I don't like their new album title's pretentious reference to Kraftwerk ("Mr. Machine") but this video might be a brute metaphor for Europe's current state of mind ("Schlaraffenland Vanitas"):
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Thursday, November 10, 2011
The Best of Both Worlds
Peter Baumann, former core member of progressive rock band Tangerine Dream, talks about the interplay of conceptual thinking and embodied experience.
Similarly, the Mind & Life Institute seems to combine the best of both (or rather "all") worlds, bringing spirituality, art and science together - for example in an interesting one-day conference called Being Human 2012 on March 24 in San Francisco.
Tuesday, November 08, 2011
Mensch-Maschine (in this direction) Worldwide
Kraftwerk's programmatic album title Die Mensch-Maschine (The Man-Machine) more topical than ever:
Saturday, November 05, 2011
Oi! A Nova Musica Brasileira! and Lucas Santtana on GP's Worldwide Show
In this week's Worldwide Show, Gilles Peterson focused on contemporary Brazilian music. He played some tracks from a new compilation of recent Brazilian music called Oi! A Nova Musica Brasileira! (click to download a free 4-track teaser), released on the label Mais Um Discos, and he featured a short live session of Lucas Santtana.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Episode 1 of Brasil, Brasil (BBC4)
Episode 1 of "Brasil, Brasil", a great three-part BBC Four documentary series (2007) on Brazilian music (via Ley).
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
One Day It'll All Make Sense
Rubric: "Teenage Heroes Growing Up"
"You can see an artist's status changing when the category of "Tour Dates" on his website disappears being replaced by 'Appearances'." (Quoting an old blog post from Nov 18, 2007)
Now Common has written his memoirs, he's wearing suit 'n' tie on the Daily Show (thanks tsw) and performs poetry at the White House.
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