On Oct. 21, 1974, Californian Clifford Travis Bean filed a U.S. patent with the intention of making a guitar from "extruded aluminum." His goal, read the patent, was to create an instrument that resulted in "stable and versatile tones." Nearly four decades later, it's safe to say that Bean, who died last Friday at the age of 63, was successful in his stated aims.
In the five years following his filed patent, Bean produced some 3,600 instruments that are not only by and large still in use today but also still influencing new generations of guitar makers and players. His heavy, unmistakable aluminum-necked guitars have an unwavering reputation for tone, sustain and musical flexibility. Though they're most popular now at the intersection of heavy metal and indie rock, they've been used over the years by The Rolling Stones, The Grateful Dead, Thin Lizzy and jazz guitarist Stanley Jordan.
Earlier this week, I asked one longtime Bean adherent,...
In the five years following his filed patent, Bean produced some 3,600 instruments that are not only by and large still in use today but also still influencing new generations of guitar makers and players. His heavy, unmistakable aluminum-necked guitars have an unwavering reputation for tone, sustain and musical flexibility. Though they're most popular now at the intersection of heavy metal and indie rock, they've been used over the years by The Rolling Stones, The Grateful Dead, Thin Lizzy and jazz guitarist Stanley Jordan.
Earlier this week, I asked one longtime Bean adherent,...
- 7/13/2011
- by Grayson Currin
- ifc.com
Home run king Barry Bonds was convicted Wednesday of obstruction of justice for lying to a grand jury about using steroids and human growth hormone. Bonds, 46, displayed no emotion as the San Francisco jury delivered the verdict after almost four days of deliberations. The panel was unable to reach a decision on three other charges. Bonds long has faced speculation he used steroids - the owner of Bonds’s record-setting 756th home-run ball marked it with an asterisk - but Wednesday marked the first time Bonds was convicted of a crime in association with the scandal.Federal sentencing guidelines recommend 15 to 21 months in prison,...
- 4/13/2011
- by Howard Breuer
- PEOPLE.com
The 5 Browns did not hint at the scandal that has rocked the family, during the group's concert on Friday - their first performance since their father pled guilty earlier this month to molesting his three daughters. The 5 Browns - a talented piano group made up of siblings Ryan, Melody, Gregory, Deondra and Desirae - kept the crowd of several hundred fans in Beaver Creek, Colo., focused on their remarkable musical prowess and kept their words confined to their music during a public rehearsal, a meet-and-greet with piano students and the live performance Friday night. They took the stage at the...
- 2/26/2011
- by AJ Vicens
- PEOPLE.com
All-star linguists K. David Harrison and Greg Anderson bring obscure languages to the Internet, with YouTube's help.
Yesterday, many of the world's endangered languages, from the remotest corners of the globe, found a new home--online. Two linguists from the Living Tongues Institute, K. David Harrison and Gregory Anderson, have joined forces with Google to, in the words of Google's blog, "allow small and endangered languages that may have never been heard outside of a remote village to reach a global audience." Clips of the languages find their new home in the National Geographic Enduring Voices channel on YouTube.
It's been estimated that half of the world's languages are likely to disappear in the next century. The new channel may or may not revitalize some of them, but it will at least preserve them in surprising ways. Here, for instance, you can learn how to count from 1 to 37 in the Foe language of Papua New Guinea,...
Yesterday, many of the world's endangered languages, from the remotest corners of the globe, found a new home--online. Two linguists from the Living Tongues Institute, K. David Harrison and Gregory Anderson, have joined forces with Google to, in the words of Google's blog, "allow small and endangered languages that may have never been heard outside of a remote village to reach a global audience." Clips of the languages find their new home in the National Geographic Enduring Voices channel on YouTube.
It's been estimated that half of the world's languages are likely to disappear in the next century. The new channel may or may not revitalize some of them, but it will at least preserve them in surprising ways. Here, for instance, you can learn how to count from 1 to 37 in the Foe language of Papua New Guinea,...
- 10/29/2010
- by David Zax
- Fast Company
American linguists David Harrison and Gregory Anderson have made a discovery that brings to mind the rich cultural heritage of India. In their research along with Indian counterpart Ganesh Murmu, who is a specialist in the study of languages spoken in the tribal regions of India, the team reached Arunachal Pradesh and came across a new language named ‘Koro’ which is believed to be spoken by only 800 to 1200 people in the state. The younger generation of the tribal community speaking Koro are now opting for more globally accepted dialects like Hindi and English and therefore the researchers feel that Koro too will die the death of the Bo in Andaman.
David Harrison and Gregory Anderson were initially of the idea that Koro was a different form of the more-popular Aka, which is spoken by at least 4000 people across India. Their research also concluded that the two tribal sects speaking Koro...
David Harrison and Gregory Anderson were initially of the idea that Koro was a different form of the more-popular Aka, which is spoken by at least 4000 people across India. Their research also concluded that the two tribal sects speaking Koro...
- 10/7/2010
- by babul.shah@sampurn.com (Babul)
- TellyCafe
Morris Chestnut and partner Haven Mitchell's Dark Skin Productions are developing the romantic comedy "Ring My Bell" with Tri-Destined Studios.
Mitchell has written the project, which he and Chestnut would produce with Veronica Nichols and Tri- Destined partner N.D. Brown.
In addition to Brown, the Tri-Destined partners are Trey Haley and Greg Anderson.
Mitchell has written the project, which he and Chestnut would produce with Veronica Nichols and Tri- Destined partner N.D. Brown.
In addition to Brown, the Tri-Destined partners are Trey Haley and Greg Anderson.
- 1/14/2010
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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