Echoing Heath Ledger’s Oscar-winning portrayal of the Joker, British actor Tom Hardy brings an intense edge to the opening minutes of Christopher Nolan’s final Batman flick. A report from Thursday night’s advance screening of The Dark Knight Rises Imax prologue.
From the poptronic optimism of new album Codes and Keys to front man Ben Gibbard’s recent marriage to geek goddess Zooey Deschanel, sonic intimacy is the name of the game for Death Cab for Cutie, as evidenced by a Thursday night set in Southern California.
It may not be the first go-round for the Karmetik Machine Orchestra, but the automated musicians, fashioned by a group of students at the California Institute of the Arts, took the stage last night to prove that robots can rock. Among the mechanized musicians scheduled to perform at the Walt Disney Modular Theater were MahaDevibot, Glockenbot, BreakBot, and NotomotoN, described as a “duel-head drum with twelve beaters and a mallet orchestra.” Each of the robots was built from salvaged parts and programmed by CalArts students, who control the machines from laptops during performances. A description of the show posted to the CalArts website touts music-producing robots suspended from the ceiling that trigger sound activated light shows and animation — now that sounds like a way to spend a Thursday night. Check out a video of the players and their masters after the break.
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