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Anyone looking for “The Harper Brothers” jazz group of the late ’80s featuring Winard Harper and Philip Harper will be sorely disappointed. This is the original Harper Brothers formed in the mid 80s by Torchy Harper aka Clive Day. Torchy Harper spent his early years living in a petrol station in Watford, England with only his dog Sam and his brother Colin for company. Years later things have changed. Torchy now lives in France and Colin has become an accountant and the subject of the song, ‘In the City’. His dog Sam has now become a real child and the dog is now known as Gary.

Torchy Harper now runs one the most messy bars in the French Alps and spends the entire winter drunk, encouraged by the lively drinking games at ‘La Grotte’ in the ski resort of Serre Chevalier, France. In the summer Torchy usually rebuilds the bar from scratch ready for next winter.

The Harper Brothers have been playing regularly in Serre Chevalier since 2001 and have been continually pestered by a bearded Danish man called Alfred Hede Hansen from Ringe, Denmark who appears every winter for his ski holiday. Alfred always said “you must come and play in my village in Denmark, the people there will love it!”. The Harper Brothers get lots of offers like this and regularly give contact details and say “give us a call when you have sorted out some gigs”. Nobody ever does, except Alfred.

In 2004, The Harper Brothers did their first gigs in and around Odense and Ringe. The reception has been fantastic, the Danes love this twisted, politically incorrect rock and pop covers band and join in the horrendous drinking games in true Viking fashion. One ginger haired, pale skinned maiden from Ringe was so impressed, she went on to live in France and then marry the guitarist in 2005.

The Harper Brothers have loved the enthusiasm and the completely ‘over the top’ hospitality of the Danish people. Anybody who thinks of Denmark as cold and dull country should think again. In the summer the climate is great and the Danes are some of the warmest people you will ever meet.

The Harper Brothers are:

Torchy Harper (vocals, guitar and harmonica) Mike Sukov (guitar and vocals) Ricky Mullett (bass and vocals) Niv McSporren (drums, vocals and cross dressing)

By: Rick Lomas

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The media is a very powerful force and its freedom and power reflect the same of the city, state or country.

The whole of Hawaii is served by two main newspapers. They are Honolulu based; Honolulu Advertiser and Honolulu Star Bulletin. They are both high in circulation throughout the U.S.A. There are other local newspapers also available in the different islands. There is also an online newspaper available, called the Hawaii Reporter. It is used a lot by the locals and even the people who need to know anything about Hawaii. Hawaii is also home to a number of newspapers that differ in ethnicity like Chinese, Filipino, Korean or Japanese newspapers.

In terms of television or broadcast media it is but obvious that all the major American networks are available. Before there was satellite cable, all the broadcasted shows appeared a week behind schedule in the islands than the mainland. A lot of television series have been produced in Hawaii by some of the leading production companies of the important networks.

An integral part of the media is the film industry. Hawaii too has one and it is blossoming. It is called the Hawaii Film Office. Hawaii has been chosen as the site for the shooting of a number of many famous movies. Producers and directors have exploited the freely available but absolutely breathtaking scenic beauty and have used the scenes for backdrops.

A number of movies have been shot on these islands like Hawaii, Water world, 50 first dates, George of the jungle, Race the Sun, Pearl Harbor, Blue Crush and many many more. Recently the hit T.V show Lost was also shot here. Even the highly acclaimed animated movie Lilo and Stitch were based on the islands the life and the people. A film festival called the Hawaii International Film Festival is also held here to honor all the movies of the world and to celebrate cinema.

Thus we see that the media scene of Hawaii is pretty strong and it is still growing. Let’s wait and watch what this state which was once a territory can produce.

You may wish to know more at: Travel to Hawaii and Travel to Maui

By: Joe Robertson

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France is one of the most favourite, most visited and most admired countries and for sure among the must-to see places for travelers. It owns various attractions which would satisfy all kind of travelers. As a travel destination, there are good beaches, monuments, ch

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