Danish director Per Fly makes glossy biopic of the popular Swedish singer Monica Zetterlund. The movie is a checklist of showbiz triumph-and-tragedy cliches, with emphasis on the downside: failed relationships, egomania, insecurity, […]
Danish director Per Fly makes glossy biopic of the popular Swedish singer Monica Zetterlund. The movie is a checklist of showbiz triumph-and-tragedy cliches, with emphasis on the downside: failed relationships, egomania, insecurity, […]
The award-winning Norwegian journalist Åsne Seierstad, best known for her account of an Afghan family living under the Taliban, The Bookseller of Kabul, has turned her attention to a subject closer to […]
You will melt at 1:47 and 2:17. Awesome shredding, there. You go, girl! (This is the best ad for Ibanez instruments ever).
A banjo, a fax machine, a large pencil. It’s difficult not to keep looking at this office. Photograph by John Walkenbach on Google+ (taken with his beloved Panasonic Lumix DMC-LF1 camera).
Beyond the Missouri Sky (Short Stories) is a jazz album by Charlie Haden and Pat Metheny, two musicians who come from Missouri. The album was released by Verve Records on February 25, […]
ow that a $10 latte exists, it seems only natural that the cost of basic foods be proportionally amplified and eaten in close proximity to $5 million apartments. Enter, then, a new […]
Inequality is a growing problem in the UK. While austerity measures in Britain continue to hit the poorest families hardest, a wealthy elite has seen their incomes spiral upwards, exacerbating income inequality […]
The New York Times Magazine has an interview with Vice founder Shane Smith, where he tells about Vice News, the objectiveness of journalism, the ‘controversial’ trip to North Korea and why Vice […]
Wim Mertens was born in Neerpelt, Belgium. He studied social and political science at the University of Leuven (graduating in 1975) and musicology at Ghent University; he also studied music theory and […]
Samuel Burke from CNN talks with Japanese billionaire Hiroshi Mikitani about his recent purchase of instant messaging app Viber. His company Rakuten bought the Viber app for $900 million. Mikitani also wrote […]