Kamran Ashtary Updates

My friend Kamran Ashtary has updated his site with his artful photography:

http://ashtaryonline.com/

I don't know much about art but I know they're pretty pictures.

Documentary about Mezrab

The production company Godmotherfilms is making a documentary about the Mezrab. The trailer is now done and used to impress people in the film/TV industry.

Have a look here:

http://www.godmotherfilms.com/work/Mezrab

Has the US already lost Iran?

An interesting question about the foreign policy of Obama in regards to Iran. This article appeared in the New York Times a few days ago:

http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/thatseemsfair/nyt005.html

Good reading.

EDward Said Speaks

Edward Said was a great thinker, writer and speaker. Elequent and a bit subversive. In the following 45 minute clip he speaks about Samuel Huntington's "Clash of Civilisations". Still very much relevant today:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xqeoe_edward-said-the-myth-of-culture-cla

Neanderthals

So, as it turns out it's very possible the Neanderthals, an exceptional species, were exterminated because we ate them.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/may/17/neanderthals-cannibalism-anthropological-sciences-journal

Super-Duper Birtrhday Music

It's my birthday! Yoohoo! And to celebrate here's my favorite song of the moment. Thank you Lenie for mailing me this:

More Musical Genius

Remember ThruYou, the Youtube mashup musical project? Now there's this site, with pieces sent in to create a song together:

http://www.inbflat.net/

Very nice.