It’s been a while since I first posted in EPB about this website, Project Space Planes, and their delightfully Anglocomic Youtube video below which shows a group of British engineers launching paper airplanes into space on behalf of the Samsung Corp. to see where the planes, and their sturdy microchip cargo, would land. Most of …
See also: Clever British Geeks Release Paper Planes in Space
Yaadon Ki Baaraat – Lekar Hum .
New Shakira out recently. Title translates to “The Sun Comes Out.” Tune starts out slow, swells into a solid, surprisingly trad-rock (given the singer’s success with newer dance music formats), pop tune. I’ll admit that when they modulate on the last bridge (2:48, right before she rips her turtleneck apart. Honest.) it’s the oldest cliche …
“People Get Ready, there’s a train a’ comin’,” Curtis Mayfield sang, and the well-prepared passengers in this video would understand his sentiments completely, if not his English. Here’s video from Myanmar of a train running so far behind schedule that it has no time to stop when it reaches the station. Passengers and their bags …
Here are some crazy Norwegians skating on thin ice:
This is REALLY good. Much fuller than the lo-fi original. I know, I know, I’m missing the point. I always do… Also – Reggae, What Happened? The Critic’s Roundtable Talks London, Kingston – The single most trenchant and honest piece of writing about reggae, ever!
The Dancing Jollibee Bee Bored Pinoy in Saudi
From Mike Hughes at Catshoegazing who says, “I love her attitude, her slight digs at the R & B status quo. Sure it’s pop music but it’s intelligent British R & B that I can not only live with but love…” – Mike Hughes is the writer, photographer and host of Catshoegazing, a lively, intelligent …
I found these talented kids and their video while searching for a different Swedish banjo tune, but this one is better anyway. It’s unusual to say this about Europeans playing slow blues on bluegrass instruments, but they really find the pocket by the back end of the song. The song starts a little slow, so …
This brief vid is very helpful in filling the gaps of American geographical knowledge of the United Kingdom, Great Britain and England:
Here’s Brazilian taxi driver Jean Walker with his stunning version of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” delivered from behind the wheel of his cab: . Also in the Michael Jackson Suite at EastPortlandBlog.com: Tribute to Michael Jackson From Patrick Stump of Fallout Boy Brazilian Cab Driver Impersonates Michael Jackson Spectacularly On the Occasion of Michael Jackson’s Death, …
It’s been a while since I first posted in EPB about this website, Project Space Planes, and their delightfully Anglocomic Youtube video which shows a group of British engineers launching paper airplanes into space on behalf of the Samsung Corp. to see where the planes, and their microchip cargo, would land. Most of the planes …
Kevjumba, the Youtube phenomena who sucessfully challenged Jessica Alba and Baron Davis to internet staring contests, and performed in a dance off on Happy Slip’s Youtube channel, is here challenged to go to Kenya and teach a class full of some excellent dancers: