Animalarium is full of wonderful images and videos, contemporary and vintage,
The Insects' Christmas is especially charming.
Animals as an endless source of creative inspiration. An exploration of the finest in art, illustration, crafts and design from around the world featuring animals, both real and fantastic [slightly nsfw].
posted by nickyskye
on Dec 26, 2010 -
2 comments
Clips from the BBC documentary, The African Rock n' Roll Years -
Part 1 l
Part 2 l
Part 3 l
Part 4 l
Part 5 l
Part 6 - a six-part series mixing interviews with key artists, concert footage and news archives, the series examines and explains the "styles that make up the continent's music, and the political and social pressures that led to their development."
BBC documentary details. Found in YouTube member,
Duncanzibar's, good collection of mostly African music videos.
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posted by nickyskye
on Dec 30, 2008 -
9 comments
Historic,
beautiful and
interesting footage of
Tibetan lamas and
yogis teaching
Buddhism, just 4 years after their escape from Tibet, when the Chinese invaded in 1959. "In 1963, for the first time, the Dalai Lama allowed a Westerner, Desjardins, to film the heart of the Tibetan tradition." Some meditation instruction taught by yogis: Tantra as practiced in Tibet,
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Lerab's Youtube channel has all kinds of video gems for those interested in Buddhist and Hindu spiritual practice.
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posted by nickyskye
on Dec 20, 2008 -
12 comments
Soukous Radio is an online radio station that plays/streams this energizing, joyous, African fusion music, known for its bright guitar sound and rumba/salsa beat. The name, Soukous, is derived from the French word secouer, to shake. A popular, recent Soukous video by two Ivory Coast singers, DJ Eloh and DJ Mix,
The Bobaraba (which means “big bottom” in the local Djoula language), celebrates booty shaking.
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posted by nickyskye
on Feb 21, 2008 -
25 comments
YouTube in partnership with The Davos Forum has established a great "contest" although I don't think of it like that. YouTubers are asked to submit a video answering the question "What one thing do you think that countries, companies or individuals must do to make the world a better place in 2008?" I thought a long time about the question, and then, after approaching Mayor Gavin Newsom to be in the video, then getting caught up against deadlines, I had the answer: to end racism around the World. Here's
the video. Here's Emma Thompson's
response.
posted by nickyskye
on Jan 27, 2008 -
35 comments
The
Shaved Bumblebee.
His is the little story of the bumblebee Bernard who wanted to impress his friends with an experiment. It was one of these boring days and they were as usual looking for some nonsense to get involved in and succeeded in switching on an electric shaver.
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posted by nickyskye
on Jan 20, 2008 -
24 comments
YangTown,
the Path of Masculine Power, [parts of the site NSFW] was created by a 25 year old guy in LA, who put together his ideas on dating and life advice. The site has a number of his articles on various topics that might be interesting to both men and women such as
Are Any of These 5 Energy Vampires Draining Your Life? There are also informative links to
Female Orgasm Mastery with explicit instructions on how to stimulate
the G-Spot [NSFW], definitely
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posted by nickyskye
on Jan 13, 2008 -
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10 TED conference videos that may or may not be perspective changing…otherwise named,
The Ten Videos to Change How You View the World...The Myth of Violence - Steven Pinker, 10 Ways the World Could End - Stephen Petranek, New Insights on Poverty and Life Around the World - Hans Rosling, Toys That Make Worlds - Will Wright, Technology’s Long Tail - Chris Anderson, Why Are We Happy? Or Not? - Daniel Gilbert, Universe is Queerer Than We Can Suppose - Richard Dawkins, Sliced Bread - Seth Godin, Redefining the Dictionary - Erin McKean, What’s So Funny About the Web? - Ze Frank
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posted by nickyskye
on Nov 11, 2007 -
25 comments
