Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Another State of Mind

The full-length documentary made in 1982 about 2 punk bands: Social Distortion and Youth Brigade.

Essential if you have any interest on punk culture.

Enjoy!


Sunday, June 19, 2011

Who Controls America?

George Carlin gives his thoughts about how the system works in America.

"Maybe" this is also true for other countries?

Does the world have owners?  Are the system under their control?  Are we just puppets?

Welcome to the Machine!


Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Asian Week 2001 - NYC (March 18 to 26)

Just to let the unwared people know, you still have time to enjoy the Asian Week - more 5 days left!!

"Asia Week New York 2011 is an unprecedented collaboration among Asian art specialists, 5 auction houses, and 18 museums and Asian cultural institutions in the metropolitan New York area from March 18-26, 2011. Simultaneous exhibitions presented by 34 prominent Asian art dealers from the U.S. and abroad, auctions at Bonhams, Christie’s, Sotheby’s, Doyle New York and iGavel, as well as dozens of special events are planned for this period. Asia Week New York will co-host with Asia Society the opening reception and a mid-week reception with Japan Society. All exhibitions, auctions, and events are listed in a comprehensive 88-page guide with maps, available at the participating galleries, auction houses, and cultural institutions as well as on the Asia Week New York web site, asiaweekny.com. “As a result of our combined efforts, we are confident that this dynamic week will be stronger and more unified than it ever has been for the collectors, curators and scholars who converge here annually for a whirlwind round of gallery and museum exhibitions, lectures, auction sales, and private receptions,” said Asia Week New York 2011 Chairman Carlton Rochell."

Source: http://www.asiaweekny.com/

The Humanization of Tecnology in School - Salman Khan

Education and its approaches for a new system are a constant in our world, but some schools and governments are stubborn and keep thinking with a Eighteen Century Head.

Technology is already a part of our Education System; however, it is important to humanize it, as it is explained by Salman Khan during the TED lecture.

Really good idea developed by Mr. Salman, which breaks the old education format and recreates by giving the teacher the power of tutoring and not just preaching over the students as if the students are a herd.

Of course, under this method teachers need to understand their students, they must see where the problem is and try to fix it, a little bit more harder than just throw words to the crowd and expect the students pick them up (and for those who are not able, they are the problem).

Enjoy it.


Thursday, March 17, 2011

Condolence - NYC is mourning! Gray's Papay is gone!

New York waked mourning up 2 weeks ago. Some of its colors simply disappeared. As LCD Soundsystem predicted, New York I Love You but you are bringing me down (...) when you are shutting your stores...

Papaya's Dog shut down its doors due to problems with its landlord of its location @ 37th Street.

It is worth to remember that the store at 37/8 was it most famous one(!).


Gray's Papaya no longer lives on the corner of 37th and 8th

Sad...

According to NY Eater, which talked to a worker in the West Village location, "it was a rent issue and that it doesn't make sense to continue with a landlord who's charging more than anyone else in the area. They plan to reopen soon in one of three possible new Midtown locations."

Let's hope and pray.  In the meanwhile I will need to find another place to make a drunk pit stop between a bar/club and my apartment.



ps - the other two locations of Gray's Papaya are still open!!

24 Different Accents for the English Language

Very funny and the kid is very talented.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

Couple of pictures from the NYC Parade on 5th Avenue erlier today! :-)


Tuesday, March 15, 2011

The Governor's Ball Music Festival

 The Governor's Island Music Festival will happen in June 18, 2011.

 Poster for The Governor's Ball Music Festival 2011



Advanced Tickets are available (early tickets are sold out) @ $85. Normal Prices will be $95.


The Schedule isn't available yet, but the official website states that overlaps won't happen :-)!


The Lineup includes: Girls Talk, Empire of the Sun, Pretty Lights, Passion Pit, People Under the Stairs, Miami Horror, and more.

Governors Island

NY Craft Beer & Food Festival - March 19, 20, 2011


This weekend will take place the NY's Craft Beer & Food Festival @ Altman Building (Flatiron District).

On Saturday there is only the first time slot available for ticket purchases, but on Sunday tickets are still on sale for all 3 sessions! Click here for more information and tickets.  

It is a magnificent chance to discover special foods and drinks.

Get Real NY Craft Beer & Food Festival -- March 19-20, 2011

"The centerpiece of the festival will be the Cask Bar, which will showcase 80+ cask ales from some of the nation's best craft breweries and homebrewers. Attendees can expect rare cask finds like Sierra Nevada Harvest, Green Flash Double Stout, Lagunitas Brown Shugga, Blue Point 10th Anniversary IPA, Ballast Point Sculpin IPA and Sixpoint Diesel."

"The festival will also feature local beers from Brewery Ommegang, Brooklyn Brewery, Greenport Harbor Brewing, Kelso of Brooklyn, Empire Brewing Company & Sixpoint Craft Ales.
Joining the mix will be several NYC beer-focused bars like Rattle N Hum, Jimmy's No. 43, The Stag's Head, Brickyard Gastropub, Idle Hands Bar and Manchester Pub, who will be at the festival serving up specialty beers and some bites."

Good Things to Know:
  • Unlimited sampling of 80+ cask beers (preliminary list below, many more to come!) and a souvenir glass.
  • Unlimited food samplings from 20+ NYC restaurants and food trucks.
  • Admission to brewery discussion panels.

Cask Beers

  • Dogfish Head 75 Minute Johnny Cask
  • Stone Brewing Sublimely Self Righteous w/ Amarillo Ale
  • Dieu du Ciel Peche Mortel
  • Stone Brewing Smoked Porter w/ Vanilla
  • HeBrew Bittersweet Lennys RIPA
  • Coney Island Vertical Jewbelation
  • Die du Ciel Corne du Diable IPA
  • Ridgeway Quercus
  • Fullers ESB
  • Fullers London Pride
  • J.W. Lees Harvest Ale (Port Cask)
  • RCH Old Slug Porter
  • Burton Bridge Festival Ale
  • Harvey's Lewes Castle Brown Ale
  • Williams Bros Fraoch Heather Ale
  • Williams Bros Joker IPA
  • Willams Bros Midnight Sun
  • Williams Bros Scottish Session Ale
  • Thornbridge Merrie
  • Great Divide Titan IPA
  • Great Divide Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout
  • Great Divide Hercules Double IPA
  • Great Divide Belgica
  • Two Brothers Cane & Ebel
  • Two Brothers Resistance IPA
  • Two Brothers Heavy Handed IPA
  • Victory Yakima Glory
  • Blue Point 10th Anniversary
  • Sierra Nevada Northern Hemisphere Harvest
  • Oskar Blues Dale's Pale Ale
  • Oskar Blues Mama's Little Yella Pils
  • Green Flash Le Freak
  • Abita Red
  • Troegs Nugget Nectar
  • Troegs Pale Ale
  • Defiant Little Thumper
  • Defiant IPA
  • Greenport Harbor Disorient IPA
  • Firestone Walker Union Jack IPA
  • Firestone Walker Pale 31
  • Bruery Saison De Lente
  • Weyerbacher Double Simcoe IPA
  • Lagunitas Imperial Stout
  • Lagunitas Censored (Kronik)
  • Sixpoint Oyster Stout
  • Sixpoint Righteous Rye
  • Sixpoint Chocolate Rye
  • Sixpoint Bengali Tiger IPA
  • Left Hand Black Jack
  • Lagunitas Pale
  • Lagunitas maxiPus
  • Lagunitas Hairy Eyeball
  • Thornbridge Hall Country House Brewery Jaipur Cask
  • Thornbridge Hall Country House Brewery Kipling Cask
  • Harviestoun Brewery Bitter & Twisted Cask
  • Harviestoun Brewery Shiehallion Cask
  • Ballast Point Big Eye
  • Ballast Point Sculpin
  • Double dry-hopped Wolaver’s IPA
  • Otter Creek Double dry-hopped Black IPA
  • Troegs Pale Ale
  • Oskar Blue's Dales' Pale Ale  

New Formula1 Posters - 2011 Season



Source: http://designmodo.com/awesome-formula-1-posters-2011-season-calendar/

Thursday, January 20, 2011

What is Lost in America? And what Brits can give it back

http://www.economist.com/blogs/blighty/2011/01/golden_globes_controversy

Here is a very interesting analysis of the difference of attitude and humor between America and Britain. What does America lost along the years?

The political correct, and pretentious friendly country is afraid to open itself to funny things with the fear to create animosity, when, at the end of the day, it brushes everything under the carpet pretending that nothing happened, at the same time the real problems between people continue to grow.