French Correction
This is the Black Board outside the Coffe@Goswell Road around the corner from me. Every morning they have a different message on it. And I take a photo of it.
Like yesterday:
And today:
Made me smile.
I guess not many people speak French around here – except the one person who corrected it maybe. So throughout today they changed to this a bit more mass compatible one:
Fall in Love with Music (again)
When you love music – then you must love it when you encounter it in its rawest form. Live and unplugged. Stripped down to the bare minimum. Less is – i find – more. If the band is good – you don’t need much more than a voice, melody and rhythm.
The French production team of La Blogotheque do exactly that. They take a band – known or unknown – and film them playing on the street, in a courtyard, parks, tunnels, car parks etc. Equipped with nothing else than a few basic instruments – without any amplification – they show you how powerful good songs can be if played by talented people.
Acts like Arcade Fire, Vampire Weekend, Fleet Foxes, Sigur Ros, Jamie Lidell all have taken part in the so called “Take Away Concerts” (Un Concert A Emporter). All videos are so incredible special because of its innocent playful style – they surely become an unforgettable event for us fans but also for the bands themselves.
There are more than 200 videos by now. I have picked one by Tomi Lebrero that really touched me. It made me happy to have ears that work, eyes that see and a heart that beats.
This is how music should be done.
the london i (Vol. 29)
I must admit I neglected itchy i a little in the last few weeks. Was just too busy holidazing in Berlin and then working on my first book. But *psst* don’t wanna tell too much, yet.
Here a selection of my latest encounters with London and its incredible mix of inhabitants.
Lens Glances
And yes it happened again. People managed to look right into the teeny tiny lens of my iPhone. But for some reason they still didn’t realise I cought their glances forever. 😉
Beard Envy – Part 2
I hope Mother Nature will allow me one day to grow a beard like those.
Hardcore like no other
Remember that Sony Bravia ad with the billions of coloured balls bouncing down the hilly streets of San Fran?
This version here kicks the arse out of it. Instead of little toy balls they’ve used BOWLING BALLS!!!
Shame it’s for such a shitty unnecessary product.
With Love from Berlin
That’s why Avatar sucks
When I watched Avatar I felt robbed of 2 and a half hours of my life. I got in dispute over my deeply felt dislike of it’s shallow uninventive story line with quite a few people who surprisingly thought it was a good movie.
I think everyone who is a fan of the film should watch this video here. And everyone who hates Avatar should watch it too, cause it EXACTLY tells you why Cameron should be punished for his calculated predictable cash-oriented Hollywood script writing.
The guy – Mike Stoklasa – who does the video review is a genius in the disguise of his fictional creation of Mr Pinkett – a fat wife beating redneck. You gotta check this dude’s work out for his great comedy value but also for his in-depth well oberserved and researched analysis. I like how he sums the who movie up as being in 3D while all the characters remained one dimensional. It really hits the nail on the head – a nail that should be the last in the coffin of Cameron’s movie scripting career.
And if you like Mike’s work check out redlettermedia.com for more brilliant reviews where he destroys George Lucas’ Star Wars – The Phantom Menace and quite a few Star Trek movies.
This is stuff I would make part of any Film School Schedule – entertaining but also very educational. Best combo ever.
Sit in
When I saw this woman sitting like this on Portland Place I first thought it was a puppet. She looked so unreal because she sat there completely static ignoring the world around her.
The only time she moved was when it started to rain and she had to put her rain cap on.
She was peacefully protesting against Chinas’s alleged suppression of 100 million of its citizens who were no longer allowed to practise the spiritual exercise called Fallun Gong.
ITCHY EYE 