Illuminated Chronicles: Stop Asking For Easy
Illuminated Chronicles: Jack White On Inspiration
Sammy Younan
Girth Radio Presents…
Well now…so far 2017 smells like 2016. Still…New Year, New Hope and most important: New Work! When it comes to work Jack White is an ideal source of inspiration.
From the documentary Under Great White Northern Lights this is how hard Jack works:
Which of course prompts the question: How Hard Are You Working?
2017…let’s do this thing!!
Gonna start Nick Hasted’s bio Jack White: How He Built an Empire From the Blues soon.
Sammy Younan @ W • T • F
Ziggy Was Here January 8, 1947 – January 10, 2016
Illuminated Chronicles: Run The Jewels Visits Portlandia
Illuminated Chronicles: Santanormal Activity Trailer
It’s that time of year when the jolly man returns. Philistine I ain’t talking about Santa!
I’m talking about Grant Cermak. He and his “elves” release a horror trailer every Christmas. (Horrible trailer? Yeah that too…check out the last year’s winner: The Xmas-Men Trailer!
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Illuminated Chronicles: Heritage Minute: Viola Desmond
Canada’s currency is getting a face-lift. Best pun I can do under the circumstances.
Viola Desmond will grace Canada’s $10 bill starting in late-2018.
(And that’s not all. According to the Globe and Mail: “Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada’s first prime minister, will move from the $10 to a higher denomination, as will Sir Wilfrid Laurier, who is currently on the $5. Another Canadian will be chosen for the $5 note in a similar manner to Ms. Desmond. Former prime ministers Sir Robert Borden and William Lyon Mackenzie King will be dropped from the $100 and the $50. The $20 bill, which has long featured the Queen, will remain unchanged.)
That’s great, right? Wait who is Viola Desmond?
Historica Canada’s 82nd Heritage Minute depicts Viola Desmond’s spark that ignited an effective civil rights struggle:
Bonus: If you dug that here is the Behind The Scenes of that Hertiage Minute:
Sammy Younan @ W • T • F
Ziggy Was Here January 8, 1947 – January 10, 2016
Illuminated Chronicles: DJ Shadow feat. Run The Jewels “Nobody Speak”
Illuminated Chronicles: Talking Funny
Sammy Younan
Girth Radio Presents…
Back in 2011 HBO aired a Ricky Gervais produced comedy special: 49 minutes of Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Ricky Gervais and Louis C.K. analyzing comedy and breaking down stand up. If you’ve seen Seinfeld’s Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee it’s sorta like that only stationary. (You know…Comedians in Cars aired in 2012 and I can’t help but wonder if Talking Funny sparked or even influenced Seinfeld’s new show).
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