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Month: February 2009
Tommy Maron, fencer
[audio:http://earshotpresents.com/sounds/within-earshot/tommy-maron-fencer.mp3|titles=Tommy Maron, fencer] Within Earshot talks to Tommy Maron, a 10 year old fencer from Westport, New York. Tommy recently won his first tournament competition, and as he tells us, he’s just getting started. Below is a short video of the competition referred to in our conversation.
Recreate the ’70s road trip you never took with Poladroid.
Polaroid film may be going the way of the dinosaur, but for Mac users, its iconic look is here to stay, thanks to a fun new software download called “Poladroid.” Simply drag an existing photo onto the application, sit back and watch the results appear – slowly – right before your eyes. The process is…
Milton Glaser on Shepard Fairey’s use of Obama photo
From the NY Times, Monday February 9th, 2009: In a pre-emptive strike, the street artist Shepard Fairey filed a lawsuit on Monday against The Associated Press, asking a federal judge to declare that he is protected from copyright infringement claims in his use of a news photograph as the basis for a now ubiquitous campaign…
Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant: Bryant’s Bounce
[audio:http://earshotpresents.com/sounds/within-earshot/bryants-bounce.mp3|titles=Bryant’s Bounce|artists=Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant] Earshot Presents was recently gifted a great Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant collection called Stratosphere Boogie: The Flaming guitars Of Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant. Ben’s favorite track is one called Bryant’s Bounce. It’s agreed to indeed be the bomb track.