A short post today that’s hoping to encourage some dialogue.
First, check out this piece on how Chris Brown claims he’s being blacklisted, then read j.ly’s post on Predicto about how mainstream America feels. As a bonus, see how one demographic— supposedly the black one — supports Chris Brown as opposed to Rihanna. Compare and contrast the three and then answer in the comments: is Chris Brown’s career over?
Säkert! – Säkert!
To me Säkert! (Annika Norlin) defined the year of 2007 with this album. She had previously released an album as Hello Saferide and I liked that album a lot as well, but it was when she started singing in Swedish that she really moved me.
The album was very emotional and Annika sings about subjects such as rape, never being good enough, thinking about an ex, finally telling the truth to all of your friends and a lot more. She always sings it with such heart and such devotion that you can almost touch her pain. She is brave enough to sing her heart without bothering to hit the notes perfectly and she dares to sing in her local accent. This makes it a lot more personal and at times it’s almost as if you’re reading her diary.
But that’s what makes Annika such a special artists. She sings about things that have happened to her, and even when it hasn’t she still writes the songs from her heart and she puts her soul into it when she performs the songs. Once you’ve heard a song of hers it will always be there with you, somehow it will leave it’s mark on you.
And in the midst in all of this she still manages to create music that you’ll want to sing a long to and take to your own heart and she has to hers. That is nothing short of amazing, and this is one of the albums that I cherish the most. I suggest that you listen to it whether you speak Swedish or not, because I am confident that she will be able to move you either way.
10/10
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Alex Chilton, singer and guitarist with influential bands the Box Tops and Big Star, has died aged 59. Chilton is reported to have suffered heart problems in New Orleans yesterday, where he was admitted to hospital. A family friend, John Fry, confirmed the musician’s death, saying his passing was “just a sudden and unexpected event”. Chilton was born in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1950. He went on to join his first band, the Box Tops, in his teens and scored a number one hit, The Letter, when he was just 16. The band enjoyed commercial success until its dissolution in 1970, when Chilton branched out as a solo artist. By 1971, he had formed power-pop group Big Star with Chris Bell, Andy Hummel and Jody Stephens. The band were critically acclaimed and their troubled third album, Third/Sister Lovers, is now regarded as a cult classic. However, mainstream success eluded the band, which broke up in 1974. Big Star reformed in the early 1990s and had reportedly been due to play SXSW in Austin, Texas, in the coming week. Fry, owner of Memphis-based Ardent Studios, paid tribute to Chilton, saying: “Alex was an amazingly talented person, not just as a musician and vocalist and a songwriter, but he was intelligent and well read and interested in a wide number of music genres.” Chilton is survived by his wife, Laura, and his son, Timothy.
Going back to the subject of Pictures of Pictures – first broached last fall – let’s stop by Paris, which is absolutely full of museums – which means paintings, statues, maps, murals, and lots of photographs of all of it.
These pictures are from one of my favorite places – the Museé national du Moyen Age, also known as Museé de Cluny. My mom and I first discovered this museum, possibly because of the guide that came with our city museum passes, in May 2002. I think we went back at least once after our first visit. When my class was in Paris for about two days during study abroad, I didn’t make it there in time to go through the museum again, but I did slip into the gift shop to gaze through the first doorway towards the first gallery. I think I also managed to snap a few self-photos in the courtyard. My last visit was solo and very restful after nearly a month on the road.
It’s amazing how much craft can go into every day items from stained glass windows to combs, triptychs to paper, and the decoration that turned a cold stone building into something more.
The tapestries here are not the famous Lady and the Unicorn tapestries which are also at the museum in their own gallery. Instead, they’re a few of my favorites – at least, ones I was able to get both light and time with (no flash photography is allowed in the museum).
March 6 2010
AP
NEW YORK — PepsiCo plans to remove sugary drinks from schools worldwide, following the success of programs in the U.S. aimed at cutting down on childhood obesity. The company said Tuesday it will remove full-calorie, sweetened drinks from schools in more than 200 countries by 2012, marking the first such move by a major soft drink producer. Both PepsiCo Inc., the world’s second-biggest soft drink maker, and No. 1 player Coca-Cola Co. adopted guidelines to stop selling sugary drinks in U.S. schools in 2006. The World Heart Federation has been negotiating with soft drink makers to have them remove sugary beverages from schools for the past year as it looks to fight a rise in childhood obesity, which can lead to diabetes, heart problems and other ailments. PepsiCo’s move is what the group had been seeking because it affects students through age 18, said Pekka Puska, president of the group, a federation of heart associations from around the world. He said he hopes other companies feel pressured to make similar moves. “It may be not so well known in the U.S. how intensive the marketing of soft drinks is in so many countries,” Puska said in an interview from Finland. He added that developing countries such as Mexico are particularly affected by this strong marketing. Coca-Cola this month changed its global sales policy to say it won’t sell any of its drinks worldwide in primary schools unless parents or school districts ask. The policy does not apply to secondary schools. The World Heart Federation wants all drinks with added sugars removed from schools with children through age 18. Coca-Cola, based in Atlanta, did not immediately return a request seeking comment Tuesday. PepsiCo’s policy requires co-operation from its bottlers, vending companies and other distributors who take the company’s products to schools worldwide. The company said it did not have exact figures for sales in schools around the world but said they did not make up a major portion of sales. In primary schools, PepsiCo will sell only water, fat-free or low-fat milk, and juice with no added sugar. In secondary schools, it will sell those drinks along with low-calorie soft drinks, such as Diet Pepsi. Sports drinks are permissible when they’re sold to students participating in sports or other physical activities. In the U.S., the industry has swapped lower-calorie options into schools to replace sugary drinks. Sales of full-calorie soft drinks fell 95 per cent in U.S. schools between fall 2004 and fall 2009, the American Beverage Association reported last week. The industry voluntarily adopted guidelines in 2006 as part of an agreement with the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, a joint initiative of former president Bill Clinton’s foundation and the American Heart Association. Puska said defeating childhood obesity isn’t as simple as just removing sugary drinks from schools. Students must also exercise and eat better, not just at school but at home as well. Students should learn these habits at schools, he said.
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* Plastic bottles take 700 years to begin composting
* 90% of the cost of bottled water is due to the bottle itself
* 80% of plastic bottles are not recycled
* 38 million plastic bottles go to the dump per year in America from bottled water (not including soda)
* 24 million gallons of oil are needed to produce a billion plastic bottles
* The average American consumes 167 bottles of water a year
* Bottling and shipping water is the least energy efficient method ever used to supply water
* Bottled water is the second most popular beverage in the United States
http://greenupgrader.com/3258/plastic-bottle-facts-make-you-think-before-you-drink/
Oil needed for plastic and pollution to the environment.
Wars happen to create plastic, simply to get the oil to make the plastic. War Pollution is horrific and many millions die, so the oil can be accessed to make the plastic. Is that a problem well of course it is. Even the creation of weapons for war devastates the environment.
Pollution is one of the main concerns of those who want to protect the environment. Even the Tar Sands in Canada is a horrific disaster, environmental wise.
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Over the past few weeks, a good friend of mine has been putting out a podcast weekly based on the mysterious what.cd’s Top 10 torrents of the week. Everyone from Ludacris to Jimi Hendrix, from the White Stripes to Madlib, and The xx to Roguewave have been featured in this new set of podcasts.Well, this week I’ll be presenting you with his latest insert into his wonderful series. Animazing, a very good friend of mine has been putting these out and is no doubt a wonderful way to expand your musical horizon and expose yourself to things you wouldn’t normally here on a regular basis. This weeks What?Cast! is particularly good, with new tracks from Ludacris, Portugal The Man and the Gorillaz, along with a track from Jimi Hendrix’ recently post-mortem. It’s definitely worth the listen and the man deserves some exposure. If you like it, leave some comments on the page here for him!
Artists: Various Artists / Presented by Animazing
Release: What?Cast! Episode #5 [Podcast]
Tracklist:
1] Broken Bells – The High Road
2] Ludacris – My Chick Bad
3] Portugal The Man – All My People
4] Daft Punk – Rock ‘N Roll
5] Aloha – Moonless March
6] Gorillaz – Superfast Jellyfish
7] New Young Pony Club – Before The Light
8] Alcoholic Faith Mission – Got Love? Got Shellfish!
9] The Morning Benders – Hand Me Downs
10] Jimi Hendrix – Mr. Bad Luck
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All podcasts can be downloaded here!
