I don’t know Chris Silver, the author of this piece, but it’s a great write up on his visit to Marseilles. Makes me anxious to get back to France! http://jewishmorocco.blogspot.com/2012/08/marseilles-north-african-lower-east-side.html?m=1
The world is a better place with music in it and this song in particular brightens my day. It’s apparently based on an older Indonesian political song, bu I haven’t been able to get any (detailed) info on that. I’d like to and, if that happens, I’ll update this post.
For now I’d like to present the latest single from my dear friend Filastine and his compadre Nova. Her voice plus his music equals stuck in my head. Gendjer2 ladies and gents and the rest of us from Filastine’s latest album, £00T. The whole thing is this good…
You like your LGBT spicy with a little plain yogurt for the cool down?
Here’s your TasteeMeal for the day:
Back in December of 2010 I was part of a stage production that took an abstract look at the American Revolutionary War and American culture in general. Directed by Dayna Hanson formerly of 33 fainting Spells, Gloria’s Cause was a fun and messy assortment of scenes that sometimes appeared to come from nowhere. The show had multiple dancers and actors and a live band that almost all of us performed in. I fulfilled all three roles, some much better than others.
The show was co-presented by Seattle theater On The Boards and they paid for a film crew to document the work. That documentation can be seen at ontheboards.tv. There’s some small amount of compensation the theater needs for the production work to be cost sufficient so be prepared to pay. I’ve watched the video several times and it’s great; the film crew did a wonderful job!
I’d also like to point out a short feature that appeared on cable TV about us: Gloria’s Cause Short Feature.
And here’s some screen shots from the On The Boards video. Now go watch it!!!
Young video warrior Maya isn’t the most exciting performer out there and she certainly isn’t someone whose music I turn to, but she and her crew have gone a bit beyond. This new video of hers has a bit more of a kick to it than what I’m used to from her; what makes it interesting to watch, though, is how she has constructed a world that escapes the boundaries of culture. What I mean by that is Maya has given birth to an apostatic abomination that history is threatening to vomit into a wormhole. Actually, this video is so beautiful that I don’t know how to describe it so I will once again shut up.
UPDATE! After doing a little research I’ve discovered that this is no fantasy world; this is the reality of modern Arab life. Witness the following videos and know that find more you need only go to youtube and type ‘arab drifting’ or ‘sandal skating’.
