Here’s some vintage video of monks chanting & painstakingly drawing sand mandalas among other things. I got to see a performance like this a few years back when a group of monks was in residence at a health food store for a month painting this huge mandala in public. Then one day, of course, they …
The best single of summer 2012 had female vox and was from Russia, but it wasn’t Pussy Riot. It was this tune, “A Hot Summer Night. Love. Sea. Music.” Recorded by Neoclubber, a Moscow dance pop project, this catchy, Russian-language ballad was trending on Youtube for a day or two as one of the most …
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This week NATION editor Katrina vanden Heuvel brings attention to an unlikely political cause celebre involving a Russian punk rock collective called Pussy Riot. Some remarkable YouTube video footage accompanies her piece: http://www.thenation.com/blog/167647/free-pussy-riot?rel=emailNation And their Wikipedia entry makes clear that PR is a remarkable project all the way around: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pussy_Riot This …
Hi Tom – Below is a story that appeared last week in the Great Falls Tribune. The Hi-Line may be getting even more attention via cinema (hopefully Winter in the Blood will see the screens sometime soon). However, this movie looks to be pure Hollywood with the "A-list" actors probably only looking to pad bank accounts rather than …
The following is from the artist’s Youtube description: Sámi artist Elle Márjá Eira performing in Sami Grand Prix 2009 in Kautokeino, but not as a part of the competition. She is singing/yoiking “Ruoššajievja”. Sami Grand Prix is a part of the Easter Festival in Kautokeino. The Sámi people: Sami people, also spelled Sámi, or Saami, …
Here’s the latest in a rising trend of Russian language music videos which make their way into the daily lists of most popular vids in the US:
This is a popular MSN link in the Philippines today. Go here.
I love this. Cesária Évora is great and sorely missed. I wonder if there is a softer, more delcious language anywhere than Portuguese. I can always just about but never really quite understand it. – Kevin Hendrickson
Antigone Rising, or AR as they are known to fans, has long been known for its “grass roots” touring. They shed this reputation recently when they were chosen by the US State Department to be Arts Envoys in Israel from February 18-28, 2012. They brought to Israel and the West Bank the hope of good …
These kids had a Youtube hit recently where all five of them played the same guitar. This is their clever follow up: And thank you to Scott Shepherd who points out that “Little Boxes” was also a Spanish language hit for Chilean folk singer, Victor Jara, in 1971: http://youtu.be/-7ku1VwAzx0
This is the univeral male popular music fantasy, ugly men sauna with beautiful women while eating and drinking…
In the year since this vid first came out, I hope these solar bottle lights have moved across the Philippines and across the world. A while ago, I asked a very wise university professor who thinks about these things professionally if there was any way to cool down the sun-battered corrugated tin shacks in which …
This is very long, and very media savvy, but my 15 yr. old daughter asked me to share this as far and wide as possible. Never heard but now I know. It’s going viral in her age group… wild! – Anne Seymour Mette
This is so Portland (see Portland Bike routes, Portland sustainability). The Argentinian bamboo bicycle. I want one. The web page is in Spanish, but here is the Google translation of some the company’s descriptive language about their bamboo bicycle. (Say “bamboo bicycle” out loud. It’s fun to say, isn’t it? Well, the Spanish, “Bambubicicleta,” is …
Saw Beth Jeans Houghton last night which led me to this wonderful and affectionate depiction of Britain. If you Portlanders come over to visit, you will experience such delights. – Mike Hughes (The new address for Mike Hughes’ Catshoegazing Blog is Catshoe.org) http://youtu.be/1n6IPHFTH3s
I was recently asked, “Did the Iraq War foment the Arab spring? Is this even a legitimate question?” To which I responded: Yes, absolutely a legitimate question. Although I would do the professory thing and say, well, do you mean it was the sole and exclusive catalyst/cause? or it was a factor? Maybe because my …
Polish poet Wislawa Szymborska gave voice to our deepest wonder, imagination, confusion, bemusement, longing and love. She died this week, a Nobel Laureate. I love her poems! Today, an homage.. Then for a few days, her own work. Then, who knows. It is time again to market my blog, Palm Tree in Poland. By market …
Meter Television is searching for Americans with Swedish ancestry for a reality TV-show. After the major success of Great Swedish Adventure-Allt för Sverige (the Swedish title of the show) season 1, we are now casting for season 2. The producers of the Swedish version of American Idol and Minute To Win It are coming to …
In the Atlantic: “Americans are entranced by a video of South Korean troops reacting emotionally to a surprise concert by an all-girl pop group, but there’s more than just cultural differences at play.” http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/01/whats-behind-the-video-of-korean-soldiers-freak-out-over-girl-group/251212/
This is why LA will never be New York — a melting pot and a scene out of “ONCE” all in one glide between two stations. – David Handelman [Ed. Note – There are unconfirmed reports going around that this jam session was not a chance meeting on a train and that the singer has …
Apparently the world is not going to end this year after all:
German covers of I Got Stripes & Five Feet High And Rising: http://youtu.be/BkbWl60rULY
Thanks to Anne Seymour Mette:
Here’s a song by UK Military Wives:
Here’s the Trololo Man now (2010). It’s important to see him now, this way we know he didn’t perish in a gulag or purge: And here he is “then,” the timeless moment when this international classic was recorded to TV: