James Brown – Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag — PowerPop… An Eclectic Collection of Pop Culture

Happy Father’s Day! I hope everyone has a great day. I do miss my dad…this is Christmas 1975…yea I’m the dork beside him. James Brown = The MAN James Brown recorded this song in one take…the released version was supposed to be a run-through, but sounded so good it was kept anyway. Brown, who still […]… Continue reading James Brown – Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag — PowerPop… An Eclectic Collection of Pop Culture

Alicia Keys and John Legend’s Juneteenth piano battle was packed with inspirational musical moments — Welcome to The gorge

Juneteenth, John Legend and Alicia Keys performed in the latest installment of Verzuz, an Instagram series for hip hop and R&B stars to square off. Both piano players since childhood (Keys since she was 7, Legend since he was 5), their two-and-a-half hour Friday event showcased skill, heart, and major talent.” data-reactid=”23″ type=”text”>On Juneteenth, John… via… Continue reading Alicia Keys and John Legend’s Juneteenth piano battle was packed with inspirational musical moments — Welcome to The gorge

9 gloriously weird aircraft (and one utterly weird British interplanetary spacecraft) — Hush-Kit

Here are ten monstrous flying machines that had they voices would have probably rasped, “master, why did you create me?” 9. Bartini Beriev VVA-14 (1972) ‘Millenium Balkan’ Robert ‘Ludvigovich’ Bartini was an aristocratic Italian aircraft designer. The Italian Communist Party sent him to the USSR following the Fascist take-over of Italy. It was the intention […]… Continue reading 9 gloriously weird aircraft (and one utterly weird British interplanetary spacecraft) — Hush-Kit

9 gloriously weird aircraft (and one utterly weird British interplanetary spacecraft) — Hush-Kit

Here are ten monstrous flying machines that had they voices would have probably rasped, “master, why did you create me?” 9. Bartini Beriev VVA-14 (1972) ‘Millenium Balkan’ Robert ‘Ludvigovich’ Bartini was an aristocratic Italian aircraft designer. The Italian Communist Party sent him to the USSR following the Fascist take-over of Italy. It was the intention […]… Continue reading 9 gloriously weird aircraft (and one utterly weird British interplanetary spacecraft) — Hush-Kit

“A New Theory of the Universe” by Robert Lanza from The American Scholar 2017 — The Extraterrestrial Highway

Biocentrism builds on quantum physics by putting life into the equation… ‘While I was sitting one night with a poet friend watching a great opera performed in a tent under arc lights, the poet took my arm and pointed silently. Far up, blundering out of the night, a huge Cecropia moth swept past from light […]… Continue reading “A New Theory of the Universe” by Robert Lanza from The American Scholar 2017 — The Extraterrestrial Highway

Analogue Television on the Radio – Black Lives Matter — SUNNY 16 PODCAST

This weeks show is an audio version of the fantastic conversation Paul Mckay had with the wonderful Tina Rowe, Rob from London Camera Project and Eric Toribio on the Analogue Wonderland Youtube Channel – go there for the full visual splendor of it all (and to laugh at Paul’s haircut). Many thanks to them all […]… Continue reading Analogue Television on the Radio – Black Lives Matter — SUNNY 16 PODCAST

MELVIN VAN PEEBLES: THE STORY OF A THREE-DAY PASS (1967) — CINEBEATS

In the late 1950s, Melvin Van Peebles went to Hollywood after completing a number of short films. He had aspirations of becoming a director’s assistant but an agent quickly squelched his ambition after telling him, “If you can tap dance, I might find you some work. But that is about all.” When he couldn’t find […]… Continue reading MELVIN VAN PEEBLES: THE STORY OF A THREE-DAY PASS (1967) — CINEBEATS

How Gus Van Sant’s ‘Psycho’ Remake (1998) Nearly Broke Hollywood — Flip Screen

In 1998, Gus Van Sant angered the world with Psycho, his near-exact shot-for-shot remake that drove critics into a furious rage and tarred his name in Hollywood for many years. But is there more to this story than simply a car crash remake gone wrong? via How Gus Van Sant’s ‘Psycho’ Remake (1998) Nearly Broke Hollywood… Continue reading How Gus Van Sant’s ‘Psycho’ Remake (1998) Nearly Broke Hollywood — Flip Screen