One of northeastern Vietnam’s rural folk traditions kept alive through the transmittance of dance and song, from generation to generation. (Recognized by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage in need of safeguarding)
Tagged: collaboration, folk, Giao Duyen, Hung King, Intangible Cultural Heritage, love, love exchange, music, singing, traditional, UNESCO, Vietnam, Xoan
Dear Chris Held of Von Tundra,
Someday when we return to the States and settle down, will you please make me a Console Cabinet in the walnut finish? If so, we will build a home around it.
Most sincerely,
Nat Andreini
Tagged: Chris Held, furniture design, Von Tundra
Tagged: black music, japan
Tagged: flute, piano, question mark, Seoul
Camarón de la Isla (December 5, 1950 – July 2, 1992), was the stage name of flamenco Romani singer José Monje Cruz. The video for this beautiful song, Como el Agua, was made in 1987 during a visit to Paris. I love how the video weaves clips of the live performance and the flamenco dance with images of the mulleted Camarón taking a stroll along the Seine River. It reminds me of what might happen if karaoke videographers (is there such a thing?) actually used images that were relevant to the meaning of the songs they accompanied.
Tagged: Camarón de la Isla, karaoke video, Nuevo Flamenco, Paris
It’s as cold as balls right now in Sapporo. My wife and I just returned from 3 hot weeks in Thailand and Laos only to come home to several feet of snow on the ground and much more to come.
For those of you who have fallen prey to the inevitable winter flu, check out these ‘easy steps to wellness’ provided by the artist Zach Storm.
Or just skip to number 11 and listen to Danzig and punch walls (see below).
20 Easy Steps to Wellness
1. Do not hesitate. A cold moves quickly.
2. Do not cry. Crying wastes a lot of energy that you are gonna need.
3. Drink one sixteen ounce container of Kombucha.
4. Find a clean, body-sized spot on the floor. Do 15-20 push-ups. Lay still for a moment. Think about a time when you were breathing clearly and your muscles were strong and then realize that…you are going to beat this thing, “champ”!
5. Drink a gallon of distilled water in two hours.
6. Find yourself 3-4 pieces of fruit noted for their high levels of vitamin c. (Oranges are great in the winter.) Do not forget that red bell peppers have more vitamin c than any citrus fruit.
7. Eat them.
8. Create soups. Eat them.
9. Spit on the ground as you remember people who made fun of you and your family and your pets.
10. You are strong. Like iron.
11. Listen to Danzig and punch walls.
12. Listen to Lisa Loeb and dress your knuckles.
13. Sleep for 13-28 hours.
14. Drink another gallon of water.
15. Now you’re better!
16. Open your window (best if you break it open) and yell to the doggies of the neighborhood…”Bark Bark, Motherfuckers!! Let’s take this town over because we are healthy now!!”
17. Serenade the cats and squirrels of your neighborhood with strange glances and low hums.
18. More push-ups.
19. Small Dancing.
20. Shower for an hour. Now you can cry. Cry.
Tagged: Danzig, wellness, winter remedy, Zach Storm
