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Aurgasm:

Obi Best’s debut album, Capades, is a startling and addicting collection of refined pop songs. Whether it is the more orchestral ballads or synth-driven electropop that make up Capades; the record is equally dreamy, witty and infectious. Alex Lilly’s capricious lyrics are tempered by tight musical arrangements, resulting in a playful and most importantly, fun sound. Lilly’s sweet and pellucid vocals, backed by Bram Inscore (keys), John Wood (keys) and Barbara Gruska (drums), elevate the carefully composed and surprisingly complex songs of Obi Best.

Obi Best – Nothing Can Come Between Us (mp3)
Obi Best – Swedish Boy (mp3)

Wow!! I was absolutely floored by this particular podcast. The first half was interesting and got my ears pricked while I was immersed in other work, but really it’s the second half, which goes into the history of how the various Native American tribes lived and fed themselves over the ages — it’s incredibly fascinating! Completely re-wrote a bunch of ideas I had lolling about in my head for years. I researched it a bit more online and various US museum and archaeology websites confirmed this information.

This is just the first of Colleen’s podcasts that I’ve listened to, but I’m already hooked.
Honoring the Animals We Eat (mp3)
or listen to it streaming at compassionatecooks.com

“Food for Thought” offers a unique perspective that leaves listeners feeling supported, motivated, and inspired. Celebrating a way of life that encompasses compassion for everyone, this podcast addresses all aspects of eating a compassionate, healthful, whole foods, plant-based diet and advocates a sustainable food system that supports organic, local, seasonal fare. Each episode addresses commonly asked questions about being vegetarian/vegan, including those regarding animal rights, food, cooking, nutrition, and debunks the myths surrounding these issues. Drawing upon poetry, short stories, and other forms of literature, this is a unique podcast that works on many levels.

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Q: “What would you like to drink … fruit juice, soda, tea, milo, chocolate, or coffee?”
A: “Tea please”

Q: Ceylon tea, herbal tea, bush tea, honey bush tea, ice tea or green tea?”
A: ” Ceylon tea please”

Q: “How would you like it? Black or white?”
A: “White please”

Q: “Milk, whitener, or condensed milk?”
A: “Milk please ”

Q: “Goat milk, camel milk or cow milk?”
A: “Cow milk please.”

Q: “Milk from Freezeland or Afrikaner cow?”
A: “Umm .. I’ll rather take it black please.”

Q: “Would you like it with sweetener, sugar or honey?”
A: “With sugar please.”

Q: “Beet sugar or cane sugar?”
A: “Cane sugar please.”

Q: “White, brown or yellow sugar?”
A: “Just forget about the tea. I’ll have a glass of water instead please.”

Q: “Mineral or still water? ”
A: “Mineral water please.”

Q: “Flavoured or non-flavoured?”
A: “Fok, lossit net .. ek vrek liewer vannie fokken dors!!!”

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING Y’ALL

HAHAHA! This one’s especially for Niqkita and Bsti…

As seen on enschedeaanzee

PLEO The Robotic Baby Dinosaur (Requires Flash for the full experience)

Tyson Beckford falls for Pleo

He’s based on UGOBE’s LIFE OS an open architecture! (YouTube link)

Thanks Pieter!

By Daniel Everett

BBC Book of the Week – listen only while it lasts

Daniel Everett lived among the Pirahã, a small tribe of Amazonian Indians in central Brazil, whose remoteness meant that their language was incomprehensible.

He began as a linguist and a missionary, his task to translate the New Testament into their dialect. But his story tells of how, over the years, the Pirahãs changed him more than he could influence them.

See more photos taken of the Pirahã tribe during the project
BBC Book of the Week site

designboom:

more photos of the Kunsthofpassage on Flickr

De 10 à 60 ans – 1 girl through 6 decades.
Vogue Paris November 2008
with Eniko Mihalik by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin
styled by Carine Roitfeld, make-up by Lisa Butler

Remember IT IS THE SAME MODEL on every photo

Aurgasm:

Lead by multi-talended producer Thomas Brenneck, The Menahan Street Band offers a solid blend of instrumental funk, late sixties sounding soul, latin grooves and afrobeat. Back in 2007, long before the group’s debut album, the Brooklyn based ensemble drew attention for their outstanding “Make The Road By Walking” track, which was sampled for the ubiquitous Jay-Z’s hit “Roc Boys (And The Winner Is)”. “Home Again!”, a mid-tempo composition from the recently released Menahan album embodies warm guitar melodies and tightly structured horn arrangements.

Make The Road By Walking (mp3)
Home Again (mp3)

Spanish artist Miguel Barcelo was commissioned by the Foundation ONUART on the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to undertake the painting of the ceiling, the most extensive work of art in the history of the United Nations at the venue for the Human Rights Council. Barcelo used over one hundred tones of paint with pigments from all corners of the globe on the enormous 1500 metres squared dome and it took him more than a year to produce. The complete renovations to Room XX cost approximately 20 million Euros ($25 million)

A truly incredible sight – I hope I’ll get to visit it one day.

You can see pictures of the creation process here

craftzine.com

New Plan for Official U.S. Bicycle Route System Approved by National Transportation Authority

Missoula, Montana —The United States is on a path to creating what could become the largest official bicycle route network in the world, thanks to the approval of a new plan by America’s leading authority on national route designations. The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) has just approved a National Corridor Plan laying out the framework and guidelines for the development of this system.

The plan identifies corridors connecting America’s urban, rural, and suburban areas. The corridors cover well over 50,000 miles, which, if transformed into routes along roads and trails, would create the largest official bicycle route network in any country or on any continent. By comparison, the planned Euro-Vélo network in Europe is projected to be 60,000 kilometers or 36,000 miles…
Read more at Bike Pittsburgh

Never has a plane been more aptly named… this is definitely worth clicking through to youtube to view in full screen!

Check it out in full screen on YouTube.

Thanks hamlet

Hilarious!! And he’s a truly inspiring artist.

Thanks P

Beartato’s Awesome New Sideburns!

More vintage Beartato comics…

Thanks Pieter!