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Freelance writing profile at MediaBistro
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MGMT Gets Shoe Shower at US Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach
7 AugTags: huntington beach, mgmt, us open of surfing
Afghans Celebrate Go Skateboarding Day
21 JunGo Skateboarding Day was started by the International Association of Skateboarding Companies, a skateboarding trade group in Orange County.
Route 66
8 JunAfter reading a story about Angel Delgadillo, the so-called guardian of Route 66, I again cracked open my book “Route 66: The Mother Road” by Michael Wallis. Been daydreaming about a road trip.
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To Keep Their Little Heads From Falling in the Snow
21 Apr
The best song ever for a little while:
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Now Sci-Fi Thriller In Theaters Oct. 28, 2011
8 Feb
Now, in theaters Oct. 28, 2011
Looking forward to “Now,” a science fiction thriller.
The plot: In the not-too-distant future the aging gene has been switched off (at 25 years old). To avoid overpopulation, time has become the currency and the way people pay for luxuries and necessities. The rich can live forever, while the rest try to negotiate for their immortality.
See this year’s movie calendar (and posters) at Forever Geek.
Gary Moore
6 FebFormer Thin Lizzy guitarist and solo artist Gary Moore died early Sunday in Spain.
He was later brought into Thin Lizzy by Lynott to replace the departing Eric Bell, another guitarist from Northern Ireland.Mr Bell told the BBC on Sunday he was still “in shock” at Mr Moore’s death. “I still can’t believe it,” he said. “He was so robust, he wasn’t a rock casualty, he was a healthy guy.
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NAMM 2011 Photos
14 JanHere are some scenes from NAMM 2011, which kicked off Jan. 13 and runs through Sunday.
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- Showstopper: Roland Time Travel Themed Drum Kit
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- Chucki Begay and Mother Earth Blues Band
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- Crystal flutes by Hall Crystal Flutes of Rochester, Washington
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- Impromptu session on Peruvian drums
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- Ukuleles were big at the show
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- The Strumstik
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- The Hapi Drum, a very cool sounding instrument played with a mallet
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- Rickenbacker guitars made in Santa Ana
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- Petiot Band kicks off the NAMM show
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- Mark Wood Rock Orchestra
Afghanistan’s Skateboarding School for Girls and Boys
6 JanAfghanistan’s Skateistan helps the kids build confidence and bridge differences. This is Afghanistan’s first and only skateboarding school.
Water for Elephants Trailer
17 DecThe trailer for Water for Elephants out in 2011. Read the book first!
Imperial Stars Hold Impromptu Concert on LA Freeway
12 OctMembers of the OC band Imperial Stars were arrested for blocking traffic, but here’s their video about traffic jams:
Water For Elephants Author Talks Ape House
3 Sep
Still of Pattinson and Witherspoon on set
Sara Gruen’s “Water for Elephants” is set to be a movie April 2011. The film just wrapped up shooting.
Set in the 1930s under the big top, on the train tracks and in a nursing home, the movie stars Robert Pattinson, who’s perfectly cast as circus vet Jacob Jankowski. Reese Witherspoon is Marlena, the star of the circus.
It’s one of my favorite books, even though I’ve always loathed everything about the circus. I especially loved the ending. It could’ve ended any number of ways but Gruen ended it just right.
In this video, Sara Gruen talks about her new book, “Ape House,” on sale Sept. 7.
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Lovely Bones Writer at 2010 MV Readers’ Festival Sept. 25
28 Aug
Author Barb Odanaka doing a Daffy
The second annual Mission Viejo Readers’ Festival has pulled in some big names, including Alice Sebold, author of “Lovely Bones.”
Journalist Lisa Ling and her sister Laura Ling will also be there. Laura Ling and her colleague Euna Lee, were freed from North Korea last year by former President Bill Clinton.
The Ling sisters wrote “Somewhere Inside,” a book about Laura Ling’s experience in captivity in North Korea.
One of Orange County’s own — children’s book author and Skateboard Mom Barb Odanaka — will also be there.
Odanaka wrote “Skateboard Mom,” “A Crazy Day at Critter Cafe,” and “Smash! Mash! Crash! There Goes the Trash!“
From Mission Viejo Life:
Alice Sebold, who penned the critically acclaimed “The Lovely Bones,” will join several other bestselling authors in Mission Viejo’s second annual Readers’ Festival on September 25.
Sebold, whose novel was adapted into the 2009 film starring Saoirse Ronan and Mark Wahlberg, will appear with well-known authors and personalities including Lisa and Laura Ling; T. Jefferson Parker; Lee Goldberg; Nancy Wall; Dr. Daniel Amen; M.D., Robin Benway; Ron Carlson; Earlene Fowler; and Robin Glasser. Carolyn Hennesy; Adeline Yen Mah; Barbara Odanaka; Dr. Robert W. Sears; M.D., Diana Wentworth; Jeri Westerson; Paula Yoo; the cartoonists of Studio 5; and authors of the “Familiars” series, Adam J. Epstein and Andrew Jacobson round out the popular authors appearing at this event, which in its inaugural year attracted more than 5,000 people. Authors will be on hand to sign copies of their books, which will be offered for sale.
The festival will be held from 10 am to 5 pm. For more details, visit the festival site.
Tags: alice sebold, laura ling, lisa ling, skateboarding
Mockingjay’s Midnight Release
24 AugI’m glad I came late to this party because I just finished book one, “The Hunger Games,” and I’m starting book two, “Catching Fire,” and I don’t have to wait for book three, “Mockingjay,” out tonight.
