Came across this when I was watching all these woodworking vids on Youtube. Quite an inspiration, I have to say. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oZSkD7WoJ4 His wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Maloof
Sam Maloof – Woodworker
Great old film from the past – Street Angel – 周璇 – 1937
Needless to say too much about this. One of the best films of Zhou Xuan. 1937 Street Angel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5tRbkWpVP0
BBC TV Special – An evening with Nat King Cole
One of the world’s most amazing singer. Thanks Vas géza for putting together (converting this into HD, retouch the picture and the sound!) this amazing video on youtube.
Shûji Terayama 寺山修司 playlist
Terayama Shûji is one of my favourite avant-garde Japanese filmmaker of the 20th Century. His use of dramatic elements and symbolism have marked an era in experimental films in Japan. Absolutely inspiring and mind opening materials. Here is a playlist I have found and recently watched on the mighty youtube.
Neil Postman – The Surrender of Culture to Technology
Digging through my research archive and found this interesting lecture. From the great media theorist and culture critic Neil Postman.
Documentary on Chen DuXiu – co-founded the Chinese Communist Party
12 episodes Sun TV’s doco on Chen Duxiu, in Mandarin. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Duxiu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_5AFwtAZd4&list=PLDZ_S0Bc4KvLk0i3hysDCuLgOd_2cuN2J
Dschinghis Khan 1980s Germany Disco Pop band
Discovered these gem today. The followings are two of their surprisingly eye and ear catching songs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TEacHc-MR0
The Red Detachment of Women 1971
This is the 1971 infamous Chinese ballet: The Red Detachment of Women. It was created and produced by the Communist Party of China during the Cultural Revolution. Read more about the ballet from here. I have not seen it at all before. And after seeing it, it is actually quite good in story telling and artistic value,… Continue reading The Red Detachment of Women 1971
Steve Jobs talks marketing strategy for NeXT video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8llsQeSOyY “The best marketing is education.”