One Canuck's Radio Weblog

  Wednesday, 9 October 2002

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Thestar.com/The spirit of Satie: "No wonder Serge Bennathan took a trip to what he calls "planet Satie." The French-born choreographer and artistic director of Dancemakers has shown a similar tendency toward the multi-disciplinary, having written and published poetry, illustrated with his own drawings.

Like Satie, he enjoys collaborating with other artists and in The Satie Project, running through Oct. 19 at the Premiere Dance Theatre, he has paired up with one of the city's most talented musicians, pianist Eve Egoyan.

Egoyan's determination to play and record Satie's short piano pieces set Bennathan on the trail of the prolific, oddball artist who left lots for a choreographer to work with."

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Click to Download Scores by New American Composers. New Music Jukebox promises to be a powerful Web portal for contemporary American music and the composers who create it. By Anthony Tommasini. [New York Times: Technology]

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Mobile Junkies Reshaping Society?. Futurist Howard Rheingold's vision has 'smart mobs' changing the world order. His new book is a rambling but intriguing treatise on the subject. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]

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Iraq attack likely 'only if provoked'. The CIA says Iraq is unlikely to attack the US unless it fears imminent strikes, but could then respond with biological or chemical arms. [BBC News | WORLD]

So let's go bomb them!

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They told him the people liked it when he acted tough. So he was a hard ass for a couple of weeks. Then they said 'oops, that's not quite it after all. Let's try a gentler approach.' This is what passes for leadership these days.

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Whoops. Sounds far more scandalous when reading about it in the Gaurdian. That would be 'Red River' guys, not Red river.

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