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Saturday 4 April 2015
Former drummer for Lynyrd Skynyrd dies in wreck
CARTERSVILLE, Georgia (AP) " The former drummer for the Southern hard rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, Robert Burns Jr., has died in a car crash in Georgia.Georgia State Patrol spokeswoman Tracey Watson said Burns' vehicle went off a curve...
Time for more hot and heavy scenes on screen: academic
When it comes to sex on television, it would appear size does matter.Fat people are rarely seen being intimate on screen and this reinforces negative attitudes towards them, says Dr Cat Pause, a senior lecturer and fat studies researcher...
Rhythm in his heart and soul
Many concertgoers are familiar with the rhythmically charged music of John Psathas, most recently sampled when the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra presented his View from Olympus with Dame Evelyn Glennie last year.Rhythm is in...
T.J. McNamara: Emotions run high in wild west
This is a week of veteran artists and new galleries. The most vigorous exhibition is Land Cadence by John Madden, who has devoted his painting life to wrestling to convey the steep hills of the west coast of the Waitakeres, particularly...
Patricia Greig: If you listen to the land, it will speak to you
From a clutter of paint tubes covered with ancient clay dust and shimmers of oils, works rise like mirages at all angles from the depths of John Madden's studio.A lifelong reverence for the land is obvious in his work.His expression...
9/11 opera envisages what happened inside the towers
We all remember where we were on 9/11. The planes that flew into the twin towers of the World Trade Centre blew a hole in the heart of the world. That day, it seemed as if optimism, decency, empathy and love were confronted and defeated...
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