Monthly Archives: April 2010

Iman Maleki

April 27, 2010
Iman Maleki

A girl by the window (oil on canvas, 2000). A powerpoint is rolling on the internet with the paintings of this hyperrealistic style artist. It would be that his work is interesting to people. Iman Maleki (1976, Tehran) started to learn painting at age 15, under the master Morteza Katouzian, considered the greatest realist...

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Ofra Haza in memoriam

April 26, 2010
Ofra Haza in memoriam

Ofra Haza was one of the most popular singers of Israel in the 80s. Yemeni Jewish descent, she began her career playing music in Yemen and never lost that influence, even when she evolved into a pop singer and introduced electric instruments in her recordings. Ofra Haza is really one of the best examples...

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Secret images in Google Earth

April 9, 2010
Secret images in Google Earth

These are very strange figures on the surface of the earth. They are visible in Google Earth. Maybe someone says they’re made by aliens, but the facts is they are formed by nature or built by men. It’s not a fake. Here are the links to Google Maps: African face (It appears upside down)...

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The mysterious underwater structures at Yonaguni

April 5, 2010
The mysterious underwater structures at Yonaguni

Photo: Masaaki Kimura Yonaguni Island is a part of Japan’s Ryukyu archipelago. In 1986 under the water around it were discovered what some people say are the ruins of an ancient civilization and others believe it is only natural formations. Masaaki Kimura is a geologist for Ryukyu University. He has studied the site (also...

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Lesbian songs

April 5, 2010
Lesbian songs

In the article Great lesbian songs(*) the author tells us her five favorite songs on lesbianism. Gloria, the Patti Smith version Starpower, de Sonic Youth (sung by Kim Gordon) All the Things She Said, by t.A.T.u. Girls and Boys, by Blur Green Door, by Jim Lowe, also by Frankie Vaughan and Shakin’ Stevens Keep...

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The rain stick

April 5, 2010
The rain stick

Photo: Días del futuro pasado The rain stick (in spanish, palo de lluvia) is a musical instrument consisting of a tube made from a cactus or a trunk of bamboo, into which are stuck bamboo or wood sticks or cactus spines, forming a spiral that extends throughout. The tube is filled with seeds or...

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