The deadly epidemic, which has killed at least 59 people, in Guinea, West Africa, and could have spread to neighboring Sierra Leone, has been confirmed to be Ebola, according to government officials. […]
Ebola outbreak confirmed in Guinea, death toll reaches 59
Turkish military shoots down Syrian warplane
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has confirmed that the country’s air force shot down a Syrian aircraft for violating Turkish airspace, an action that Syria denounced as “unprecedented and unjustifiable”. The […]
Believe it or not but the official England World Cup song is a bad cover version of Take That
World Cup songs – and almost all official football songs, if we’re honest – are rarely anything to celebrate. But this year’s, unveiled on Friday night’s Sport Relief, is something of a […]
Surprisingly good cover version of Nirvana by Hawaiian girl made with cheap electronics and a bottle of red wine
“Heart Shaped Box” is a killer song by Nirvana. It captures a certain kind of lethargic, mid-’90s teenage angst so well that unfortunately it forever bears the distinction of sounding exactly like […]
Rare records: Orchester Frank Pleyer – Topless (1969)
Frank Pleyer (July 28, 1929 – January 3, 2006) was a Czech composer and arranger. He also used his pseudonym for certain works: Joe Fender. Pleyer received music lessons at the music […]
This tragic story of the Swedish jazz singer Monica Zetterlund will make you fall in love with Stockholm
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 lonely upbringing of a mass murderer in Norway
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 […]
This 8 year old Japanese girl leaves Steve Vai in the dust
You will melt at 1:47 and 2:17. Awesome shredding, there. You go, girl! (This is the best ad for Ibanez instruments ever).
Photo of the day
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).
Jazz Music: Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny – Waltz For Ruth
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, […]
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