An Interview with a Famous American Entertainer, Lacy Darryl Phillips

 

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Today, I am posting this to tell you the good news that happened to me.

Lately, from Lacy Darryl Phillips, a famous American entertainer, whom I first have known about 5 years ago, asked me for an interview celebrating its 12th successful season of 'The Ultimate Underground Experience with The Uncle Earl', a radio program he hosts, and I had an interview with him over an hour. The interview was broadcasted in the United States through KLED Live on Wednesday and Thursday, April 20 and April 21 last week.

First of all, I would like to briefly introduce Lacy Darryl Phillips, who asked me for an interview.

Lacy Darryl Phillips, also known as ‘The Uncle Earl’, is an accomplished Triple Threat Performer, multi-award-winning Recording Artist/Songwriter/Producer, Creative Director, Choreographer, Teacher, Host and DJ.

Performed in his first professional show “Miss Moffat” with Bette Davis at the age of 9, he choreographed and staged the Nat’l Tour of “The Wiz” starring Grace Jones and Peabo Bryson, was Associate Director/Choreographer for the Mariah Carey’s ‘Around The World’ Tour and Assistant Director/Choreographer for “Signed, Sealed, Delivered” (A Celebration Of Stevie Wonder) at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas starring Chaka Khan, Peabo Bryson and Melissa Manchester.

He is also the creator/producer of ‘The Ultimate Underground Experience’, a global music, arts and education project, and host/DJ of his weekly award-winning radio program ‘The Ultimate Underground Experience with The Uncle Earl’, now in its 12th successful season, which airs on KLED Live, which is expressed through various popular radio programs "Voices Of The People" (World Events & Music), "Groovy Jam Sessions" (Worldwide Dance Music Collaborative) and "The Grab Bag Show" (Interviews, Music & Craziness), of which I interviewed at "The Grab Bag Show.”

Traveling through sound, time and space with over 2.5 million listeners around the world, this program, led by Lacy, consists of music from major and indie artists and interviews from prominent figures and professional from various field, and is currently broadcasting out of Hollywood & Norwalk, California every Wednesday and Thursday at 1pm & 7pm (PST) on KLED Live.

In my interview, he divided it into past, present and future about my life and activities, and in particular, we talked a lot about my activities about music and art fields.

It was a great honor and joy for me to get an interview request from Lacy Darryl Phillips, a famous entertainer who has worked with many world-famous artists.

Once again, I would like to express my gratitude to Lacy for providing this opportunity, and I will work harder for the field of culture and art.

You can listen and view my interview and my information introduced by Lacy through below links.

https://vpentertainment.org/index.php/the-grab-bag-show/

https://vpentertainment.org//Lacy/LacyShows2022/Lacy2022Showinfo/UltimateUndergroundNo216Year2022.pdf

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The Stories about Art Films: 54. La Belle Noiseuse (1991), ACJ Movie Academy

 

Basic Info

Title: La Belle Noiseuse

Genre: Drama

Country: France, Switzerland

Language: French, English

Running time: 237 minutes

Release date: 14 May 1991 (Cannes Film Festival), 4 September 1991 (France)

Staff

Director: Jacques Rivette

Produced by: Martine Marignac, Maurice Tinchant

Screenplay: Pascal Bonitzer, Christine Laurent, Jacques Rivette

Music: Igor Stravinsky

Cinematography: William Lubtchansky

Edited by: Nicole Lubtchansky

Cast

Michel Piccoli as Édouard Frenhofer

Jane Birkin as Liz Frenhofer

Emmanuelle Béart as Marianne

David Bursztein as Nicolas Wartel

Marianne Denicourt as Julienne Wartel

Summary

"La Belle Noiseuse" is a 1991 French drama film directed by Jacques Rivette and starring Michel Piccoli, Jane Birkin, and Emmanuelle Béart. The title of the film means "The Beautiful Troublemaker". Adapted from the short story "Le Chef-d'œuvre inconnu" by Honoré de Balzac, the film takes place in present-day France and tells how a famous old artist, after his retirement, is stimulated and do his last painting of a beautiful young woman. The film won the Grand Prix at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.

Movie Review

“A richly rewarding cinematic experience”

“I guess I enjoy watching paint dry”

“It Can Change Your Life”

“A great Rivette”

“A different world”

“An interesting portrayal of the relationship between artists and models”

“On the capacity of art to bend perception and behaviour and understanding”

“This movie is, well, very French”

“Responsibilities of an artist shown through Rivette's singular cinematographic vision”

Interesting stories about the film

1. Shortly before his death, Akira Kurosawa, a legendary Japanese director, said this film was one of his 2 favorite films made in the 1990s, calling it the best film for portraying an artist's struggle doing his craft and a film he wanted to direct himself.

Akira Kurosawa

2. The picture in the film was drawn by the artist Bernard Dufour.

Autoportrait nu Rose, Bernard Dufour (1963)

3. After Emmanuelle Béart filmed long nude scenes in front of the camera, she had to repeat the same nude poses for the artist Bernard Dufour, who individually painted the drawings for this film.

Emmanuelle Béart

4. This film was included in the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die" edited by Steven Schneider.

Steven Schneider

5. This film ranked #1 on Rotten Tomatoes' 150 erotic movies, ranked from worst to best.

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Amedeo Modigliani in Worldwide Museums: 12. The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

 

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The 12th place I would like to introduce for this week is The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, United States.

MoMA plays an important role in the development and collection of modern and contemporary art, and is often regarded as one of the largest and most influential modern and contemporary art museums in the world. 

MoMA's collection offers a broad overview of modern and contemporary art, including works of architecture and design, drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, prints, illustrated books, and artists’ books, film and electronic media. The MoMA Library has approximately 300,000 books and exhibition catalogs, more than 1,000 periodicals, and more than 40,000 ephemera files about individual and group artists.  MoMA's archives have main resources related to the history of modern and contemporary art.

The works of Modigliani currently in the possession of The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) are as follows.

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113. Blues: 4. 1950s, ACJ Music Academy

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This week's lecture is “1950s”, the 4th topic of “Blues”, which is a summary of the contents of “113. Blues: 4. 1950s” introduced on November 29th (Wed), 2017.

The transition from country blues to urban blues, which began in the 1920s, was driven by a series of economic crises and booms, which caused many rural blacks to migrate to urban areas, known as the “Great Migration”. The long boom after World War II led to another large-scale migration of African-Americans, the “Second Great Migration,” which resulted in significant increases in the real income of the urban blacks and new migrants constituted a new market for the music industry. 

The term “race record” was originally used by the music industry for African-American music, but was later replaced by the term “rhythm and blues”, and the rapidly evolving music market reflected in Billboard magazine's Rhythm and Blues chart. This marketing strategy reinforced trends in urban blues music, such as the use of electric instruments and amplification, and the generalization of blues beat and blues shuffle, which were found everywhere in rhythm and blues. This commercial flow also had a significant impact on blues music, which, along with jazz and gospel music, became a component of rhythm and blues.

The cover of race records catalogue
of Victor Talking Machine Company

After World War II, new styles of electric blues became popular in cities such as Chicago, Memphis, Detroit and St. Louis. Electric blues was played through a microphone and PA system or overdriven guitar amplifier using electric guitars, double bass (later replaced by bass guitars), drums and harmonica. From 1948, when Muddy Waters recorded his first success "I Can't Be Satisfied", Chicago became a center for electric blues. Chicago blues was heavily influenced by Delta blues, as many of the performers had migrated from the Mississippi area.

Muddy Waters

In the 1950s, blues had a major impact on mainstream American popular music. Popular musicians such as Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry were influenced by the Chicago blues, but their passionate playing styles helped break the prejudice that blues is melancholic.

Bo Diddley

Chuck Berry

In the late 1950s, a new style of blues pioneered by Magic Sam, Buddy Guy and Otis Rush appeared in Chicago's West Side. This "West Side sound" was supported by powerful rhythm parts from rhythm guitar, bass guitar and drums, and an amplified electric lead guitar dominated the sound, and the expressive guitar solo was a key feature of the music.

Buddy Guy

Around the late 1950s, a genre called “Swamp Blues” developed near Baton Rouge. Strongly influenced by Jimmy Reed, swamp blues was characterized by a slower pace and simpler harmonica use than the Chicago Blues style.

Jimmy Reed

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