golem.de: "Einer wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung der Augsburger Medienpädagogin Prof. Dr. Gabi Reinmann zufolge können Schüler, deren Klassen mit Notebooks ausgestattet sind, selbstständiger lernen. Der Unterricht mache gerade jüngeren Schülern damit mehr Spaß und motiviere sie zum Lernen." Weiter
This is my latest Google Hack. This handy tool will use Google to find files hosted at free file hoster like rapidshare.de or Megaupload. 22 file hosters are included:
rapidshare, megaupload, mediafire, mytempdir, slil, sendspace, turboupload, speedshare, hyperupload, getfile, depositfiles, webfile, file2share, rapidupload, yourfile, yourfilehost, filehd, mooload, scambia, filepost, justupit, simpleupload.
I could add more, but in a few tests the results didn't improve.
How to use: Klick the FFHS link, enter something, for example "spiderman 3 trailer". You will be redirected to a Google result page.
Jostein Gaarder Interview
dradio.de: Jostein Gaarder hat seine Kritik an Israels Kriegspolitik verteidigt. "Israel muss sich anders verhalten, um Frieden schaffen zu können", sagte der norwegische Autor des Welterfolgs "Sofies Welt". "Ich habe Angst um Israel - ähnlich wie ich Angst um mein Kind hätte, wenn es sich gewalttätig anderen Kindern gegenüber verhielte." Weiter Jostein Gaarder Interview
Buchkritik: Welt ohne Weltordnung
dradio.de: Der Historiker Michael Stürmer beschreibt in <a href="www.amazon.de>Welt ohne Weltordnung die diffusen Konstellationen der Weltpolitik seit Ende des Kalten Krieges. Der ehemalige Berater Helmut Kohls zeichnet ein düsteres Bild für die Zukunft Europas und stellt provokante Thesen auf, an denen sich der Leser reiben kann. Weiter. Welt ohne Weltordnung
Die Bio-Schwemme
zeit.de: Aldi, Lidl & Co. machen Lebensmittel aus Ökoanbau zum Massenprodukt. Die Qualität könnte leiden. Weiter
Matt Ward
zeit.de: Die Kritik in Amerika preist „Post-War“ von Matt Ward als ein Album des Jahres. Wir sprachen mit dem Sänger, der das Vergangene liebt. Weiter
Johnny Cash: One Hundred Highways zeit.de: Auf „A Hundred Highways“ singt Johnny Cash seine letzten Lieder, rau und direkt. Die Abschiedsgesänge sind ergreifend und traurig. Und manchmal kaum zu ertragen. Weiter
wikipedia.org: "Biosphere is the main recording name of Geir Jenssen (born 1962 in Tromsø, Norway), a musician who has released a notable catalogue of ambient electronic music. He is well known for his "ambient techno" then "arctic ambient" styles, his use of music loops, and peculiar samples from sci-fi sources. His track "Novelty Waves" was used for the 1995 campaign of Levi's. His 1997 album Substrata is generally seen as one of the all time classic ambient albums." More
Five years after the 11 September attacks, how has America changed? Click through these graphs to explore long-term trends in selected aspects of life. We include the five years preceding 2001 for comparison." Link
jupiterresearch.com: "MySpace has emerged as the leading social networking site for teens and young adults, but is just the latest flavor of the month? Is its audience sustainable? Can it make money? What can media companies and marketers learn from the MySpace example?" MySpace: Fad or Phenomenon
wnyc.org: "Bob Dylan's new album, "Modern Times," is earning praise for its minimalist arrangements and brooding lyrics about romance, faith and mortality. It's also being criticized for what at least one critic calls its outright thefts of other music – snippets of old blues songs and Chuck Berry. Today, we parse Dylan's sources and inspirations with Rolling Stone editor Joe Levy, and Wall Street Journal music critic Jim Fusilli. Also: British scholar Michael Gray joins us to talk about "The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia," the culmination of over thirty years of dedicated research and scholarship" Listen here
wikipedia.org: "Fallingwater, also known as the Edgar J. Kaufmann Sr. Residence, is a house designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1935 in rural southwestern Pennsylvania. The house was built partly over a waterfall in Bear Run at Rural Route 1 in Mill Run, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, in the Laurel Highlands of the Allegheny Mountains." More
wikipedia.org: "Half-Life, often abbreviated HL, is a science fiction first-person shooter computer game developed by Valve Software and published by Sierra Studios. Released on November 19, 1998 for PCs running Microsoft Windows, the game was based on a heavily modified version of the Quake game engine.With eight million copies sold since release, Half-Life is the best selling PC first-person shooter to date." More
wikipedia.org: "John Wiese is an American noise and experimental music artist. He is extremely prolific, releasing many albums both as a solo artist and as a member of groups such as Bastard Noise, Sissy Spacek, and LHD, and he frequently collaborates with other musicians, including Sunn O))), Wolf Eyes, Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), Brace Paine (The Gossip, Die Monitr Batss), Lasse Marhaug, and Merzbow. Wiese also runs the record label Helicoptor, on which he releases his own work, often in extremely small print runs." More
upsettherhythm.co.uk: "T.I.T.S are the four ladies of San Francisco, the quartet play their trade in a kind of witchy / experimental / spaced-out / doom-laden pop, which could easily evoke reminiscences as diverse as Sabbath or Erase Errata or The Troggs or Boris maybe?
The T.I.T.S sound is underpinned by Mary's black-metal bass lines and Wendy's totally animal drum pound. Abbey's guitar lays down a simple rock riff, while Kim's emits a subtly oscillating sheet of feedback. Over the top, all four harmonise with a kind of semi-operatic, fantasy whisper. The effect is this inexplicable feel of time-travelling castle metal – of four ladies of the lake casting forth a single Excalibur, sinking it into stone so deep, no Arthur shall ever wield it. Ever."
upsettherhythm.co.uk/: "Leopard Leg is Maya-Victoria, Moreen, Blue, Emma, Aymie, Christina, Victoria, Rowan, Robyn, Gayle & Miranda - a 10+ piece all-girl drum troupe from London and Brighton.
Ploughing that narrow furrow between chaotic abandon and calm self-control, their epic incantations swing from hushed sea shanties one minute to free-noise racket the next.
While at least 8 members concentrate on drums and voice, producing primal, interlocking rounds and rhythms, the band augments their sound with an ever-growing array of guitars, violins, bowed saws, sheet metal and singing tubes.
Since their inception in June 2005, Leopard Leg's ever-evolving, all-consuming live show has illuminated stages across the land, on tour with Liars and supporting such greats as Afrirampo, Wolf Eyes, Asva, Burning Star Core and Prurient." More
The Enjoy Jazz Festival is one of the highlights in the "Rhein Neckar Dreieck" which consits of the towns of Mannheim, Ludwigshafen and Heidelberg. This is a collection of videos and other useful information of all the participating artists.
11.10. Zakir Hussain/Sultan Khan Duo + Lesung
12.10. Guru (live)
13.10. Lars Danielsson Quartet
14.10. Kieran Hebden (Four Tet) and Steve Reid
15.10. Lous Sclavis „Big Napoli“
16.10. Ahmad Jamal Trio feat. James Cammack & Idris Muhammad
17.10. Cracow Klezmer Band (play he music of John Zorn)
18.10. Mani Neumeier Uchihashi KazuhiDuo
18.10. João Bosco Gonzalo Rubalcaba Group
19.10. Branford Marsalis
20.10. John Zorn Painkiller
20.10. Yuriy Gurzhy (Russendisko) & Lemez Lovas (Oi Va Voi)
21.10. Halbzeitparty
22.10. Minsarah
23.10. Fly (Mark TurnerJeff BallardLarry Grenadier)
24.10. Steamboat Switzerland
25.10. Ron Carter “Golden Striker” Trio
26.10. Richard Bona
27.10. Meshell Ndegeocello
28.10. Paolo Nutini
29.10. Johnny La Marama (Kalle KalimaChris DahlgrenEric Schaefer)
30.10. Roy Nathanson´s Sotto Voce
31.10. Joe Lovano Nonet
01.11. The Marx Brothers Project
01.11. Jon Hassell
02.11. Globe Unity Orchestra
03.11. Wayne Shorter Quartet
03.11. Arrested Development
04.11. e.s.t.
05.11. Susanne Abbueh l
05.11. National Trust & Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
06.11. Tomasz Stanko
06.11. K’Naan
07.11. Randy Weston’s African Rhythms Trio
07.11. cky
08.11. Vladimir Godar „Mater“
09.11. Nostalghia - Song for Tarkovsky
09.11. Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin
10.11. Jazzland Cummunity: 10 Jahre Jazzland Records
11.11. Rolf Lislevand
fondation-langlois.org: "Latin American electroacoustic music has a long, interesting, strong and prolific history, but it's a history that is little known even within the region itself. Many composers born or living in Latin America have been very active in this field, in some countries as far back as some 50 years, but the availability of electroacoustic music recordings and information in Latin America has been a problem for educators, composers, performers, researchers, students and the general public. In an effort to preserve, document and disseminate at least a portion of the electroacoustic music created by Latin American composers, an archive has been developed at the Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science, and Technology and is now open to the public. Listen to some pieces
philipsamartzis.com: "Melbourne, Australia-based musician Philip Samartzis uses the sounds of the everyday to make his meticulously crafted music, but they are not necessarily the sounds of his own everyday life. Beginning in the mid-‘90s, Samartzis has periodically acted as a kind of sonic voyeur, collecting field recordings from various parts of the world, including France, the Netherlands, Japan, and Denmark, which then form the building blocks of his work." More
myspace.com: "With outstanding performances and revealing interviews Before the Music Dies takes a critical look at the homogenization of popular music with commentary by some of the industry's biggest talents like Eric Clapton, Dave Matthews, Elvis Costello, Erykah Badu, Branford Marsalis, Bonnie Raitt and more." More
npr.org: "All Things Considered, August 26, 2006 · Myspace.com hosts many montages of battle footage, video diaries and messages from soldiers. The postings are a highly personal and often ambiguous part of the war's historical record." Listen here
tagesschau.de: "Die Kämpfe im Nahen Osten zwingen den Menschen eine Realität auf, die sie auch im Internet abbilden. In Weblogs, aber vor allem in kurzen Videoclips zeigen sie der Welt, was sie durchmachen. Hier sehen Sie Clips der populären Videoplattform YouTube." Weiter
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