This is good.
DR NO’S ETHIOPIUM
November 19, 2009 · 1 Comment
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Tagged: 1970s, Dr No, Egon, Ethiopia, Ethiopium, funk, jazz, psychedelia, rock
MUSIC / NNEKA
November 19, 2009 · Leave a Comment
At my old blog address I declared my like of Nneka, the Nigerian-German singer. Nneka is now making a splash in the US among the neo-Soul (?uestlove of The Roots has conferred his blessings). This is the US version of her video for the song, “The Uncomfortable Truth.”
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Tagged: ?uestlove, Germany, neo-soul, Nigeria, Okayplayer, The Roots
FILM / ‘NO WAY OUT’
November 19, 2009 · Leave a Comment
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Tagged: Gaza, Harun Farocki, Israel, No Way Out, Occupied Territories, Palestine, West Bank
MUSIC / KHALED AND MAGIC SYSTEM
November 17, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Still working. Magic Systeme and Khaled help me stay focused and awake. Franck Ribery gets thrown in for color. (BTW, the relationship between French musicians and French footballers is interesting. See also, for example, Youssoupha connecting with Claude Makalelele (the Congolese connection) and Sami Traore.
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Tagged: Claude Makelele, Franck Ribery, Khaled, Magic System, Magic Systeme, Sami Traore
MUSIC / ABDULLAH IBRAHIM AND CARLOS WARD
November 16, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Still working.
Time for Abdullah Ibrahim. Classic piece of video of him playing with long-time bandmember Carlos Ward. In 1984 in Communist Poland. 10 minute long clip of “Water from an Ancient Well” and “The Wedding.”
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Tagged: Abdullah Ibrahim, Carlos Ward, jazz, Poland, South Africa, The Wedding, Water from an ancient Well
MUSIC BREAK / MANIC STREET PREACHERS
November 16, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Music overload the last few days. Lots of work. I love this video (filmed by Andrew Dosunmu) and this band. This was filmed at the Paul Robeson theater which is two blocks away from where I live.
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Tagged: Andrew Dosunmu, Brooklyn, Cuba, Manic Street Preachers, Paul Robeson
NOAM CHOMSKY ON THE AMERICAN CENTURY
November 15, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Recorded last month at SOAS in London.
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Tagged: American Empire, International Relations, media, Noam Chomsky, War on Terror
FW DE KLERK’S VERSION OF HISTORY
November 15, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Recently Guardian journalist Gary Younge reminded me of an interview he did with FW de Klerk, the ast Apartheid President of South Africa in 1999 while De Klerk was promoting his self-serving autobiography, “The Last Trek, A New Beginning.”It’s worth repeating Gary’s right-on take on De Klerk’s view of the end of the Cold War and Apartheid, now that De Klerk is traveling around the world picking up cheques to tell people how he liberated black South Africans (the crowds inviting him also believe that: on Monday next week he’ll speak at London’s National Liberal Club on “”The Impact of the Fall of the Berlin Wall on South Africa and the World”):
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Tagged: Apartheid, Cold War, FW de Klerk, National Liberal Club, South Africa, whites
MUSIC / YOUSSOUPHA
November 15, 2009 · 1 Comment
The best rap music video I’ve seen in a while (I don’t care much for rap music anymore). “l’effet papillon” (the butterfly effect) by the French rapper, Youssoupha. I like the way the video combines bling, African history, the connections between Kinshasa and Paris, etc. Youssoupha has music in his genes (if there is such a thing). He is the son of Tabu Ley Rochereau (if you don’t who that is, I am sorry). Youssoupha, whose mother is Senegalese, also has a degree in literature from the Sorbonne.
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Tagged: DRC, Kinshasa, Senegal, Youssoupha
MUSIC / LUCAS LIGETI AND BURKINA ELECTRIC
November 15, 2009 · Leave a Comment
I like the sound of Brooklyn band, Burkina Electric. Here they perform with composer Lukas Ligeti on “Soundcheck,” a music program on WNYC, the New York City public radio station.
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Tagged: Afrobeat, Burkina Electric, Burkina Faso, electronica, funk, roots
