Studying Turkish now, so here's some Turkish rap.
Sagopa Kajmer - Baytar
Turkish rap apparently originated in Germany among the large immigrant population there inspired by German rap and still has not caught on in Turkey.
And here's Russian rap.
КРЭК - Нежность
It's amusing to see the genre in Russia dominated by white rappers with a minority of dark rappers such as Timati (Tatar).
And Taiwanese as well.
MC Hotdog - 我愛台妹
Taiwanese rap is happier and not dominated by social issues as American gangster rap is. Taiwanese don't have the same issues as to deal with as American rappers and live comfortable undramatic lives.
Monday, February 18, 2008
Saturday, September 01, 2007
Delicious Linkdump: Blogs 2
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Linkdump: Blogs
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Delicious Linkdump - Art
Monday, June 04, 2007
Suprise! Linkdump.
Paris Je T'Aime. Excellent film.
ATAT Papercraft
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
Unknown Hinson Myspace and music, Wikipedia article.
Sculptures from Hieronymous Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights
The art of Michelle and Amanda
Hafdis Huld, another Icelandic sensation. Watch her videoblogs!
Susan Werner: agnostic gospel music. Discovered by chance thanks to The Current.
Illustration for Poe's The Raven. Gustave Dore.
A skinhead variant on the Russian "Preved Medved!" internet meme.
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Sunday, March 18, 2007
Eloisa to Abelard
How happy is the blameless vestal's* lot!
The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!
Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd;
*vestal: virgin
I was interested in the origins of the film title Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, which came from a poem by Alexander Pope, part of which was quoted in the film. The complete poem, Eloisa to Abelard, is here, quite long but worth reading.
Abelard was a 12th century philosopher who fell in love with Eloisa who he was tutoring. He was a monk and their relationship caused a problem both with his monastic duties and with her uncle, who after several complications in the story, castrated Abelard late one night. Eloisa became a nun after that while Abelard turned away from her, not being able to perform his lover's duties and in hindsight looking on her as a distraction. The poem relates Eloisa's feeling to Abelard.
Monday, March 12, 2007
Trailer for the anime Paprika, to be released this spring from the director of, among other things, Tokyo Godfathers.
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