john legend sings pride – remembering martin

April 7, 2008 by DJ Lanphier
Spent the weekend really digesting a lot of MLK information… which I’ll be posting throughout the week. Here’s a nice version of U2′s song Pride (In the name of love) by John Legend. buzz-twang : news and views : blog

KKK supports Obama

April 7, 2008 by DJ Lanphier
A good example of how satire becomes gossip and then “news”. Seems a group of conservative bloggers have fallen victim to allowing their anti Obama political agenda to trump real news judgment and the most elemental of fact checking. Shocking right? The San Fransisco Chronicle gossip section The Daily Dish “reports“: Hip-hop star Snoop Dogg [...]

fountain of light

April 5, 2008 by DJ Lanphier
What I see in NYC. Light sculpture in Rockefeller Plaza. buzz-twang : news and views : blog

bull on the brain

April 5, 2008 by DJ Lanphier
What I see in NYC. Bull’s head from Iran near Persepolis 358 BC. At the Metropolitan Museum of Art. buzz-twang : news and views : blog

south park on the web 2.0 "revolution"

April 4, 2008 by DJ Lanphier
Via TilzyTV, see that Stone and Parker have spoofed the web 2.0 scene in a recent episode of South Park. Very funny. Yet, while Josh at Tilzy focused on the WGA and internet stars, I thought the episode brought an interesting situation to the fore which I’ll discuss after the clip: Josh at TilzyTV notes [...]

scorsese and shine a light and rock films on wnyc

April 1, 2008 by DJ Lanphier
Soundcheck on WNYC. A good listen: (about ten minutes) buzz-twang : news and views : blog

shine a light

April 1, 2008 by DJ Lanphier
Martin Scorsese’s performance doc on the Rolling Stones, Shine a Light, is coming out very soon. Here’s a short clip of the bones playin’ “Sympathy for the Devil”. Looks and sounds great, which is to be expected from the director of one of the greatest filmed concerts ever. (Took the embeded video away because it [...]

Thank you Dith Pran

April 1, 2008 by DJ Lanphier
New York Times Photojournalist Dith Pran has passed away. A nice video retrospective and interview with him is here, and a slide show is here. Extraordinary. And check out the Dith Pran Holocaust Awareness Project for more information on the Cambodian genocide. buzz-twang : news and views : blog
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