2,676 research outputs found
Interview with Craig Loftis
No full textCraig Loftis began DJing in Chicago in 1979. He attended Columbia College and earned a degree in Art and Entertainment Management and Sound Engineering. In 1983, Loftis redesigned the lighting and sound systems for Jim Flint’s Baton Show Lounge and the Re Doubt. He also redesigned the sound system for Frankie Knuckles’ Power Plant, and became Knuckles’ personal sound engineer, opening DJ and general manager for the next four years. In 1988, Loftis was offered the position as chief engineer in charge of production for DJ International Records where he remained for the next eight years. In that time Craig engineered, mixed and produced songs for Fast Eddie, Tyree Cooper, Julian Perez, Badboy Bill, Frankie Hollywood Rodriguez, Joe Smooth, Sterling Void, Paris Brightledge and Mike Dunn. In 2000 Loftis started a new promotion company, Loftwerk Productions, working with Loleatta Holloway, Ava Cherry, Sharon Pass, Darryl Pandy, Byron Stingley, Rochelle Flemming, Georgy Porgy and Martha Wash. He also became a member of the Slang Music Group, mixing tracks for Pink, Kelly Price, Sisco, R-Kelly, Ruff Endz, Backstreet Boys and Whitney Houston.
In 2004 Loftis decided to reinvent himself and release his inner spirit and thus GRAND HIGH PRIEST was born. Soon after he released his worldwide hit “Mary Mary.” He remains a powerhouse on Chicago’s dance music scene.https://digitalcommons.colum.edu/house/1008/thumbnail.jp
Mike Olszewski Interview, 2009
No full textMike Olszewski is a newscaster for WKSU-FM and a professor of communications at Kent State University and the University of Akron, as well as the author of several books. He was born in Cleveland in 1953. The interview discusses his childhood, racial issues, music, and the media
Mike Olszewski Interview, 2009
No full textMike Olszewski is a newscaster for WKSU-FM and a professor of communications at Kent State University and the University of Akron, as well as the author of several books. He was born in Cleveland in 1953. The interview discusses his childhood, racial issues, music, and the media
Dr. Mike Davison – Faculty Author Interview
No full textDr. Mike Davison, Professor of Music, discusses his documentary film, Cuba: Rhythm in Motion. This dynamic film captures the joy of making music in Cuba, an island that Dr. Davison has visited numerous times with his students. The contrasting yet intertwined histories of Cuban and American music are traced and illustrated with extensive performance footage. A DVD of Cuba: Rhythm in Motion is available in Parsons Music Library
Mike Nichols Oral History
No full textOral histories created by University of Kansas students, staff and faculty as part of the Religion in Kansas Project are archived at http://hdl.handle.net/1808/12524 in KU ScholarWorks, the digital repository of the University of Kansas.Oral history interview with Mike Nichols conducted by Diana Brown at the Latte Land coffee shop in Kansas City, Kansas, on July 6, 2014. Mike is the author of The Witches’ Sabbats, taught classes on Paganism for decades, and owned The Magic Lantern occult book shop in Kansas City in the 1980s; this interview discusses those experiences. This interview was conducted for the Religion in Kansas Project as part of a summer fieldwork internship funded by the Friends of the Department of Religious Studies.Friends of the Department of Religious Studie
Mike Ladd: Invisible mending
No full textAn Author event presented by The Friends of the University of Adelaide Library, recorded in the Ira Raymond Room, Barr Smith Library, 18 May 2017.Mike Ladd's new collection, Invisible Mending ranges across genres including essay, memoir, short story and poetry. Based loosely on the ideas of scarring and healing, Invisible Mending extends from family intimacies to connection and disconnection in the Australian community, environmental damage and repair. It also has an international view. Parts of it were written at an artist's residency in Malaysia and while travelling through South America
Portrait of Australian theatre expert, Mr David Addenbrooke [picture] /
No full textTitle from inscription on reverse.; Condition good.; Inscriptions: "Australian theatre expert Mr David Addenbrooke readily admits that he is an author by accident. A thesis he wrote for amaster's degree is now a book, 'The Royal Shakespeare Company' ... Mr Addenbrooke at his home in Perth, Western Australia. Australian Information Service photograph by Mike Brown, 24/7/75/6, P75/591" --printed on reverse
Jere Nash Interview with Mike Moore
No full textInterview conducted by author Jere Nash with former Mississippi Attorney General Mike Moore in the process of writing Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2006. Topics discussed include Moore as District Attorney and investigation of Board of Supervisors in Jackson County; Eddie Khayat; FBI\u27s Operation Pretense investigating political corruption in Mississippi; campaign for Mississippi Attorney General in 1987; Richard Scruggs; background on tobacco litigation in the state; Kirk Fordice; negotiating national and Mississippi tobacco settlement; and Bill Clinton
Interview with Dr. Mike Austin [video]
No full textDr. Mike Austin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion, and author of two recent books, Wise Stewards: Philosophical Foundations for Christian Parenting and Football and Philosophy: Going Deep . He enjoys approaching practical topics like parenting and sports through a philosopher\u27s lens
- …
