In this Edith Piaf song "Je ne regrette rien" (I regret nothing) last line - "ca commence avec toi" (it begins with you...)
Showing posts with label video. Show all posts
Showing posts with label video. Show all posts
1.09.2011
Happy 70th Birthday, Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound
Seventeen years old in 1958.
Sixty-Nine yeas old in 2010, performing at the White House.
12.21.2010
10.29.2010
“Hi, I’m a Tea Partier”
This video on talking to a tea partier is about the most comprehensive dissection of Tea Party talking points I've seen. Life is not Wikipedia. There are objective facts. Just because you repeat something a lot doesn't make it true. Best line: “I’m sorry. But that is not true. Words have actual meanings.”
This election cycle, common sense and facts will hopefully prevail over fear, misinformation and innuendo. Share this with your friends – and vote!
This election cycle, common sense and facts will hopefully prevail over fear, misinformation and innuendo. Share this with your friends – and vote!
10.24.2010
Portrait of a Bookstore as an Old Man
Image by wallyg via FlickrThe bookstore is Shakespeare & Company, on Rue de la Brie in Paris. The old man is its recently retired American expatriate owner, George Whitman, now in his 90s. He opened the place in 1951 and inherited the name from Sylvia Beach's legendary shop from the 1920's. The store is open until midnight, the books are in English, and writers often use it as a hotel, in exchange for a little work. For more information, here's a good link. Originally aired: 2005 on the Sundance Channel.
10.23.2010
10.04.2010
10.03.2010
Donald Duck Meets Glenn Beck in "Right Wing Radio Duck"
Donald's life is turned upside-down by the current economic crisis and he finds himself unemployed and falling behind on his house payments. As his frustration turns into despair Donald discovers a seemingly sympathetic voice coming from his radio named Glenn Beck. Poor Donald.
From the creator: "This transformative remix work constitutes a fair-use of any copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US copyright law. "Right Wing Radio Duck" by Jonathan McIntosh is licensed under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 License - permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution."
H/T Boing Boing
4.24.2010
Broken Bells - The High Road
Broken Bells is an American indie rock band featuring artist–producer Danger Mouse (billed by his real name, Brian Burton) and James Mercer, the lead vocalist and guitarist for the Portland indie rock band The Shins. Their self-titled debut album was released in the U.S. and Canada on March 9, 2010.
4.20.2010
A Rare Video Interview With Sherlock Holmes Creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A 1930 interview with Sherlock Holmes writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Believed to be the only filmed interview with Conan Doyle. He talks about Holmes and Spiritualism.
3.12.2010
3.03.2010
1.15.2010
The Latest Palinism From Lady BlahBlah
Palin From the January 14 edition of Fox News' Hannity:
"I think he (Reid) is driving a bus that is headed towards a train wreck in America; and he, Pelosi and Obama want us to be on it… ."
I enjoyed this comment on the Media Matters site, I had to share it.
“by RKAllen (January 14, 2010 10:30 pm ET)
I am struggling with this metaphor...
"... driving a bus that is heading for a train wreck that is going to happen in America..."
So, are we supposed to be the bus...? America I mean? Or is the bus a metaphor for a program that Reid is pushing that is heading us to a catastrophe that has already happened... i.e. the train wreck? And why are we stopping at a train wreck? And this train wreck... is it supposed to be a metaphor for something that has already happened and we are going to be witnesses to its aftermath as we pass by in the bus?
Is... is Reid promoting a National bus tour of famous train wrecks...?
... a little help? Anyone?”
1.10.2010
Let's Fire Up the Wayback Machine, Shall We?
This is a very well preserved, and amazingly well shot film of Moscow Clad in Snow (Moscou sous la neige) from 1908. It was filmed by Joseph-Louis Mundwiller (1886 - 1967) an Alsatian cinephotographer who worked in French Cinema most of his 25 years in the business. It was shot for Pathé Frères, and the music is Aleksandr Borodin's In the Steppes of Central Asia (1880). Enjoy.
12.30.2009
Violence Happens Any Time We Violate the Integrity of the Other
One of the wise public intellectuals of our time, Quaker writer, traveling teacher and activist Parker Palmer works with people from all walks of life at the intersection of spiritual, professional, and social change, and stresses the need to acknowledge the inner life of human beings as a source of reality and power. This is one of a series of interviews he did for The Center for Courage and Renewal, a non-profit he helped cofound.
Via: C. Wess Daniels's I'm a Trapeze Artist
12.15.2009
12.03.2009
With All Due Respect Madam Ambassador…
Last night Rachel Maddow had a discussion and dissagreement with UN Ambassador, Susan Rice. There's no shouting, no storming off, no sound-bites. No vacuous discussions of Tiger Woods or other fake distractions pretending to be news. Just two very well spoken, intellegent people debating a very important issue. The President's plan to send the War in Afghanistan into overtime and add at least 30,000 more troops.
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
12.02.2009
That’s Vinni Puh, Comrade Piglet
The Soviet Pooh (Винни-Пух) may be drawn more simply, but comes across as more real, more complex, and wiser than his Disney counterpart. As Star Trek’s Pavel Chekov might say, “You can’t truly appreciate Winnie the Pooh until you’ve watched it in the original Russian.” This is truly a masterpiece of Soviet animation, and may change the way you see Vinni.
Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (SoyuzMultfilm - 1972) with English subtitles.
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