Erykah Badu-Barefoot & Brave
Erykah jumped into the audience barefoot at the Fox Theater in Oakland. What’s the big deal about being barefoot? My spiritual mentor taught me that you can absorb the energy of a place if you are barefoot. So Erykah jumping into the crowd, barefoot, represented strength (knowing she could contain her energy) and vulnerability [...]
Peep Show Architecture
How many hotels are designed to be peep show opps?! This wnyc video makes me look at the language of hotel architecture in a new way. Great music by Orquestra Popular de Paio Pires.
Rapper's Delight is tasty everyday & great for Fridays
rapper’s delight, hank
thankful
Rihanna, Danzante
Rihanna’s headdress reminds me of a Danzante
photo by mightieone
Día de los Muertos countdown: 2:52 away
We’re only hours away from Día de los Muertos on the west coast. I’m thinking about the ancestors and the many ways they contribute to our lives.
Video: Know Art by Victor M. Montañez
Día de los Muertos countdown: Bareto's "Ya se ha muerto mi abuelo "
What do you think of this canción?
Bareto “Ya se ha muerto mi abuelo” by autumns_child
I got the lyrics from a post on the roots of Chicha (a type of music). I couldn’t hear “eating suri” but I’d like to hear the version of the song that has that line!
The first two verses [...]
Día de los Muertos countdown: Oaxaca
I hope you enjoy this video about Día de los Muertos in Oaxaca.
Here’s an excerpt of a post from Oaxaca Cultural Navigator that Nancy Lorenza Green, artist and poet, told me about:
Dia de Los Muertos: Day of the Dead in Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca
Janet and her brother Eric just completed a Day of the Dead [...]
Día de los Muertos countdown: What happens to the food on the altar?
We never eat the food set out on the altar for the muertos and my friend Rosanna Salgado McDonald tells us why:
My grandmothers said that they prepared food for the spirits of our
relatives, but that we shouldn’t try to eat the food after Día de los
Muertos has passed. She said the spirits took the flavor [...]
Día de los Muertos countdown: musica para muertos
If you and the family want to move the house with the muertos, check this out:
NekstOne – Live from Bodega De Los Muertos by nekstone