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is: ft A ktj GUST 29 ft i A 41 UT9 tvtrds Musk videos recognized in NYC celebration PugeC9 Band of two weaves tapestry of rock-pop The Method and Result visit Bangor tonight BY GEORGE BRAGDON OF THE NEWS STAFF BANGOR With only two people creating a complex tapestry of sounds The Method and Result are not what you'd consider a traditional rock band But behind the duo's swirling rhythms ambient electronic noises ghostly guitar and haunting vocals are the solid elements of good song-writing and playing to live audiences difference I think between hat we're doing and a lot of other electronic bands are doing is that we're actually writing songs rather than just instrumental explains Megan Wendell one half of the Philadelphia-based duo that performs at 7 tonight at Cafe Nouveau still writing sort of traditional pop songs just with a different kind of instrumentation" After graduating from Bangor High School a decade ago Megan left the area to study at Berklee College of Music in Boston There she met her musical partner and husband Mason The couple moved to Jersey City where they spent some years playing in Manhattan clubs with their former band Blinder a more traditional rock ensemble But it was desperation Wendell says which led to experimentation The group lost its drummer Just as Blinder was preparing for a national tour A replacement was found but quickly lost leaving no time to find another So rather than cancel the tour Wendell and Mason went into the studio and tore apart the band's arrangements and hit the road as a two-piece using a laptop computer to add drums and effects When they returned the Wendells decided It was time to change their name and See Duo Page C8 New mural in Brewer outlines the history of Maine's organized working people Kirsten Reberg-Horton and Jaw Croat (top) work on a mural tracing Maina'a labor movement from a flahermen'a atrlka In 1636 to a Job protest staged last year in Bangor Katherine Kates (left) a volunteer from Bangor palnta protesters' placards In a scene from recent labor history In Maine BY JUDY HARRISON OF THE NEWS STAFF The rich history of Maine's labor movement flows through the state like its mighty rivers Only a few people however know it well enough to navigate these sometimesturbulent waters why the Greater Bangor Area-Central Labor Council decided to create a mural that visually would tell the saga of working men and women The outdoor painting which covers two adjacent walls was completed this week It is scheduled be unveiled officially Monday at the labor council's headquarters in Brewer mural begins in 1636 when the first labor stoppage occurred in North America off Richmond Island south of Cape Elizabeth when fishermen who hadn't been paid in six months organized to gain stated GBA-GLC President Jack McKay in a press release "This mural portrays crucial historical events such as the fight against child labor in the early part of the 20th century" he said This mural tells the history of the great contributions of labor like the weekend establishment of a 40-hour workweek Social Security and child labor Representatives from more than 60 locals representing 21 unions contributed ideas for the design of the 600-square-foot mural which partially was funded by a grant from the Arts and Humanities Communities Program sponsored by the Maine Arts Commission and the Maine Humanities This mural represents the fears hopes and dreams of thousands of workers in our region Kirsten Reberg-Horton mural organizer we had a series of open meetings where labor leaders and activists brainstormed and discussed what they would like to see in a mural Next we sent out the vision to artists in our community In June a group of labor leaders decided on the winning mural design" Jesse Cross a 2000 graduate of the Maine College of Art in Portland submitted the winning design concept The 26-year-old resident of East Orland said that the most challenging part of the project was doing the research The artist was determined to work as much as possible from photographs to illustrate the events depicted in what would be her first outdoor mural Images from photographs taken during See Mural Page CIO paint to the wall making it look like a giant paint by-number picture The idea to create a timeline idea arose from a brainstorming session held with union members 18 months aga Council "First we contacted people through Penobscot Paint of Bangor donated the fliers e-mails telephone calls to let people latex paint used to paint the mural and know about the project" said project dozens of people earlier this month applied organizer Kirsten Reberg-Horton Marshall Crenshaw finds niche audience Local news-hybrid show to debut on Portland station BY DALE MCGARRIGLE OF THE NEWS STAFF BREWER Someday someway Marshall Crenshaw may return to Top 40 radio But he's not holding his breath '4 Crenshaw known for the hits and Anne" has been flying undo- the pop-cultural radar since then But he's OK with that no place for corporate radio in my life" said Crenshaw who will perform at 8 tonight at Brewer Middle School AAA adult album native commercial and NPR National Public Radio stations play my records and those are the stations I listen to myself I don't want mass culture and I think it wants me" That kind of attitude get you onto MU but the 49-year-old singer-songwriter about to change his approach now Last month Crenshaw released his 13th album the jazz-tinted in the Guest musicians cm the disc included acoustic bassist Tony Scherr of Sex Mob and vibes player Bill Ware of Jazz Passen- gers Much of the album was recorded live See Crenshaw Page C8 mat to a half-hour version of but it will be heavily The program will be called after telephone area code For at least the first season the show will be seen only by viewers of Channel 6 but the program could eventually be broadcast on WLBZ-TV the Bangor NBC affiliate as well WCSH and WLBZ are both owned by Gannett Co interest is in expanding Thaxton said Rob Caldwell who currently See Magazine Page C8 BY TOM GROENING OF THE NEWS STAFF PORTLAND Beginning in late September WCSH-TV will launch a local news Interview and feature program that will air at 7 pm Monday through Friday Steve Thaxton general manager of the NBC affiliate in Portland called the new program a hybrid of a news show and a which traditionally features preproduced segments such as those on or Thaxton compared the for Marshall Crenshaw known for tha hits Someway" and Anne" performs at 8 tonight at Brewer Middle School.