Archive for the 'Culture' Category
Humor: Monty Python YouTube Channel
Finally some of the greatest Monty Python sketches have been made available in high quality from the source.
So far there are 24 videos including “Always look on the bright side …”, “Lumberjack Song”, “Job Interview”, “Four Yorkshiremen”, “Black Knight” and “Killer Rabbit” to name a few.
Guys, you can do better, where’s the “Spanish Inquisition”, “The Funniest Joke” and all the other great ones you’ve done!
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Music: Stina Nordenstam
Two great songs from Swedish singer, songwriter and musician Stina Nordenstam.
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Music: Bob Marley – Natural Mystic
One of Bob Marley’s greatest songs “Natural Mystic” with images from the funeral of Hon. Robert Nesta Marley 1981, Kingston Jamaica.
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Quote of the day: Life
The following lines were found at Derzhavin’s table after his death:
The current of Time’s river
Will carry off all human deeds
And sink into oblivion
All peoples, kingdoms and their kings.
And if there’s something that remains
Through sounds of horn and lyre,
It too will disappear into the maw of time
And not avoid the common pyre… (lines broken)
Gavriil (Gavrila) Romanovich Derzhavin, 1743 – 1816, Russian poet
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Short Film: The Mysterious Explorations of Jasper Morello
Nominated for an Oscar and for a BAFTA award, Jasper Morello is a short feature made in a unique style of silhouette animation developed by director Anthony Lucas and inspired by the work of authors Edgar Alan Poe and Jules Verne. In the frontier city of Carpathia, Jasper Morello discovers that his former adversary Doctor Claude Belgon has returned from the grave. When Claude reveals that…
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Music: Ayo
We’ve first listened to Ayo, the Nigerian-Roma Soul, Reggae and Acoustic Soul singer a while ago at the Paleo festival. What a performance and what a person. She definitely has seen rough times in her life, but when I see her smile it’s the smile of a survivor.
Carry on and here are three songs from this outstanding person.
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