Read – Online
Japanese fashion designer Kenzo Takada dies from COVID-19
‘Magic’ gloves let acclaimed Brazilian pianist play again
We Asked Top Architects for Bold Solutions to L.A.’s Homeless Crisis. Here’s What They Came Up With
Eddie Van Halen, Virtuoso of the Rock Guitar, Dies at 65
Listened to – Music
Dirty Vegas – Days Go By (Official Video)
Van Halen – Why Can’t This Be Love
Listened to – Podcasts
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Watched – Films and Documentaries
Yohji Yamamoto: Rebel in black: documentary about the man who is singlehandedly responsible for the fact that everybody has been wearing black clothes (as a fashion statement and not to signal mourning) since the 80ies;
Black to Techno: “Black To Techno delves into the origins of the genre in Detroit, drawing parallels between the machine-like production lines of the city’s manufacturing heritage and the roots of black music in drum patterns and percussive variation. It features contributions from pioneering spoken-word and hip-hop group The Last Poets and Detroit DJs Stacey Hotwaxx, DJ Minx and DJ Holographic. Exploring how the music found kindred spirit in the post-reunification Berlin of the early ’90s, the film weaves together a multi-layered narrative, structured with a nod to public access television”;
I Was There When House Took Over the World: “Nile Rodgers, Marshall Jefferson and other pioneers tell the story of how disco’s death gave birth to a house takeover. Emerging from troubled 1970s Chicago, it became dance music’s most iconic sound”;
Watched – TV and Youtube
Buying An $18,000 House: Inside America’s Cheap Old Houses
School lies to unlearn in your twenties
Miscellaneous awesomeness
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