Tag: youtube
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London 2012: Olympics Badminton
The Olympics Badminton event was held at the Wembley Arena next to the Stadium (where some of the Olympics football matches were played). Wembley is located in the Northwest corner of London and is well knwon to any Brits, football fans or rock concert-goers. We went on Day 7 of the games and there were…
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Henri et Tournée du Chat Noir
My friend Karen from NY reposted this youtube video on Facebook – Henri – le chat noir – the french existential cat. It is hilarious. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q34z5dCmC4M&w=510&h=289] This video is getting viral now – at least according to Forbes’ “mon-dieux-save-us-from-the-existential-cat-video“. Notice the graphic at the beginning of the video. It is inspired by this 1896 poster…
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Electron Festival 2012, Geneva
Electron is a four-day festival that ran from April 5 to April 8, spanning the Easter weekend of 2012. Below is this year’s poster – the city in the background is Geneva. It is an annual electronic cultures festival that included workshops, contemporary art exhibits, concerts, conferences and parties. These events took place at various…
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From LA to Sin City
While we were in LA, we took a road trip to Las Vegas – a four hour drive on Interstate 15 North. Vegas baby ! On the way, we saw signs to Route 66. It would have been an interesting detour but would take at least half a day to explore – so we skipped…
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Memories of blue – Vangelis
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcYcPvnZRMQ&w=510&h=412] Another piece by Vangelis which is much warmer than and very mainstream when compared to the earlier posted Memories of Green – the piece that was used in the movie Blade Runner. Other than the “Memories” in the titles, I do not know the connection between these two pieces, if any. It could have been…
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Classic Electronics: Oxygène IV – Jean-Michel Jarre (1977)
Click on the cover to start listening to Oxygène IV. Oxygène by Jean-Michel Jarre is one of my all-time favorite album. I heard Part IV first on the British singles chart in 1977, and made me a fan of electronic instrumental music. The album has 6 tracks, named by numbers sequentially, and can be…