Wednesday Video: Strumpfhosentanz
I need something different, don’t you? The music is German, the dancers are Kazakh, the insanity transcends borders: The Optical Illusion Dance!
Category: Wednesday Video
Wednesday Video: Had Gadya
Today’s video features Shirana, the women’s choir of the Arab-Jewish Community Center in Jaffa, Israel sing Had Gadya. Had Gadya (חד גדייא) is a folk song traditionally sung in Aramaic at the end of the Passover Seder (the liturgical meal that opens the week-long holiday). The lyrics are in Aramaic and are...
Wednesday Video: Dave Brubeck in Moscow
On a visit to Moscow in the 1980s, Dave Brubeck was asked to improvise “on a Russian theme”. The audience laughed when he started to play “The Song of the Volga Boatmen”, but the laughter soon turned to appreciation when he started to blues and jazz it up. When a...
Wednesday Video: Faces of Metastatic Breast Cancer
Today’s video is from facesofmbc.org. These words and images open a window into some aspects of living with metastatic breast cancer. The video is mostly upbeat and if I were to sum it up I’d say that it is about living until you die.
Wednesday Video: Panhandler Party on the NY Subway
I lifted this off a friend’s Facebook page. It gets better and better. (Interesting: According to the final credits, it was shot on an iPhone 4S.)
Wednesday Video: Peace in the Middle East
This video is unabashedly political. It takes sides. From where I sit on the ground, it presents an accurate picture of the history and current state of affairs in Israel and Palestine. (“Where I sit” is precisely on the “Green Line“.) This video will make some people, including some people...
Wednesday Video: Cancer-Related Fatigue
Following up on my last post, today’s video features Joel Marcus Psy. D., Director of Psychosocial Oncology & Palliative Care Services of the Ochsner Cancer Institute and board member of the American Psycho-Oncology Society.
Wednesday Video: The Jovers
The Jovers (or “The Jolly Jovers”) were a husband-wife comedy acrobatic act. I don’t think I’ve posted this before, but even if I have – it’s fun to watch again. This morning I was feeling glum, but a few seconds into the routine I was laughing like an idiot. It’s...
Wednesday Video: Rest In Peace
I did my best, it wasn’t much I couldn’t feel, so I tried to touch I’ve told the truth, I didn’t come to fool you And even though it all went wrong I’ll stand before the Lord of Song With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah
Wednesday Video: Schrödinger’s Cat
Even if you know the thought experiment, this is a novel presentation and is fun to think about.