Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. There’s safety in numbers. Hedge your bets! There is no shortage of advice, telling us that we should avoid finding ourselves in a position where we rely on only one solution with no alternative. After all, it is common sense, right? Well…not always! Fortunately for the fans […]
This globally acclaimed production designer often views his work in terms of painting a landscape. Looking at the sweeping beautifully flowing looks that he and his team at New York-based Yellow Studio have created for many of the world’s most iconic award ceremonies, touring artists, TV networks and corporate clients, one can indeed see the […]
On February 15, 2012, Danish metal masters Volbeat scored their first No. 1 Hit in the USA with “A Warriors Call.” Impressive? Yes! But it wasn’t yet time to celebrate. To be completely honest, the group still hadn’t yet cracked the elusive “Big Time” barrier on this side of the Atlantic. All that changed, and […]
Soothing sunsets, autumn leaves, gentle fields of grain. . . amber is there in many of nature’s most embracive scenes. No wonder this color has such an uncanny ability to wrap itself around an audience, drawing them into a uniquely transcendent space. “The amber of the moment,” author Kurt Vonnegut of “Slaughter House Five” fame […]
A friend of a friend said… Many times, a conversation that follows such a track doesn’t really lead to much. But in the case of well-known lighting designer, Chris Reade, and his client, multi-platinum superstar Dierks Bentley, it proved to be the start of a richly productive creative relationship. The friend-to-friend conversation happened right around […]
Say the word RED… Can any other colour evoke such powerful imagery just by having its name uttered? And what a range of images it is too! Often thought of as the most aggressive color, red burrows its way deep into the heart, unleashing an array of sensations, symbolizing revolution, turmoil, and anger on one […]
Officially, his brief bio sketch in theatre programs typically reads “lighting designer,” but Brandon Stirling Baker prefers to define his work in much broader terms. During the course of our interview, the New York based Tony Award nominee told us that he views himself as a visual artist, who happens to work in the medium […]
“I am still there in my heart and soul!” A fan posted this on social media in mid-May about the Deadmau5 Retro5pective show in Brooklyn. Never mind that the concert took place there some three weeks earlier. Chances are that this fan (and many others) will still feel that way three years hence — such […]
Unless you happen to be a crossword puzzle devotee you might not be familiar with the word “ethnography,” but it’s one that any LD would do well to consider. At least that’s a lesson that can be gleaned from the richly varied and successful career of this New York and Los Angeles-based designer. A psychology […]
The photo stopped us in our tracks the first time we saw it on our friend, Gil Perron’s Facebook page, a beautifully balanced island of warm blue floating in a sea of black. Warm white light sculpted the blue, giving it greater depth and endowing it with a magnetic quality. The light settled gently on […]
Like fine wine, (make that fine red, red wine!) UB40 seems to get better with age. Proof of that is there for all to see and enjoy every day on the reggae-pop legend’s very successful 2024-25 UK and EU tour. Fans of all ages, many of whom were not yet a twinkle in their father’s […]
“Rock N Roll will never die!” The phrase has echoed down through the years since 1952, when a Cleveland disc jockey popularized the phrase to describe a new genre of music that was beginning to sweep the USA. Rock music has indeed never died, but instead has grown only stronger over the ensuing decades, in […]