This is a sexy ad for a Belgian Organ Donation charity called Reborntobealive.be:
Friskis & Svettis is a Swedish health club. Norrköping is the tenth largest city in Sweden. It’s not clear why these flashmobbers chose to dance to Easter Gaga at Christmas:
Full story is here.
http://youtu.be/7zojkbkaZwo
All photos by Kris Chall Bingham. Here’s “Hej Tomtegubbar” from the Lucia pageant that was presented by the Scandinavian Department of the University of Washington at the Swedish Cultural Center in Seattle, Washington on December 12, 2010.
I am no stranger to lefse, having eaten the delicious, Norwegian, tortilla-like potato pancake/flatbread in such vaunted centers of Scan-American culture as Chicago, Mineapolis and Seattle. I can say with certainty that the 21st Century Lefse served at VIKING SOUL FOOD (VSF), Portland’s only Norwegian inspired soul food fusion cart, is the best I’ve ever …
Tthe xlr8tr website is offering a streaming mixtape of tasty Brazilian digital cumbia here. The offering is to celebrate a distribution deal between Buenos Aires music collective, ZZK, and Waxploitation, a global distributor. The mixtape includes emerging artists such as Chancha Via Circuito and Mati Zundel.
I think she’s either mentally deranged, on drugs, or just the result of centuries of inbreeding. Having said that, it is hilarious that she’s been arrested. That’s England for you! A punch in the mouth, maybe, but arrested… Well there’s a reason why we separated from England. Some Americans have forgotten the reason, but it’s …
Here’s a controversial Chicken ad from a company described in Wikipedia as “a casual dining restaurant group originating from South Africa with a Portuguese/Mozambican theme. Founded in 1987, Nando’s operates in thirty countries on five continents. Nando’s specializes in chicken dishes with either lemon and herb, medium, hot, extra hot or extra extra hot Peri-Peri …
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Here’s a Swedish public service spot against alcohol. I don’t know why it’s in English:
http://youtu.be/_E3-_z5YP0M The preceding, historically significant, footage shows Robert Kennedy in Indianapolis on April 4, 1968 speaking to a crowd on a campaign stop shortly after learning of the death of Martin Luther King. Kennedy’s trenchant, moving comments were given very soon after King’s assassination. “[Kennedy] first heard that King had been shot while leaving Muncie, …
I love this video. It is certainly my favorite Swedish hip hop video of all time. Curiously, it features a baseball bat. They don’t play baseball in Sweden, and, given their history of neutrality and rank civil order, I assume Swedes discourage the sort of aggravated violence which occurs when a baseball bat is used …
The title, “Fest Hos Mange,” means “celebration with many.” Most of the lyrics riff on that concept, occasionally adding the word, “now.” Fuller translation is here.
It would be nice if there were English subtitles, but even without them, you can tell what’s going on via the international language of cats: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyTpk6xyzzk
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This is from the Youtube description for this video: “An amazing little girl who had her cleft lip surgery.People ask me why I volunteer overseas so much.. It takes my eyes off me and allows me to remember what life is all about. When we use what we have been given (whatever that might be) …
The New Hot 5 plays for a herd of cows in Autrans, France.