Plant + Krauss = Raising Sand
Raising Sand is a duet collaboration between rock legend Robert Plant and country/bluegrass superstar Alison Krauss. The brains behind the project is T Bone Burnett, who explains: “The idea was to take them both out of their comfort zone – to take us all out of our comfort zones” (5:30) Here’s a video about the […]
Alanis Morissette: Hand in my pocket
Woke up this morning to hear this song unplugged on Bayern 3, where Alanis was plugging her upcoming album (will be out in Germany on May 31). Nice interview there with her.
Vote for Beppe
Italy is voting for a prime minister for the 62nd time since the end of the second world war, and unless a miracle occurs, it will elect Belusconi for a third term. Oh, Italy!
Spring fashion
What should you wear to the Olympics? Easy: your chic little black t-shirt. From Reporters sans Frontières.
Bob Dylan wins Pulitzer Prize
“A Special Citation to Bob Dylan for his profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power.” (Pulitzer) A good excuse to listen to some of his best performances.
Nobody’s perfect
I was walking through the TUM the other day when I saw a label above a nice architectural exhibit showing a building project, which read, “Der Zweck der Planung ist die Realisierung.” How very German that sentence is: three nouns and no real verb, like a stone temple of language.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: The shockwave
This is an extra edition, as I am thinking a lot of those days 40 years ago when Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot and all hell broke loose.
