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The Photography of Mark Laita

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Created Equal series

Born in Detroit in 1960, Mark was raised by Lithuanian parents. His mother was a model and his father worked in GM’s styling department. His family moved to Chicago when he was ten where he discovered photography and began assisting commercial photographers after high school. He attended Northern Illinois University, University of Illinois and Columbia College, where Mark received a BA in Photography.

Mark Laita’s Website
http://www.marklaita.com/

The Music of Matt and Kim

So one day here I am sitting on the couch watching the tube and all of a sudden here comes this great sounding tune from a commerical. After about 20 minutes searching I finally found out the name of the band and song and to my enjoyment their music.

Matt and Kim are like nothing you have heard before but their music is almost like watching a painting appear before you eyes. Hard to pin down a genre on this one but you know what, I don’t need to.

Matt and Kim Website
http://www.mattandkimmusic.com/

Matt and Kim on Myspace
http://www.myspace.com/mattandkim

The Music of The Dodos

Visiter by San Francisco band The Dodos is their second full length and first for Frenchkiss. Originally formed in 2006 under the moniker Dodobird as a one man acoustic act, Meric Long would gig around SF playing folky guitar w/ a combination of loops and ambient keyboards. Having already studied West African Ewe drumming, Meric got turned onto country blues fingerpicking and sought to create a band where the drumming could be a center role and help bring out the syncopated rhythms coming out of the acoustic guitar.

The Dodos Official Website
http://www.dodosmusic.net/

The Music of Cloud Cult

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5096420506388436958

Since 1995, Cloud Cult have crafted sprawling, cathartic albums that have won them the attention of the New York Times, MTV, Spin, Billboard, and a devoted following of fans.

Despite offers from major labels, Cloud Cult has chosen to remain independent, recording and releasing their albums through Earthology Records, a not-for-profit environmental record label established by Minowa in 1998. On a self-funded shoe-string budget they have achieved top 20 CMJ radio charting for all of their last three albums, a domain usually reserved for the SubPops and Merges of the world.

As one of the pioneering “Green bands” of the modern indie-rock world, Cloud Cult has backed up their open-hearted songs with green action for over a decade. Link