Photo by David Harrison
By David Harrison
Los Angeles – Any music fan who has visited Los Angeles over the holidays must be familiar with the ambiguously-titled “Almost Acoustic Christmas,” the annual two-night concert hosted by alternative rock station Kroq. Now in its 22nd installment, Almost Acoustic Christmas has become synonymous with the biggest bands gathering at the Gibson Amphitheater to celebrate the holidays in a very un-acoustic manner. Night one’s lineup this year, however, was particularly special – it featured seven (out of eight) artists who have previously played the festival, namely headliners Blink 182, 311, Sublime with Rome, Social Distortion, Bush, New Found Glory and Chevelle.
Night one started off with a little bit of nostalgia, as New Found Glory took a moment to reminisce about the last time they performed with Blink on the 2001 "Take of Your Pants and Jacket Tour." By music industry standards, ten years is ancient history.
By David Harrison
Los Angeles – Any music fan who has visited Los Angeles over the holidays must be familiar with the ambiguously-titled “Almost Acoustic Christmas,” the annual two-night concert hosted by alternative rock station Kroq. Now in its 22nd installment, Almost Acoustic Christmas has become synonymous with the biggest bands gathering at the Gibson Amphitheater to celebrate the holidays in a very un-acoustic manner. Night one’s lineup this year, however, was particularly special – it featured seven (out of eight) artists who have previously played the festival, namely headliners Blink 182, 311, Sublime with Rome, Social Distortion, Bush, New Found Glory and Chevelle.
Night one started off with a little bit of nostalgia, as New Found Glory took a moment to reminisce about the last time they performed with Blink on the 2001 "Take of Your Pants and Jacket Tour." By music industry standards, ten years is ancient history.
- 12/12/2011
- by MTV News
- MTV Newsroom
All-star linguists K. David Harrison and Greg Anderson bring obscure languages to the Internet, with YouTube's help.
Yesterday, many of the world's endangered languages, from the remotest corners of the globe, found a new home--online. Two linguists from the Living Tongues Institute, K. David Harrison and Gregory Anderson, have joined forces with Google to, in the words of Google's blog, "allow small and endangered languages that may have never been heard outside of a remote village to reach a global audience." Clips of the languages find their new home in the National Geographic Enduring Voices channel on YouTube.
It's been estimated that half of the world's languages are likely to disappear in the next century. The new channel may or may not revitalize some of them, but it will at least preserve them in surprising ways. Here, for instance, you can learn how to count from 1 to 37 in the Foe language of Papua New Guinea,...
Yesterday, many of the world's endangered languages, from the remotest corners of the globe, found a new home--online. Two linguists from the Living Tongues Institute, K. David Harrison and Gregory Anderson, have joined forces with Google to, in the words of Google's blog, "allow small and endangered languages that may have never been heard outside of a remote village to reach a global audience." Clips of the languages find their new home in the National Geographic Enduring Voices channel on YouTube.
It's been estimated that half of the world's languages are likely to disappear in the next century. The new channel may or may not revitalize some of them, but it will at least preserve them in surprising ways. Here, for instance, you can learn how to count from 1 to 37 in the Foe language of Papua New Guinea,...
- 10/29/2010
- by David Zax
- Fast Company
American linguists David Harrison and Gregory Anderson have made a discovery that brings to mind the rich cultural heritage of India. In their research along with Indian counterpart Ganesh Murmu, who is a specialist in the study of languages spoken in the tribal regions of India, the team reached Arunachal Pradesh and came across a new language named ‘Koro’ which is believed to be spoken by only 800 to 1200 people in the state. The younger generation of the tribal community speaking Koro are now opting for more globally accepted dialects like Hindi and English and therefore the researchers feel that Koro too will die the death of the Bo in Andaman.
David Harrison and Gregory Anderson were initially of the idea that Koro was a different form of the more-popular Aka, which is spoken by at least 4000 people across India. Their research also concluded that the two tribal sects speaking Koro...
David Harrison and Gregory Anderson were initially of the idea that Koro was a different form of the more-popular Aka, which is spoken by at least 4000 people across India. Their research also concluded that the two tribal sects speaking Koro...
- 10/7/2010
- by babul.shah@sampurn.com (Babul)
- TellyCafe
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