STIGMA - The SING Campaign

A new film has been released by The SING Campaign. This footage addresses the devastating effect that the stigma of HIV AIDS can have on those who are infected and their families.

Background music "I Grieve" by Peter Gabriel, "City of Angels" soundtrack.

"AIDS is not a punishment for the wicked. It's a disease like any other disease."

Homepage: annielennoxsing.com

Annie Lennox - Sing (Official Video)

"Sing" is a song by Annie Lennox, released as the second single from her fourth solo studio album, Songs of Mass Destruction (2007). It is a charity record aimed to raise money and awareness for the HIV/AIDS organization "Treatment Action Campaign".



LINKS:
I've already posted concerning SING in April: SING-Sprout
Official SING Website | Official Annie Lennox Website | Wikipedia Article

The song is a collaboration between Lennox and twenty-three prominent female acts and artists. The line-up consists of Anastacia, Isobel Campbell, Dido, Céline Dion, Melissa Etheridge, Fergie, Beth Gibbons, Faith Hill, Angélique Kidjo, Beverley Knight, Gladys Knight, k.d. lang, Madonna, Sarah McLachlan, Beth Orton, Pink, Bonnie Raitt, Shakira, Shingai Shoniwa, Joss Stone, Sugababes, KT Tunstall, and Martha Wainwright [wikipedia.org]

Well sisters, let's SING!

Living Labs Global

I attended a very interesting conference in Zurich in May. The participants were invited to do a video documentary with mobile phones - the result is online now:



This documentary of the Living Labs Global Summit, held in Zurich on May 15 2009, was made by participants acting as Living Labs Reporters utilizing mobile phones as video cameras. The production was managed by Ubiqa, a media company that has worked with the City of Caceres in using the same participatory process to engage citizens in documenting their neighbourhoods (Aldea Doc).

Special thanks to Itxaso from Úbiqa, Bilbao and Cristina from AldeaLab, Cáceres!

HOME the Movie

Referring to a tweet of Al Gore I'd like to recommend this movie. I hope I can watch it, although I'm sure I will get sad, angry, feel helpless ... hope it is motivating, too!

Watch movie via YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/homeproject

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HOME the movie!
Explore the planet and join the cause

HOME is a feature film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand shot from above in more that 50 countries. HOME addresses our impact on the planet and sets out our current situation but keeps the faith that a solution exists.

More than a movie, HOME will be a major event all over the globe. On June 5th, World Environment Day, HOME will be released in over 50 countries and on every format: movie theatre, TV, DVD and Internet.

On June 5th we all have a date with the planet !

The film is co-produced by EuropaCorp and Elzévir Films and supported by PPR.

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Twitter
http://twitter.com/homeproject

Google Maps (Events & more)
http://tinyurl.com/om52n4

Websites
http://www.ppr.com/
http://www.home-2009.com/

Vera F. Birkenbihl

Part 1 of 10 videos (in German) concerning human behaviour, how our brains work & more.

Part #02 | Part #03 | Part #04 | Part #05 | Part #06 | Part #07 | Part #08 | Part #09 | Part #10

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Here's a video (also in German) on memetics:



Vera F. Birkenbihl is an exceptionally gifted speaker, her statements are quite provoking and not without controversy. Still - she's got an ingenious sense of humour: even if you do not agree with her, you'll enjoy yourself.

Twouble with Twitters

By Super_Josh, provided by current.com - be warned, it's quite a time-critical reflection on the Twitter hype ;-)

creative:graz award 08 (in German)

Club Zukunft April 09 (in German)

Annie Lennox & Web 2.0

Amazing. This woman uses web 2.0 resources quite thoroughly. She twitters (that's where I got this picture) and she's got her own YouTube channel. It's fun to watch her video blogs :-)

And - honestly speaking - watching her makes me feel at ease with getting older. Thanks Annie, it's good to see rockin' & rollin' no matter what.

Bernd das Brot

Bernd is great. The ultimate cynic.



It's difficult to translate ... you won't get it without context ... that's German subculture ... *g*

Not So Soft :-)

And now for something completely different ...


That's me, listening to The Sisters of Mercy in Vienna (Gasometer City).























Andrew Eldritch's voice is still fascinating. At the moment he's accompanied by Ben Christo, Chris Catalyst and a Doktor Avalanche (drum machine) operator.










Actually, the support act was quite good, iLiKETRAiNS from Leeds.



Thanks to Mitch for this quite nice pic :-)









And somebody's already uploaded two videos of the gig ... mobile phones are omnipresent :-)

Soft & Sweet

Just got my second Roxy Music CD. My, how I love the voice of Bryan Ferry. 'Oh Yeah' is one of my favs:



I came across Bryan Ferry & The Roxy Music watching '9 1/2 Weeks' - a movie I quite enjoyed, a book that shocked me. BTW, it's good to see Mickey Rourke up and alive again :-)

Work Review 2008

Project creative community coaching


Project creative:graz award











Watch the podcasts via cga.clubzukunft.at

Project Club Zukunft











Watch the podcasts via clubzukunft.at

Bird and Fortune - Subprime Crisis

Concerning the actual financial crisis - if you'd like to see it from the 'british' point of view please watch this YouTube video:



Have fun :-)

PC vs. MAC

Aren't these MAC ads great ... but to be honest, I do identify most with the last one. Because I'm a PC :-)

Home Movie


Network


Upgrading to Vista


Reboot


I'm a PC

The shark sequence is great. Some remarked that this ad was done with a MAC ... ROTFLOL

Music My Daughter Listens To

... it's Indie Rock :-)

Mando Diao | The Wildfire (If It Was True)



Nice lyrics ... here're some passages:

Well there's something in the way
She said I hate you cause you breathe
It's not the first time that I heard it
But this one is out of reach
[...]
And on the streets well they were dancing
To some kind of Puerto Rican music that we would hate
But we would just move along to
So if you're driving in your car
And hear this on Radio 1
Well I know that it sounds silly
'Cause you don't have a car
But I just read it in a book
That these things happen in the fictive world
[...]
It's just the wildfire burning
There's no way to put it out
Just a wildfire spreading
Through my days and through my nights

German Music

Two of my latest favourites ... lyrics in German, sorry!

Jennifer Rostock | Feuer
Phew, tough lady ... mind the Volvo ;-)



Die Aerzte | Lasse Reden
This guy acts according to lyrics :-)

Rhaeto-Romanic Apex Commercials

Grisons (a canton in Switzerland) offers really cute commercials, I truly recommend to watch them:

www.graubuenden.ch



In Switzerland these funny TV ads with a pair of talking mountain goats have already achieved cult status, and the ad campaign has won awards. Responding to numerous requests, we have sub-titled these TV adds in English. Hope you get a laugh!

Yup, thank you dear Swiss neighbours ... you've definitely raised a laugh *lol*

Grisons seems to be worth a visit, but better be in good shape. Otherwise the joke's on you ;-)

Cat Videos

Woah, long time no post ... I am quite busy at the moment :-)

My daughter found some quite cute cat videos on YouTube - have fun!

Cat Talk



Cat Saying Hello



And here's a famous one, heavens, this cat seems to be quite annoyed :-)

FALCO still rules

10 years ago a famous Austrian musician died, Hansi Hoelzl aka Falco.

No matter whether you liked him or not, he was a key personality within the Austrian music-scene. Videos pure 80's style, his lyrics a wild mixture of German and English, his music a combination of New Wave, Rock, Pop and Rap.



This video shows "Auf der Flucht" (On the Run), one of my favs.

Although I loved to listen to his music from the beginning (okay, not quite from the beginning, I was too young to honour Drahdiwaberl, an Austrian hard rock-punk rock band where he played bass *g*) I bought my first Falco CD the year he died.

I'm still a little bit ashamed of that, but that's the Austrian way, we honour our stars the most when they are dead. Just as Falco asked "muss ich denn sterben um zu leben" (do I have to die if I want to live) on his last CD "Out of the Dark" ...

But I loved to quote him ever since: "It's better to have a bad image than no image at all" - that's just too true :-)