I just got word of a remarkable internet-radio experiment out of Cape Town. The Pan African Space Station was a 30-day musical intervention broadcasting music from global Africa, and greater Cape Town, from September 12 (Biko Day) to October 12, 2008.
Some of the most beautiful, interesting, and cutting-edge developments in melody and rhythm are coming [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Internet Radio from Cape Town
Posted in Africa, Music, tagged Afrobeat, Cape Town, hip-hop, internet, jazz, Music, radio, South Africa on May 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Persistence Hunt
Posted in Africa, Video, tagged anthropology, ethnography, hunt, Kalahari Desert, Namibia, sub-Saharan Africa, traditional cultures, tribesmen on May 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In the Kalahari Desert of Namibia, tribesmen practice one of the most ancient methods of hunting practiced by the human species. David Attenborough narrates how the tribesmen track, scent, and then chase a Kudu – for eight hours, until the animal literally collapses from sheer exhaustion.
It’s all fun and games until…
Posted in Fascinating, archaeology, tagged ancient civilizations, archaeology, artifacts, humor, McSweeney's, satire, Sumeria on May 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
…until someone gets their head stuck in a 3,600-year-old Sumerian pot. From McSweeney’s Internet Tendency:
Beautiful piece. In excellent condition. One of only two complete pots from a pottery works at Larsa, dated to the reign of Rim-Sim I.
I honestly didn’t think my head would fit into it.
But it did, and now I can’t [...]
Great Lakes, Great Dining
Posted in North America, Ships, fine dining on May 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On the August 22-29, 2009 edition of our classic Great Lakes cruise, we’ve got a real treat in store for you: Dani Arana, Executive Chef of the Taberna del Alabardero, will be your personal guest chef, offering special meals, wine tastings and master classes.
When the Taberna del Alabardero opened its doors in 1989, The New [...]
