I am going to start with a song cuz this guy has nothing to do with the current cultural angst about getting married. He is a singer. It is his job to sing songs of love, love lost and found again. It is a love song of a young man.A song that continues the tradition of a line of people crooning you are the one and only with the added kicker of "I'm not about to let you go." This is Andy Kong with Accidental Love Song."Accidental Love Song" by Andy Kong from Eugenia Loli-Queru on Vimeo.Love doesn't seem to have much to do with marriage anymore....
Friday, January 29, 2010
Sunday, January 24, 2010
I miss recording and shooting video. I miss taking photos too so this past Saturday I did something about it. I had cabin fever so I needed to go outside. What I noticed was that it was very bright and clean, the buildings, the colors and I wanted to take a moment to really look at the colors that were popping out. I used my trusty Kodak Zi6 with the intention of shooting video but it just so happens that photos did a better job of showing the colors. I love this camcorder. I love almost any camcorder but I do have high affection for my Zi6.The...
I have been thinking about invisible mentors lately and these two women are certainly included in my memories. I was stunned when I saw this video. I had no idea this film existed. My memories of these women were shaped by the movies about Helen's early life. This is a brief clip of Anne Sullivan talking about Helen and how communication was established between the two of them.Maybe that is why I feel strongly that women need to record and document their own lives. The reality of these women are so much more than the motion picture interpretation....
Friday, January 22, 2010
For the record, this ain't about anything that might have happened in Boston politically this week. I very clear what that election was about; if you want keep saying that this man is the hope of the GOP go on and shout yourself ragged.Cuz I looked at that chunk of hope in a cosmopolitan kinda way. I am not deceived. The fact that the Supreme Court cleared the way for full corporate funding of political campaigns is just freaking nuts.Perhaps those in Boston saw an opportunity to send a message. Or maybe it was the first crack of an amplified...
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
I have been known to drift to sleep with my media player filled with episodes of science and speculative fiction podcasts. I do confess that in between the twilight and the snoozing I’m picky about what I put into my brain. You’d think I’d seek out boring speakers to help me sleep but my mind does not like the idea of forced ennui. Not to say that science is boring. People are boring, not the topic. I have some art lectures that are natural sleep aids. Still, I should make more of an effort to keep up on the science news not filters by sound bites....
Friday, January 15, 2010
The tribute videos are all over the joint so what could I share? Well, yeah...most of the videos are from his performances on Soul Train and they (rightfully so - it is their property) have a tendency to DMCA yank a video at a high rate of speed.This video is from his appearance at the 1993 Apollo Hall of Fame Concert.Teddy is rocking the chair with Close the Door.He was the conductor and emissary for a lot of people delivered on the planet. Fellas knew it was harder to say no with Teddy on the FM band backing you up.I remember when folks heard...
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
I'm working on a post for BlogHer that is giving me fits. Not because I can't find the information but that there is so much beyond writing about education, it is about how we can visualize a better world. Instead of attempting to manifest a apocalypse what if we instead attempted to manifest something a bit more inclusive: video platform video management video solutions free video playerThis video is from the Imagine it Project....
Friday, January 8, 2010
This song was played up and down the neighborhood if you think of the entire east coast as the neighborhood. Al Green put a hurting on folks or maybe it was a balm of understanding.This was a powerful song. Not to be mess with or messed up by AutoTune. And yes, I know that the Bee Gees did it first. I mean no disrespect. I'm just saying this was the one played on porches and stoops in the summertime around the way. From the Jools Holland program, this is Al Green and How Do You Mend A Broken Hea...
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Friday, January 1, 2010
It is a new year and a new decade. I think. Zero to nine but there is no year zero and yet we place a zero at the end to show the beginning of future time.Then a bunch of people will argue about the start of the decade for three years. Well, it is a non-toxic thing to blovate about. I've seen comments threads hi-jacked with people on both sides trying to prove that they are right.Some people will attempt to validate their intellectual self-worth by explaining how this decade thing works and expect the other person to believe it. Others will take...
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