Category: News


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Composer John Barry, who won five Oscars for his film work but was best known for his contributions to a dozen James Bond movies, has died. He was 77.

The English-born composer won two Oscars, for the score and the song, for “Born Free” in 1966, and he earned single statuettes for “The Lion in Winter” (1968), “Out of Africa” (1985) and “Dances with Wolves” (1990).

Facebook in Online Privacy Breach; Applications Transmitting Identifying Information

Many of the most popular applications, or “apps,” on the social-networking site Facebook Inc. have been transmitting identifying information—in effect, providing access to people’s names and, in some cases, their friends’ names—to dozens of advertising and Internet tracking companies, a Wall Street Journal investigation has found.

Facebook in Online Privacy Breach; Applications Transmitting Identifying Information – WSJ.com.

Interview with 9 producer Tim Burton

For me, Tim Burton has always been more of a visual stylist than a master storyteller. His films always have a great look and feel to them, but some clearly work better than others—Charlie & The Chocolate Factory vs. Sleepy Hollow, Nightmare Before Christmas vs. Planet Of The Apes. View full article »

Gallery Update: July 9, 2008

A new gallery of news photos and strange products has been added to the site. Tree Men! Baby Toupees!

Niteshift: June 17, 2008 (Pre-Empted)

This week’s show was pre-empted by WBAI’s day long Bloomsday celebration.

At that hour when all things have repose,
O lonely watcher of the skies,
Do you hear the night wind and the sighs
Of harps playing unto Love to unclose
The pale gates of sunrise?

When all things repose, do you alone
Awake to hear the sweet harps play
To Love before him on his way,
And the night wind answering in antiphon
Till night is overgone?

Play on, invisible harps, unto Love,
Whose way in heaven is aglow
At that hour when soft lights come and go,
Soft sweet music in the air above
And in the earth below.

Hooray for James Joyce.

Film Legend Charlton Heston Dead at 84

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Charlton Heston, the Oscar winner who portrayed Moses and other heroic figures on film in the ’50s and ’60s and later championed conservative values as head of the National Rifle Association, has died. He was 84. View full article »

Gallery Update (04.01.2008)

The new gallery section has been updated with photos from this week’s program. Thanks again to Mike Sargent having me on and inviting us all to the gun show.

Mixes

Posts in this category will feature playlist info for the songs played on Niteshift and web-exclusive mixes.

I’ll start things off by posting a electronica/trip-hop oriented mix I made for my own site in ’06. I was definitely thinking of the show as I was putting it together. Track listing after the jump:

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Science Fiction Writer Arthur C. Clarke Dies at Age of 90

Science fiction writer, inventor and futurist Arthur C. Clarke has died, leaving fans bereft at the loss of his brilliance and creativity.

Clarke died early Wednesday after suffering from breathing problems, the Associated Press reported. He was 90 years old. He suffered from post-polio syndrome and was confined to a wheelchair toward the end of his life. Clarke wrote more than 100 sci-fi books, including “2001: A Space Odyssey.” He is credited with coming up with the idea for the communications satellite and predicting space travel before rockets were even test fired.

Continued at Space.com