After spending 9 days in Denver I have to say that I am happy to have visited Colorado. It shows among many things the size of the US with its parks and vast mountains. Denver is a quiet city; quiet perhaps for someone who is used to the size of population of California. Downtown is pretty quiet but it does come alive Friday and Saturday night when everyone from the area seem to flood every pub and restaurant in the LoDo District. Colorado has a lot to offer; a vast space for outdoor sports, long Spring days for jogging and biking that, by the way, from Denver to Boulder are all around. Denver now offers its new Denver B-cycle Program that seems to be very practical. More photos in the slideshow here
Robert Osborne thanks people who made the first TCM Classic Film Festival possible and introduces Metropolis at the Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. Metropolis came back to life. The version played on Sunday night is the closest to the original version played in Berlin in 1927. It includes the footage found in 2008 at the Museo del Cine in Buenos Aires which is significantly important to the interpretation of the movie. The added footage extends many scenes throughout the film and adds many more of the Thin Man and Joh Fredersen. I very much enjoyed seeing Metropolis once again and there’s nothing like seeing this classic in the big screen. Sunday night’s presentation was accompanied by the wonderful performance of the Alloy Orchestra
Amazing 7 month investigation by ProPublica (@ProPublica) on the question ‘Nobody in Wall Street saw what was coming’? regarding to the financial crisis. I mean; are we just going to accept that the crisis caught Wall Street by surprise and nobody saw anything unusual?. Banks giving mortgages to people who couldn’t afford it and then selling it to other banks?. What the investigation discovers is more than an answer to the question. NPR’s This American Life played the piece and it’s a must listen. The first 40 minutes of the podcast explains CDOs, Equity Tranche, Credit Default Swap and how a hedge fund like Magnetar ended up making millions. The podcast is HERE
In 58 days the world will experience the most important sport event in the world once again. Like it or not the only event that brings people together from all over the world with a common passion is the World Cup. Anyone that has ever been to or watched a soccer game in nations like Italy, Brazil or Argentina will have probably noticed the participation of the audience in a game. The photo above was taken at Ye Olde King’s Head in Santa Monica during the Barcelona – Real Madrid game. I was glad to see the interest in people that seems to be growing as the World Cup nears.
Take a walk around Wilshire Boulevard on a Sunday afternoon and it would seem as if you just took a blast to the past. Art Decó buildings surround the area and diners that were left intact as the day they opened. Enter Callahan’s Diner on Wilshire Blvd and 12th and you are in 1930′s again. The diner gives out a particular ambiance seen in many Noir movies and even the waitress might reminds you of some classic diner scene; perhaps one filmed there. Nothing much changed at Callahan’s; they still use the original register and vinyl booths.
I bet a lot of people thought this wasn’t possible at that time. Everytime a new device comes out I tend to try to remember how it used to be when I was a kid. What did my parents talk about if they talked about technology or new devices?. I guess that is a price we have to pay today; let’s face it, even if we are not too interested we are at least aware of personal technology because it just intrigues us to know whether it will eventually affect our lives or not. Watch this video and nothing about it will seem new to anyone under 60 but more than one will think that just like in 1981 a full version of electronic journalism in our lives is yet to be adopted even thought the technology is available. I for one believe in printed media done right and I think today is a key moment for a lot of good projects to come out from photographers, writers or anyone with a good idea and creativity who would have been turned down by publishers just because they didn’t know who they were. We have the tools from the creation to the end product and print-on-demand services that can make it accessible to get their product out to the world. There will be a day when newspapers will reach us in a different form as our only option; I just hope we still get to have the choice on how to consume the rest of the content.
7 PM. The place looked half full and people kept coming in. Two tables down a group of rockers were enjoying dessert and seemed surprised when a man next to them asked if it was ok to try their dessert. One of the rockers looked as if the 70′s decade had been dragged back to today. As people kept coming in the flame of the lamps outside started to burn the remainder of a Wednesday afternoon…
I think that everyone should have their own opinions about a universal type of healthcare, but watching this video I realize a couple of things. These people don’t have healthcare. That’s a fact. Another thing that looks pretty clear is that these are people are not homeless and if they are not homeless why should they have the need to use services intended for people in need like homeless families are? Sixty (60) percent of Remote Are Medical work is now done within the US and most recently urban areas. It’s so nice to see doctors like the dentist that appears on the video being part of something like RAM.
Can someone tell me which part of this video makes sense?. Did he say “We are not just gonna give people an AK47 gun… felons buy cars too… what we are gonna do is we are gonna give them a boucher so they can go to their local gun dealer where they can go buy a gun and go to the proper background check so the guns end up in the right hands”? I like the drawing in the back too.
Sad news. Besides the fact that it is a sad video to see it is sad that we see respectable businesses shut down when other not so respectable financial institutions are being bailed out.
Mauricio Kagel remains a great influence in 20th century music. I had the opportunity of meeting him in the 90′s and witness MM51′s showing in Los Angeles. Unfortunately Mauricio Kagel died in September 2008 at the age of 76.
In March 2007 photojournalist James Nachtwey won a TED Prize of $100,000 and one wish to change the world. Nachtwey used the money to document a project that he says has been hidden from public. Today his story is being unveiled in a massive way. The photos will be projected in 50 cities around the world starting October 3rd including on the jumbo screen in Times Square in New York. Here’s other locations where the story will be projected.
Richard Wright, keyboadist from british band Pink Floyd, has died at 65. He was responsible for those airy keyboard sounds. He was also one of the founder members of Pink Floyd. Here is a recent amazing version of’ Astronomy Domine Wright performed with David Gilmore.
Deficit. A word that is very common in developing countries is now in the mouth of many Americans. How do we pay this?. I always say that I despise when people do things and then they are not held responsible for their actions. Again… a characteristic that is common in developing countries.
Lost footage of the famous sci-fi movie ‘Metropolis’ has been found in an Argentine museum in Buenos Aires. Hopefully this will be included in a new full version of the movie soon. The footage includes scenes that are essential for the interpretation of the movie. You can read the full article is HERE
Radiohead’s creativity has been at its peak for 10 years and I hope it lasts much longer. Since late 90′s they have been doing their best work. Thom Yorke once again proves why he is one of the best lead singers today.
Thirty Yeas ago, exactly on June 25th 1978, Argentina became world champion for the first time. Along with the celebration, and at the same time, 30000 Argentines were being ‘disappeared’. This video is the intro to a movie called ‘Cautiva’ and the men that appear in the video were part of the military government that was in power from 1976 to 1983. Most of these ‘milicos’ were found responsible for the approximately 30000 young men and women that were tortured, murdered and in most cases never found. To this day human remains are still being found in areas that were used as concentration camps. Nobody in those days would even begin to imagine this was happening but more than one must have pondered a question. What was Henry Kissinger doing in Argentina that day?
