When was the last time you bought a compact audio disc (CD)?
I just can’t remember when I’d actually bought such an audio CD - maybe 2003 or 2004. These days I only receive them a gifts on special occasions or when the content isn’t available anywhere else (such as this nice Mendelssohn recording as pictured [...]

“I ain’t go anywhere in the United States of America and see another black man and give him a power shake…and there’s unity there. There’s a beauty there that I can communicate with this brother…”
Right on.

(via on-point.be)
I’d seen this video (which is part (13/14) of a very nice documentary on  the Wattstax festival) two weeks [...]

Ndanka ndanka mooy japa golo chi nyaay is a Wolof proverb meaning “slowly slowly (it) catches the monkey in the bush” (~ no hurry in Africa).
Ndanka ndanka…also is a running gag between my colleague Abdoulaye and me - and it somehow describes my pleasant anticipation for the really good stuff out there on the internet: [...]

I was actually browsing our favourite pop archive YouTube when I came across this:

["The Japanse Jacksons"]
A Japanese band from the 1970s (1967-1978) called Finger 5. Makes me think I should cover more Japanese content on this blog.
Now that’s the kind of undefinable material you come across when your plans actually included blogging some more Blaxpoitation [...]

Harr…maybe some of you like it as much as I do + can somehow relate to it.

Track #05 “Wouldn’t It Be Nice To Have A Finger Of Fudge?”
(Cadbury’s Fudge jingle / Ad from the 70’s/ 80’s)
(The Beach Boys ‘Wouldn’t It Be Nice’)
..mixed by Mark Vidler // Go Home Productions:
I haven’t a clue if non UK [...]

Ein liebenswerter Artikel von Gerhard Augustin über…sich selbst…der heute auf der einestages website erschienen ist. einestages möchte das “kollektive Gedächtnis unserer Gesellschaft” sein - für mein Verständnis die Neon-Erweiterung des SPON mit ebenfalls moderierten Beiträgen.
Ich finde es auch immer wieder sehr schön zu sehen, welche Meilensteine der deutschen Kulturlandschaft zumindest zuerst bei RadioBremen gefördert wurden. [...]

How far is Mannheim from Frankfurt?
The Programm
21:30 Einlass/Entry
22:00 –23:30 Music-Mix-Entertainment/Food-Serving/Chilling/Dancers
23:30 Helen-T/Ebo Live Act 30 Minutes
0:00 National Anthem
0:05-1:00 Live Act K-Nel
1:00-1:30 Live Act Nonini
1:30-2:00 Nonini-Pause Helen T/Ebo Shakoor
2:00 –2:30 Live Act Nonini
2:30 till Dawn The Dj’s Take Over
[via]
(i’m getting too old for such parties - si till dawn… :-)

This is for you, dear Zora.

Mareva poil au bras

Happy Bday! :-)