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Geoengineering: Lift-off

November 4th, 2010 | No Comments

Research into the possibility of engineering a better climate is progressing at an impressive rate—and meeting strong opposition

AS A way of saying you’ve arrived, being the subject of some carefully contrived paragraphs in the proceedings of a United Nations conference is not as dramatic as playing Wembley or holding a million-man march. But for geoengineering, those paragraphs from the recent conference of the parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Nagoya, Japan, marked a definite coming of age.

Geoengineering is shorthand for the idea of fixing the problem of man-made climate change once the greenhouse gases that cause it have already been emitted into the atmosphere, rather than trying to stop those emissions happening in the first place. Ideas for such fixes include smogging up the air to reflect more sunlight back into space, sucking in excess carbon dioxide using plants or chemistry, and locking up the glaciers of the world’s ice caps so that they cannot fall into the ocean and cause sea levels to rise. …

Biodiversity: More complicated than you think

October 28th, 2010 | No Comments

A new, giant virus is confounding old certainties

BIODIVERSITY is not just a matter of tigers and whales, or butterflies and trees, or even coral reefs and tuna. It is also about myriad creatures too small to see that live in numbers too large to count in ways too numerous to imagine. It is easy to forget, especially at meetings like the one to discuss the Convention on Biological Diversity that has been taking place in Nagoya under the auspices of the United Nations, that most of biology is in fact microscopic. Indeed, the more microscopic biology gets, the more diverse it becomes.

In that context, the discovery by Curtis Suttle of the University of British Columbia and his colleagues of a critter they propose to call Cafeteria roenbergensis virus, or CroV, should not be surprising. But for those brought up on a textbook definition of what a virus is, it is still a bit of a shock. For CroV is not a very viruslike virus. It has 544 genes, compared with the dozen or so that most viruses sport. And it may be able to make its own proteins—a task that viruses usually delegate to the molecular machinery of the cells they infect. …

MapletreeLog signs sale and leaseback agreement with Hamakyorex for distribution centre worth $16.2m

October 19th, 2010 | No Comments

Mapletree Logistics Trust says it has signed a sale and purchase agreement to acquire Toki Logistics Centre, a warehouse facility in Japan, for JPY 1.05 billion ($ 16.2 million)1 from Hamakyorex Co., a third-party logistics company (3PL) in Japan.

The property is a two-storey warehouse facility strategically situated in Toki Plasma Research Park, an industrial and logistics park about 40 km from Nagoya (Japan’s third largest city after Tokyo and Osaka). Well-connected by the Tokai-Kanjo Expressway to various areas such as Shinetsu, Tokai, Hokuriku and Kansai areas and centrally located between Tokyo and Osaka, the area is popular for logistics and industrial facilities.

MMW: Tour Dates Band & Solo Projects

February 24th, 2010 | No Comments

Medeski Martin & Wood Announce More Tour Dates

Medeski Martin & Wood, who is on tour now, have announced West Coast, Japan and festival tour dates though June. The tour will take them through all the major cities, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle and Portland. Each member will also be touring solo with Medeski hitting the U.S. and Russia, The Wood Brothers briefly touring the East Coast in March, and Billy Martin announcing three special performances.

MMW

MMW Tour Dates:

02/24/10- Crystal Bay Club Crown Room – Crystal Bay, NV
02/25/10 – McDonald Theatre – Eugene, OR
02/26/10 – Roseland Theater – Portland, OR
02/27/10 – Showbox at The Market – Seattle, WA
04/08/10 – Janus Osaka – Osaka, JAPAN
04/09/10 – The Bottom Line – Nagoya, JAPAN
04/10/10 – Shibuya O-EAST – Tokyo, JAPAN
06/04/10 – Red Rocks Amphitheatre – Morrison, CO
06/05/10 – Free Press Summer Fest – Houston, TX
6/10-6/13 – Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival – Manchester, TN*
*Performance date to be determined

John Medeski Dates

3/11/10 – Music Hall Theater – St. Petersburg, RUSSIA**
3/12/10 – DK Gorbunova – Moscow, RUSSIA **
3/14/10 – Central Dom Oficerov – Kiev, UKRAINE **
3/26/10 – High Meadow PAC – Stone Ridge, NY (Benefit for High Meadow School)
3/27/10 – BB Kings NYC, NY (Benefit for New England Conservatory)
4/17/10 – Wanee Music Fest with The Word Live Oak, FL
4/23/10 – Bearsville Theatre with Grizzly Adams – Woodstock, NY
4/30/10 – The Kimmel Center – Philadelphia, PA (Organ Jam)
**with Fedorov, Volkov, Ribot and Smith

The Wood Brothers Dates

03/05/10 – The State Theatre (s/f Levon Helm) – Ithaca, NY
03/11/10 – Rams Head on Stage – Annapolis, MD
03/12/10 – Capital Ale House – Richmond, VA
03/13/10 – The Grey Eagle – Asheville, NC
03/14/10 – The Visulite – Charlotte, NC
03/16/10 – The Jewish Mother – Virginia Beach, VA
03/17/10 – Jammin’ Java – Vienna, VA
03/18/10 – Mexicali Live – Teaneck, NJ
03/19/10 – Bowery Ballroom – New York City, NY
03/20/10 – The Midnight Ramble (s/f Levon Helm) – Woodstock, NY

Billy Martin Dates

03/09/10 – Rose Live – Brooklyn, NY
Part of Rose Live’s Drummer Series, this series focuses on drummers as leaders. Billy will play one solo set and a
second set with the Fang Percussion Ensemble.
04/21/10 – Hattiesburg, MO with Marco Benevento
04/23/10 – New Orleans, LA with Marco Benevento

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New Mastersounds, Trom Shorty Salvador Santana Tour Dates

January 14th, 2010 | No Comments

THE NEW MASTERSOUNDS TOUR WITH TROMBONE SHORTY AND SALVADOR SANTANA

The New Mastersounds

Kicking off 2010 with an international tour including Japan, Spain and the United Kingdom, The New Mastersounds are already jet setting their way across the globe. The band’s first U.S. tour will begin March 3 in Boulder, CO at The Fox Theatre with San Francisco Bay Area musician (and son of 10x Grammy winner Carlos) Salvador Santana. Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue will be co-headlining on select dates.

The New Mastersounds will be touring in support of the fan driven November 2009 release Ten Years On. The band also released Plug & Play on Fontana/One Note Records in March 2009, providing a steady flow of new music for their live shows. The New Mastersounds’ live shows have been met with overwhelming enthusiasm; Encore Online says “upon listening to their deep, open-ended and warm sound it’s apparent why they are blowing up on the international funk scene and are now taking America one show at a time.”

Led by guitarist and producer Eddie Roberts, The New Mastersounds feature Joe Tatton on keys, Pete Shand on bass and Simon Allen on drums.

The New Mastersounds Tour Dates

01/20/10 Wed Club Quattro Nagoya, JP

01/21/10 Thu Club Quattro Osaka, JP

01/23/10 Sat Club Quattro Tokyo, JP

01/24/10 Sun Club Quattro Tokyo, JP

02/05/10 Fri Beat Club Tomelloso, ES

02/06/10 Sat BoogaClub Granada, ES

02/07/10 Sun Fender Club Getafe, ES

02/11/10 Thu Sala Apolo 2 Barcelona, ES (w/ Salvador Santana)

02/12/10 Fri Wah Wah Club Valencia, ES (w/ Salvador Santana)

02/13/10 Sat Tempo Club Madrid, ES (w/ Salvador Santana)

02/26/10 Fri Jazz Cafe London, GB (w/ Salvador Santana)

02/27/10 Sat The Wardrobe Leeds, GB (w/ Salvador Santana)

03/03/10 Wed Fox Theatre Boulder, CO (w/ Salvador Santana)

03/04/10 Thu Steamboat Grand Steamboat Springs, CO (w/ Salvador Santana)

03/05/10 Fri Agave Avon, CO (w/ Salvador Santana)

03/06/10 Sat Ogden Theatre Denver, CO (w/ Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue & Salvador Santana

03/08/10 Mon Belly Up Aspen, CO (w/ Salvador Santana)

03/10/10 Wed Belly Up Tavern Solana Beach, CA (w/ Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue & Salvador Santana

03/11/10 Thu El Rey Theatre Los Angeles, CA (w/ Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue & Salvador Santana

03/12/10 Fri The Catalyst Santa Cruz, CA (w/ Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue & Salvador Santana

03/13/10 Sat The Fillmore San Francisco, CA (w/ Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue & Salvador Santana

03/14/10 Sun Hopmonk Tavern Sebastopol, CA (w/ Salvador Santana)

03/15/10 Mon Tahoe Biltmore Crystal Bay, NV (w/ Salvador Santana)

03/17/10 Wed Wonder Ballroom Portland, OR (w/ Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue & Salvador Santana

03/18/10 Thu Neumos Seattle, WA (w/ Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue & Salvador Santana

03/21/10 Sun Melkweg Amsterdam, NL (Jam in the Dam)

03/22/10 Mon Melkweg Amsterdam, NL (Jam in the Dam)

03/23/10 Tue Melkweg Amsterdam, NL (Jam in the Dam)

The New Mastersounds Tour

October 9th, 2009 | No Comments

The New Mastersounds U.S. Tour This Fall 2009

The New Mastersounds

After the band’s most successful year to date, The New Mastersounds will be wrapping up 2009 with one final U.S tour. The East Coast tour will kick off at The Southern in Charlottesville, VA on November 4, continuing on to other noteworthy venues including the 8 x 10 in Baltimore, MD and The Bowery Ballroom in NYC, before wrapping up the tour at Bear Creek Music Festival in Live Oak, FL.

This year marked the release of the album Plug & Play on Universal Records independent arm Fontana & One Note Records, tours through Japan, Italy, Canada and the U.K., festival stops including Bumbershoot, Ottawa Bluesfest and Wakarusa and saw the band sharing bills with the likes of The Black Eyed Peas, Sly & Robbie, Matisyahu and The Black Crowes. The band’s music has been in such high demand that they will be releasing a new LP Ten Years On available exclusively as a digital download and at live shows. The CD version features a very special bonus track with a vocal contribution from Grace Potter, the 24-year-old ascendant rock star and friend of the Mastersounds from the U.S. festival scene.

Led by guitarist and producer Eddie Roberts, The New Mastersounds feature Joe Tatton on Hammond, Pete Shand on bass and Simon Allen on drums.

Confirmed NMS Tour Dates:

10/22 Asha Sound, Treviso, Italy

10/23 Bravo Cafe, Bologna, Italy

10/24 Vibra, Modena, Italy

11/04 The Outback Lodge Charlottesville, VA

11/05 State Theatre, Falls Church, VA

11/06 The 8×10, Baltimore, MD

11/07 The Bowery Ballroom, NYC, NY

11/12 Zydeco, Birmingham, AL

11/13 Smith’s Olde Bar, Atlanta, GA

11/14 Bear Creek Fest, Live Oak, FL

11/15 Bear Creek Fest, Live Oak, FL

1/20/10 Club Quattro, Nagoya, Japan

1/21/10 Club Quattro, Osaka, Japan

1/23/10 Club Quattro, Tokyo, Japan

1/24/10 Club Quattro, Tokyo, Japan

3/21/10 Jam in the Dam, Amsterdam

3/22/10 Jam in the Dam, Amsterdam

3/23/10 Jam in the Dam, Amsterdam

Typhoon bears down on Japanâ€™s main islands

October 7th, 2009 | No Comments

A powerful typhoon approached Japan’s main islands on Wednesday, threatening the heavily populated country’s industrial centres with torrential rain and strong winds.
Typhoon Melor may be the most powerful storm to hit Japan’s main islands in more than 10 years if it makes landfall, the Meteorological Agency said.
Television showed waves pounding the shores of Japan’s [...]

Lotus Pay What You Want Tour

August 3rd, 2009 | No Comments

LOTUS ANNOUNCE HUGE FALL TOUR, INCLUDING A “PAY-WHAT-YOU-WANT” WESTERN STATE RUN

THE BAND RELEASES A PAIR OF EPs ON OCTOBER 6: FEATHER ON WOOD AND OIL ON GLASS

Lotus

Lotus is about to break ground in a way that no other rock band has done prior – they are plotting a tour this fall that truly allows their legion of fans to pay-what-they-want for tickets. The “Pay-What-You-Want-Tour” featuring Lotus is an eight-night run of shows in western U.S. states, sponsored by Ticketweb, that lets the fans decide how much their show ticket will cost. At the $15.00 Pay-What-You-Want level or higher, fans receive free digital downloads of the band’s two new EPs Feather on Wood and Oil on Glass, both to be released on October 6, 2009.

The Pay-What-You-Want dates are part of Lotus’ larger Fall Tour, running from early-October through the end of the year. Big stops include performances at Denver’s Fillmore, NYC’s Terminal 5, Baltimore’s Sonar, Chicago’s Vic Theatre, and others. Lotus brings out several must-see opening acts for many of these shows, including Break Science ft Adam Deitch, The Egg (from London, U.K.), Big in Japan, and Big Gigantic. Don’t miss a few special small shows: here’s the scoop – two shows at NYC’s Mercury Lounge are being bundled with the T-5 ticket, and the same offer is available for the Denver shows (to get into Quixote’s, you must buy the Fillmore ticket).

Downloads of both new EPs will be bundled with advance ticket purchases for select Fall Tour dates including the three New York City shows, two Denver shows, both Boston shows and a few other shows to be determined. The material on both Feather on Wood and Oil on Glass can be directly traced back to Lotus’ 2008 full-length release, Hammerstrike. A number of songs were recorded that didn’t find their way onto Hammerstrike (either they hadn’t been finished by deadlines or they weren’t coalescing with the sound of that project), but after finishing the album, Lotus decided to revisit these tracks, and the results are extraordinary. Feather on Wood is sunnier with a laid-back vibe, yet not afraid of big rock beauty, while Oil on Glass is darker in character, with more head-nodding tempos.

Listing of forthcoming Lotus tour dates (and who will be opening each show):

09.04 Bottom Line Nagoya, JP

09.05 Metamorphose Festival Tokyo, JP

09.06 Drunkard’s Stadium Kashiwa, JP

09.18 Mercury Lounge New York, NY

09.19 Mercury Lounge New York, NY

10.02 Aces Lounge Austin, TX

10.03 Aces Lounge Austin, TX

PAY-WHAT-YOU-WANT Dates (10.06 – 10.14)

10.06 The Roxy Hollywood, CA w/ Break Science ft Adam Deitch

10.07 The Independent San Francisco, CA w/ Break Science ft Adam Deitch

10.08 McDonald Theatre Eugene, OR w/ Break Science ft Adam Deitch

10.9 The Showbox Seattle, WA w/ Break Science ft Adam Deitch

10.10 Crystal Ballroom Portland, OR w/ Break Science ft Adam Deitch

10.11 The Nightlight Bellingham, WA w/ Break Science ft Adam Deitch

10.13 Knitting Factory Boise, ID w/ Break Science ft Adam Deitch

10.14 Murray Theater Salt Lake City, UT w/ Break Science ft Adam Deitch

10.15 Belly Up Aspen, CO

10.16 Quixote’s Denver, CO

10.17 The Fillmore Denver, CO

10.20 Granada Theatre Lawrence, KS

10.21 The Old Rock House St. Louis, MO w/ The Egg

10.22 Slowdown Omaha, NE w/ The Egg

10.23 First Avenue Minneapolis, MN w/ The Egg

10.24 Turner Hall Ballroom Milwaukee, WI w/ The Egg

10.26 Copper Dragon Carbondale, IL w/ The Egg

10.27 Bluebird Nightclub Bloomington, IN w/ The Egg

10.28 Bogart’s Cincinnati, OH w/ The Egg

10.29 House of Blues Cleveland, OH w/ The Egg

10.30 The Town Ballroom Buffalo, NY w/ The Egg

10.31 Sonar Baltimore, MD w/ Big In Japan & The Egg

11.04 Higher Ground Burlington, VT w/ The Egg

11.05 Paradise Rock Club Boston, MA w/ The Egg

11.06 Paradise Rock Club Boston, MA w/ The Egg

11.07 Revolution Hall Troy, NY

11.10 Is Venue Charlottesville, VA w/ Big Gigantic

11.11 Cat’s Cradle Carrboro, NC w/ Big Gigantic

11.12 Variety Playhouse Atlanta, GA w/ Big Gigantic

11.13 Bear Creek Music & Arts Festival Live Oak, FL

11.14 Orange Peel Asheville, NC w/ Big Gigantic

11.27 Vic Theatre Chicago, IL

11.28 Terminal 5 New York, NY