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Those of us living in the Western world know relatively little about deeply severe conditions of dire poverty. Photographic sites seem to pay little attention to and look less than highly on journalistic images that depict the dismal life of those who have been born into a state of devastating poverty. Photography should educate, enlighten and help to ameliorate the plight of these unfortunate souls, but most of the time it censors it.
The photographs presented here center on the large population of mercilessly impoverished people living in India, an amazing assortment of disenfranchised humans who are begging just to eat and survive another day. If more people can view the malignant and horrible plight that so many millions of impoverished persons endure, it’s possible they eventually will be more able to offer the empathy and human support such populations require in order to survive. However, if we continue to shun painful imagery of the dreadfully appalling conditions in our world, we will continue to condone its existence and never offer the assistance that is required.
This piece is comprised of a number of dramatically striking photographs, a memorable slide show and an excellent quality HD music video.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2010/08/01/photos-of-the-day-the-hands-that-speak/Those of us living in the Western world know relatively little about deeply severe... more
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http://thehouseilivein.me/2010/04/21/a-means-of-ignorning-the-spaces-in-between/
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They say:
Jim DeRogatis of the Chicago Sun-Times
The rhythms seem stale, predictable and at times ennervating (slowing to a crawl on "Diplomat's Son," a misguided dalliance with dub reggae); the hooks are much skimpier and less memorable, and bandleader and primary songwriter Ezra Koenig has even less insight to offer while bragging of his groovy globetrotting: His idea of insight into our polyglot culture is to brag of drinking horchata, a milky Mexican concoction made from rice, while wearing a balaclava, a Ukrainian ski mask.
The Independent:
Quite literally, a world of fun.
Stereogum:
Once you start really taking the tracks apart, they start opening up in the hook department and it becomes clear they've gone deeper with the production, and emotion.
Entertainment Weekly:
Contra inevitably lacks the slaphappy dazzle of breakout singles like ''A Punk'' and ''Oxford Comma.'' ... If the lyrics sometimes seem to showboat their 10-carat educations (look, Ma, three continents!), the music remains happily inclusive: somewhere between limbo contest on the lido deck and cocktail hour in Cape Cod.
Rolling Stone:
If Vampire Weekend was Rushmore, Contra is their Royal Tenenbaums: brainy, confident and generally awesome.
You say:
@musictweetmusic The album SMOKES...
@aerogare It's like Franz Ferdinand's second album: rather good in its own right but not as good as the début.
@straightgangsta I haven't even listened to it yet and I know it's good haha.
@andyfortson I think it's meh. The singles are good. The rest sounds like b-sides to the last album.
@JeffD44 I wasn't a fan of their debut, but diggin the new VW Contra, it's less chirpy, and feels a lot more textured and adventurous
I say:
I loved Vampire Weekend's last album before it was all that cool and long after it was declared totally over. I spent a lot of that year traveling back and forth to New York and then up and down the East Coast, and the songs had a great "we've all gone to look for America" modern Simon & Garfunkel vibe, very my-life-is-a-Zach-Braff-movie-soundtrack.
Then this year I discovered fun., who share a certain indie-pop sensibility of quirky, plunky melodies and verbosity. But fun.'s "Aim and Ignite"—definitely in my top 10 for 2009—lacks the pretentious English major issues that keep Vampire Weekend from truly being, well, fun. Last week I was driving along the California coast on a brilliantly warm and sunny winter day, listening to "Aim and Ignite" (I know, my life is so hard), and I realized, I think fun. has made Vampire Weekend kind of irrelevant to my life. Then I heard "Contra" and couldn't come up with any good way to refute that. It's not a bad album, but I found it pretty boring. I've heard it before. And if I'm going to listen to something I already have, I'm going back to fun.
Here's the video for fun.'s "All the Pretty Girls," one of 10 absurdly enjoyable tracks off their debut album:
Earlier unfounded opinions:
+ Two holiday treats
+ We were there: fun. in LA
They say:
Jim DeRogatis of the Chicago Sun-Times
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Recently HBO televised a concert from NYC to honor the 25th anniversary of the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame. I'm posting this performance by Simon and Garfunkel because I grew up with their music. It is relevant, it has substance, and it speaks to the meaning of life. I don't see that much in popular music anymore. To watch this perfomance not only brought me to tears, it brought back good memories of a time when music actually meant something in the scheme of life because it spoke to your soul. I am thankful they are still here to share their music with this generation. This is a classic.Recently HBO televised a concert from NYC to honor the 25th anniversary of the Rock... more
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Yes indeed, seeing this I knew that the warriors, angels and prophets are back out spreading their words of fear...and they even brought along their own gear. I absolutely love this...wonder how many people walked by without even seeing it. Reminds me of some lyrics from an old Simon and Garfunkel song, “The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenement halls, and whispered in the sounds of silence.” Disposable prophet graffiti. It's tidier than most, don't you think?Yes indeed, seeing this I knew that the warriors, angels and prophets are back out... more
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Call it an early Valentine’s present to their New York fans. Last night Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel reunited on stage at the reopening of the legendary Beacon Theater on the Upper West Side.
It was quite an occasion, too. In the audience were Paul McCartney (and Nancy Shevell), Jon Bon Jovi with wife Dorothea, Harvey Weinstein and Georgina Chapman, Rosie O’Donnell and Kelli Carpenter, Whoopi Goldberg, James Gandolfini, musician Robert Randolph, and Jimmy Fallon with wife Nancy Juvnonen, not to mention Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly.
And those were just the celebs we spotted in the front section. There may have been more in the sold-out, three-tiered auditorium, renovated to its former glory by Cablevision’s Dolan family.Call it an early Valentine’s present to their New York fans. Last night Paul... more
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In Bob Dylan's 1969 Portland concert, he was joined by the legendary Paul Simon. Dylan and Simon did historic duets together, beginning with the memorable "Sound of Silence."
Includes photographs, videos of the 1969 Dylan and Simon "Sound of Silence" duet, as well as of Simon and Garfunkel's 1981 Central Park reunion performance of it before 500,000 fans.In Bob Dylan's 1969 Portland concert, he was joined by the legendary Paul Simon.... more
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Here is Rolling Stone's 25 top movie soundtracks by one artist - What do you think??
1. Superfly
Curtis Mayfield
2. The Graduate
Simon & Garfunkel
3. Purple Rain
Prince
4. There Will Be Blood
Jonny Greenwod
5. Magnolia
Aimee Mann
6. Into the Wild
Eddie Vedder
7. About a Boy
Badly Drawn Boy
8. Paris, Texas
Ry Cooder
9. Dancer in the Dark
Björk
10. Harold and Maude
Cat Stevens
11. Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
Bob Dylan
12. She's the One
Tom Petty
13. This Is Spinal Tap
Spinal Tap
14. More
Pink Floyd
15. The Last Temptation of Christ
Peter Gabriel
16. Dead Man
Neil Young
17. Rumble Fish
Stewart Copeland
18. Shaft [Listen]
Isaac Hayes
19. Maximum Overdrive
AC/DC
20. One From the Heart
Tom Waits & Crystal Gayle
21. Idlewild
OutKast
22. Obscured by Clouds
Pink Floyd
23. Death Wish II
Jimmy Page
24. Labyrinth
David Bowie
25. Open Season
Paul Westerberg
Here is Rolling Stone's 25 top movie soundtracks by one artist - What do you... more
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