by Pier Marton | Aug 13, 2013 | Asia, Death, Film, Highlights, History, Human Rights, Ideas, KeyFilm, Peace, Poet, Politics, Popular, Racism, Review, Spectacle, Time, Travel, US, Wars, Women, Youth
10 Questions to Joshua Oppenheimer at University of Indiana (March 2014) โ BAFTA 2014 winner & Oscar nominated โ โThis movie is not gonna leave you until the end of your days,โ says Werner Herzog, one of the producers. The filmmaker, Joshua Oppenheimer, was just...
by Pier Marton | Jul 23, 2013 | France, Humor, Music, Poet, Politics, Popular
(Use Google Translate on the side if needed) ___ TOUS DES ANARS!! โย Do not miss Trintignant reciting โ3 Poรจtes Libertaires: Desnos, Vian & Prรฉvertโ (below) โ A historical meeting of three friends who had much in common besides being the top French singers in the...
by Pier Marton | Jul 20, 2013 | Asia, Cancer, Care, Death, Doc, Film, Food, France, Health, Humor, Mystery, Popular, Sci/Nat, Shoah
English Speakers Please use Google Translate in the right column to translate various articles. At the bottom of this page there is a TEDx Talk in English by Dr Indulal on Ayurveda and Cancer. Finally, the film has enough English to be understood by English speakers...
by Pier Marton | Jul 17, 2013 | Afri, Death, Human Rights, Humor, Media, Music, Politics, Popular, Racism, Spectacle, US
John Oliverโs segment on The Daily Show was called: โWait: What? How could you possiblyโฆ Youโve got to be kidโฆ There is no wayโฆ I canโtโฆ Oh My Godโ โ and โAcquitted Development.โ Obama: โIt could have been me.โ Lester Chambers of the Chambers Brothers: A Slate article...
by Pier Marton | Jun 20, 2013 | Antisemitism, France, History, Human Rights, Jewish, Judaism, Juif, Popular, Racism, STL
This day in Jewish history / Paris is burningโฆTalmuds An apostate Jew started the process that led to a bonfire consuming 24 wagons piled with copies of the multi-volume work. By David B. Green (in Haaretz) June 17, 1242, is the day that, at the orders of both the...
by Pier Marton | May 12, 2013 | Afri, Death, Highlights, Human Rights, Humor, Ideas, Idรฉes, Music, Politics, Popular, Racism
The talented Cyril Effala dies in Yaoundรฉ at the age of 35 from typhoid fever. More songs (Le laboureur, Nuits Perdues, Ashuka Ngongoli, Saint Pierre) are available on this MySpace page. May someone produce a compilation CD! Thanks to my friend Jay Lou, I have one...