An Interview with Best-selling Author Ishmael Beah
Posted by admin in Aspen, Blog, Interviews, Showcase on 18. Jul, 2009 | No Comments
It’s not the type of thing you expect to hear from an accomplished author. On the second day of the Aspen Summer Words Literary Festival, Ishmael Beah, the one-time child solider in the Sierra Leone civil war and author of A Long Way Gone, glanced around the room after being asked about his forthcoming novel. His eyes landed on his co-presenter, Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and admitted, “I feel it is unhealthy for me to write another memoir.”
An Exclusive Interview with Mario Batali
Posted by admin in Aspen, Interviews, Lifestyle Writing on 18. Jul, 2009 | No Comments
What makes dining in Aspen so special? According to chef Mario Batali, it’s because of a “kind of hippy, laid back approach to local and serious food.” Known for colorful television appearances, best-selling books, signature Orange Crocs, and a sophisticated coterie of Italian eateries in New York, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas, I caught up with Batali via e-mail before touching down in Aspen to attend the 27th Annual Food & Wine Classic.
Aspen.com – A Chit Chat with Electro-Super Duo Ratatat
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March 2009 – Aspen.com: A Chit Chat with Electro-Super Duo Ratatat
If you saw J.J. Abraham’s stomach-churning camcorder blockbuster Cloverfield, you’re already familiar with the Brooklyn-based electronic post-techno duo Ratatat.
Aspen.com – Sam Bush Interview: Bluegrass at Base Village
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March 2009 – Aspen.com: Bluegrass at Base Village
Sam Bush discusses Aspen, Bluegrass, The Summer of Love, and being a Kentucky Colonel.
Voices: Stars, Stripes, and Tie-dye: A Shakedown of The Dead’s “Change Rocks”
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November 2008 – Voices of Central Pennsylvania – Stars, Stripes, and Tie-dye: A Shakedown of The Dead’s “Change Rocks” Reunion in State College, Pennsylvania
Jambase: Soulive with Joshua Redman at New York’s (Le) Poisson Rouge
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July 2008 – Jambase.com :: Soulive with Joshua Redman :: 06.27.08 :: (Le) Possion Rouge :: New York, NY
Hanging modestly from the second story of a gray-brick building deep in the heart of New York’s West Village, an iconic art deco sign reads: “The Village Gate: Politics. Sex. Reality.”
