Demystifying the movements of conductors, with the help of seven top practitioners, including Alan Gilbert, music director of the New York Philharmonic.
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Breaking Conductors’ Down by Gesture and Body Part
What in the world was JaVale McGee thinking ? Scratch that. He wasn’t thinking. Isn’t thinking often a problem with the Wizards? Exhibit A: Gilbert Arenas. Well, they jettisoned Arenas, but apparently not using the old noodle is contagious. Andray Blatche apparently caught it, and so did McGee. Read full article > >
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JaVale McGee dunks; Wizards tank
For its newest song, “Three Little Wives of Newt” (set to Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Three Little Maids From School”), the Capitol Steps were short a wife Friday night. But it wasn’t a problem. Jack Rowles, who’s kinda pretty anyway, gamely stepped in to play the Republican presidential candidate’s current wife, Callista Gingrich. Read full article > >
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Capitol Steps turn 30
Years before country crooner Jason Aldean sang about chilling on a dirt road, ice-cold beer sitting in the console — known as country-rap “Dirt Road Anthem” — Brantley Gilbert co-wrote the song with Colt Ford and released his own version. While the catchy tribute to Southern life still languishes on Gilbert’s 2010 album as track No. 12, Aldean took the song to the top of the country charts this year. Though a battle between the two singers rages among devoted listeners, none of it mattered when Gilbert took the stage at the packed 9:30 Club on Thursday night. Hundreds in the jumping, fist-pumping crowd sang — or, more accurately — screamed along when the Georgia-bred rocker flawlessly delivered the fast-paced stroll down memory lane about the good old days on a dirt road. Read full article > >
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Music: Brantley Gilbert at 9:30 Club
Uganda’s former Vice-President Gilbert Bukenya is charged with fraud over a $3.9m (£2.4m) deal to supply cars to the 2007 Commonwealth summit in Kampala.
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Uganda ex-VP charged with fraud
Hope Aflac is insured against insensitive remarks. The insurance company on Monday fired comedian Gilbert Gottfried, the voice of its commercials’ beloved duck, for joking about the Japanese earthquake and tsunami on Twitter. “Japan is really advanced….
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Gilbert Gottfried Fired as Aflac Duck
Newsnight’s Stephen Smith has been to meet artists Gilbert and George at their London home.
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At home with Gilbert and George
