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On July 28, 2007 Overgrown Path ran a story saying 'The BBC is launching “Proms Idol ... the winner of the BBC2 show will take charge of an orchestra during the Last Night Of The Proms at the Royal Albert Hall next year.
Today's Guardian reveals 'The BBC has just commissioned a new reality TV series called Maestro, in which seven celebrity would-be conductors will go head-to-head on the podium before orchestras and choirs. The winner of the series, expected to air on BBC2 this summer, will step up to conduct an orchestra during the Last Night of the Proms at London's Royal Albert Hall in September'.
On February 1, 2006 Overgrown Path ran a story predicting Classical music nightclubs are the way to go, and followed it up on June 9, 2007 with a report about live classical music in nightclub.
Today's Guardian runs a double page spread on how Cool young clubbers in Berlin are flocking to a night with a twist: all the music is classical, and orchestras play live.
On January 7, 2008 Overgrown Path ran a story saying 'If early music is the surprise of 2008 perhaps EMI's new owners will make their acquired assets work for them by releasing a box of the complete David Munrow recordings with decent documentation instead of sub-licensing them for peanuts to other companies while also giving them away piecemeal on their own budget label?
Today's Guardian runs a story headlined Artists' ally makes his exit from EMI.
On January 14, 2007 Overgrown Path ran a story about Taser stun guns headlined The zeitgeist of the YouTube generation.
Today's Guardian runs a full page story headlined 'For those who like a little music with their personal protection: the Taser that plays MP3s'.
As Norman Lebrecht wrote in the Evening Standard on 8 November, 2006 'Until bloggers deliver hard facts … paid for newspapers will continue to set the standard as the only show in town.'
If I were predicting the future ...
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Much media hype about Apple's iPhone. Less media hype about another handheld electronic device launched at last week's Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show. The Taser C2 is a 'personal protection device' using the electro-shock technology from Taser's law enforcement product range. The Taser website says: 'Unlike conventional weapons the Taser C2 discharge can work anywhere on the body, making it easier to stop a threat under stress than other self-defense options.' Taser 'citizen defense' systems can be bought online from the company's website, of from Actionguns.com. The Taser C2 will be available to the public in April 2007 for $299, and comes in a choice of four colours.
Taser devices are used by more than 10,000 police agencies in 40 countries. The Amnesty International website says that 'since 2001, more than 70 people are reported to have died in the USA and Canada after being struck by M26 or X26 Tasers, with the numbers rising each year', and goes on to say 'the use of stun technology in law enforcement raises a number of concerns for the protection of human rights. Portable and easy to use, with the capacity to inflict severe pain at the push of a button without leaving substantial marks, electro-shock weapons are particularly open to abuse by unscrupulous officials, as the organization has documented in numerous cases around the world.' Now follow this link to experience the zeitgeist of the YouTube generation, and this one to find out about the Pentagon's manna from heaven.
Now playing - Anton Webern's orchestration of the Ricercata from Bach's Musical Offering played by the Münchener Kammerorchester conducted by Christoph Poppen (ECM 1774). As a leading member of the Second Viennese School Anton Webern (right) helped develop the twelve-tone system. He was accidentally shot dead in September 1945 by an American Army soldier in the Austrian village of Mittersill. The shooting happened five months after hostilies ended in Europe.
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