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Why Is It So Cold? Should the Big Freeze Alter Our Approach to Climate Change?
December 27th, 2010 |
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Jounce: Spring tour 2010
March 31st, 2010 |
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JOUNCE SPRING TOUR DATES IN THE NORTHEAST, MID-ATLANTIC and WESTERN U.S.
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Jounce is not your normal
touring ensemble. Made up of four childhood friends who have known each other since kindergarten, the musical
connection between them reflects these deep roots.
Consisting of Dan Tamberelli on bass, Matt DeSteno on guitar, Brian Purwin on
keyboards, and Joe Ciarallo on drums, the band is a mainstay at bars, clubs, music halls, colleges and
festivals up and down the eastern United States, consistently refining their presence in both the live and studio
settings.
Bass player Tamberelli grew up working with Nickelodeon and played the character “Little Pete” on the popular show
“The Adventures of Pete and Pete.” However, most people don’t know this, as the music has been speaking for
itself. “In one week I can remember having a jam session with Luscious Jackson and being taught TV Eye by Iggy
Pop,” says Tamberelli on his days on the set. “I’d be lying if I didn’t say those early experiences didn’t have some
sort of effect on my decision to become a musician.”
Jounce’s most recent album, These Things was released to critical acclaim in March 2009, followed by an
East Coast tour. The band welcomed guest musicians Marco Benevento (The Duo) and Tom Hamilton (Brothers Past,
American Babies) on the album.
The band also recently recorded a version of Miracle Legion’s “The Heart is Attached” as part of a compilation album,
Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy, dedicated to Miracle Legion frontman Mark
Mulcahy. The compilation also featured Radioheads’s Thom Yorke, The National, Frank Black and Elvis Perkins, among others.
“The Heart Is Attached” will also appear on the band’s new digital EP, in addition to four new original compositions.
The EP has will be released in Spring 2010.
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Motion Potion: Electric Nostalgia Tour and Silent Soundclash Series
March 16th, 2010 |
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Motion Potion challenges America’s DJs to a “Silent Soundclash”
Wireless headphones from Silent Events propel a 2-channel Silent Disco battle in U.S. clubs
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For more than a decade, Motion Potion has been pushing “Electric Nostalgia,” a style that unites the past 40 years of dance music with its present and future. This spring he’ll be recruiting a battalion of DJs to help push the concept at “Silent Soundclashes” across America. With the help of hundreds of Silent Events wireless headphones, MoPo will be joined by DJs in 20 different markets for dance-floor excursions that put the choice in the hands of the listener. The Soundclash concept goes back to the earliest days of DJing in Jamaica and New York, where DJs would face off at free outdoor events in “winner takes the soundsystem” battles. “The “Silent Soundclash Series” updates this concept and allows the listener to choose with the flip of a channel switch.
“The Silent Soundclash Series” is a step towards the potential fulfillment of the long-term promise of the “Silent Disco” concept. What started as a way for festivals like Bonnaroo and Glastonberry to run late-night parties is headed towards a day when an urban house party could rock on without waking the neighbors. Using Silent Events’ patented headphones not only allows the best in wireless sound (on their own unique FCC-approved band) but also the ability to switch channels, allowing two DJs to rock a party head-to-head. The partygoer will no longer have to “choose with his feet” by leaving the dance floor but rather just change the station.
“Rocking the “Silent Disco” at Bonnaroo the past four years has been an incredible musical and social experience.” said MoPo “With this tour we’re bringing that amazing vibe right into people’s hometowns and allowing their favorite local DJs to participate in the experiment and join the fun.”
The “Silent Soundclash Series” will take place in the middle of Motion Potion’s Spring 2010 “Electric Nostalgia” Tour, coinciding with the release of a series of three “Electric Nostalgia EP’s” and the launch of the new online community at www.motionpotion.com. The first “Silent Soundclashes” will take place at WMC Miami and will continue on for more than a month across the Eastern United States. MoPo will then head back towards San Francisco to play a series of shows with electronic legends like Tipper, NAPT and Fort Knox 5.
“Electric Nostalgia” Spring Tour 2010
MOPO at SOUTH by SOUTHWEST
Tuesday, March 9 – Austin Tx – SXSW – The Red Fez
Wednesday, March 10 – Austin Tx – SXSW – The Parish with Brothers Past
Thursday, March 11 – Austin, Tx – SXSW – Mal Verde – with DJ Manny and DJ Bigface
Saturday, March 13 Austin, Tx – Creekside Lounge
Tuesday, March 16- Austin Tx – SXSW – The Red Fez – with J.Boogie, Shakey, Manny
SILENT SOUNDCLASH SERIES
Wednesday, March 24 DAY- WMC Miami – “Hush – Silent Disco” at K17 Beach Club
Thursday, March 25 – University of Miami – the Rathskeller
Friday, March 26 – WMC Miami – TBA
Saturday, March 27 – TBA
Tuesday, March 30 – Savannah Ga. – Live Wire Music Hall
Wednesday, March 31 – Boone, NC – Boone Salloon
Thursday, April 1 – Wilimington, NC – Green Light Lounge
Friday, April 2 – Athens, GA – New Earth Music Hall
Saturday, April 3 – Atlanta, GA – Purgatory @ Masquerade
Tuesday, April 6- Blacksburg, Va – Attittudes
Wednesday, April 7 – Charlottesville, Va – Random Row
Thursday, April 8 – Baltimore, MD – Quarter @ Bourbon St
Friday, April 9 – Philadelphia, Pa. – The Note
Saturday, April 10 – New York, NY – Rocks Off Boat Cruise
Tuesday, April 13 – Syracuse, NY – Wescott Theatre
Wednesday, April 14 – Rex Theatre
Thursday, April 15 – Grand Rapids MI – The Intersection
Friday, April 16 – TBA
Saturday, April 17 – TBA
ADDITIONAL ELECTRIC NOSTALGIA DATES
Thursday, April 29 – Sebastopol Ca – the Hopmonk – “Juke Joint”
Friday, April 30 – SFO – “Loose Joints” at the Makeout Room
Saturday, May 8 – SFO – Mighty – “Freqo de Mayo” with Tipper
Sunday, May 9 – SFO – Silent Soundclash TBA!
Friday, May 14 – SFO – Mezzanine – with the Breakestra & Fort Knox 5
Saturday, May 21 – SFO – Mighty – with NAPT
Verizon Confirms Data Outage Due to Software Glitch
March 3rd, 2010 |
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Some Verizon Wireless customers in the eastern United States were unable to access mobile applications such as Facebook after a software glitch at a data center caused a four-hour data network outage.
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Network operator Verizon issued a statement blaming a
four-hour data service outage on a software glitch at one of the companys data
centers. Verizon alerted customers, not all of whom were affected, by using the
microblogging site Twitter to announce the data outage. Voice servic…
Another snowstorm slams parts of US
February 11th, 2010 |
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A second major snowstorm in less than a week struck the eastern United States yesterday, paralysing travel for millions, shutting down the US capital, and forcing school closures from Virginia to New York. The National Weather Service forecast that the storm, dubbed Snoverkill by the local
Feb. 9, 1870: Feds Get on Top of the Weather
February 9th, 2010 |
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1870: President Ulysses S. Grant signs a bill creating what we now call the National Weather Service. Forecasting models were simple but generally effective.
It had been obvious for centuries that weather in North America generally moves from west to east, or southwest to northeast. But other than looking upwind, that knowledge was little help in [...]
Blizzard paralyses eastern US
December 21st, 2009 |
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A ferocious snow storm blanketed much of the eastern United States yesterday, cutting power to hundreds of thousands of homes, paralysing air traffic and stranding motorists. The governors of Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia and Delaware declared states of emergency in advance of the storm, the
Blizzard blasts eastern US, Washington snowed under
December 20th, 2009 |
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One of the worst storms in decades blanketed much of the eastern United States with more than a foot of snow Saturday, grounding flights and bringing traffic to a standstill for millions on the final weekend of the busy holiday shopping season. In the bull’s eye of the deadly weather,
Dec. 1, 1942: Mandatory Gas Rationing, Lots of Whining
December 1st, 2009 |
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1942: Nearly a year after the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor that brought the United States fully into World War II, the Americans get around to imposing nationwide gasoline rationing.
A fuel shortage was not the problem. America had plenty of that. What it lacked was rubber. Both the Army and Navy were in desperate need [...]