Photos by Jane Bown of Bjork, Bono (U2), John Lennon and Paul Mc Cartney (the Beatles), Liza Minnelli, Mick Jagger (the Rolling Stones), PJ Harvey and Sinead O’Connor.
– John Lennon and the film Nowhere Boy. Please see also the categories at the end of the text.
Lennon. A page in the website of Pike Murdy about John Lennon.
26.12.09 – The “Godfather of Soul”. The Observer and James Brown. The very famous soul singer was laid to rest and there were at the ceremony – as I was informed by the online version of the Sunday newspaper – the famous rapper MC Hammer and the Rev Jesse Jackson. Other tags and categories at the end of this text or you may vote Brown’s or MC Hammer’s songs above.
– James Brown and a website, Kikachannel.tv – a video. I hope all is true.
Michael Jackson and… For a text referring to Brown, Chaka Khan and Reverend Al Sharpton, please click, instead, on the words “soul singer” in the next lines to go to an article by BBC News. Tim Neilson reported for this television service in a video with Michael Jackson and more. Harlem and the Apollo Theater.
James Brown and tourism. Augusta, Georgia, James Brown and tourism.
01.12.2008 I would like to remember here in this blog the soul singerJames Brown who died on Christmas Day on 2006. The “Godfather of Soul” was 73 and made his debut at a venue. Moreover, the director Spike Lee would have thought of making a film about him and Brown would have approved the use of his own music on the soundtrack. The film should be directed in this year and the project should be overseen by the Oscar-winning producer of A beautiful Mind Brian Grazer.
There’s Nothin’ by the singer Sean Kingston featuring The DEY and Juelz Santana
Rap in French by another singer, Big Aly, and there is an “advertising” for an auto.
– Soon as I get Home by Bobby Valentino (the sound is not very good).
Anderson, Gallagher and the Royal Albert Hall. Suede’s Brett Anderson and Noel Gallagher in concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Everything in a Critics page by Kitty Empire for the Observer.
“Wonderwall” by the Oasis. “Wonderwall”, “Don’t Look Back In Anger” and more.
Leichestershire. One night at the Leicestershire Spa Ragdal Hall supplied for the Guardian Holiday Offers from 89 pounds.
Flowers in London. Chelsea Flower Show, Wayne Hemingway and Chris Arrowsmith, gardens and Jane Perrone. Do you read the Observer?
– Ehm, some footage of their first foray and braving the outside world… New goat kids at Wimpole Home Farm by the National Trust. In the UK, near Bedford and Leicester.
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A playlist of mine with the Boss, very good voices and a “foreign” love song.
Another playlist of mine with an empire and the sun, a former member of a boy band, a disco music star, British singers and “chatting”.
Beyoncé and six Grammys. Well, what do you think of Beyoncé’s winning six Grammys? Four of them for the Song of the Year, Best R&B Song and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance – Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) – and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for Halo…
R&B. Or do you like At Last or I am… Sasha Fierce and and are they worth the Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance or the Best Contemporary R&B Album? A video in an article by Sam Jones and Simone Whey, photos and these awards and UK charts.
Taylor Swift. Her single White Horse, female country vocal and country song.
Destiny’s Child and London. And what about Beyoncé Knowles’ group, the Destiny’s Child, or London’s Notting Hill Carnival? And there also should be a “bad advice” (“Though we shouldn’t forget that she also collected a hefty fee to perform for Colonel Gaddafi’s son on New Year’s Eve, perhaps the result of bad advice.”). This sentence is quoted from an article by The Guardian’s Music Blog by Rosie Swash.
Notting Hill carnival and Major Lazer. Diplo and Switch (aka Major Lazer) and the Notting Hill carnival (a video). Please do not see necessarily who is the sponsor…
31.01.10 – Grammy Awards. The Grammys on Sunday, January 31, from 8 pm on CBS.
Saint Petersburg. One of the“worst hotel” in Saint Petersburg? I would not travel to Russia… They should be helping Iran in building nuclear sites.
21.01.09– Guantanamo and Obama. Guantanamo’s prison next to be closed? Easy or not? This is an interview by the Bbc to an ex-guard and a former prisoner and this is something about an Obama’s promise. He is trying to suspend the military trials related to the Cuban prison for 120 days.
– A military cartoon by a certain Smeltzer about hair and André Agassi, Bruce Willis, Michael Jordan and more. This military branch…
Barroso. The president of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, is convinced of the necessity of “multilateral responses to global challenges, from the financial and economic crises to peace and security, including in the Middle East, development challenges, and of course the defining struggle of our generation: to stop and reverse climate change”. The Usa, the E.U. and other countries like Russia, China, India and so on… Multilateral responses…
Youth Ball. Obama’s feast and his day have also meant the Youth Inaugural Ball with the singer Kanye West, a band, the actress Demi Moore and the actor Tobey Maguire. Moreover, there were also the rocker Kid Rock, R&B singer Usher and the presenters Sway and Rosario Dawson.
Inaugural: music, a choice and slaves.Obama‘s final steps to his journey to the White House mean music as well as we can hear in this Euronews’ report. And the new president of the United States does not plan to follow the choice between security and American ideals, as the Washington Post and the Guardian websites write. The British newspaper refers also to slavery and lets Obama become less “saviour” to me.
No news about Michael Jackson? Here there is a video of They Don’t Care About Us.
Sicily. The rustic farmhouse Galassia in Patti Marina, not very far from Messina, in Sicily. I have read about this place in the Guardian Cottages & Villas at Cottageselection.co.uk.
Ibiza, Bali and snorkelling. How are Ibiza, the White Isle and the Rough Guide to this town? And Indonesia, Bali and the island of Gili Trawangan? Maybe it should not be very far from Lombok and the Padang area of Sumatra and, so far as I know, snorkelling may be practiced there.
The Observer. And have you ever been to the bungalows of the Dream Village or have you read this article in the Observer by Iain Stewart? In the first case I haven’t…
Middle East. Have you ever been to the Medina in Saudi Arabia and its fez? Here a photo and another one or a third one about a fez (I hope – and am sure – the author was not wrong!).
– A Brazilian-Italian friar, brother Sidival Fila. And furthermore, the Italian singer Alessandra Celletti. Brazil, Canoa Quebrada, tourism and a blog.
The visit in Noto also includes an image of the San Nicolò Church and a view with some palms. In the very East of Sicily there is also a point of view of Ragusa and completely on the other side of Sicily – Western side near Trapani – a temple in Selinunte, another one in Segesta and salt mills in Mozia. Besides, in Sicily there is always an occasion to see a Madonna and there are also other Sicilian photos, but… another time.
15.08.09 – Competitions. Deadline is Saturday, August 15… Have you already taken part to the Europe-wide photo competition about safety and health among Europe’s citizens? An on-line public vote will follow and, then, there will be a winner and three further prizes assigned by a jury…
31.07.09 – “European” photos. Do you like this photo or this one? The author took part to a photo competition by the PES Group (Party of the European Socialists), which includes the most important European centre-right movements and parties.
You may apply for another photo competition with the deadline fixed for the 31st July. Anyway, you have to be of an age between 11 and 25.
Piana degli Albanesi. Trip Advisor, Stephen Bowdon from Cheshire and Sant’Agata Agriturismo in Piana degli Albanesi, near Palermo. The travel agency Open Sicily and this farmhouse in Piana degli Alabensi for one week off-peak (448 pounds or 560 euros) and peak (504 pounds or 630 euros).
Mediterranean diet and diabetes. Do you follow the Mediterranean diet or do you know anyone who’s diagnosed with type 2 diabetes? And have you read this article in the Reader’s Digest by Janis Graham?
Mediterranean eating. Eating plans and the Mediterranean plan for the Guardian Eat Right by the Observer. Yoghurt with fruit and nuts, salmon with roast vegetables, pasta salad and fruit and crackers and hummus…
Madagascar andAfrica. The website of Madagascar National Tourism Board. South Africa for 15 nights with the supplier Riviera Travel for 1499 pounds and the Nile for seven nights from 649 pounds with another supplier, Discover Egypt.
Trust has received 1000 complaints to keep Asian Network open. This is ridiculous. The station is key to the Asian music scene. Seems apathy has reared its ugly head in regards to Save BBC Asian Network. Come on everyone, we can do better than 1000 complaints. EMAIL srconsultation@bbc.co.uk NOW to Save BBC Asian Network. Just be honest. Keep it simple or state your reasons for not closing it down.
22.11.09 – Thailand. Have you ever travelled to Thailand and Bangkok? Would you like to travel there? Please see below as well.
Mediterranean countries for “The Observer” and more
Cancun, Mexico, Central America and Asia. Have you ever been to Cancun in Mexico or Thailand? And maybe from Sweden? Which are the flights? And where have you been?
Sitges. September in Spain from the UK? In Sitges? Do you know salsa music? Or maybe do you like to eat in tapas restaurants?
Again Italy. Do you like whales or dolphins in the Ligurian Sea or maybe Basilicata with southern Apennines and “bread from bakeries in Matera, wine from Aglianico and cheese from the mountains”? And do you like this list by The Observer?
An island.Sardinia‘s Supramonte Mountains and plateau, Sorgente Su Gologone and the Lanaittu Valley or a Nuraghic village. Any help needed by the Association for Tourist Services, Culture and Environment in Orgosolo or the Agrituristica Guthiddai? Would you like to taste boiled sheep, roasted pork, bread and salami or cheese, local wine and olive oil?
Going on with food, would you feel like eating almonds, carob, olive, pistachio and walnut trees? In Can Marti – Ibiza, Spain, with Swiss owners… Furthermore there is “homemade bread with local jam and honey”…
Spain and France. And what about Cortes de la Frontera in Spain and a lot of place in France like Béziers, the Languedoc, the Canal du Midi and Carcassonne? Or the vineyards of Minervois, Ventenac and the Cathar castle at Lastours? A wind farm there…
Burgundy and gay naturism. A gay naturist retreat in Burgundy by Citronniers with a price of 80 euros per night per person with a 3-course evening meal, full English breakfast, lunch and all drinks included.
Marche. And would you like mountains’ cycling holidays in Alpujarras, Spain, as the second page of the article offers? Or an agriturismo in Le Marche, Italy? Here more information…
Cycling and eating. Do you know the village of Bérchules and the Alpujarras? And the Sierra Nevada above Granada and the Mulhacén in Spain? Do you like mountains’ cycling and picnicking? You should pay 630 euros a week.
Farming. A country house and organically run farm in Le Marche, Italy… What? A five-course evening meal?! Incredible… And “heating is solar-powered and there’s a wood-fired stove fuelled by coppicing from the farm woods”. Plus truffle-hunting not very far from Rimini, Urbino and Ancona. Doubles from €110 including breakfast.
Ssese’s Islands. Do you know where the tropical Ssese’s Islands are? If you would like to know it, please see this reportage by Richard Eilers for The Observer… Sands, forest walks, a lake, fried tilapia, above all the rapids and Bob Marley… And, moreover, as for names, Kampala, the MS Kalangala from Entebbe to Bugala, Lutoboka, Kibale Forest national park and the Bassese and, as for animals, gorillas and chimpanzees…
The Nile. And do you know what mzungu means, who Idi Amin is and where Jinja and the Bujagali Falls are? Clues for my question are the Nile and the lakes Nyinambuga and Victoria… Last, but not least, have you ever been to the Ssese Islands Beach Hotel, the Haven, the Ndali Lodge and to the Gately on Nile? Have you ever met South Africans or Americans?
Aircraft. You can fly to Entebbe from Brussels with Brussels Airlines on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday from 10.40 to 19.35; from Amsterdam and from London Heathrow to Entebbe with KLM. Among the other national parks in Uganda there would be the Bwindi Impenetrable national park in the south-west, Murchison Falls and Queen Elizabeth national parks and “the Foreign Office advises against travel to the Karamoja region, in the north-east”.
Southern Italy. What follows is not an ad and I know my readers should be very intelligent. So I add this link to a project for 122 two and three bed villas and townhouses near Sciacca, Sicily, Italy.
Northern and Central Italy. Do you like Castel Fidardo, near Ancona? And Vicobarone Ziano Piacentino, near Piacenza in Emilia Romagna?
Eminem, the video of We Made You. Frankly, I do not like this song very much, but the video is very electric, dealing with a mistake of American society, death penalty. Furthermore, an album of mine about rap.
Warsaw and tourism. Some hotels in the capital of Poland.
22.02.10 – Stockholm.Database Analyst in the Scientific Advice Unit, Expert in Epidemic Intelligence in the Preparedness and Response Unit and Expert in Burden of Disease and Forecasting in the Scientific Advice Unit at the ECDC (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control), located in Stockholm, Sweden. The deadline is today.
19.02.10 – Luxembourg and the UK. Irish Translator at the CDT, the Translation Centre for the Bodies of the EU and Senior Secretary at the Cepol, the European Police College, based in Bramshill (Hampshire, United Kingdom). In both cases the closing date is today.
18.02.10 – Alicante.Administrator in the feld of industrial property at the Ohim, the official trade marks and designs registration office of the EU. Ready to work in Alicante, Spain, if you will be chosen? The deadline is today.
17.02.10 – London.Executive Director at the EMeA (European Medicines Agency) in Chanary Wharf, London. The closing date is today.
15.02.10 – Stockholm. A lot of posts at the ECDC, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, based in Stockholm, Sweden. Such as a Deputy Head of Unit and Head of Legal and Procurement Office, an Expert in Public Communication in the Health Communication Unit, an Head of Finance and Accounting Section in the Administrative Service Unit, an Expert in Data Management in the Surveillance Unit, a Senior Expert in Geographic Information Systems in the Scientific Advice Unit, an Expert in Monitoring and Evaluation of Public Health Programmes in the Scientific Advice Unit and an Expert in Burden of Disease and Forecasting in the Scientific Advice Unit. The deadline is today.
Florence. No deadline for a research internship in Florence, at the Robert Schumann Centre for Advanced Studies in the EUI (European University Institute). The field will be the following: Institutions, Governance and Democracy and, moreover, Migration, Economic and Monetary Policy, Competition Policy and Market Regulation, Energy Policy and International and Trasnational Relations.
You have to possess a PhD, a publication record and experience in the field. You could work from one to three years and your appontment can be renewed up to total five years. Application forms will be sent per e-mail with your CV and motivation letter.
Belgium. The K.U. Leuven in Belgium – it should be an health institution – invites to apply for a full-time academic position as a Coordinator Research Laboratory in Gynecology and Obstetrics. In this case no deadline too…
23.02.10 – Cologne.Impact Assessment Officer at the EASA, European Aviation Safety Agency, based in Cologne, Germany. The deadline is today.
17.07.09 – Warsaw and Brussels. There are the so-called Regio Stars Awards for “City” and “ICT” themes and websites. Here’s more information and the deadline is Friday July 17 through “Regional Managing Authorities”.
About more than a week to apply for two posts of Research Officer at the Frontex in Warsaw, Poland, the European Agency that deals with external borders. Here’s the application form and the deadline is Tuesday July 7. Nine years of professional experience required and sending by traditional mail…
09.07.09 – Vienna. Just two job offers with deadline July 9 at 1 pm and a lot of them for the next day. The first and second offers come from FRA (Fundamental Rights Agency), based in Vienna, Austria, and concern a Programme Manager for Social Research (notice and application form) and a so-called Seconded National Expert (notice and application form), who has to work in a public administration.
Please be aware that the EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) has postponed the deadlines to apply for some posts. The dates changed from June 18, 25 or 26 to Friday July 10 for the posts of Processing and Proofreading Assistant, Large Aeroplane Project Certification Manager (in this last case now even to July 17), Economic Analysis Assistant and Risk and Impact Assessment Expert (in this last case deadline postponed to August 10). Please refer to what I have written below for these job offers.
Furthermore, there is another offer from this institution based in Cologne, Germany – concerning posts of Coordination Assistants with the deadline postponed to July 24. You have to have at least nine years of relevant professional experience…
Barcelona. If you are an engineer, you may then apply for a post of Planning Engineer for Fusion for Energy, the European Joint Undertaking for ITER, a project to get energy from nuclear fusion. Application forms have to be sent till Friday, July 10, at midday, Barcelona time. And you could obviously work in Barcelona…
03.07.09 Two deadlines postponed from a day of June to Friday July 3…
From external relations and a change to the economics. The ECB – please see below for more information about this bank – seeks students and recent graduates for an internship. They have to be specialised or interested in financial auditing and have a master’s degree in economics, finance, business administration or similar courses. The deadline to apply is Wednesday July 1 and you will start working on 1 September or later for six months.
Senior professionals in academia, central banks and research institutions? Then the Wim Duisenberg Research Fellowship could be a good choice for you. You would conduct economic research in the Directorate General Research (DG-R) and the ECB in Frankfurt – Germany (European Central Bank) – would offer you an assignment for a period of between three and eleven months next year. You may apply till Tuesday June 30.
Are you a Greek-Language Interpreter? The EU has opened two competitions for the so-called grades AD5 and AD7 till Tuesday June 30 at midday (Brussels time). Here the application forms for the first and the second job and the Official Journal and the general rules.
Respectively at least twelve and fifteen years of professional experience are required for two posts of Head of Unit and Director, respectively at the CFCA in Vigo, Spain (Community Fisteries Control Agency), and at the ECDC in Stockholm, Sweden (European Centre for Disease prevention and Control). Here there are the istructions for the first job offer…
29.06.09 – Parma. Do you possess a scientific university degree in fields concerning health, chemistry and biology? Then you might consider a call for external experts at the EFSA in Parma, Italy (European Food Safety Authority)… The last day to apply is Monday, June 29…
06.07.09 – Cologne. After the job offers around June 14 and last months, here’s some other posts at the EASA – European Aviation Safety Agency – in Cologne, Germany, till Monday, June 22. You have to submit your application by traditional mail for a General Support Officer (Business/Public administration studies, European studies or Law and knowledge of the European Commission general regulations concerning the aviation field).
Some of you who are reading this text may also apply to become Third Country Operator Authorisations Officers (coordinating and liaising with the Finance and Business directorate and advantageous a knowledge of European aviation safety regulations and the so-called SARPS or EC Reg. 2042/2003 and ICAO Annex 8).
This sector also offers another possibility of working as Third Country Operator Authorisations Team Leaders (nine years of professional experience). You have to have nine years as a worker too to become a FSTD Standardisation Team Leader (Flight Simulation Training Devices) or three years to be a Maintenance Review Board Expert – and in both these two cases the selection is postponed till July 6. Please also be aware of job offers with postponed deadlines with details in my text of June 14…
Polish language. Now let’s move to the next day, Tuesday June 23, at midday (Brussels time). The field concerns this time Polish-Language Conference Interpreters and here there are the way to apply, the general rules and the Official Journal. This is the so-called grade AD5, and there is also the grade AD7 for these interpreters (how to apply and, for the general rules and the Official Journal, please see above).
I wonder: any news from you about Michael Jackson’s Bad album? I like very much the song Man In The Mirror and a bit Dirty Diana and I Just Can’t Stop Loving You.
Maybe you prefer some other song from this album among the other ones: Bad, The Way You Make Me Feel, Speed Demon, Liberian Girl, Just Good Friends, Another Part Of Me, Smooth Criminal and Leave Me Alone.
Below something else – that is notably different – about music. And here a selection of videos about Michael Jackson and Cirque du Soleil.
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Polar Bear and Paul Morley. Paul Morley’s Showing Off for the Observer, modern jazz and Polar Bear, John Surman and Jerry Dammers.
Music. A playlist of mine with songs by Lily Allen and Amy Macdonald (please see also below or take a look at my categories).
MJ.The Observer, the Guardian and the official exhibition at the O2 in London until 28th February. With an interview to Miko Castaneda Brando, son of Marlon Brando.
Calogero Mira 