Monday, November 16, 2009

Late, breaking events: Magnetic Fields and missing fishes

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First, we have a documentary to note, being shown Wednesday at IU Fine Arts: “End of the Line,” billed as “The world’s first major documentary about the devastating effect of overfishing.” It premiered at Sundance Film Festival. Roger Ebert comments on the flier at left that the film documents “what threatens to become an irreversible decline in aquatic populations within 40 years.”
Charlie Beeker at IU’s School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, is an international specialist in marine protected areas and is “pleased that IU has been authorized for this special screening.” He’ll give an introduction to the film before it starts at 6 p.m. in Fine Arts room 015. He encourages the university and Bloomington communities to attend the Nov. 18 viewing.

Then, the Bus-Chum just sent out a release (which someone Twittered about earlier) announcing a spring concert by The Magnetic Fields. The group performs at 8 p.m. on March 5; tickets are $27.50 reserved seating. BCT donors/sponsors get first dibs in a pre-sale starting tomorrow at 11 a.m. The tickets go on sale for the general public on Nov. 24.
The release reads that “The Magnetic Fields are led by the music of songwriter- producer-instrumentalist Stephin Merritt, who lives and records in New York City. Adept at computer music programming and production, Merritt records his own albums and plays almost everything on them with help from cellist Sam Davol, banjo player/second guitarist John Woo, and percussionist/pianist Claudia Gonson.” They released six full-length CDs, ranging from electro-country to euro-pop, including “The Charm of the Highway Strip,” “Holiday,” “Get Lost” and its 130,000-plus-selling, 3-disc set, “69 Love Songs,” on Merge Records in the mid-90s. They signed with Nonesuch (Warner Bros.) in 2002, pressing “i” (May 2004) and “Distortion” (2008).

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