The xartcollection’s roots can be traced back to the late 60s. Nowadays the company is still well known in the contemporary art world.
It was created in 1968 in Zurich, Switzerland by Sandro Bocola and three of his friends. Its revolutionary concept was to industrially produce three dimensional “Multiples” in limited and signed editions. Internationally renowned artists such as Max Bill, , , Joe Tilson, and others participated in this project. The xartcollection found worldwide acclaim. However, due to the high production and shipping costs of its “Multiples” the company went bankrupt and was dissolved in 1973. In 2007 Patrick Wilen acquired the xartcollection trademark and created an online art agency specialized in Multiple Art. It features as its first artist Sandro Bocola, one of the founding fathers of the original company, with a selection of his digital images and videos.
It was created in 1968 in Zurich, Switzerland by Sandro Bocola and three of his friends. Its revolutionary concept was to industrially produce three dimensional “Multiples” in limited and signed editions. Internationally renowned artists such as Max Bill, , , Joe Tilson, and others participated in this project. The xartcollection found worldwide acclaim. However, due to the high production and shipping costs of its “Multiples” the company went bankrupt and was dissolved in 1973. In 2007 Patrick Wilen acquired the xartcollection trademark and created an online art agency specialized in Multiple Art. It features as its first artist Sandro Bocola, one of the founding fathers of the original company, with a selection of his digital images and videos.
Me and My Monkey is the 10th song on the Robbie Williams album Escapology.
About the song
Robbie Williams originally said that Me and My Monkey is an open-ended song, and that he really don't know where it came from.
The ending is for the listener to choose.
In the song it says: "Trying to understand why he did what he did". Robbie claims that he don't know that the monkey did, but one day, he says, he'll find out.
About the song
Robbie Williams originally said that Me and My Monkey is an open-ended song, and that he really don't know where it came from.
The ending is for the listener to choose.
In the song it says: "Trying to understand why he did what he did". Robbie claims that he don't know that the monkey did, but one day, he says, he'll find out.
Darach K. Urquhart (born November 28, 1981 in Kyle of Lochalsh, Scotland) is professional solo piper and competitive pipe band player who has achieved success in B Grade and Open solo piping competitions. Notable wins include the CPA, William Grant & Sons B & C Piobaireachd at Perth Highland Games in 2003 and the (B) Hodden Grey March, Strathspey & Reel at the Scottish Piping Society of London competitions in Glazier's Halls in London in 2004. Urquhart has placed twice in the Silver Medal for Piobaireachd. He came 5th in the Silver Medal at the Northern Meeting in Inverness, Scotland in 2000 and finished runner-up at the Silver Medal at the Argyllshire Gathering in Oban in 2004.
Urquhart has also won various Light Music prizes at major piping competitions including taking 4th in the B March at the Northern Meeting in Inverness in 2002 and 5th in the B Strathspey & Reel at the Argyllshire Gathering in Oban in 2003.
He has received tuition from Iain McFadyen and Robert Wallace.
Main Competitive Solo Achievements
2000
* 3rd MacGregor Memorial at Argyllshire Gathering - Oban
* 5th Silver Medal at Northern Meeting - Inverness
2002
* 4th B March at Northern Meeting - Inverness
2003
* 3rd B March, Strathspey & Reel at Duncan Johnstone Memorial – Glasgow
* 4th CPA William Grant & Sons B & C Piobaireachd at Roseneath & Clynder Highland Games
* 4th Senior Hornpipe & Jig at Highlands & Islands Young Piper of the Year - Benbecula
* 1st CPA William Grant & Sons B & C Piobaireachd at Perth Highland Games
* 5th B Strathspey & Reel at Argyllshire Gathering - Oban
2004
* 2nd B Piobaireachd at Duncan Johnstone Memorial – Glasgow
* 5th= CPA William Grant & Sons B & C Piobaireachd at Atholl Gathering Gathering - Blair Atholl
* 4th Open March, Strathspey & Reel at Atholl Gathering - Blair Atholl
* 6th Open Hornpipe & Jig at Atholl Gathering - Blair Atholl
* 4th Open March at Sterling Highland Games
* 4th Open March, Strathspey & Reel at Airth Highland Games
* 3rd B March at Inveraray Highland Games
* 2nd B Strathspey & Reel at Inveraray Highland Games
* 2nd Silver Medal at Argyllshire Gathering - Oban
* 1st (B) John Roe Plate Piobaireachd at Highland Society of London - London
* 2nd (B) Hugh McMillon Hornpipe & Jig at Highland Society of London - London
2006
* 2nd CPA William Grant & Sons B & C Piobaireachd at Atholl Gathering Gathering - Blair Atholl
* 3rd Senior Piobaireachd at Highlands & Islands Young Piper of the Year – Benbecula
* 2nd Senior March at Highlands & Islands Young Piper of the Year – Benbecula
* 4th Senior Hornpipe & Jig at Highlands & Islands Young Piper of the Year – Benbecula
Pipe Band Career
Urquhart has played in several high profile pipe bands including the Scottish Power Pipe Band from Glasgow and the 52nd Lowland Regiment Pipe Band. In 2007 he joined the ranks of the world famous House of Edgar Shotts and Dykehead Pipe Band.
Urquhart has also won various Light Music prizes at major piping competitions including taking 4th in the B March at the Northern Meeting in Inverness in 2002 and 5th in the B Strathspey & Reel at the Argyllshire Gathering in Oban in 2003.
He has received tuition from Iain McFadyen and Robert Wallace.
Main Competitive Solo Achievements
2000
* 3rd MacGregor Memorial at Argyllshire Gathering - Oban
* 5th Silver Medal at Northern Meeting - Inverness
2002
* 4th B March at Northern Meeting - Inverness
2003
* 3rd B March, Strathspey & Reel at Duncan Johnstone Memorial – Glasgow
* 4th CPA William Grant & Sons B & C Piobaireachd at Roseneath & Clynder Highland Games
* 4th Senior Hornpipe & Jig at Highlands & Islands Young Piper of the Year - Benbecula
* 1st CPA William Grant & Sons B & C Piobaireachd at Perth Highland Games
* 5th B Strathspey & Reel at Argyllshire Gathering - Oban
2004
* 2nd B Piobaireachd at Duncan Johnstone Memorial – Glasgow
* 5th= CPA William Grant & Sons B & C Piobaireachd at Atholl Gathering Gathering - Blair Atholl
* 4th Open March, Strathspey & Reel at Atholl Gathering - Blair Atholl
* 6th Open Hornpipe & Jig at Atholl Gathering - Blair Atholl
* 4th Open March at Sterling Highland Games
* 4th Open March, Strathspey & Reel at Airth Highland Games
* 3rd B March at Inveraray Highland Games
* 2nd B Strathspey & Reel at Inveraray Highland Games
* 2nd Silver Medal at Argyllshire Gathering - Oban
* 1st (B) John Roe Plate Piobaireachd at Highland Society of London - London
* 2nd (B) Hugh McMillon Hornpipe & Jig at Highland Society of London - London
2006
* 2nd CPA William Grant & Sons B & C Piobaireachd at Atholl Gathering Gathering - Blair Atholl
* 3rd Senior Piobaireachd at Highlands & Islands Young Piper of the Year – Benbecula
* 2nd Senior March at Highlands & Islands Young Piper of the Year – Benbecula
* 4th Senior Hornpipe & Jig at Highlands & Islands Young Piper of the Year – Benbecula
Pipe Band Career
Urquhart has played in several high profile pipe bands including the Scottish Power Pipe Band from Glasgow and the 52nd Lowland Regiment Pipe Band. In 2007 he joined the ranks of the world famous House of Edgar Shotts and Dykehead Pipe Band.
Kathryn Grace McCarty (born 10 December 1963) is the Artistic Director of Galatean Players Ensemble Theatre Company, a director of plays and musicals, an American playwright, and author of the recently-published Defining Form and Other Plays. Known for her homespun wit, McCarty is the author of numerous plays, including the critically acclaimed comedy, The Fitting Room.
Biography
Early life
Born in Duluth, Minnesota, she spent her early years in Wisconsin, South Carolina, Washington, DC and the Azores, as her father was in the United States Air Force, before the family settled in Benton, Illinois. McCarty is a direct descendant of John Rutledge (signatore of the US Constitution, US Supreme Court, Governor of South Carolina) who was brother to Edward Rutledge (a signatore of the Declaration of Independence and the Governor of South Carolina). McCarty is proud of her Southern heritage. McCarty's hometown of Benton, Illinois is just south of the Mason-Dixon line, and has also produced actor John Malkovich and Doug Collins of NBA fame both of whom also graduated from BCHS.
Professional life
After completing college at Southern Illinois University, McCarty spent a year at the prestigious McCarter Theatre on the campus of Princeton University before moving to Chicago. While in the Windy City, she worked in the offices of "Forbidden Broadway" and for the Payne Levitt Company at the Royal George Theatre and the Palmer House.
Later in Chicago, she directed the likes of the young Andy Dick, Hope Davis, Tom Lennon.
A life on the road enticed her to travel Europe where she performed in the Broadway Musical Company's West Side Story. Afterwards, she returned to Chicago and worked for Casting Director Cherie Mann before moving to California.
In the San Francisco Bay Area, McCarty, and the rogue thespian Calvin Landis, founded Galatean Players Ensemble Theatre, with original ensemble members Rob Knox, Marty Orton, Andrea Chamberlain, and Shari Oret, later joined by Rachel Hauser (Pergamit) and Brian Pergamit. McCarty has received critical acclaim for her work as a writer, director and actress.
Through Galatean Players, she has fostered the writing talents of several area writers including Craig Brewer (Hustle and Flow, Black Snake Moan), Marci Karr (Making Mary, IO), Lucina Paquet-Gabbard (The Wayward Spirit) and Caroline Altman (The Tower, Whiskers).
As a playwright, McCarty has 17 works produced in theaters throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, Chicago and Los Angeles. Drawing heavily on life experience, and a life well and happily lived, she crafts comedy from the darkest of circumstances. "In perspective, it's cathartic laughter in dealing with the subjects that all humans must go through."
Contra Costa theatre critics point out that she writes with a unique comic voice, exploring the pitfalls and triumphs of human nature through laughter and wisdom. Her characters illustrate the eccentricities of every day life.
McCarty is also a passionate educator working in both public and private schools, currently on faculty at Contra Costa College.
Plays
* DEFINING FORM (1997)
* CRICKET ON THE HEARTH (1998) (W/Stewart, Nott, Altman, Karr)
* BREAD BAKING TIME* (1998) (One Act Verse Play)
* HENRY EVER AFTER (1999)
* MODERN WOOLY MAMMOTHS** (2002) (Screenplay)
* THE GARDEN CLUB* (2000)
* FAULTY ANGELS* (2000)
* WHEN WE DANCED (2002)
* STAR POLISHER* (2002)
* VIRGIN SACRIFICES* (2002)
* BESSIE! A Celebration of Bessie Smith (2003)
* NOEL (2003)
* THE LAST HOORAH (2003)
* STRAIGHT LACED: A CANTATA (2004)
* THE LADIES QUINTET (2005)
* ON THE VERGE** 2006 (New Screenplay)
*indicates one-act play
**indicates screenplay
Biography
Early life
Born in Duluth, Minnesota, she spent her early years in Wisconsin, South Carolina, Washington, DC and the Azores, as her father was in the United States Air Force, before the family settled in Benton, Illinois. McCarty is a direct descendant of John Rutledge (signatore of the US Constitution, US Supreme Court, Governor of South Carolina) who was brother to Edward Rutledge (a signatore of the Declaration of Independence and the Governor of South Carolina). McCarty is proud of her Southern heritage. McCarty's hometown of Benton, Illinois is just south of the Mason-Dixon line, and has also produced actor John Malkovich and Doug Collins of NBA fame both of whom also graduated from BCHS.
Professional life
After completing college at Southern Illinois University, McCarty spent a year at the prestigious McCarter Theatre on the campus of Princeton University before moving to Chicago. While in the Windy City, she worked in the offices of "Forbidden Broadway" and for the Payne Levitt Company at the Royal George Theatre and the Palmer House.
Later in Chicago, she directed the likes of the young Andy Dick, Hope Davis, Tom Lennon.
A life on the road enticed her to travel Europe where she performed in the Broadway Musical Company's West Side Story. Afterwards, she returned to Chicago and worked for Casting Director Cherie Mann before moving to California.
In the San Francisco Bay Area, McCarty, and the rogue thespian Calvin Landis, founded Galatean Players Ensemble Theatre, with original ensemble members Rob Knox, Marty Orton, Andrea Chamberlain, and Shari Oret, later joined by Rachel Hauser (Pergamit) and Brian Pergamit. McCarty has received critical acclaim for her work as a writer, director and actress.
Through Galatean Players, she has fostered the writing talents of several area writers including Craig Brewer (Hustle and Flow, Black Snake Moan), Marci Karr (Making Mary, IO), Lucina Paquet-Gabbard (The Wayward Spirit) and Caroline Altman (The Tower, Whiskers).
As a playwright, McCarty has 17 works produced in theaters throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, Chicago and Los Angeles. Drawing heavily on life experience, and a life well and happily lived, she crafts comedy from the darkest of circumstances. "In perspective, it's cathartic laughter in dealing with the subjects that all humans must go through."
Contra Costa theatre critics point out that she writes with a unique comic voice, exploring the pitfalls and triumphs of human nature through laughter and wisdom. Her characters illustrate the eccentricities of every day life.
McCarty is also a passionate educator working in both public and private schools, currently on faculty at Contra Costa College.
Plays
* DEFINING FORM (1997)
* CRICKET ON THE HEARTH (1998) (W/Stewart, Nott, Altman, Karr)
* BREAD BAKING TIME* (1998) (One Act Verse Play)
* HENRY EVER AFTER (1999)
* MODERN WOOLY MAMMOTHS** (2002) (Screenplay)
* THE GARDEN CLUB* (2000)
* FAULTY ANGELS* (2000)
* WHEN WE DANCED (2002)
* STAR POLISHER* (2002)
* VIRGIN SACRIFICES* (2002)
* BESSIE! A Celebration of Bessie Smith (2003)
* NOEL (2003)
* THE LAST HOORAH (2003)
* STRAIGHT LACED: A CANTATA (2004)
* THE LADIES QUINTET (2005)
* ON THE VERGE** 2006 (New Screenplay)
*indicates one-act play
**indicates screenplay