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Summer 2002 |
Volume 1, Issue 1 |
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1.
QB Scores With Dick Gregory's Callous On My Soul
Bob Silverstein, President of
QB
On-Line tells us he
recently closed a deal with Longstreet Press for
the autobiograpbhy of comedian, civil rights
activist, author, actor, philosopher, and
nutritionist, Dick Gregory. A champion of political
and social causes, Gregory is renowned for his
biting satire. Now, more than thirty years after
his bestselling book Nigger,Gregory has put
his provocative life story down on paper. In this
riveting memoir, he recounts his unique experiences
and discusses the fascinating people he has
known. . . . click
to
buy....... Gregory grew up in the St.
Louis ghetto sharing a bed with five siblings, so
hungry he ate paste out of a jar. He attended
college on an athletic scholarship, became a
superstar comedian, and then a human rights
advocate who convinced the Ayatollah Khomeini to
release the American hostages in Iran. Since the
1970s, he has been a nutrition guru, running
clinics for the overweight. For four decades,
Gregory has touched and rocked our world. It's time
we are reminded just how much. A movie version is
pending. If you're an author looking
to get published and would like to have your work
reviewed by a top agent check out QB
On-Line's Queries and Submissions
Guidelines. 2.
Kathryn
Knowlton Interviews Richard Donner, Director of
Lethal Weapon A veteran of fifteen years in
the industry, Kathryn has worked as an agent,
manager and producer. Through contacts and daily
dialogues with major Hollywood producers, directors
and agents she knows what sells and what is being
sought after. Hers is the only script management
service that both critiques scripts and takes on
writers as management clients. Says Kathryn: "We believe
anyone with talent, a script, and a burning desire
should have a shot at breaking into the business.
Traditionally a "closed shop" the internet has made
Hollywood much more accessible. The web has changed
the rules." For more information click on
over to Creative
Script Services Incidentally, June is also
the launch month of ChannelSeeTV.Com This month, we have the
distinct pleasure of celebrating two supremely
gifted artists, one contemporary, the other
immortal. The latter is Vincent Van Gogh; the
contemporary artist in question is Neil
Waldman, who moves
paint with such grace and achieves such richly
sensuous layerings of color, texture and luminosity
it seems he must breathe with his eyes! A sensory
feast awaits the reader, presented by Mr. Waldman
as a book accompanied by a series of eighteen
images, rendered in the style of the storm-driven
master, with soulfelt reverence for a serenely
tumultuous city. In THE STARRY NIGHT a young
boy comes upon an artist painting in Central Park.
They become friends, and although the boy has no
idea he has met the legendary Vincent Van Gogh, the
boy agrees to act as Vincent's guide through
Manhattan. They spend many days together, and the
boy marvels at the spectacular canvases the artist
creates as they travel from place to place. In the
process, the boy begins to see his familiar
surroundings through new eyes. In the end, the
experience transforms him. Click
the cover to buy The
Starry Night
at Amazon .com In
the three years since its inception, Articoli
Gallery in White Plains, New York has played host
to numerous successful group and solo artist
exhibits. Articoli's evolvement continues with the
launch of AVA,
(Articoli Visual Arts) a gallery offering a suite
of innovative arts-related services. Says
AVA's owner, Mary
D'Amico:
.AVA
will provide press kits, web sites, brochures,
mailings, cd portfolios, videos, on-demand
publishing services -- in short, everything an
artist needs to bring his or her work to a wider
public. We want AVA to be a destination when an
artist thinks 'I've done the work, now where do I
go from here?' One
artist who has done the work is the outrageous
found object sculptor, Harry
Stahl,
featured in AVA's first full scale show.
Rob Fisher of Trick Knee
Press tells us they've just released a limited
edition of Z. B. D. Westcoupe's Rooster
Tales, the purpose being to test the waters and
attract the interest of animation producers.
Take
a gander! A Skewed World Of Uncle
Wiggly Meets The X-Files Rooster Tales are Uncle
Wiggly and Aesop's Fables with a dash of Dilbert in
the wild west, maybe on mushrooms, tossed into a
blender, whipped into a literary margarita on the
rocks, with salty characters in slippery
situations, one page stories that you start out
sipping and end up swigging, going from one Rooster
episode right into the next, your imagination given
over to the trickster's buzz. .............From
an Amazon.com
review Our resident Gallery Guru,
Dan
Concholar
has spent the better part
of two decades putting artists together with
galleries. Having reviewed your materials, Dan
recommends changes to your portfolio and offers
suggestions as to the placement of your work.
Gleaned from years of full immersion in the New
York gallery scene, Dan's impartial insights can
save a great deal of time and money. If you are
serious about finding the right New York gallery,
Dan's unique not-for-profit service is a great
place to start. Incidentally, Ivan Karp, owner of
the venerable O.K.Harris Gallery, joins many
artists and gallery directors in recommending Dan's
insightful portfolio reviews. Jim
Wilson Sounds Off On MP3s I have a confession to make.
The other night I succumbed to the lure of free
MP3s on the Net. After downloading Napster and
running the install, I ventured forth to assemble
the ultimate all time play list of best-of-class
vocals. As a one time lounge singer, my tastes may
be different from yours, but hopefully you'll come
around to my way of thinking. After all, I am
always right in these matters. Armed with my trusty cable
modem, off I went into the great virtual
beyond. The first problem I
encountered was a tough one. Who to search for
first? Al Jolson or Patsy Cline? Al won. I started my play list with
Jolson's "Let Me Sing I'm Happy" followed by "Red
Red Robin". My search for Patsy Cline
produced a gold mine of great tunes. I took my
favorites: "Crazy," "Back In Baby's Arms," and
"Blue Moon Of Kentucky," just to have something a
bit less "torchy." Having done the mandatory Him
and Her, I was free to indulge myself. So I
did. The Statler Brothers - "Do
You Remember These?," "Goodnight Sweetheart
Goodnight," and "How Great Thou Art". Picked up the
Righteous Brothers "Unchained Melody" and Joan
Baez's "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" before
heading to Jesus Christ Superstar for a copy of
"Herod's Song." Just enough time to grab some
Louis Armstrong. "Wonderful World" and "Hello
Dolly" ought to do it. While in the mood, why not
some Al Hirt? Not a singer, but who's keeping
score? "Just A Closer Walk With Thee" works in
nicely. Onto Neil Diamond's "Mister Bojangles" and
Otis Redding's "Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay."
I'm on a roll now! Don Mclean's "American Pie," and
Jim Croce's "Time In A Bottle" bring me almost to
the end. Wait! Need some Billie Holiday, and of
course no list of Great American Vocals would be
complete without Ray Charles and the Raylettes
swinging "Georgia On My Mind" and "I Can't Stop
Loving You." I was one hour into this
little diversion and having a wonderful time.
Having assembled everything into a Napster Play
List, I got a cup of coffee, fired up my new
digital computer speakers, and leaned back to enjoy
the show. It was wonderful. Where else
on Earth could I find a play list of my favorite
stuff? The only fly in the ointment was Nick's
bellow for me to turn that $%#$ down so he could
study. With over a million songs up
for grabs on the Net, how in the world can the
music companies ever put a stop to this? They might
shut down Napster and MP3.com but that won't even
make a dent in the problem. Like so many of us in
the e-World, it seems they 'll just have to bite
the bullet and adjust to a paradigm shift in their
business model. Maybe instead of wasting all of
their millions on lawyers they should start finding
a way to offer higher quality downloads for a few
pennies each. A few million downloads of a song at
a nickel a pop could start them thinking in a whole
new way. Face it, folks. The Net isn't
going away, so we might as well learn to take a few
risks. Trust me. It doesn't hurt. Just a final note. Yes, this
is the same Jim who is always preaching to you
about copyright infringement. Rest assured, I still
feel that way. Every song I downloaded is already
in my collection of records, cassettes, 8-tracks
and CDs. Scary isn't it? Jim Wilson holds court at
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