Zen Paradox: Liquid Spheres EP cat# HRoom014

In case you're not aware of Steve's work, Zen Paradox was established in 1991 by Steve Law as a solo outlet for his more techno-oriented electronic music work. Steve had previously been a member of the groups Foil and Guild of Fire, and is a current member of Black Cab and High Pass Filter. His other solo projects include Mutagenic Mind, Mr. Suspicious and Solitary Soul.

He's been producing avant garde and electro-acoustic music since 1984, and in 1996 was awarded the ABC Classic FM Computer Music Award. He's also collaborated with many other artists, including recorded works as Starseed Transmission (with Andrew Park), The Sonic Voyagers (with Voiteck), Retreat Syndrome (with Andrew Belcher), The Mutagen Server (with Ollie Olsen), Son of Science (with Andrew Garton) and Memory Geist (with Bakis Sirros).

His live collaborators include Monolake, Andy Vaz, Atom Heart, Tetsu Inoue, Riou Tomita, Alistair Riddell, Ash Wednesday, Stephen Richard

With Australian music getting better and better all the time it’s a rare privilege to review an Australian album that is truly incredible. Lowrider has produced Diamond Amongst The Thieves and have not only hit a home run, but they’ve knocked the ball way out of the park! From the moment this album starts, you would never think that firstly Lowrider is Australian, and secondly that they are white. Lead singer Joe Braithwaite has an incredibly soulful and dramatic voice made for funk/soul/blues/hip hop and I know you’ll agree. If there is a group that should be flying the Australian music flag right now, it should be Lowrider.For more of this review please check out: http://www.planeturban.com.au/album_reviews/album_lowrider_diamond_amongst_the_thieves

somehow in the process of life itself I’ve become jazzy...“Royal Jones A Dear in the Head Lights”-

by Cherry Herring

mbibemusic

Somehow in the process of life itself I've become jazzy..."Royal Jones a Dear in the Head Lights"-

In the trendy east village of Manhattan you'll find the self anointed king of quirk' funk poet Royal Jones. He is going from door to door hanging his promo posters and giving away free CDs and eye catching business cards. All this in the hopes of garnering a sale or two of his new CD which was recorded in NYC in 2007 at East Side sound studios. Engineered by Marc

Urselli. It was released April 11 2008.No balloons, no fan fare. just a few novenas from the Salesian sisters of e12 st and Avenue A"Yes that's me in the Royal Jones Tee shirttrying to enticeI wouldn't say I'm desperate but I'd hate to think I recorded this wonderful CD in vain. I simply have no management or promotional skills. I am no spring chicken either"Jones stresses

The What 4 Debut CD: Say it Straight 'The What 4', Adelaide's new, experimental rock band have just released their debut, full-length CD, 'Say it Straight'. The band members, from diverse backgrounds, combine their experience and talent to produce a unique, melodic and innovative groove. Previous/current projects include: Martire, Free Moving Curtis, Beltane and Lankey. While focusing on dynamics and a simple formula, the band is driven by a fluid rhythm section, atmospheric synthesizers, emotive guitars, satin vocals and sound effects. After generating interest through live performance over the last few months, the band were surprised when local alternative radio station '3D' responded with plenty of airplay, sending 'The What 4' to No.1 on their weekly chart twice this year. For more information, visit www.myspace.com/thewhat4australia The What 4 are: Jo Herbert - Guitar/Vocals/SFX Wil Martin - Drums Frank Usmiani - Bass Paul Handley - Synthesizers For CD enquir

Masters of hip-hop and Turntablism in their own right, DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist have joined forces for the first time since 2001 and are bringing their genre-defying project, The Hard Sell, down under in April.

Following in the footsteps of their legendary Brainfreeze and Product Placement sets, Shadow and Cut Chemist are set to amaze Australian audiences with a daring and complex performance that sees them live on stage with 8 turntables (yes 8!), 4 mixers and an array of audio and video equipment, tricks and gadgets. Needless to say their show is beyond normal musical and technical expectations with trickery that very few DJs would even attempt.

This is the first time DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist have performed together in Australia and it is truly something special and unique.

Flaunting rules with a flawless blend of music from all eras that won't leave you saying "been there, heard that" these two cutting-edge Californians are the best tag-team since Hulk Hogan and The Undertaker - this is real

If there is one artist that can truly live up to the title of being Made it is indeed South Park, Houston veteran Scarface. With a prolific twenty-year catalogue under his belt, the former Geto Boy is ready to hang up his microphone for good on this, his eleventh solo project.

For the rest of this review please check out: http://www.planeturban.com.au/album_reviews/album_scarface_made

For nearly all computer users, losing data can be a very traumatic experience. If you use your computer for a business or for other important matters, it can be very stressful and very traumatic to lose everything you have worked months, and possibly even years to build.

Even though you may back up your data on a periodic basis, you’ll still need to check the backup to make sure that everything works. Nothing can be worse than backing something up, only to find months later that something went wrong.

No matter who you are, or what business you work for, data loss can happen. Computers are great, although they aren’t perfect. Over time, your hard drive can crash or malfunction, which will result in the loss of everything you have stored on your computer.

Whenever this happens to you, it’s always a good thing there’s data recovery. Without data recovery, it wouldn’t be possible to retrieve files, recover information, or simply get back to the data you spent years building.

T

Project Grand Slam Hits It Out Of The Park With Play Hollywood, CA - October 28, 2008 – Project Grand Slam promises to hit plenty of homeruns with the October 28 release of their debut album Play. With five of its thirteen tracks and the band having already been prominently featured on the hit NBC Series “Lipstick Jungle,” the eclectic contemporary jazz band is savoring the fruits of early success. But there’s plenty more where that came from: loaded to the brim with smooth musicianship and joyful jamming. Acid Jazz Magazine states, “Project Grand Slam is a spectacular mix of jazz, fusion and rock that combines melody, groove and great improvisation. ” Headlining Project Grand Slam’s first foray is the current radio track “The Captain of Her Heart,” a cover of Double’s 1986 chart-topper. Aided by noted vocalist Judie Tzuke, the song’s cool vibes and velvety aura allow Play to hit its stride early. That momentum continues thanks to the

All told, the north of England isn't too pleasant a place to be this time of year, so who can blame Maximo Park for decamping to Los Angeles for the recording of their third album? Not us, particularly when they were afforded the chance to work with one Nick Launay

Msgr. Gutierrez The Person: Gods Building Genny Silverio A new day for politics Entertainment Jolina celebrates birthday with less fortunate kids November 7 -13, 2008 Smooth sailing seen for Pinoy war vets bill after Dems victory What Barack Obamas victory means to my generation An activist walks on the islands of the relief map of the Philippines in Rizal Park after placing a mini streamer calling for a P3,000 increase in the pay of government workers. JONJON VICENCIO By Jess Diaz Philstar, November 7, 2008 The victory of several Democratic candidates for senator and congressman augurs

EastCoast Entertainment (ECE) is pleased to announce the opening of a new office in Asheville, North Carolina. The new office is located in Asheville's historic downtown district on Battery Park Ave, and will be open for business November 3, 2008. (PRWeb Nov 3, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/eastcoastentertainment/asheville/prweb1550874.htm

Click the image above to view the full photogallery. 1) East Village: EV Grieve has some news on the supposed vegan ice cream shop on A and 10th: "the front windows have been papered over for weeks. And then! A sign just appeared, as this photo from our tipster shows...Stogo? As in consultant Malcolm Stogo of the Ice Cream University?" PLYWOOD 2) Cobble Hill: Some exciting tipster intel from Cobble Hill: "The old television repair shop on Henry & Atlantic in Brooklyn has permits up to reno to 'eating & drinking establishment'...saw the owners of Brooklyn Social going in and out..." Note: this is the TV repair shop mourned here by Gowanus Lounge. PLYWOOD 3) Hells Kitchen: Life with Food and Drink checks in on Kyma space and realizes it will be called Brasserie Athenee and looks liks "a wannabee Pigalle": "The interior is suitably brasserie-ish, and it looks as though the space will be bright and bustling... that is, if people go. There's already a website up, and Opentable claims the place will

Just off West Queen West, around the corner from 48 Abell and the Drake Hotel, on the wall of a long blue warehouse complex that is supposed to come down shortly to make room for a condo, stands Mr. Loogie. It's a faade in more ways than one. A constructed storefront for a constructed store, you walk in through its front door and find yourself in the workspace of an artist, with wood and construction materials"along with Bell telephones"everywhere. As you exit through what would be the back of the small store, you are taken out into a long and wide warehouse that has been converted into a city street, with fake storefronts on both sides, fake tags and graffiti on the walls, and a real TTC streetcar shelter and bus stop standing tall. A Viacom billboard advertising "Condos for Babies" hangs on the south wall. The work of Dan Bergeron (Fauxreel) and Gabriel Reese (Specter), A City Renewal Project brings the outside in and turns what's inside back out to comment on the change going on on streets across th

Around the time we snapped this photo a reader's query hit the inbox: "I heard the 1933 Group was going to open a new Bigfoot Lodge? Is this true? Are they moving the existing one?" Yes and no. Per the change of ownership notice, Bigfoot Lodge West will take the Rae's space on Venice Boulevard. Confirmed from Bobby Green himself: "It's something I have always wanted to do, and I think the westside would really appreciate it." Don't expect Mounties, fake fireplaces and National Park signs just yet---Rae's is still filled with drinkers on sunny afternoons, just as any beloved dive bar should be; Bigfoot construction won't start until early 2009, with a summer debut. And Bigfoot Lodge in Atwater Village isn't going anywhere so you can get Dudley Do-Rights and Girl Scout Cookies any time you want.

It's been a little light in the Dish department this week, but here are few recent openings. See something debut in your neighborhood? Do let us know.

1) Beverly Hills: Fulfilled starts serving imagawa-yaki---a filled pancake-like pastry filled handcrafted on a cast aluminum grill---to the tony shopping set today. The shop was designed by the same firm who did Wolfgang's and Crustacean, it's just a stone's throw from sugar-bomb Crumbs and Sprinkles, and has flavors like banana and Nutella, or prosciutto, parmesan and basil if red-bean paste isn't your thing. 9045 S. Santa Monica Blvd, 310.860.0776;website 2) Downtown: According to Angelenic, South Park residents finally have a froyo shop to call their own: Florida-based Caliyogurt. And if a frozen yogurt chain from Florida coming to the Swirly Capital of the U.S. isn't enough of a twist, they have pink grapefruit flavor. 816 S Grand Ave; website 3) Glendale: It only seems like SBE turns every restaurant into a more nightlifey lounge…or d

Anza-Borrego State Park, California Flickr/Bill Gracey ·Airlines across the board embracing in-flight wi-fi access MSNBC

·United reinstates frequent flier credits in bid for passenger loyalty Consumerist

·From dude ranches and dance halls to haute cuisine in Texas CNN

·Finding bits of Old Cuba in contemporary NYC NYT

·Following news of new bag fee, Delta and Northwest drop fuel charge USAToday

·Californian desert destination gives Palm Springs a run for its money Globorati

Every weekday morning, bright and early, we feature a photo (or two) from a photographer in the Torontoist Flickr Pool. It's our way of giving the many excellent photographers in our pool the attention they deserve. High Park Sunbeams Pt 2 - November Edition I BY BIGDADDYHAME