January 26, 2010 Werner Herzog Reads Curious George German director of Bad Lieutenant, Grizzly Man, and Rescue Dawn reads and interprets the children's classic Curious George. Some people posting this video claimed it's really Werner Herzog. It's not.
January 22, 2010 Aboriginal Anger Over Ice Dance Indigenous Australian elders have expressed outrage at an "Aboriginal dance" routine by Russian ice dancers at the European figure skating championships in Estonia. The Russian world champions, who wore dark-skin bodysuits adorned with leaves and white body paint markings, said they were surprised to learn that they had been accused of causing serious cultural offence. Neave Barker reports from Moscow.
January 20, 2010 The Finches / The Curve French artist Céleste Boursier-Mougenot creates works by drawing on the rhythms of daily life to produce sound in unexpected ways. For his installation in The Curve, Boursier-Mougenot creates a walk-though aviary for a flock of zebra finches, furnished with electric guitars and other musical instruments. As the birds go about their routine activities, perching on or feeding from the various pieces of equipment, they create a captivating, live soundscape. rench artist Céleste Boursier-Mougenot creates works by drawing on the rhythms of daily life to produce sound in unexpected ways. For his installation in The Curve, Boursier-Mougenot creates a walk-though aviary for a flock of zebra finches, furnished with electric guitars and other musical instruments. As the birds go about their routine activities, perching on or feeding from the various pieces of equipment, they create a captivating, live soundscape.
January 19, 2010 Italy in Pasta 'Price-Fixing' Probe In Italy a food row over price-fixing in the pasta industry is threatening to boil over. The government is demanding to know why the price has increased so dramatically. Sabina Castellfranco reports from Rome.
January 13, 2010 Iannis Xenakis - Metastasis (Spectral View) Metastasis is an orchestral work by Iannis Xenakis, a Greek composer-architect remembered for the pioneering use of stochastic mathematical techniques in his compositions. The preliminary sketch for Metastasis was in graphic notation looking more like a blueprint than a musical score, showing graphs of mass motion and glissandi like structural beams of the piece, with sound frequencies on one axis and time on the other. This video presents the frequency spectrum (0-20.000Hz) of the piece and how Xenakis actually "drew" music.
January 4, 2010 Tom Waits Reads Bukowski's "The Laughing Heart" your life is your life
don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission.
be on the watch.
there are ways out.
there is a light somewhere.
it may not be much light but
it beats the darkness.
be on the watch.
the gods will offer you chances.
know them.
take them.
you can’t beat death but
you can beat death in life, sometimes.
and the more often you learn to do it,
the more light there will be.
your life is your life.
know it while you have it.
you are marvelous
the gods wait to delight
in you.
