Landfill harmonic – A project that gives kids in impoverished communities the chance to play music by making instruments from thrown away garbage. Inspiring. Watch up to 51 seconds and i bet you will be hooked! If you liked the teaser, will you consider a small pledge of $1 to help make this project a […]
Tag Archives: children
“The world sends us garbage and we send back music” Favio Chavez – Orchestra Director
10th February 2014 – 23:27
For the women of Syria
27th June 2013 – 11:45
News Source: https://secure.avaaz.org/en/syria_the_last_straw_w/?scrlReb Women in Syria are being forced to stand in front of tanks and act as human shields before they’re stripped and raped by soldiers, but for the first time in months, we have a chance to turn things around. World leaders are planning peace talks that could end this madness, in which […]
Top 10 Evil Human Experiments
21st June 2013 – 11:29
News Source: http://csglobe.com/top-10-evil-human-experiments/ [WARNING] This list contains descriptions and images of human experimentation which may cause offense to some readers. Human experimentation and research ethics evolved over time. On occasion, the subjects of human experimentation have been prisoners, slaves, or even family members. In some notable cases, doctors have performed experiments on themselves when they […]
Children Of The Night: s about early 80sthree film Goth nightlife in the UK
18th April 2013 – 13:21
h, if only time machines had been invented already. We would each be free to zip back and visit the desired nightclub/live venue/social scene of our choice, to revel in a world we can now only read, or dream, about. I’ve thought about this before, of course, and most of my preferred time travel destinations […]
Children Of The Night: three films about early 80s Goth nightlife in the UK
12th April 2013 – 12:08
Some Goths, chillin’, the 80s Ah, if only time machines had been invented already. We would each be free to zip back and visit the desired nightclub/live venue/social scene of our choice, to revel in a world we can now only read, or dream, about. I’ve thought about this before, of course, and most of […]
Human trafficking victims tell of drug factory ordeal
8th April 2013 – 15:13
Call to protect those forced into crime after being held prisoner on UK cannabis farms Police examine a cannabis factory after a raid in Leyton, London. Some victims of human trafficking are put to work in such factories and can end up in jail. Photograph: David Levene In her cramped bedsit in a northern English […]
Dying vet’s ‘fuck you’ letter to George Bush & Dick Cheney needs to be read by every American
20th March 2013 – 11:14
To: George W. Bush and Dick Cheney From: Tomas Young I write this letter on the 10th anniversary of the Iraq War on behalf of my fellow Iraq War veterans. I write this letter on behalf of the 4,488 soldiers and Marines who died in Iraq. I write this letter on behalf of the hundreds […]
‘The Day the Clown Cried’: Behind the scenes of the infamous Jerry Lewis film
15th March 2013 – 10:22
This is a guest post from Tabitha Vidaurri, a writer and comedinette from Brooklyn In 1971 Jerry Lewis infamously directed and starred in a film about the Holocaust titled The Day the Clown Cried. For reasons that are still unclear, Lewis chose to depart from his trademark slapstick formula and play the role of Helmut […]
Dead Kennedys’ Jello Biafra Announces Tour
13th March 2013 – 10:59
Former Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra has dropped word that he will be returning to Australian shores to play his first live band performance shows for 30 years, bringing with him his new musical project The Guantanamo School of Medicine. Formed in 2009 and inspired by the Iggy Pop 60th birthday performance and Australia’s Radio […]