The recording of this music video by one of my favorite bands of the 90s forced the New York Stock Exchange to close in 2000. It’s been almost 19 years since Rage Against The Machine teamed up with documentarian and political activist Michael Moore for this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w211KOQ5BMI
The band – Zack de la Rocha, Tom Morello, Tim Commerford and Brad Wilk – all climb the steps of Federal Hall National Memorial and begin to play.
There’s a man walking around with a ‘Donald Trump For President 2000’ placard. Who, in their right mind, would elect him into office?
Scene from the Rage Against the Machine music video
The «funny» thing is that in 2000 also the Simpsons «predicted» Trump as president.
The Simpsons Episode from the year 2000
But back to Michael Moore: His latest political documentary released in September 2018 is about the 2016 United States presidential election and the subsequent presidency of Donald Trump. The film had its world premiere at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.
Music’s biggest night will return to Staples Center in Los Angeles on Monday, February 15, 2016 and will be broadcast on the CBS Television Network from 8–11:30 p.m. (ET/PT), hopefully also available via CBS mobile app which I recently installed in order to watch the Late Show with Steven Colbert.
Nominated for best new age album at the 58th GRAMMY awards is Bhakti Without Borders which blends melodies from the East Indian Bhakti tradition with the folk, bluegrass and country elements of traditional American and Irish music. The result is a sound that is both fresh and familiar.
Here’s a new video with very beautiful pictures of Vrindavan and samples of various tracks from their album which was exclusively produced for the GRAMMY awards 2016.
Project
Kirtan Shakti Project is a creative collaboration aimed at empowering and educating underprivileged girls in India. Launched in 2014, under the nonprofit Kulimela Association, the project was initiated by a tightknit group of friends.
Together they recruited a team of international kirtan singers and crowdfunded an album to raise funds for Food For Life Vrindavan. The campaign took off with supporters quick to lend support and by Summer the first album went into production: Bhakti Without Borders.
Produced by Dave Stringer, and featuring singers and musicians from around the world, the record is both musical allegory and mechanism for change. Truly a by-the-people-for-the-people brand, Kirtan Shakti Project hopes to support charity organizations through conscious music for years to come.
To date, Bhakti Without Borders has raised nearly $10,000, which means one year’s education for over 20 girls.
Kirtan
Kirtan is the sacred tradition of sharing music with friends and strangers as a way of connecting with The Divine. Recently, the practice has emerged as the hot new sub-genre of Yoga music, spilling from studios and music festivals onto radio stations and podcasts, climbing charts and courting Grammys.
Most world religions have some form of sacred music tradition, be it Gregorian chant or Gospel; Klezmer or Qawwali; Buddhist hymns or Hindu Bhajans. Across time, each music tradition has evolved and blossomed. Now (thanks to modern globalization), we can enjoy kirtan music influenced by Hip-Hop, Dubstep, Rock, Jazz and Country, all blending together in a beautiful fusion of Bhakti Without Borders.
Einer der wenigen Schweizer, die auch ohne Schweizer Akzent sprechen können. Andreas Thiel hat Berliner Wurzeln und erinnert frisurtechnisch durchaus an den Berliner Sascha Lobo, der zwar kein Kabarettist und Satiriker ist, aber auch sehr politisch. Einer der wenigen deutschsprachigen «Comedians», die nicht peinlich sind.
In diesem Auftritt beim Bayerischen Rundfunk spricht er über die Hauptsache, dass jeder studieren kann und wie man als Schweizer in Deutschland Teilzeitflüchtling mit Shopping Asyl wird.
