Two Scandinavian Acts, Layering Electropop With Sharp Falsetto New York Times
09.05.10
On Saturday night A-ha finished its three-night stand in New York City, at the Nokia Theater, while one of its distant disciples, Jonsi — Jon Thor Birgisson, the lead singer of the Icelandic band Sigur Ros — started his two nights at Terminal 5.
A-ha was touring the United States for the first time since the 1980s, on what’s billed as its farewell tour, 25 years after the release of its first album. In the United States, A-ha is largely remembered as a one-hit wonder — and was noticed again, perhaps, when it performed the theme song for the 1987 James Bond film
“The Living Daylights.”
But worldwide its albums sold millions of copies into the 1990s, and it has toured the world regularly outside the United States.
The concert on Friday night worked through A-ha’s catalog in reverse chronological order, from its 2009 album, “Foot of the Mountain” (Universal), to the 1980s. The band’s craftsmanship has been consistent, with Mr. Harket’s voice rising through terraced melodies over percolating, usually unsyncopated rhythms — although A-ha did briefly discover funk in songs like “Move to Memphis.” The songs often glance toward A-ha’s fellow 1980s phenomena, among them Human League, the Police, Abba and U2 , though A-ha stays more understated.
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WYNNE GETS BEHIND MOBILEMUSTER
Recycling your old mobile phone is now easier, with State Member for Richmond Richard Wynne joining MobileMuster, the official recycling program of the mobile phone industry.
A collection point has been established in Richard Wynne’s office at 112 Smith Street Collingwood and local residents are encouraged to clean out their drawers of old and unwanted mobile phones including their batteries, chargers and accessories.
“This is a great initiative and by being involved we hope to help boost recycling levels,” Mr Wynne said. “We are calling on all local residents to round up their old and unused mobiles and hand them in for recycling at my office.”
MobileMuster is a free service that is funded voluntarily by the majority of mobile phone handset manufactures and all mobile phone network carriers.
“Over 90% of the plastics and metals in old mobile handsets are recovered by MobileMuster and used to make plastic fence posts locally here in Australia or jewellery and stainless steel products overseas”, says Rose Read, Manager, Recycling with the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association.
“Mobile phones, batteries, chargers and accessories are not biodegradable and should not be thrown in the rubbish as they could potentially harm our local environment if they end up in landfill”.
Key mobile recycling facts:
Australians upgrade or exchange their mobile phones every 18 to 24 months
80% of people choose to keep or give away their old mobile phones, less than 2% throw them out
In 2007/2008 MobileMuster collected 97 tonnes of mobile phone components including 752,200 handsets and batteries
582 tonnes of handsets, batteries, chargers and accessories have been collected since the recycling program was initiated by AMTA in 1999. This includes 4.01 million batteries...
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