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...Including, it seems, the SEC's new chairman, Mary Schapiro. In congressional testimony on March 11, two months after she was confirmed to her post, Schapiro said, "I'm not sure if it's enough, to be perfectly honest." On April 15, the SEC will hold a roundtable, to hear from the ratings firms about what they have done to improve things on their own, and also from people who think the entire issuer-pays model needs to be scrapped. "There have been some very thoughtful proposals out there, and we've invited those people to come and speak," Schapiro...
...viral orchestras are so fascinating. Unlike Philadelphia mash-up guru Gregg Gillis (a.k.a Girl Talk), who mixes hit pop songs and familiar classics, many of the YouTube clips selected by Kutiman, when viewed apart from one another, are ... well... bunk. Who wants to watch - or, for that matter, hear - a vintage fire siren wailing away on a piece of plywood? Or a Cuban percussion instrument made from a gourd. OK, that one is kinda cool, but footage of a trombone recital recorded by an unsteady, possibly intoxicated cameraman? No, thank you. In the Israeli maestro's hands, though, such...
...like a breath of fresh air. It seems to also have affected the patrons of the pub as well. “People at the pub seem to love this kind of music. There’s always a look of surprise when they walk in and hear cowboy songs,” says David Gurney, former Vice President of HCAMA. “We wanted to utilize the pub because its obviously a new installment and jazz, Irish and bluegrass musicians historically have found that pubs, whether they be in New York, Dublin, or Nashville, are great social figures...
...isn’t that attractive during the nighttime? Who knows? It’s a mystery. All we know for sure is it left Argos with the mother of all hangovers. “I’m hiding it well,” he claims, only to hear his contrary friends respond, “Not very well!” Yet it’s Argos who wins out in the end; while the rest of his group ends up in a huge brawl, intoxicated by post-punk power chords—oh, and the alcohol...
...hear that at next month's brain break, alongside the "famous" monkeybread, there will lapin fraiche. So you've got that going for you...which is nice...