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This is the cover for the first record from the band Faggot Rock
Yahoo! not only keeps the advantage over Google in Japan, but increases in the last year. The source is a Comscore release, that only sizes search market. Should be noted that in Japan Yahoo! is a joint venture with Softbank, a japanese telecomunications and media corporation. Maybe Carol Bartz (new Y! SEO) should take a look at the international market, too.
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This is the number of tumbs (1,4 million) that represents the dead people during the cambodian Khmer Rouge policies between 1975 and 1979.
El Salvador is, after Irak, the most dangerous place on Earth
(Honduras ranks fourth). As it is the case of DC, in El Salvador weapons are widespread: almost 10% of the population -basically men- carry guns in the streets. No wonder why many restaurants and shops display a door sticker of "Guns forbidden here" next to the one about dogs.
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Wonderful map/infographic to explain where they come from the last stars (Joe Crepúsculo, El Guincho...) from the spanish music indie scene.
Leven Muster collective is a dutch musical ensemble based on percussions and wind instruments that had released a performance titled Sensing City, in which they introduce rhythms that doesn't follow a music sheet, but the musical patterns of the city (the cars, the people walking, traffic lights...).
Someone should come up with a strategy paper or book on how the hell to eat an XXX size burger.
Online music magazine Pitchfork Media has agreed to collaborate with US public radio (NPR). The deal is related to NPR Music's “Live in Concert
From All Songs Considered”. The radio will ofer webcasting and Pitchfork will provide video and help to pick the shows.
The first product of the collaboration is a concert by Antony and the Johnsons in Washington D.C.
Here you are the Video for 'Kiss my name"
Not truly original, or innovative, it ain't the key moment in some relevant group history, but this song by Lavender Diamond has magic. Included in the The calvary of light EP, it shows the same innocence as the first Belle & Sebastian records and some kind of religious feeling, as if it was based on an appalachian theme. Looking at the basic structures, all the songs by Lavender Diamond share the same style. At the same time all look pale by his side.
Great video by Channel 4 News after UK PM, Gordon Brown, saying that he would not be taking any personal responsibility for the economic downturn. They collect famous apologies from the likes of Bill Clinton or Russell Brand.