Catchy tune from Kenyan group Just a Band.
Hilarious. From Boing Boing:
In the 1990s Bill Geerhart was an unemployed, not-so aspiring screenwriter in his 30s. To pass the time, he channeled his inner child, 10-year-old Billy, and started writing letters to famous and infamous people and institutions. These letters, written in pencil on elementary school ruled paper, asked funny but relevant questions to politicians, serial killers, movie stars, lobbyists, CEOs, and celebrity lawyers.
Geerhart saved copies of his letters and the replies he got back. This week, Harper Collins published them in a book called Little Billy’s Letters: An Incorrigible Inner Child’s Correspondence with the Famous, Infamous, and Just Plain Bewildered. The publisher gave us permission to run some of our favorites. Enjoy!
Using text messages, emails or an online form, anyone can submit reports on incidents that are happening around the beleagured Niger Delta into a central system. Displacements, Gas flares, Oil spills, Human rights abuses, Community empowerment, Peace building, Development projects, and Violence are not just be reported, but mapped. Users can also vote on how credible reports are. Check out the god, bad, and ugly here.
I spent a VERY long time on this site. Amazing. From http://www.edkashi.com/:
Ed Kashi is a photojournalist, filmmaker and educator dedicated to documenting the social and political issues that define our times. A sensitive eye and an intimate relationship to his subjects are the signatures of his work. Kashi’s complex imagery has been recognized for its compelling rendering of the human condition. See the magic here.
