Category Archives: Cultural Beacons
Jimi Hendrix, the Uncut Story, watch free online
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 ……
Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford Commencement Speech “Connecting the Dots”
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 ……
Bill Cunningham New York
Bill Cunningham is the official fashion and society photographer for the New York times. A Harvard drop out who move to New York to work in advertising, he has become over time an icon of New York fashion, producing a tremendous work of art over the years that has showcased the New York society and ……
Steve Jobs, The Lost Interview, by Robert Cringely, watch online for free
In 1995, two years before Steve Job’s return to Apple, he was interviewed by Robert Cringley. At that time, Steve Jobs was running Next, the company he founded after being ousted from Apple by John Sculley, the CEO Jobs had brought from Pepsi to take the company with him to the next level.
Robert Cringely interviewed ……
JK Rowling’s Harvard Commencement speech. The fringe benefits of Failure
Joanne “Jo” Rowling, known as J. K. Rowling, is a British novelist, best known as the author of the Harry Potter fantasy series. The Potter books have gained worldwide attention, won multiple awards, sold more than 400 million copies to become the best-selling book series in history and been the basis for a popular series ……
How much does your building weigh Mr Foster?
Normal Foster undoubtedly is one of the most influential and best architects in the world, and a basic iconic figure to understand the evolution of architecture in the last quarter of the XXth century and the beginning of the XXIst.
How much does your building weigh Mr Foster? is a fantastic documentary film tracing Foster from ……
Documentary on the life of Vladimir Horowitz, The Last Romantic
Vladimir Samoylovich Horowitz is commonly referred to as one of the greatest pianists of the 20th Century. Born in Kiev in 1903, he received early musical instruction from his mother, a pianist herself, before joining the Kiev Conservatory. He would soon start touring an impoverished Soviet Union, where he would often be paid with bread, ……
John Cleese’s speech at Graham Chapman’s funeral
When Graham Chapman died after a long battle agains cancer, the members of Monty Python got together for his funeral, at which John Cleese delivered a speech that, through this recording, became a classic of english wit!
Graham Arthur Chapman (8 January 1941 – 4 October 1989) was an English comedian, physician, writer, actor, and one of ……
Documentary – Jorge Luis Borges, The Mirror!
Jorge Luis Borges (24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986), was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator born in Buenos Aires. His work embraces the “character of unreality in all literature”. His most famous books, Ficciones (1944) and The Aleph(1949), are compilations of short stories interconnected by common themes such as dreams, labyrinths, libraries, mirrors, animals, fictional writers, religion and God. ……
Cultural Beacons: Yo-Yo Ma plays an enchanting The Swan from Saint Saens as encore!
Yo-Yo Ma’s masterful interpretation of Saint Saens The Swan form the Carnival of the Animals as an encore in Tokyo… Continue reading