March 16, 2010

Aloe Blacc – I need a Dollar

This is the lead off single from Aloe Blacc's forth coming album Good Things, produced by Truth & Soul, and featuring the backing band known as Expressions and El Michels Affair. The A-Side “I Need A Dollar” has just debuted as the theme song to the HBO series How To Make It In America

The 12-inch vinyl for “Dollar” will be in stores April 2010. This is an advance digital release, which is also available on iTunes. Instrumentals for both tracks are included. 

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Dilla x Nas = Dillmatic

Not sure about the result but the idea is nice..

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Ruud Baan x London


A crazy colourfull shoot for the French urban/lifestyle magzine “Be Street” made possbile by photographer Ruud Baan and stylist Isis Vaandrager. Shot at the riverfront of the famous Thames river in Central London.

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Mr Maze

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TEDxRotterdam live!

TEDx Rotterdam site is live! Register now, program / location details follow asap.

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Contact with The Walk & Rogerseventytwo @ Catwalk, Rotterdam


This Friday; Contact with The Walk & Rogerseventytwo and  Jeff Solo, Nino & Frankie, Pop on Acid & Señor L'azizzi (Révolt)
Students pay 5 euro (till 1 o'clock) otherwise 10 euros. Place to be: Catwalk; Weena Zuid 33. 3012 NH Rotterdam. (via FLM.com)

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March 15, 2010

Ducats Milk / Heinz Grunwald / 1980s

http://www.recollection.com.au/2010/01/19/item-41-ducats-milk-heinz-grunwald-1980s/
A reminder from Heinz that the 80s weren’t just about bad haircuts and synthesisers.

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Willem Mieras in Argentina

Arjan went to my dad in Argentina, had a beautiful trip and made some great pics. Check the blog, route and pics here.

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Zebra Finch Rock

Nice guitar work by some Zebra Finches.

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Navajo String Games

Some proper string skills by this Grandma Margaret.

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Hamill Gallery of Tribal Art

Great online database of African art.
Hamill Gallery of Tribal Art, located in Boston, Massachusetts, is a 7000 sq. ft. exhibition space showing ever changing displays from 160 major peoples, giving a balanced view of subjects, styles and techniques used for centuries in Africa. Works include masks, figures, artifacts, textiles, jewelry, books and posters giving an idea of the visual impact and spiritual power of tribal art. Every three months special exhibitions highlight one tribe or theme. 

Traditional peoples represented include the Adan, Aduma, Afikpo, Afo, Agni, Aja, Akan, Arua, Asante, Attie, Baga, Bakom, Bakongo, Bakota, Bali, Bamana, , Bamileke, Bamun, Bangwa, Bantu, Bassa, Bateke, Baule, Bembe, Benalua, Benin, Bidjogo, Boa, Bobo, Boki, Bongo, Bozo, Bura, Bwa, Chamba, Chokwe, Dan, Dida, Dinka, Djenne, Dogon, Ejagham, Eket, Ekoi, Ethiopian, Ewe, Fali, Fang, Fante, Fon, Fulani, Gan, Gogo, Grebo, Guere, Guro, Gurunsi, Hausa, Hehe, Hemba, Holo, Ibibio, Idoma, Ife, Igbo, Ijo, Ishan, Jimini, Jukun, Kamba, Katsina, Kirdi, Koma, Komo, Konso, Koro, Kotoko, Kuba, Kulango, Kurumba, Kwele, Lega, Lengola, Lobi, Losso, Luba, Lwalwa, Maasai, Mahongwe, Makonde, Mama, Mambila, Matacom, Mbaka, Mbandi, Mbete, Mbole, Mbuti Pygmy, Mbete, Mende, Moba, Mossi, Mumuye, Nafana, Nalu, Namji, Ndacka, Ndebele, Ngata, Nok, Nununa, Nupe, Oron, Pende, Pere, Punu, Pygmy, Salampasu, Sango, Senufo, Shi, Sokoto, Songye, Suku, Sukuma, Tabwa, Temne, Tenenkun, Tikar, Tiv, Toma, Tonga, Toussian, Tsogo, Tuareg, Turkana, Urhobo, Vigango, We, Wurkun, Yaka, Yangere, Yaure, Yombe, Yoruba and Zoromo.

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QSL cards

Vintage CB radio QSL cards from countries other than Canada and the United States, including Germany, Switzerland, Holland, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, Mexico and others.

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March 14, 2010

Pink Terror by Mike Barzman


Pink Terror shot on a phantom camera at a high frame per second rate by Mike Barzman and Christian Swegal. For audio, stills and contact go to http://www.barzart.net

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March 13, 2010

Requiem for Detroit

Requiem for Detroit; a documentary that will tell the roller coaster story of the city’s automotive industry through the testimony of the people who lived through it. It is directed by Julien Temple.

Powered by extraordinary archive – vivid projections of the city’s heyday on it’s now abandoned buildings – and the irrepressible music that continues to come out of Detroit, from ragtime and rap to techno, the documentary will chart the rise and fall of the ‘Big Three’, General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, and the impact the decline of these giants has had on the city.

This is the place where bad times get sent to make them belong to somebody else, thus, it seems easy to agree about Detroit because the city embodies everything the rest of the country wants to get over.

– Jerry Herron, AfterCulture: Detroit and the Humiliation of History (1993)

Saturday, March 13. 21:00 BBC2

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Willem Mieras in Argentina

Arjan went to my dad in Argentina, had a beautiful trip and made some great pics. Check the blog, route and pics here.

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Joao Canziani

João Canziani was born & raised in Lima, Peru, spent adolescence in  Vancouver, and is now based in New York City. A fascination for different  cultures led him to travel whenever he could. João calls home wherever  he takes his camera. He has a Bachelor's degree in Psychology as well  as a Bachelor's of Fine Arts in Photography from Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles.

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March 12, 2010

DOUR 2010

Lowlands 2010 sold out.. So let's do DOUR one more time?

A-Trak, Absynthe Minded, Atari Teenage Riot, Black Sun Empire, Brodinski, Buraka Som Sistema, Calvin Harris, Cedric "Congo" Myton, Chris Cunningham, Chromeo, Clues, Carl Craig, Crown City Rockers, Danakil, De La Soul, Derajah, DJ Marky, Dub Pistols, Emalkay, Faith No More, Ghinzu, Gwar, Inna de Yard All Stars feat. Earl "Chinna" Smith, Kiddus I, LeFtO, Les Blérots de R.A.V.E.L., Matthew McAnuff, MC Stamina, Mike Banks, Peter Pan Speedrock, Simian Mobile Disco, The Sonics, The Very Best, Third World, Wax Tailor.

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Nice pillows

Nice collection of weird pillows. Likin the rocks.

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Afghan Girl


Probably all of you saw this picture at some point of your life. Titled the “Afghan Girl”, this photo was named the most recognized photograph in the history of National Geographic. Although girl’s name was not known, her picture appeared on the June 1985 cover of the magazine. The image of her face, with a red scarf draped loosely over her head and with her piercing sea-green eyes staring directly into the camera, became a symbol both of the 1980s Afghan conflict and of the refugee situation worldwide. Gula was known throughout the world simply as the Afghan Girl until she wasformally identified in early 2002.

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