Jerry GARCIA - Authorized

JERRY GARCIA DOCUMENTARY AUTHORIZED :

Renowned documentary filmmaker Malcolm Leo and veteran personal manager John Hartmann have announced plans to produce a feature film on rock legend Jerry Garcia with the full authorization and support of The Jerry Garcia Family, LLC.

The agreement allows Leo and Hartmann to produce a documentary featuring a treasure trove of never before seen material on the life and music of Jerry Garcia.

Leo, whose credits include, “This Is Elvis”, “Heroes of Rock & Roll”, “The Beach Boys – An American Band” and “Crosby, Stills & Nash – Long Time Comin’” feature length docs, will direct the ninety minute documentary.

Hartmann, the former manager of Eagles, Peter, Paul & Mary, Crosby, Stills & Nash and America, also promoted the first Los Angeles appearances of the Grateful Dead, in April of 1967.

A Doctor in the House - The Memoirs of Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad- Book Launch, 8 March, MPH Mid Valley Megamall

Tuesday, 8 March 2011


Launch of "A Doctor In The House - The Memoirs of Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad", at MPH, Mid Valley Megamall


Photo Right : Tun Dr. Mahathir,
"Larger than Life..."










Photo Below : Sudirman Arshad, Asia's Best Performer, Bunting, promoting the History Channel documentary on Astro channel 555.

To Sudirman, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad was more than a Man...Tun was the BEST thing for Malaysia...More like GOD sent...


Photo below : The Backdrop on stage at the Foyer outside MPH, Mid Valley Megamall































Photo Below : Tun Dr. Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali, wife of Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad

Photo Above : Datin Paduka Marina Tun Mahathir, Her Daughter & Indonesian professional photographer, Tara Sosrowardoyo, who photographed the warm, friendly & delightful Cover of "A Doctor in the House- The Memoirs of Tun Dr.Mahathir Mohamad"

Photo Right :

Saudara Sufi, Press Secretary of Tun. Dr. Mahathir Mohamad & Datuk Ahirudin " Rocky " Attan

Photo Above: Jounalist ICON, P. C. Shivadas & Saudara Firdaus Abdullah of APANAMA

Picture above : dani'el d.k. greeting Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad to get his Invaluable Autograph

Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad....more than a Man...

Terima Kasih Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad & Tun Dr. Siti Hasmah....

Malaysia will NEVER be able to thank you enough....

Launch of - A Doctor In The House - The Memoirs of Tun Dr.Mahathir Mohamad...Prime Minister of Malaysia, 1981-2003

LAUNCH of " A Doctor In The House - The Memoirs of Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad"

Today, Tuesday, 8th March 2011...3.00 PM

MPH Bookstore Mid Valley Mall...

Tun Dr. Mahathir & Tun Dr. Siti Hasmah – as viewed by Sudirman Arshad







There is nothing that I can say to justify Malaysia's Most Visionary Prime Minister...







Sudirman always told me to study Tun Mahathir, follow Tun and what He did very closely, buy all Tun's books, read all Tun's Articles & Statements...







So much so that, immediately after winning the title of Asia's Best Performer, at the Asian Music Awards at the Royal Albert Hall, London, March 1989, Sudirman dedicated his win to the people of Malaysia and to his Mentor, Tun Dr. Mahathir, and that was flashed across every newspaper the next day, front page...







To Sudirman, Tun was MORE than a Prime Minister with a Vision...



To Sudirman, Tun was MORE than a politician



To Sudirman, Tun was MORE than the Longest Serving Prime Minister...



To Sudirman, Tun was MORE than a Great Malaysian Hero...



To Sudirman, Tun was MORE than a MAN....TUN was the BEST thing for MALAYSIA...more like GOD sent...







That's what Sudirman always told me and there is more, but this is all I can recall right now...







Now in Hindsight, How right Sudirman was....







Without Tun Mahathir, there would be NO Proton, NO Petronas Twin Towers, NO KLIA, NO Formula 1, No MultiMedia Super Corridor ( MSC ), NO Knowledge Based Economy, NO 25 Minute ERL from Sentral to KLIA and the list can go on & on & on & on...





and arguably, Malaysia would NOT be so advanced as we are today....







All I can end with is how fondly Tun Dr. Mahathir & Tun Dr. Siti Hasmah would refer to Sudirman as Anakanda, which means :



...anakanda (Lit.) 1 Child , son (respectful , use mostly in letters with the meaning I or you).



2. familiar form of address to young people .



Sudirman looked up to and Loved Tun Dr. Mahathir & Tun Dr. Siti Hasmah tremendously...



...and they Loved Him back...







As appeared in : www.covenantartists.blogspot.com, Wednesday, February 23rd 2011

Is Quincy Jones- The Greatest & Most Influential Music Producer of ALL time...???

Attention all aspiring Musicians, Artists, Rappers, Producers, Engineers...and any one who is involved in this business we call Entertainment....

BUY this album NOW and study it, if you want to know how The Greatest & Most Influential Music Producer of ALL time- son of Quincy Delight Jones Sr. & Sarah Jones; Quincy Delight Jones Jr, does it...

It is NOT by chance, that Quincy Jones Produced the Biggest Selling Album of ALL time....

Michael Jackson's Thriller....standing currently at 110 Million copies SOLD World Wide...

And it is Definitely NOT by chance that Q has worked ALL the Biggest & Brightest Artists, Stars, Talents & Personalities in Entertainment;

all the way from the 1940's - more than 70 years ago;

as diverse as Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, Ray Charles, Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Lionel Hampton, Bobby Tucker, Billy Eckstine, Dinah Washington, Nadia Boulanger, Sarah Vaughan, Lesley Gore, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, Rod Steiger, Richard Brooks, Norman Jewison, Sidney Lumet, Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey, Alice Walker, Jesse Jackson, Sammy Davis Jr, Roberta Flack, Little Richard, Aretha Franklin, Siedah Garrett, Louis & George Johnson, B.B. King, Lena Horne, Ann Margaret, Minnie Ripperton, Donna Summer, Valerie Simpson, Nick Ashford, Luther Vandross, Patti Austin, Chaka Khan, George Benson, Herbie Hancock, James Ingram, Peggy Lee, Ringo Starr, Jose Feliciano, Paul Simon, Barbra Streisand, Al Jarreau, Manhattan Transfer, Diana Ross....

MICHAEL JACKSON.....and so many thousands more.... and that is not including Artists from Back on the Block, Q's Jook Joint and many other Albums...

It is definitely NOT by chance that Q, born in 1933 Chicago, collaborated with all of them and he has been doing it since the 1940's, and this is 2011.... that is almost 7 Decades, 70 Years.....

...if that is not reason enough......

Go buy it, if you are in this industry called Entertainment......and you will never have a better, more diverse teacher and educator...and Best of ALL...guaranteed....you will, treasure it, timeslessly keep it, share it with all your loved ones, friends & family and most of all;

its from the "Q"...with LOVE

Q's Latest Release

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Featuring :

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Quincy Jones on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon -(11/15/10) - Video - NBC.com

Quincy Jones talks to Jimmy Fallon about his epic & unparalled experiences as a Producer, including his work with Michael Jackson.

Please Click here :


Late Night with Jimmy Fallon - Quincy Jones (11/15/10) - Video - NBC.com

QUINCY JONES receives America's Highest Arts Honor from Barack Obama...

Obama Confers National Medal of Arts And National Humanities Medal To QUINCY JONES

Photos by Mark Wilson/Getty Images

Washington D.C.,

Mega producer Quincy Jones was among the honorees accepting the nation’s highest honor for their contributions of the “excellence, growth, support and availability” in arts in America.

Other honorees included saxophonist Sonny Rollins, James Taylor, To Kill A Mockingbird author Harper Lee and more.

President Barack Obama presented the National Medal of Arts to eight recipients for their outstanding achievements and support of the arts. (Ten medalists were announced; however two are not able to attend the ceremony. Their medals will be presented at another time.)

The medals will be presented by the president in the East Room ceremony at the White House. Mrs. Michelle Obama was in attendance.

The National Medal of Arts is a White House initiative managed by the National Endowment for the Arts. Each year, the NEA organizes and oversees the National Medal of Arts nomination process and notifies the artists of their selection to receive a medal, the nation’s highest honor for artistic excellence.

“The National Medal of Arts recipients represent the many vibrant and diverse art forms thriving in America,” said NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman. “From criticism to literature, music, poetry, sculpture, and theater, these honorees’ devotion to shaping and sharing American art is unrivaled, and I join the President and the country in saluting them.”

Quincy Jones

“The National Medal of Arts recipients represent the many vibrant and diverse art forms thriving in America,” said NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman.

“Quincy Jones’s extraordinary contributions to American music as a musician, composer, record producer, and arranger are unparalleled and I join the President and the country in saluting him.”

The National Medal of Arts, established by Congress in 1984, is awarded by the President and managed by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Award recipients are selected based on their contributions to the creation, growth, and support of the arts in the United States.

Each year, the Arts Endowment seeks nominations from individuals and organizations across the country.

The National Council on the Arts, the Arts Endowment’s presidentially-appointed and Senate-confirmed advisory body, reviews the nominations and provides recommendations to the President, who selects the recipients

IMPERFECT...Terima Kasih Cinta- The Musical...Go watch it ....

IMPERFECT… - Terima Kasih Cinta- The Musical...


Last night my son, Immanuel & i went to watch Terima Kasih Cinta- The Musical….and yes it was IMPERFECT….



The theme itself speaks of Imperfect love…between human beings , between various individuals, Father, Mother and Child love, Brother & Sister love, altogether 6 different types of love relationships…and I guess we human being will always be that, imperfect, and until we go back to our Creator, we will always be imperfect, for only HE is perfect…


But the underlying message is very powerful, it is the people and places that you least expect, and are more often than not, “The Places You Find Love…’


Glen Ballard, Jerry Hey, Quincy Jones, Clif Magness & Caiphus Semenya won the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s) for "The Places You Find Love" and performed by Grammy Winners Siedah Garrett & Chaka Khan…


That’s what Boudeng has produced here, The Places You Find Love, in a Musical…for local adaptation, titled Terima Kasih Cinta…


My take is that it could have not come from a more passionate team of collaborators, led by Boudeng & Roslan Aziz….they absolutely need NO introduction to Malaysians…


Boudeng & Roslan, were and still are a POTENT, Lethal and Successful partnership...


In the late 80's & early 90's they were responsible for RAP ( Roslan Aziz Productions ) a local Record Label and Artist Management Firm that turned the whole Industry upside down and charted their own way by developing virtual unknowns like Sheila Majid, Zainal, Amir Yusof, Zubir Ali and many more into the household names that they are now...and of course, who could forget that Timeless IKHLAS Concert, held on Christmas Day, 25 December 1992.


RAP was the First Local Record Label bought over by Warner Music and the rest they say....is History....


BUT all that being important and after all that is said & done, it is Boudeng’s plea and message that is so crucial for Serious consideration…


Boudeng is literally BEGGING for support from all the relevant bodies, from the Government, Corporations & their related agencies..


This is a part of Boudeng’s cry….which is so crucial for us to take note, with Urgency….


Quote “…I ( Boudeng ) beg the Government to give us support by studying the dilemma we are facing and getting their agencies to participate and support the local productions.


Apart from it being a platform to showcase local talents, theatre can be a tourism product and I ( Boudeng ), am not ashamed to say that some of our productions are at par or better than some of West End’s products.


Our Prime Minister has always stressed on going Global. With a bigger budget for the Performing Arts Industry, we would then be able to produce a better showcase of our culture, One that we can be proud to show the World.


We have the BELIEF, we have the passion and we have the Talent…”

Boudeng Edruce


Malaysia, ( Our Government, Corporations, and their related Agencies...) please support these Producers and Talents NOW, they need your help, HERE and NOW, please don't neglect the Arts and Entertainment, they are very very powerful & influential platforms...


Please, we beg you too, don't let it go the way of Tan Sri P.Ramlee, who despite all he has done, had no food in his house on the day of his passing....please appreciate and support them NOW...


And the way of Sudirman Arshad;


it took Simon Napier Bell from London to create the platform ( Asian Music Awards ) on which to recognise Sudirman's talents and it took US & Singapore based AETN ALL ASIA Networks but controlled by Malaysia's Ananda Krishnan, to produce the Highest Rated and watched Sudirman Arshad- the Documentary, currently on History Channel...



Malaysia, please go support this Musical, you have until Sunday 6th of March 2011 to catch it



GO SEE it…ask your family, ask your friends, ask ALL your loved ones….it will surprise you …The Places You Find Love…


Terima Kasih Cinta is a 100 % MALAYSIAN production with the exception of Sound Engineer & Sound Designer Ken Freeman;

Terima Kasih Cinta….Terima Kasih Boudeng, Roslan & the Great Cast , Crew, Technical Team, Sophilea, Ken Freeman and all the Government agencies, Corporate Sponsors, Broadcasters & supporters…




















TERIMA KASIH CINTA opened on Saturday, 19th Feb 2011 and will play until 6th March 2011. Tickets from RM30 – RM300.

For more info, go to http://apps.gua.com.my/terimakasihcinta/

btw, had the pleasure of seeing so many Giants and Personalities, the Creme De La Creme of Malaysia last night at Istana Budaya...great to see all of you...

YM Tunku Yaacob Tunku Abdullah, CEO & MD of MAA Holdings Bhd ;

Datuk Farah Khan, President of the Melium Group ;

Razak Ahmad, Florists to the Stars Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston and so many more ;

Habsah Abang Saufi, my Executive Director at Central Market 1985

Gerard Benedict, Harjit Kaur, Hafee & Safa, Producers of Sudirman Arshad- The Documentary

Pat Ibrahim- Director & Choreographer of Terima Kasih Cinta

Raja Maliq - Artistic Director of Terima Kasih Cinta

Dave Avran - My Blogger Sifu & Veronica Ng

and so many good friends who performed, Latif Ibrahim, Deja Moss, Vince Chong, Jason Voo, Pat Gui and ALL the entire CAST & CREW...