Originally created by the pseudonimous developer Mr Satoshi Nakamoto, bitcoin is an online commodityfirst described in 2009, who tagged it a peer to peer electronic payment system. Based on an open source encryption protocol, bitcoin is not managed by any central authority, bank or institution. Bitcoin miners, servers that automatically create bitcoins run on an ...
Ástor Pantaleón Piazzolla (March 11, 1921 – July 4, 1992) was an Argentine tango composer and bandoneónplayer. His oeuvre revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed nuevo tango, incorporating elements from jazz and classical music. The Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas, also known as the Estaciones Porteñas or The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires, are a set of four tango compositions written by Ástor Piazzolla, which were originally conceived and ...
Martin Scorsese's documentary about the origins of blues music. Feel like going home is the first in a series of 7 documentaries by seven directors in the PBS series The Blues. Watch Scorsese's full documentary Feel like going home below! Directed by Martin Scorsese Written by Peter Guralnick Director Martin Scorsese (The Last Waltz, Raging Bull, Gangs of New ...
Find here Jimi Hendrix: The uncut story, a documentary on the life of the musical genius, afro-american culture leader leader and god of rock n roll Jimi Hendrix. From his upbringing in Seattle to his final days in London, JIMI HENDRIX: THE UNCUT STORY goes beyond all previously released documentaries to explore the complete life-story behind ...
In year 2005, an ensemble of some of te best musicians and artists got together to pay a tribute to Leonard Cohen. Those artists were; Martha Wainwright, Beth Orton, Jarvis Cocker, Rufus Wainwright, Nick Cave, Perla Batalla, Julie Christensen, Antony, Linda Thompson, Teddy Thompson, Kate McGarrigle, Anna McGarrigle, The Handsome Family. A must see for Music and ...
A brief history of Rock n Roll in 100 riffs played by Alex Chadwick in a 12 minute video, sponsored by the specialized vintage gear shop Chicago Music Exchange. The video starts in 1953 with Chet Baker's Mr Sandman, and takes the listener on a journey through the iconic riffs of the Rock n Roll history, ...
James Brown, the Godfather of Soul, recorded some commercials for a japanese ready made company, where he aimed at selling Miso soup. The recordings made in 1992 show Brown in a sparkling blue suit dancing around soup in what can be labeled s nothing else than catchy, funny and memorable.
In 1995, PBS broadcasted a show called The United States of Poetry, featuring poems from Joseph Brodsky, Derek Walcott, Czeslaw Milosz and Allen Ginsberg amongst others. Each poem would come with a highly polished and paced video where images would be paired with the voice of people such as Lou Reed, Leonard Cohen or Jimmy Carter. Depp appeared ...
On June 12, 2005, Ateve Jobs, the iconic co-founder of Apple and Pixar Animation Studios, addressed the 2005 Stanford class in a commencement (the university's 114th commencement) speech labelled "Connecting the dots". As video use grew in popularity in the internet via the use of Youtube and similar tools/companies, the recording of the speech grew in ...
Anna Wintour has been the chief editor of American Vogue since 1988. Through her support of young designers and widely praised eye for trend spotting, she has become a true institution throughout the fashion world. Her name became known to the mass market and general audience after a 2003 best selling book written by one of ...
