I met Alissa at this Afro-Peruvian jazz club called the Tatuma Social Club tonight, and who was playing guitar? A Barack Obama lookalike.
I’d never really considered Peruvian jazz or it’s potential African influence before, but it was pretty awesome. The cocktails and tapas were a bit pricey, but damn good. It’s smack in the middle of midfrown and they have a $12 lunch with live music, so I can see many a concepting session going down there soon.
What do you get when you combine j-pop boy band singing, electroclash basslines, flashing lights, unicorns, glitter, disco balls and bikes? I have no idea, but it’s kind of awesome in an epileptic fit-inducing kind of way.
(via Ben Y.)
Symphony of Science - We Are All Connected (featuring Carl Sagan, Richard Feynman, Neil deGrasse Tyson & Bill Nye).
Vinyl Sunday - The “I went to Space Camp” edition.
Carl Sagan - A Glorious Dawn (featuring Stephen Hawking) 7”
The original video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgiXGELjbc
Order the 7”:
http://www.thirdmanrecords.com/store.html
The B-side is a replica of the gold record etching from Voyager I & II. If you like vinyl, and you like space, you should check it out:
Daisy Bell, as sung by the IBM 7094 in 1961. This was the inspiration before the HAL 9000 death sequence in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001.
http://www.switched.com/2009/11/04/2001-geeks-rejoice-world-learns-why-hal-sang-daisy/