“I can think of many things that are commonplace today which I think are harder to justify than trepanation. Body piercing and tattooing are other forms of body mutilation, though we use the polite word ‘modification’. There is a psychological response that accompanies these acts for the people who have it done which is why they are drawn to them. The effect of trepanation might be a similar mechanism, or it may be physiological as well. Evidence of the latter would substantiate the procedure to a greater degree than the recreational forms of body alteration. Using drugs as a means to attain a state of consciousness has the drawbacks of being temporary and having side effects that either interfere with brain function or adversely affect health.”

The film won the Best Documentary Award at both Atlantic City Film Festival and Brooklyn International Film Festival, and was later broadcast on the Discovery and Learning Channels. ‘A Hole In The Head’ is now available on DVD at http://www.holeintheheadmovie.com

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The Film ‘Jack Says’ also stars Simon Phillips, Rita Ramnani, Aurelie Amblard, Daniel Roberts, Rula Lenska and Eric Cantona. Watch the trailer on YouTube JACK SAYS

Many other works by the film music composer David Beard can be downloaded from the website http://www.davidbeardmusic.com/ in MP3 format and include many full versions.

– Amongst other awards it was presented with ‘Best Original Score’.

To hear a short extract of the film music now, click here – Fragile – David Beard mp3

Battery Dance Company, among New York City’s foremost cultural ambassadors, performed music from NY-based composer and recording artist Polarity/1 as part of the 26th Annual Downtown Dance Festival. For the 26th year in a row, the Downtown Dance Festival provided a unique opportunity for professional dancers and choreographers as well as emerging dancers and choreographers to present original works of high artistic merit.

Battery Dance Company featured four tracks from Polarity/1’s albums ‘Speechless’ and ‘Prettier Than You’ during the “I’ll Take You There” performance held on Saturday, August 25th at Battery Park. This follows four additional compositions by Polar choreographed earlier this year by the Company. He has also served as Music Supervisor, scored and wrote songs for the film In Debt We Trust, directed by Danny Schechter and has just completed work another film for Schechter.

The music of Polarity/1 is exactly what the name suggests: conjoined opposites – a mash-up of new: cutting edge electronica/hip hop/nu-jazz and old: roots music of America (blues, funk, country, early jazz), Brazil (samba, pagode, etc.) and West African groove science.”

Polarity/1 is perhaps best known for his political songs which are a regular feature of Amy Goodman’s globally syndicated Democracy Now, NPR and many other politics-oriented broadcasts, used in college courses on media and licensed for use in documentaries.

Polarity/1 – www.polarity1.com

Smith is merging his unique hand-animated vision with the post-rock sonic experimentalism of Central-Coast California musician Karl von Kries (performing under his nom-de-rock “Instar”). Their first work together “Drink” won Best Debut Film, 2001 New York Film Expo, while their second effort “Delivery” was an Official Selection at the 2005 Animated Exeter festival, the Slamdance Film Festival, Park City UT, 2004. Instar’s debut EP ‘Rich Girls’ was called “Excellent” by none other than UK’s NME.

You can check out clips from “Drink” and “Delivery” at www.instarmusic.com – and join the mailing list to find out about screenings of “Masks” near you. When you sign up, you’ll get nine free MP3s from Instar!