Hungu (animation)

A video inspired by the African legend where a mother is resurrected by her son in the form of a musical instrument, the Hungu.

Fela Kuti (musician)

Fela Anikulapo Kuti (1938–1997), Fela for short, was a Nigerian musician and composer, pioneer of afrobeat music, human rights and political activist. See the interview in the second video about his political influence.

Fela in performance (1971) filmed by Ginger Baker


The Broadway show Fela! shows his music and his political roots

Click HERE to access the Broadway Show site. You can watch some video in the Fela's Music Re-release tab on the right.

(Below: interview from the Colbert Nation. Afterwards have to click on the performance in the video to see the dance and hear the music)

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Michel Camilo - Caribe

Michel Camilo is a pianist and composer from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He is known as a great jazz, Latin and classical pianist with superb technical ability, and has played and recorded with many world-famous musicians.

For more, incl. free audio and video, click on his home page HERE

Michel Camilo All Star New York Big Band from "Live in Altos de Chavón" concert playing "Caribe" in 2 parts:
Part 1


Part 2


Same tune, only solo, from the 40th anniversary of the Newport Jazz Festival, June 18, 1993.

January 2010 Calendar

Please click HERE to open the calendar page where you can download and print the page.

Mister Cok (animation)

An animation by Franck Dion (2009).
Looking for efficiency and profit in his bomb factory, Mister Cok decides to replace his workers with sophisticated robots, but one worker is not discarded so easily.

LINK to homepage (you can watch the video from there) or click on the arrow below:

Android Heads Talking

I've seen these before, but now they made it to a major art show: Art Basel Miami Beach 2009, where they sell for $75,000. To me they look pretty dead in expression and manifestation, however, the possibility of being confronted with one of them (like at a border or something) seems possible in the not so far future. The heads are connected to computers behind the 3D faces.

2 x 2 = 4 (+ or - something)

So, next time someone insists on a fact, like 2x2=4. ask them to explain this fact

Watch an animation HERE