http://technorati.com/tag/Daniel+Brenton Posts tagged with "Daniel Brenton" on Technorati Thu, 15 May 2008 11:24:50 -0700 Technorati v1.0 http://static.technorati.com/pix/logos/logo_sm.gif http://technorati.com/tag/Daniel+Brenton support@technorati.com (Technorati Support) http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Daniel Brenton http://canberrajazz.blogspot.com/2008/04/jam-jar.html http://canberrajazz.blogspot.com/2008/04/jam-jar.html Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:38:25 -0700 I got to the second Jazz at the Folkus jam session on Saturday. It was not quite what I had expected. The music was fairly mainstream, rather than out-there modern, but jazz has a history, and it’s made up of a rich tapestry of historical styles. These were some that I love, but don’t always indulge in. The host band for the event was the In Full Swing big band. It’s a community band based in Belconnen. It’s made up of about 20 players and is led by Nathan Sciberras. This is swing, the po 2008-04-20 18:38:25 PDT http://technorati.com/search/canberrajazz.blogspot.com/2008/04/jam-jar.html 1 1 http://redstarfilms.blogspot.com/2008/04/kimball-of-contact.html http://redstarfilms.blogspot.com/2008/04/kimball-of-contact.html Thu, 10 Apr 2008 06:59:07 -0700 I did a lengthy interview with Jeremy Vaeni last night for his next Culture of Contact podcast, which will be available Tuesday evening, April 15th, sometime around 8 pm EST. If you're looking for serious discussion about the UFO phenomenon, it's probably not the show for you... although we get into that at the end a bit. Instead it's a Jim Moseley-style free-for-all about the good, the bad and the ugly in that fascinating subculture known as "ufology" (and sometimes, with good reason, "ufoolog 2008-04-10 06:59:07 PDT http://technorati.com/search/redstarfilms.blogspot.com/2008/04/kimball-of-contact.html 38 99 http://www.danielbrenton.com/2008/03/18/arthur-c-clarke-1917-2008/ http://www.danielbrenton.com/2008/03/18/arthur-c-clarke-1917-2008/ Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:22:29 -0700 Ladies and gentlemen, the last of the “big three of science fiction,” Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, and Arthur C. Clarke, left us today. Arthur C. Clarke (I could never think of him as “Sir Clarke,” and he professed embarrassment about the title) was my first role model as a writer: Stanley Kubrick said, “Arthur’s ability [...] 2008-03-18 18:22:29 PDT http://technorati.com/search/www.danielbrenton.com/2008/03/18/arthur-c-clarke-1917-2008/ 1 1 http://www.danielbrenton.com/2008/03/18/arthur-c-clarke-1917-2008/ http://www.danielbrenton.com/2008/03/18/arthur-c-clarke-1917-2008/ Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:22:29 -0700 Ladies and gentlemen, the last of the “big three of science fiction,” Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, and Arthur C. Clarke, left us today. Arthur C. Clarke (I could never think of him as “Sir Clarke,” and he professed embarrassment about the title) was my first role model as a writer: Stanley Kubrick said, “Arthur’s ability [...] 2008-03-18 18:22:29 PDT http://technorati.com/search/www.danielbrenton.com/2008/03/18/arthur-c-clarke-1917-2008/ 9 20 http://www.danielbrenton.com/2008/03/18/arthur-c-clarke-1917-2008/ http://www.danielbrenton.com/2008/03/18/arthur-c-clarke-1917-2008/ Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:22:29 -0700 Arthur C. Clarke, 1917 - 2008 March 18th, 2008 - One Response If you're new here, I'd like to invite you to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thank you for visiting. Ladies and gentlemen, the last of the “big three of science fiction,” Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, and Arthur C. Clarke, left us today. Arthur C. Clarke (I could never think of him as “Sir Clarke,” and he professed embarrassment about the title) was my first role model as a writer: Stanley Kubrick said, “Arthur’s ability to impart po 2008-03-18 18:22:29 PDT http://technorati.com/search/www.danielbrenton.com/2008/03/18/arthur-c-clarke-1917-2008/ 32 130 The Meaning of Existence (and all that): The Odd Little Universe of Daniel Brenton http://www.danielbrenton.com/2008/03/18/arthur-c-clarke-1917-2007/ http://www.danielbrenton.com/2008/03/18/arthur-c-clarke-1917-2007/ Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:22:29 -0700 Arthur C. Clarke, 1917 - 2007 March 18th, 2008 - One Response If you're new here, I'd like to invite you to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thank you for visiting. Ladies and gentlemen, the last of the “big three of science fiction,” Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, and Arthur C. Clarke, left us today. Arthur C. Clarke (I could never think of him as “Sir Clarke,” and he professed embarrassment about the title) was my first role model as a writer: Stanley Kubrick said, “Arthur’s ability to impart po 2008-03-18 18:22:29 PDT http://technorati.com/search/www.danielbrenton.com/2008/03/18/arthur-c-clarke-1917-2007/ 32 130 The Meaning of Existence (and all that): The Odd Little Universe of Daniel Brenton http://www.luna15.com/2008/03/17/ufo-magazine-red-moon-interview/ http://www.luna15.com/2008/03/17/ufo-magazine-red-moon-interview/ Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:14:49 -0700 UFO Magazine Red Moon Interview March 17th, 2008 by Daniel Brenton If there’s one magazine you think of in the United States when you think about UFOs, it’s UFO Magazine, and contributing editor Sean Casteel has done an excellent job in crafting an interview/ overview of Red Moon, the novel I co-wrote with David S. Michaels. I just received several complimentary copies of the March, 2008 issue (thank you, Sean) and my wife and I naturally had to devour the article immediately. Thanks, of co 2008-03-17 22:14:49 PDT http://technorati.com/search/www.luna15.com/2008/03/17/ufo-magazine-red-moon-interview/ 6 17 Luna 15 http://www.danielbrenton.com/2008/03/17/ufo-magazine-red-moon-interview/ http://www.danielbrenton.com/2008/03/17/ufo-magazine-red-moon-interview/ Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:02:26 -0700 If there’s one magazine you think of in the United States when you think about UFOs, it’s UFO Magazine, and contributing editor Sean Casteel has done an excellent job in crafting an interview/ overview of Red Moon, the novel I co-wrote with David S. Michaels. I just received several complimentary copies of the March, 2008 issue [...] 2008-03-17 22:02:26 PDT http://technorati.com/search/www.danielbrenton.com/2008/03/17/ufo-magazine-red-moon-interview/ 1 1 http://www.danielbrenton.com/2008/03/17/ufo-magazine-red-moon-interview/ http://www.danielbrenton.com/2008/03/17/ufo-magazine-red-moon-interview/ Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:02:26 -0700 If there’s one magazine you think of in the United States when you think about UFOs, it’s UFO Magazine, and contributing editor Sean Casteel has done an excellent job in crafting an interview/ overview of Red Moon, the novel I co-wrote with David S. Michaels. I just received several complimentary copies of the March, 2008 issue [...] 2008-03-17 22:02:26 PDT http://technorati.com/search/www.danielbrenton.com/2008/03/17/ufo-magazine-red-moon-interview/ 9 20 http://www.danielbrenton.com/2008/03/17/ufo-magazine-red-moon-interview/ http://www.danielbrenton.com/2008/03/17/ufo-magazine-red-moon-interview/ Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:02:26 -0700 If there’s one magazine you think of in the United States when you think about UFOs, it’s UFO Magazine, and contributing editor Sean Casteel has done an excellent job in crafting an interview/ overview of Red Moon, the novel I co-wrote with David S. Michaels. I just received several complimentary copies of the March, 2008 issue [...] 2008-03-17 22:02:26 PDT http://technorati.com/search/www.danielbrenton.com/2008/03/17/ufo-magazine-red-moon-interview/ 32 130 The Meaning of Existence (and all that): The Odd Little Universe of Daniel Brenton http://www.danielbrenton.com/2008/03/16/black-mirror-article-published-on-music-blog-promo-news/ http://www.danielbrenton.com/2008/03/16/black-mirror-article-published-on-music-blog-promo-news/ Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:04:39 -0700 Funny how things can come back to you. From Black Mirror by Arcade Fire Back in the end of January I posted a review/ interpretation of the dazzling, surrealistic music video of the song “Black Mirror,” by the Canadian alternative rock band Arcade Fire. I recently archived the majority of the material on my blog, but [...] 2008-03-16 16:04:39 PDT http://technorati.com/search/www.danielbrenton.com/2008/03/16/black-mirror-article-published-on-music-blog-promo-news/ 9 20 http://www.danielbrenton.com/2008/03/16/black-mirror-article-published-on-music-blog-promo-news/ http://www.danielbrenton.com/2008/03/16/black-mirror-article-published-on-music-blog-promo-news/ Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:04:39 -0700 Funny how things can come back to you. From Black Mirror by Arcade Fire Back in the end of January I posted a review/ interpretation of the dazzling, surrealistic music video of the song “Black Mirror,” by the Canadian alternative rock band Arcade Fire. I recently archived the majority of the material on my blog, but [...] 2008-03-16 16:04:39 PDT http://technorati.com/search/www.danielbrenton.com/2008/03/16/black-mirror-article-published-on-music-blog-promo-news/ 1 1 http://www.promonews.tv/2008/03/16/hinduism-and-alternative-rock-a-novelists-interpretation-of-arcade-fires-black-mirror/ http://www.promonews.tv/2008/03/16/hinduism-and-alternative-rock-a-novelists-interpretation-of-arcade-fires-black-mirror/ Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:33:35 -0700 If you haven’t yet seen the second interactive video supporting Neon Bible then you’re missing something. And not just for the novelty of watching the video against a drums-only version of the song. The interactive part, where you can remove and reinstate different audio tracks, is not really an intrinsic part of the experience. But Olivier [...] 2008-03-16 09:33:35 PDT http://technorati.com/search/www.promonews.tv/2008/03/16/hinduism-and-alternative-rock-a-novelists-interpretation-of-arcade-fires-black-mirror/ 25 49 Promo News http://www.highoddness.com/2008/02/29/we-have-the-future-surrounded/ http://www.highoddness.com/2008/02/29/we-have-the-future-surrounded/ Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:56:42 -0800 “We Have the Future Surrounded” If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thank you for visiting.A Washington protest march — and its charismatic leader — speak to an alarming trend. WASHINGTON D.C. — A protest march in front of the White House of a group calling itself “Concerned Citizens for Temporal Freedom” clogged sidewalks and spilled onto Pennsylvania Avenue periodically blocking traffic yesterday. The picketers, roughly 5300 in number, angrily chanted awkward slog 2008-02-29 13:56:42 PST http://technorati.com/search/www.highoddness.com/2008/02/29/we-have-the-future-surrounded/ 16 30 http://www.highoddness.com/2008/02/25/the-round-files-004-the-phoenix-arrest-of-a-grey-alien-1997/ http://www.highoddness.com/2008/02/25/the-round-files-004-the-phoenix-arrest-of-a-grey-alien-1997/ Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:20:03 -0800 The Round Files #004: The Phoenix Arrest of a Grey Alien, 1997 UFOs. Alien beings. The Paranormal. The Cryptozoic. The Prehistorical. The Ontological. The Scatological (no, sorry). It’s … • The story you are about to read is (essentially) true. No names have been changed to protect anybody. (Except for one name we had to withhold because he was a spineless little chicken. Bawk, bawk bawk bawk, baaaawk … ) The Testimony of David Henderson, Retired Officer for the Phoenix Police Department 2008-02-25 22:20:03 PST http://technorati.com/search/www.highoddness.com/2008/02/25/the-round-files-004-the-phoenix-arrest-of-a-grey-alien-1997/ 16 30 http://www.highoddness.com/2008/02/19/is-hell-freezing-over-one-scientist-says-yes/ http://www.highoddness.com/2008/02/19/is-hell-freezing-over-one-scientist-says-yes/ Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:27:00 -0800 Is Hell Freezing Over? One Scientist Says Yes RESTON, Virginia — Dr. Hugo Whitehead of the United States Geological Survey isn’t happy with the department, and the department doesn’t seem to be very happy with him, either. Dr. Whitehead was, as of a few days ago, the lead scientist in a new technique based on the analysis of the velocities of seismic waves recorded since the beginning of digital seismic data collection. The project, known as the Rotating Epicyclic Calibration for Temperature 2008-02-19 23:27:00 PST http://technorati.com/search/www.highoddness.com/2008/02/19/is-hell-freezing-over-one-scientist-says-yes/ 16 30 http://www.highoddness.com/2008/02/17/nessie-the-loch-ness-monster-dies-at-96/ http://www.highoddness.com/2008/02/17/nessie-the-loch-ness-monster-dies-at-96/ Sun, 17 Feb 2008 23:58:58 -0800 Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster, Dies at 96 Rare photo of camera-shy Nessie during a family outing. (Photo courtesy the Nessie Estate) INVERNESS, United Kingdom — Nessie, the sea serpent-like creature who came into the public spotlight during a chance encounter on the road bordering Scotland’s Loch Ness in 1933, passed away Sunday, February 17, at about 3:00 PM local time. She died quietly in the company of family and a few very close friends on the shore near the family underwater ne 2008-02-17 23:58:58 PST http://technorati.com/search/www.highoddness.com/2008/02/17/nessie-the-loch-ness-monster-dies-at-96/ 16 30 http://www.danielbrenton.com/2008/02/14/my-new-blog-high-oddness/ http://www.danielbrenton.com/2008/02/14/my-new-blog-high-oddness/ Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:07:30 -0800 Contrary to popular opinion, no, I have not fallen off of the edge of the Earth. I’ve been absolutely laboring to get a new blog started, and this one, like many of the others I’ve tried launching over the past two years, didn’t kill me either. It’s called High Oddness: The Universe According to Daniel [...] 2008-02-14 17:07:30 PST http://technorati.com/search/www.danielbrenton.com/2008/02/14/my-new-blog-high-oddness/ 32 130 The Meaning of Existence (and all that): The Odd Little Universe of Daniel Brenton http://www.highoddness.com/2008/02/14/round-files-003-we-know-why-the-aliens-really-dont-land/ http://www.highoddness.com/2008/02/14/round-files-003-we-know-why-the-aliens-really-dont-land/ Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:33:15 -0800 Round Files #003: We Know Why the Aliens Really Don’t Land To my surprise, I have developed a level of notoriety in the UFO community as a relatively level-headed, reasonably intelligent “truthseeker,” and with this, a demonstrated willingness to use my weblogs as a place to disseminate uncomfortable revelations about government secrecy surrounding the UFO phenomenon. This is of course only what anyone who wishes to think of him- or herself as a true American patriot is obliged to do. Anyth 2008-02-14 15:33:15 PST http://technorati.com/search/www.highoddness.com/2008/02/14/round-files-003-we-know-why-the-aliens-really-dont-land/ 16 30 http://www.highoddness.com/2008/02/11/welcome-to-high-oddness/ http://www.highoddness.com/2008/02/11/welcome-to-high-oddness/ Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:05:38 -0800 Welcome to High Oddness Submitted for your approval: Daniel Brenton, a hapless blogger laboring away in obscurity, waiting for the moment when the chains of his anonymity rust and fall way from the doors of his life and allow him to emerge like a butterfly from his lonely chrysalis of isolation. In a moment, Mr. Brenton is going to discover … … No, no, no. I’m not discovering anything. This is not The Twilight Zone, and if I’ve started channeling Rod Serling the trustees to his estate are go 2008-02-11 23:05:38 PST http://technorati.com/search/www.highoddness.com/2008/02/11/welcome-to-high-oddness/ 16 30