Sunday, 16 January 2011

Alvin Tofler's 'Future Shock' narrated by Orson Welles (1972)

Techno Panics From Forty Years Ago...

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♪♫ Darkstar - Gold (14 Jan 2011 Bimhuis, Amsterdam)

Trish Keenan's Mind Bending Motorway Mix

"Before she went to Australia Trish sent me a mix CD of bonkers pop music she compiled, I never thanked her. Its called Mind Bending Motorway Mix and I want to share it with you, please pass the link on, share it far and wide, its a little tribute to a (as a friend referred to her today) exhilarating woman..."
HERE
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Twitter & Legal activism in China

Tunisia and the New Arab Media Space

Saturday, 15 January 2011

RIP Trish Keenan

Trish Keenan died on 14 January 2011 from complications with pneumonia. Broadcast’s record label Warp said: “This is an untimely tragic loss and we will miss Trish dearly - a unique voice, an extraordinary talent and a beautiful human being. Rest in Peace.”

♪♫ Silver Convention - Fly Robin Fly (1975)

Best remembered for their disco smash "Fly Robin Fly," the Munich, Germany-based ensemble Silver Convention was formed by producers Silvester Levay and Michael Kunze, debuting in 1975 with the LP Save Me and scoring a U.K. hit with the title track. After topping the American charts with "Fly Robin Fly," Levay and Kunze recruited a trio of vocalists -- Linda Thompson (not to be confused with the same-named singer and wife of guitarist Richard Thompson), Ramona Wulf, and Penny McLean -- who began appearing publicly under the Silver Convention banner; they were featured on the follow-up, "Get Up and Boogie (That's Right)," which was also a smash in 1976. While another single, "Telegram," proved a success that same year in the annual Eurovision Song Contest, Silver Convention's popularity quickly faded, and by the end of the decade the group was no more. (Jason Ankeny)

Germany's answer to the Love Unlimited Orchestra
Jesus, what dresses, what moves, those were the days...
Probably my last post here if mona discovers this :)

Bonus:

Get up and Boogie 1975
listen to the lyrics...

♪♫ Alison Krauss - The Lucky One ♪♫

Imho the best smooth song EVER

2 Mona: Drunk, but happy!

This file photo shows Chinese troops patrolling a snowy hillside on Shuangmu Mountain bordering North Korea, in late Nineties. China is in discussions with N.Korea about stationing its troops in the isolated state for the first time since 1994, according to a South Korean newspaper.