Author: Kajoyan Gevork

SERJ TANKIAN TAKES UP THE BASS IN JAZZ-IZ-CHRIST’S ‘YEREVAN TO PARIS’ VIDEO

Noisecreep
Aug 28 2013

By Amy Sciarretto August 28, 2013 11:34 AM

System of a Down singer Serj Tankian is smack dab in the middle of a
creative boom right now, except when it comes to a new SOAD album. The
frontman just shared a video for ‘Yerevan to Paris,’ a song by his
avant jazz side project Jazz-Iz-Christ.

The song appears on the band’s self-titled debut, which is available
now. The video is not a thrilling clip by any means, but it’s not
supposed to be, either. It’s essentially a split screen of the players
making musical love to their instruments. But this type of music is
not really the kind that begs strong visual accompaniment.

It’s really meant to be focused on the ear so zeroing on the the
players with their respective instruments. Any crazy visuals would
have distracted from the avant garde music the band is making.

So enjoy a look at Tankian as he does his thing with a bass guitar.

He’s not the focal point but it is interesting to see him play an
instrument as opposed to standing behind a mic and rocking out,
which is how most fans are used to seeing him.

DR. MIRIAM BELMAKER INTERVIEW WITH ARAVOT

US Official News
August 28, 2013 Wednesday

Tulsa

The University of Tulsa has issued the following news release:

University of Tulsa, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Dr. Miriam
Belmaker, was interviewed by Armenian news website, Aravot.am. Here
is an excerpt from the July 2013 article:

“We need to review the human remains kept in YSU. Inside this limit,
we hold seminars, we think about how to better preserve the heritage
of Armenia, human remains collections, as well as plants, animals and
stones,” told Associate Professor of Tulsa University of Anthropology
Miriam Belmaker in an interview with Aravot.am about “The Present and
the Future of Bioarchaeological, Archaeological and Paleontological
Collections at Yerevan State University.” According to her, working
with the Ministry of Culture, Institute of Archaeology and Department
of Geology of the State University, they are teaching students new
methods of how to keep the fossils and the collections. “The most
important goal is to establish an informational framework, due to
which these unresolved issues will be maintained and reviewed. This
is a part of the heritage of Armenia, the loss will be of universal
(proportions).”

SIS: NO CHARGE BROUGHT AGAINST SHIRAK REGIONAL PROSECUTOR

Thursday,
August
29

A criminal case was opened by the Special Investigation Service (SIS)
of Armenia under the Criminal Code’s Article 258 part 1 and Article
309 part 1 – based on a complaint about transgression of authority by
employees of the Shirak regional prosecutor’s office and the policeman
who works as a security guard of the prosecutor’s office and use of
force against Gohar Hovhannisian, a resident of the city of Gyumri.

The complaint was sent to the Gyumri unit of the Armenian police.

According to the press service of SIS, no person has been involved so
far as an accused during the investigation of the criminal case. A
comprehensive and objective investigation is being conducted in
connection with the mentioned fact.

Let us remind you that ‘Zhoghovurd’ daily published today an
article entitled “Prosecutor’s case is in SIS”. The article contains
misinformation that a charge has been brought against the prosecutor
of Shirak province.

No charge was brought against Shirak prosecutor Karen Shahbazian. He
is not an accused person in the criminal case.

TODAY, 16:12

Aysor.am

MATTHEW KARANIAN TO PRESENT ‘ARMENIA AND KARABAKH’ IN NEW BRITAIN

15:06 29.08.2013

On Sun., Sept. 22, the two Armenian churches of New Britain will
jointly host Atty. Matthew Karanian for a photographic slide show
and talk featuring his latest book ,Armenia and Karabakh: The Stone
Garden Travel Guide.

Karanian will tell the story of how he and co-author Robert Kurkjian
created Armenia’s first travel guide more than a decade ago, and how
that guide has grown and evolved through three editions to become
the award-winning book that was recently released, the Armenian
Weekly reports.

Karanian will tell the story of how he and co-author Robert Kurkjian
created Armenia’s first travel guide more than a decade ago, and how
that guide has grown and evolved through three editions to become
the award-winning book that was recently released.

According to Karanian, the book was created to introduce Armenia to
Armenians and non-Armenians alike who might otherwise not be familiar
with the country, or who might be intimidated about traveling to such
a distant and unfamiliar land.

“The beauty of Armenia never ceases to amaze me,” Karanian says. “I
want to do what I can to help share it with as many people as
possible.”

Armenia and Karabakh: The Stone Garden Travel Guide is a comprehensive
320-page guide book that features 150 color photographs and 30 detailed
color maps.

The latest edition was released earlier this year, and was featured in
an April 28 story in the Los Angeles Times that included an interview
with Karanian. The Times told the story of how Karanian had a “wild
idea” to travel to Armenia in 1995, and described the book that
ultimately resulted as “a fresh view on ancient Armenia.”

The presentation will be held at the Armenian Church of the Holy
Resurrection, 1910 Stanley St., New Britain. The event is co-sponsored
by St. Stephen’s Armenian Apostolic Church of New Britain. There is
plenty of off-street parking and the church is handicapped-accessible.

This is Karanian’s only book presentation in Connecticut. A

LEVON ARONIAN TO PLAY IN WORLD MIND GAMES

13:37 29/08/2013 ” SPORT

Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian will play in the rapid, blitz and
blind chess tournaments that will be held as part of the World Mind
Games on December 12-19, 2013 in Beijing, China.

Aronian will face off against GMs Karjakin, Grischuk, Mamedyarov,
Dominguez, Ponomariov, Radjabov, Le Quang Liem, Wang Hao, Wang Yue,
Nepomniachtchi, Vachier-Lagrave, Kamsky, Leko, Ivanchuk, Giri,
armchess.am said.

Source: Panorama.am

NEWSPAPER: ARMENIAN AUTHORITIES WANT TO DECLARE AN AMNESTY?

August 29, 2013 | 08:31

YEREVAN. – The rumors have it that Armenian authorities are preparing
to announce an amnesty in connection with the anniversary of Armenia’s
independence, which will be celebrated on September 21, Zhamanak
newspaper writes.

Additional information, including for which articles of the Criminal
Code the amnesty will be declared, is unavailable. In order to clarify
reports, the newspaper addressed spokesperson for Armenian president
Arman Saghatelyan.

“Public and the media are informed about similar decisions in due
time. At present, I have no information,” he said.

Last time Armenian authorities declared amnesty back in 2011.

News from Armenia – NEWS.am

ANNA CHAPMAN: ARMENIANS TAUGHT ME TO APPRECIATE IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY RELATIONSHIP

August 29, 2013 | 13:13

YEREVAN. – Armenians taught me to appreciate the importance of family
relationships and put family relationships on a pedestal, ex-spy Anna
Chapman said.

The author and the host of Russian Ren-TV channel Anna Chapman shared
her impressions of the first visit to Armenia.

Chapman said she was impressed having been on a family holiday in
one of Armenian families.

“I learnt a lot from people I met yesterday. I saw a happy family,
I realized that the family is incredibly important. I realized that
it was a great value. You see, when an old man is dancing along
with a three-month baby who is trying to fall asleep on his mother’s
shoulder. This is wisdom. This is something that cannot be tested in
Russia because the family values are not so important even lost in
our country,” she told reporters.

Anna Chapman said her best friends are Armenians and she knows “the
history and the Armenian Genocide.”

“I would not like to speculate that someone is guilty … I’d like
to look to the future. Let’s all get along and treat each other
with respect. Armenians just have to stay the way they are. I do
not have advice for Armenians. On the contrary, I am learning from
the Armenians.”

Anna Chapman is on a visit to Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia as a part
of delegation of the Russian public figures.

AZERBAIJANI ARMED FORCES WOUND A SOLDIER OF THE NKR DEFENCE ARMY

by Alexander Avanesov

ARMINFO
Thursday, August 29, 12:10

As a result of regular cease-fire breaking, a Karabakh soldier was
wounded on Wednesday by the Azerbaijani armed forces.

According to Karabakh Defense Ministry, serviceman Arshak Lazarian
(born in 1994) was wounded as a result of fire from the Azerbaijani
side in the direction of one of the northern positions of Karabakh
defense army.

The soldier is in satisfactory condition. An investigation is being
held to clarify the details.

DECES DU PEINTRE JANSEM -PHOTOS

Necrologie

Decede mardi dernier a l’âge de 93 ans, les obsèques de Jansem (Jean
Semerdjian) auront lieu mardi 3 septembre, a 14H00, en la Cathedrale
armenienne Saint-Jean-Baptiste, 5 rue Jean Goujon a Paris.

Interview en Armenien realisee par Artak Herikian pour ArmeniaTV

Jansem : “Mes pieds sont en France et le coeur en Armenie”. Interview
realisee le 09 mars 2010, a l’occasion de son 90ème anniversaire.

Elu membre etranger de l’Academie nationale des sciences d’Armenie,
Jansem recevait le meme jour la medaille d’Honneur de la Republique
armenienne des mains du President Sarkissian.

Outre son oeuvre personnelle, Jansem a illustre plusieurs ouvrages
consacres a : Charles Baudelaire, Miguel de Cervantes, Francois Villon,
Albert Camus, Federico Garcia-Lorca, etc.

Interview en francais Interview de Jean Jansem par Culturopoing
par Culturopoing

Site officiel

Biographie, voir lien plus bas

jeudi 29 août 2013, Jean Eckian ©armenews.com

LES DERNIÈRES CARICATURES DE KRIKOR AMIRZAYAN AU C~UR DE L’ACTUALITE – CARTOON PHOTOS

DESSINS DE PRESSE

Francois Hollande et le dossier de la Loi de penalisation
du negationnisme du genocide armenien qu’il met en balance avec
les Airbus livres a la Turquie, Erdogan le neo-sultan, la faillite
d’Armavia qui cloue au sol l’aviation civile armenienne, Francois
Hollande qui balade le coq francais du côte de la Turquie a condition
que l’animal avale de dossier du genocide armenien, Vladimir Poutine
qui joue avec l’Armenie et l’Azerbaïdjan comme des marionnettes,
les missiles qui s’intimident a la frontière armeno-azerie où le
cessez-le-feu est regulièrement viole.

L’actualite : une source d’inspiration inepuisable pour les
caricaturistes.

jeudi 29 août 2013, Stephane ©armenews.com