Voters in Brazil have re-elected President Dilma Rousseff with 51.45% of the ballots cast.
Voters in Brazil have re-elected President Dilma Rousseff
Miles Davis in his own words
Miles Davis about Charlie Parker: “He played so fast, I used to wanna quit every night”.
Russell Brand on Newsnight
Russell Brand has spoken to Newsnight about his “alternative to corporate hegemony”. Presenter Evan Davis quizzed the comic about his ownership proposals for General Motors but was told it was a “silly […]
Baghdad street market still going strong
Despite the grim headlines that come out of Baghdad, the city’s street market maintains its popularity.
Paris rediscovers Picasso
ENCORE! The biggest collection of Picasso’s work is once again back on show in his adopted home of France. The museum in Paris, dedicated to the most famous artist of the 20th […]
Mussolini air raid shelter opens to tourists
A Roman villa’s wine cellar, which was converted into an air raid shelter for Benito Mussolini and the Italian dictator’s family, is opening its anti-gas, double steel doors to tourists. The shelter […]
Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Angst Essen Seele Auf (1974)
Ali (Salem), is a Moroccan Gastarbeiter (guest worker) in his late thirties, and Emmi (Mira), is a 60-year-old widowed cleaning woman. They meet when Emmi ducks inside a bar, driven by the […]
Here is the transcript of a letter penned by 14 year old Jordan Nichols
Our generation will be known for nothing. Never will anybody say, We were the peak of mankind. That is wrong, the truth is Our generation was a failure. Thinking that We actually […]
Charlie Parker’s Last Recording from 1954
Recorded: Fine Sound Studios, NYC, December 10, 1954.* Personnel: Charlie Parker – Alto Sax Billy Bauer – Guitar Walter Bishop Jr. – Piano Teddy Kotick – Bass Art Taylor – Drums *Bird […]
Brazil: an aristocrat or revolutionary for next president
Dilma Rousseff is fighting for a second term as president of Brazil, at the head of the powerful PT Workers’ Party. Economic growth is slumped, Brazilians have been rebelling over social services… […]
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