SCOTTSDALE, AZ – (For Immediate Release) — Although he’s kept up with the latest in lighting technology, John Garberson readily admits that at heart, he really likes old school looks with their big ACL specials, deep colors, and dimming curves. In other words, good downhome traditional rock and roll lighting. The GM of Creative […]
PARIS – Words like “magical” and “enchanting” come up often when travel and entertainment writers, not to mention food critics, describe their experiences at Cabaret Du Bout Des Près. Anyone who’s ever visited this pastorally beautiful 17-hectare site in the Chevreuse Valley would readily agree. Although it’s located only 30 minutes from Paris on a […]
BRISTOL, UK – New art and cultural movements seem to blossom most rapidly (and colorfully!) outside the grip of commercial interests. Such was the case in 1988, when the so-called “Second Summer of Love,” sprang up virally in Bristol and other UK cities, as young people flocked to clandestine rave clubs that opened in abandoned […]
HULL, UK – During a game of racketball in the 1830s, a group of London schoolboys noticed that a punctured ball, which “squashed” on impact with the wall, offered more variety and more intensity of play than its intact counterpart. Thus, to the delight of millions of fans ever since, the game of Squash was […]
FRANKFURT – The size of the crowd might not have been as large as it was in previous years, but the enthusiasm at Prolight + Sound 2022 was as high as ever. For the CHAUVET Professional and ChamSys teams at the show, that was reason enough to celebrate and look confidently toward the future. “We […]
ONTARIO, CA – Like all artistic achievements, every lighting design, no matter how elaborate and complex it becomes, begins inside someone’s head. The creativity that spawns this process is impossible to define, so too is the feeling that one gets when seeing the final result come to life in the real world. Gus Martinez knows […]
CHICAGO – The band played mostly Cheap Trick songs during its hour-long set, but this was no ordinary tribute show. In fact, it wasn’t an ordinary concert of any kind, taking place as it did in a private airport hangar with no live audience. Still, once the music started, both of those things were quickly […]
NASHVILLE – Matthew “PJ” Row was determined to shake things up and defy expectations a bit when he set about designing a light show for Koe Wetzel’s current national tour. It was an attitude that his superstar client understands well. Just as the Texas-born Wetzel has set his own course by infusing a highly original […]
TOKYO – Building on the success of the legendary R2 Supperclub in Tokyo’s lively Ropponghi district, the venue’s owners have expanded their hospitality portfolio with the launch of the R3 Club Lounge, a colorful, gorgeously appointed “hybrid venue” that combines trendy dining with a red hot DJ-driven nightclub experience. Designed to offer incredible spatial diversity, […]
HARARE, ZIMBABWE – Throughout her career spanning 15 years and nine studio albums, Sinach has garnered recognition far beyond the borders of her native Nigeria. Take her 2015 hit “Way Maker;” aside from being covered by over 60 international Christian artists, such as Michael W. Smith and Darlene Zschech, it was also named “Song of […]
NEW YORK – It’s been said that every writer works in response to that ancient plea: tell us a story. Claudio Sanchez, for one, has been answering this call since 2004, when he released the first installment of The Amory Wars, a riveting ongoing saga that takes place in “Heaven’s Fence,” a collection of 78 […]
ANTWERP, BELGIUM – Athletic competition thrives on the element of surprise. The race won by a dark horse that comes out of nowhere; the victory achieved against all odds by an unlikely hero, and similar turns of events all etch themselves in the memories of fans as some of the greatest moments in sports. Volleyball […]