Crunch Singularity” composed by Gabriel Bolaños Chamorro and includes electronic renderings of previously played tracks with acoustic performance
After the break, Gabriel and Steve joined the trio in playing the following pieces:
“Intro Piece II” revised with the addition of Gabriel on the guitar
The quintet then played a circular series of duets where two performers would play simultaneously with one of them leading while the other musician provides the atmosphere and transfer the rhythm to the next musician. This was really outstanding. Gabriel played the guitar and Steve the percussions.
“In Stitches II” was revisited with Steve adding the percussions
The quintet finally finished the performance with an improv(improvisation) finale.
You may find all the video clips captured during the performance on YouTube (links are provided on the names of the individual pieces above). Alternatively, I created a playlist that shows the pieces one at a time in the same order they were played, here it goes:
Still photos of the performance follow:
Day 3: Getty Center
by Kinan Faham on Jan.18, 2010, under Arts, Events, Travel, photography
Getty Center is a must visit destination for lovers of the art in Los Angeles. When I was there back in December, two of their exhibits were mandatory to visit(simply because they were photography related!):
Irving Penn was known for his meticulous attention to details, what better to bring out this talent than to shoot workers in different trades in Paris, London and New York in their daily uniforms with their tools and posing as if they were doing the job?
The best photos of this collection belonged to coalmen from London and New York, fully dressed and covered(hands, faces..etc) with black in an indication to what they used to deal with on a daily basis. My bias may be based on the fact that my great great great great grand father was a coal man in Syria(my last name is translated to Coal Miner in Arabic after all)!
You can click on the link above to see some samples from the exhibit.
One more stop was their Migrations Of The Mind exhibit where they brought different manuscripts on the topics of biology, medicine & science in general.
The following photos were taken in the outdoors of the vast Getty center, you could see the Pacific ocean(check the sunset collection) from a distance!
Day 9: Death Valley’s Sand Dunes
by Kinan Faham on Jan.10, 2010, under Events, National Parks, Nature, Parks, Travel, photography
Just across the street from Mosaic Canyon, Sand Dunes was our second destination after we returned from the Canyon.
American Beauty
by Kinan Faham on Dec.08, 2009, under Events, Travel, photography
As I joined New England Oddities group last Sunday to capture Stockbridge Main Street during its Christmas celebrations, I could not stop admiring the antique cars on show. I was drooling over the 1966 Mustang, the 1955 Corvette C1 with red leather and the array of Pontiac GTOs(1960s) on display. On my way to the Berkshires, I had chosen US 20 instead of the expressway and managed to snap a few frames on my way back to CT. It is that time of the year again when the day is barely alive.
2009: you will be missed…soon!
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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.
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