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Aka Pygmy music
From Wikipedia: “The Pygmies are a broad group of people who live in Central Africa, especially in the Congo, the Central African Republic and Cameroon. Music is an important part of Pygmy life, and casual performances take place during many … Continue reading
Posted in links to interesting things, music, Travel, an obsession
Tagged Aka Pygmy, music, polyphonic, West Africa
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Pete Dougherty is a more coherent e.e. cummings
Here’s a section of a poem Pete Dougherty wrote when he was 17: “I knew she wasn’t English, Because she spoke it far too well. The grammar was goodly, the verbs as they should be, And the slang was bang … Continue reading
Milton Glaser’s Great Rules For Life
Go check out Milton Glaser’s site, where you can find the essay quoted below in its original context. This came to me from Frank Lentz, via Micah Hahn, and is an excerpt from a talk Glaser gave at AIGA in London on … Continue reading
Posted in art & design, links to interesting things, people i admire
Tagged happiness, life, Milton Glaser, rules
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Zimoun & Pe Lang
Born in Bern, Switzerland, self described ‘auto-ditact’ Zimoun creates sound sculptures and installations using repetitive mechanical movements to create a bigger aural and visual whole– or, conversely, by breaking up a large function into tiny, quantifiable mechanized parts. If you … Continue reading
Posted in art & design, images from the internet, links to interesting things, people i admire
Tagged art, mechanical, Pe Lang, sound art, Switzerland, Zimoun
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‘Purpose of Film Festivals’ on WorkBook Project’s New Breed
Just a heads up that my Purpose of Film Festivals essays have been published on the WorkBook Project’s New Breed- which I am unduly geeked out about. Go check out #1 here and #2 here. If you’re unfamiliar with New … Continue reading
New Breed writes up Cinema Speakeasy
Click here to check out the article Zak Forsman posted on New Breed (Workbook Project) about Cinema Speakeasy. We’re most indebted for the plug. “After reading Ted Hope’s 18 Actions Towards A Sustainable Truly Free Film Community, I held a … Continue reading
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Announcing: Cinema Speakeasy
Announcing a new, invite-only, monthly film series – initially in Los Angeles – which aims to: showcase newer independent films that are doing the DIY Distribution rounds support the filmmakers by aligning them with new audiences outside the industry give … Continue reading
How to grow your own fresh air
If you’re like me, you’re a little obsessed with having a canopy of green in your apartment (plants & books as decoration FTW). But hey there are added benefits: According to Kamal Meattle, if you have these 3 plants around, … Continue reading
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Tagged Kamal Meattle, oxygen, plants, TED Talks
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