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Justin Kalifowitz founder and CEO of Downtown Music Publishing talks with Bill about inspiration, creativity and community. Justin talks about his journey into the music business, how he got started, what he is thinking about right now. This episode was recorded a week before Downtown Music Holdings announced its purchase of AVL Digital. Enjoy…
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Mayor Eric Adams is A life-long ‘born and raised’ New Yorker who has been active in civic life for more than thirty years as police officer, community organizer, State Senator, Brooklyn Borough President and in 2022 the Mayor of NYC. In the ‘90’s while still a uniformed police officer he founded ‘One Hundred Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care. In 2…
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Petra Hansen is a visual artist, designer, musician, writer and podcaster who incidentally, was HUGE in Japan. Hers is a story of constant creative reinvention challenging cultural norms as she follows the muse. Her energy, creativity and intelligence defy narrow definitions. With her project The B-Sider [thebsider.com] Petra seeks to inspire and e…
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Literary agent William Clark talks about the journey that took him from designing advertisements for Autotrader, enjoying a fine quality of boredom in rural Virginia, to working in the New York literary world.द्वारा Bill Harvey
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John Fell is a noted drummer, drum gear guru, photographer, motorcycle aficionado, co-founder of Main Drag Music, in Williamsburg Brooklyn. He’s worked with an array of bands and individuals including The Isolator, Miami Sound Machine, Perfect Strangers, Kid Congo Powers of the Cramps, Gun Club, and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.https://en.wikipedia.…
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Nina Roberts is a journalist - writer and photographer based in New York. Her stories and photographs, primarily about immigrant entrepreneurs, have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Observer and The Boston Globe. Follow her @ninarobertsnycद्वारा Bill Harvey
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Tom is the Executive Producer of the St. Louis Shakespeare Festival, previously as co-founder of Waterwell Theater in New York he directed Hamlet, Blueprint Specials, Goodbar, and The Persians, among others. He’s presented work at Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Old Globe, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, as well a…
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Joe Lentol the second longest serving member of the New York State Assembly shares his thoughts about community and creativity.द्वारा Bill Harvey
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Vahap and his partner Lexy created the first brand identified with Brooklyn - Brooklyn Industries - way back in 1997. But Vahap doesn’t think of himself as a business guy, he's an artist whose works are shown in galleries and museums around the world. Vahap’s fascinating story begins in his family’s ancient village in the mountains of Turkey and th…
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Cassandra's music has been described as tender and trance like. Cassandra is also an accomplished visual artist and interestingly, an avid urban bird watcher. Cassandra shares her thoughts about inspiration, creativity and community.www.cassandrajenkins.comद्वारा Bill Harvey
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Dhruv Chopra talks with Bill about his interesting journey, from Bombay to Bushwick via Yale. A musician and a social entrepreneur Dhruv is focused on building new sustainable cultural and economic modes and institutions - most recently as co-founder of Elsewhere the game changing cultural venue in Bushwick Brooklyn. He's active in urban and cultur…
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Elodie was on the fast track to be major player in the world of Parisian couture but found herself bored by the prospect of a career designing frou frou frocks for wealthy women. She left Paris and couture behind and moved to LA where she created conceptual garments, and theatrical events that examined the performative nature of garment, identity a…
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Arash Mokhtar is an accomplished NYC actor, who in a previous life limited his creativity to visual art - fortunately for theatrical audiences, a moment of clarity lead him on a new path as an actor. His theatrical work embodies truthful, empathetic and complex portrayals of characters we all can identify with. www.arashmokhtar.com…
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Dafna is a sound artist, electronic musician, composer, improvisor, technologist and educator. Her work spans genre and category its an intersection of mechanical, digital, visual, auditory, composition and improvisation. She joined Bill to talk about inspiration, creativity and community. dafna.info…
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Jason Kende is developing ways to empower creators by utilizing blockchain, AR, VR and crypto currency. Jason and his like are transforming Brooklyn's L Train Corridor into an urban center of innovation where new forms of content meet new technologies.द्वारा Bill Harvey
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Kristen Balouch is an author, illustrator, designer and small business woman. Her wonderful children books and illustrations tell empowering heart warming stories that kids and adults love. Her unique design sensibility and eye that is sought after by fabric manufacturers.Kristen shares her interesting journey and her thoughts about inspiration, cr…
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Karl Myers started Main Drag Music in Williamsburg Brooklyn back in the early 90's Williamsburg was not a thing. Karl and his partners made Main Drag into a center of gravity in NYC and a destination for musicians from across the planet. Karl talks about the changing nature of commerce and culture in NYC and shares his ideas about how to grow a com…
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Ernie Brooks was a founding member of The Modern Lovers, one of the most important bands that paved the way for punk and new wave. In addition to a musical life Ernie has a long history of political activism, which seems inexorably linked to his creativity. As a young teenager he participated in the civil rights movement, traveling south to registe…
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Artist and entrepreneur Noel Wiggins - founder of AREAWARE in a wide ranging conversation about the communicative power of objects, changes in the world of design driven commerce and education. www.areaware.comद्वारा Bill Harvey
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