httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b853h1ocEhM
Here’s a funny car commercial from the UK. Is the music in this video by Beethoven or a modern composer? Let me know what you think.
Road Runner – The Episode We All Missed
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ErAbdm829A
Cities I’ve Visited
View Conrad Askland – Cities I’ve Visited in a larger map
Had fun messing around with Google Maps. This is a list of cities that I have visited.
I keep messing it up – now I’ve got two maps posted, each with half of the cities I’ve visited. Arghh! I give up, it’s boring now…
Ambassadors of Harmony – 2009 International Barbershop Chorus Champions
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmDGntpZC3I
Be sure to watch the whole video. Lots of great stuff in here. Bravo!
The Barbershop Harmony Society is proud to present your 2009 International Barbershop Chorus Champions performing their uptune ‘Seventy-Six Trombones’ by Meredith Wilson and arranged by David Wright. Representing the Central States District, under the Direction of Dr. Jim Henry…..the Ambasssadors of Harmony! (www.aoh.org)
Christopher Hitchens on Art
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrDOfJNND2Y
This interview is very dry and slow, but I think Hitchens has excellent comments on the role of art and music as aesthetics for inspiring people beyond the ordinary and every day. He also mentions how the work of people like Stephen Hawking and Einstein also provide an inspiration.
From the First Festival of Dangerous Ideas in Sydney, Australia. Presented by the Sydney Opera House and the St James Ethics Centre.
Maurice Sendak on Being Scary
Reporter: “What do you say to parents who think the Wild Things film may be too scary?”
Sendak: “I would tell them to go to hell. That’s a question I will not tolerate.”
Reporter: “Because kids can handle it?”
Sendak: “If they can’t handle it, go home. Or wet your pants. Do whatever you like. But it’s not a question that can be answered.”
The Bard on Doubt
And make us lose the good we oft might win
By fearing to attempt.
Greatest English dramatist & poet (1564 – 1616)
Would You Rather Be Smart or Beautiful?
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyCWM7p2kmg
This is so great. Jeanie Anderson in the Miss Philippines Pageant.
Trampoline Performance at Great Hall – Venetian Macau
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emB5m6fyO5E
ZAiA™ – Cirque du Soleil – Artists of ZAiA™ went outside of the theatre to celebrate the show’s 1st anniversary – late August 2009.
Cirque Performer Dies of Injuries
A sad day today for our Cirque family. This is the first time a Cirque artist has died while rehearsing/performing their discipline. Here in Macau at the ZAIA show it’s very quiet today. Artists are thinking of the family and their pain, as I’m sure artists in other Cirque shows worldwide are also doing today.
The Canadian Press
Date: Saturday Oct. 17, 2009 8:18 PM ET
MONTREAL — A Cirque du Soleil performer, who fell off a trampoline during a training session Friday, has died of his injuries. The company said Oleksandr Zhurov (Sacha) died in a Montreal hospital Saturday.