Curation By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
You shoulda been there.
1. Mazes at the Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival on Sunday.
Posted on July 4, 2014
The Wonder Of Oak Park’s Charlie Carpenter
“While he has difficulty with everyday tasks like making change for a dollar, he plays pipe organ at genius level”
“Carpenter, 22, has Cat Eye syndrome, a rare chromosomal disorder that gives him certain intellectual disabilities,” Dave Pierini writes for OakPark.com.
“Simple tasks like buttoning a shirt, removing a stem from a strawberry or making change for a dollar can at times seem like insurmountable challenges to Carpenter.
“While musical ability is closely associated to some developmental disabilities, nothing about Carpenter’s disorder explains how he can play Bach’s ‘Trio Sonatas’ with such ease, each hand working different keyboards while his feet shift along the floor pedals.”
Now Carpenter is the subject of a new documentary that will premiere this month.
Posted on July 3, 2014
Local Music Notebook: Sting Is Just The Worst
So Is Veruca Salt
“Rock ‘n’ roll royalty came out for the world premiere of Sting’s musical, The Last Ship, in Chicago before the show debuts on Broadway in October,” the New York Post reports.
“At the Bank of America Theatre, Sting’s wife Trudie Styler was seen sitting with Paul Simon and James Taylor, who were both decked out in hats.
“For a curtain call, Sting joined the cast onstage to lead a song himself.
“At an after-party on a boat docked on Lake Michigan, Styx singer Dennis DeYoung was seen circulating, and AC/DC lead singer Brian Johnson had a bartender in stitches when the rocker made it to the front of a long line for booze and then proceeded to ‘pour himself two glasses of Champagne.'”
Ah ha ha ha ha! The bartender was in stitches; he’d never seen such shenanigans before!
Posted on July 2, 2014