Bun Festival: procession of "floating children"
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Monday, May 09, 2011
Sunday, May 08, 2011
Saturday, May 07, 2011
Bob Dylan: Not Dark Yet
For the weekend, a guilty pleasure.
Not dark yet, but it's getting there. . .
Not dark yet, but it's getting there. . .
Tuesday, May 03, 2011
Monday, May 02, 2011
Sunday, May 01, 2011
Eye | Land | View
One of the "angels" featured in today's annual procession on a little island in the South China Sea by Our Lady of Fatima parish church, the local Catholic church.
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Friday, April 29, 2011
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Monday, April 25, 2011
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Saturday, April 23, 2011
The Ting Tings: Subterranean Homesick Blues
For the weekend, a guilty pleasure.
Pleasing remix of Bob Dylan's 1965 young person's guide to living. . .
Pleasing remix of Bob Dylan's 1965 young person's guide to living. . .
Friday, April 22, 2011
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Eye | Land | View
Tin Hau birthday
Since Sunday lion/dragon teams have been noisily parading through the streets on and near the waterfront of a little island in the South China Sea.
Hither and zither. . . morning, noon and night.
Why? To celebrate the birthday of Tin Hau (Goddess of the Sea).
Yes, but Tin Hau's birthday is 25 April this year.
Ah, but on this little island in the South China Sea we march to our own drum.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Eye | Land | View
Sunday afternoon, 3:44pm
Last night, Hong Kong Observatory forecast "rain" and "thunderstorms" for Sunday. . . well, as they say around these parts, wah!
Around 3:30pm, day turned to night. If the street lamps had light sensors they'd have turned those lamps on. But they don't, so they didn't.
That didn't stop shopkeepers and householders reaching for their light switches as a couple of thunder claps later the heavens opened up. . . producing a torrential, and I mean torrential, downpour.
By 4pm it was all over.
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Balanescu Quartet: Robots
For the weekend, a guilty pleasure.
String quartet version of a Kraftwerk tune coupled with lots of lovingly crafted Lego . . .
String quartet version of a Kraftwerk tune coupled with lots of lovingly crafted Lego . . .
Friday, April 15, 2011
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Monday, April 11, 2011
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Saturday, April 09, 2011
Friday, April 08, 2011
Thursday, April 07, 2011
Saturday, April 02, 2011
Robert Nighthawk: Eli's Place
For the weekend, a guilty pleasure.
Maxwell Street, Chicago, circa 1964. My next dance partner shows up at 1'37". . .
Maxwell Street, Chicago, circa 1964. My next dance partner shows up at 1'37". . .
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Friday, March 25, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Deolinda: Parva que sou!
For the weekend, a guilty pleasure.
How dumb am I? Portuguese fado for contemporary times. . .
English subtitles included
Update: click on arrow to right of '360p' then click on 'cc'
How dumb am I? Portuguese fado for contemporary times. . .
English subtitles included
Update: click on arrow to right of '360p' then click on 'cc'
Friday, March 18, 2011
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
A Time-Lapse Map of Every Nuclear Explosion Since 1945
by Isao Hashimoto
(Things start slowly, but, unfortunately, soon speed up)
Thanks, Lincoln!
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Monday, March 14, 2011
Japan earthquake 2011: online donations
So much damage. So much destruction. So much loss. So much grief. So many tears.
Donate to Hong Kong Red Cross: Japan earthquake 2011
Elsewhere: google crisis response
Donate to Hong Kong Red Cross: Japan earthquake 2011
Elsewhere: google crisis response
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Benga & Coki: Night
For the weekend, a guilty pleasure.
Some South London dubstep/grime . . .
Thanks to smogsblog.wordpress.com for pointing out the earlier and now deleted weekend post was a duplicate! D'uh!
Some South London dubstep/grime . . .
Thanks to smogsblog.wordpress.com for pointing out the earlier and now deleted weekend post was a duplicate! D'uh!
Friday, March 11, 2011
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Ezra Pound: Selected Poems and Translations (1908-69)
In A Station Of The Metro
The apparition of these faces in the crowd;Ezra Pound, writing in the devil’s metres: NewStatesman
Petals on a wet, black bough.
Wednesday, March 09, 2011
Tuesday, March 08, 2011
Monday, March 07, 2011
Sunday, March 06, 2011
Saturday, March 05, 2011
John Cleese, Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett: Class
For the weekend, a guilty pleasure.
Tales from the motherland. . .
Tales from the motherland. . .
Friday, March 04, 2011
Thursday, March 03, 2011
Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
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