I’m in San Francisco for the seventh VMworld event. It would be unfair to call it a “geek fest” as there are so many business people here. Rather, it would be more accurate to call it a “nerd-o-rama” as there are so many cool technologies being discussed relating to Cloud Computing that you’ll want to [...]
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Come see my concert review at my concert review at my Culture Vulture blog. I’ve been going to James Taylor concerts for over 30 years. This was the best in so many ways.
UPDATE: YouTube has an interview of James Taylor and Carole King from Denver here.
Bill Petro, your friendly neighborhood culturevulture
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MOVIE REVIEW: AVATAR
Gobsmacked!
It is like full immersion in a high-quality, beautifully rendered, high-definition video game. I’m not really a computer game player, my tastes lean more toward the Wii, but this might make a convert of me: there’s one for the iPhone. Indeed, Avatar has been called “the iPhone of movies.” The movie James Cameron [...]
I’ve written two new movie reviews this week: Star Trek and X-Men Origins: Wolverine. The blockbuster movies of the Summer have begun with a bang. Both are expected to draw large crowds and huge ticket revenues.
Can Wolverine beat Spock two falls out of three?
Is the USS Enterprise faster than Wolverine’s motorcycle?
How does Sabretooth compare [...]
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SNEAK PEEK: JAMES BOND – QUANTUM OF SOLACE
I had an opportunity to speak before a debut of the new James Bond film Quantum of Solace in Los Angeles. My review of the movie can be found on my blog Culture Vulture by visiting this link. An extra treat, this film is featuring a preview of [...]
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Concert Review: James Taylor at Red Rocks in Denver
James Taylor performed at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in the mountains above Denver his show James Taylor and his Band of Legend Tour ahead of the September release of his album of cover songs entitled, ironically, Covers. See my review at my other blog Culture Vulture.
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MOVIE REVIEW: MAMMA MIA!
What goes together as well as the bright feel-good movie musical Mamma Mia! and the dark and moody Dark Knight — except perhaps a fish and a bicycle — but they both came out on the same day and I’ve written reviews of both of them at my other blog Culture Vulture.
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