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Whoopi Goldberg

[COMEDY]  Whoopi Goldberg is an iconic, transcendent part of the pop culture fabric. One of few entertainers to hold the distinguished “EGOT” (Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony), her career began at a time when the prevailing standard of beauty for black women in Hollywood was light complexion and long, straight hair, but Whoopi never feared being the outlier. Whoopi’s career began in the standup arena, where she quickly caught the attention of directors and producers who were charmed by her honest whit.

The Public Presents: American Low, Humble Braggers, Kevin Scoma

[ROCK] After taking a couple of months off, The Public Presents is back. This month’s edition will feature three indie rock bands—one that will make their debut, one up-and-coming act, and one established. Kevin Scoma, though no newbie to the Buffalo music scene, will debut his solo material with a full band. American Low, Mike Brady, Ben Gigone, Jeremy Shields formed about a year ago and quickly released a video for their first single, “Cloud,” a poppy grunge track that has garnered the band some local popularity.

Magnified Alleviation

[ART] Anyone interested in works which explore recovery as it relates to psychological trauma should head down to the 5th floor of the Tri-Main Center this Saturday, January 22 where Buffalo painter and mixed media artist Jamie Schmidt will be unveiling a new series of pieces centered around the theme of trauma as portrayed through wounds, different stages of healing, and the human body.

Boy Harsher

[ELECTRONIC/DANCE] With Jae Matthews channeling hypnotic vocal musings and Augustus Muller conjuring beats and synth stabs worthy of an 1980’s techno underworld, Boyharsher delivers the sort of gothy synth pop that reels listeners into a dance-fueled daze.

Interview: Bean Friend

[AMBIENT] If you find yourself at Silo City staring at an upright piano wondering how it ended up there, you can thank Bean Friend for that. The musician from Philadelphia by way of San Francisco, moved to Buffalo from Toronto this summer and immediately plugged himself into the local art and music scene. He was quickly drawn to Silo City, where this fall he recorded an album of reverberating minimal piano tracks titled The Moving Decade.

GreenWatch: Sunday Morning TV-What does the fox say?

We have two relatively pleasant videos to share this morning as we move into what may be a snowy January in Western New York. Sit back, enjoy these two fun videos from aross the internets tubes. The first is a from Konbini, described as an exciting, groundbreaking and fast growing digital media company dedicated to pop culture. Their content teams are based in London, Paris, and New York. A facebook posting last week brought us this delightful video. It is on facebook so you have to click on the link here in order to see it.

RIP Alan Rickman

This has been a sad week for Anglophiles. This morning brings news of the death of actor Alan Rickman at the age of 69 from cancer, same age and cause as David Bowie. Bowie was said to have been diagnosed 18 months ago, which would be right around the time that I saw Rickman at the Toronto International Film Festival. He was introducing A Little Chaos, which he directed, co-wrote and co-stars in as King Louis XIV.

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