VIDEO: Man Released From Prison After 44 Years
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It’s hard to imagine being outside of society for just 1 month, let alone 44 years. This is Otis Johnson who got locked up in his youth and now faces reintegration with a...
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“The Motherland Calls” – Huge Russian Statue
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The Motherland Calls, or Homeland-Mother is a whopper of a statue that stands proud in Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd, Russia. The statue was built to commemorate the Battle of Stalingrad, a battle considered by many...
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Max Ernst: A Legend Of Dada
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Max Ernst (1891–1976) was a German-born artist and sculptor, and one of the prime movers and shakers of the Dada and Surrealist movements. His initial area of study was philosophy, but he gradually...
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Sebastian Pether: Moonlight & Poverty
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Sebastian Pether’s paintings sell easily these days. His impressive milky moon light and his watery water needs no sales patter. Unfortunately for Pether, that wasn’t the case whilst he was alive and kicking....
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Michael Sittow: An Estonian Grand Master
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Michael Sittow was born in Reval (now Tallinn) in Estonia in 1468 or 1469. He was the son of a wealthy artist and a Swedish-speaking Finn. His portraits, although very old indeed, have...
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The Mystery Of The Minoan Phaistos Disc
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The ancient Minoans were the first civilisation in Europe. They flourished from 2600 to 1400 BC. Hundreds of years before Greece took the reigns. Minoan society all but vanished from history, probably due...
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Best Flag: Zheleznogorsk’s Bear Wrestling An Atom
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Starting a new job can be a daunting life event. All of a sudden there are a bunch of new people that you have to trick into liking you. You have to make...
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“We Will Rock You” – Mongolian Style
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Recently I posted a video of a woman doing some Mongolian throat singing, otherwise known as polyphonic overtone singing. It was quite amazing. If you’ve not heard of throat singing before, it’s a Mongolian...
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The Minoans: The Oldest Civilisation In Europe
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Despite both Greek and Roman societies being more well-known, the Minoans easily predate them both. The Minoans are, in fact, the most ancient civilisation in Europe. Nowadays, it’s all about the Greeks and the Romans,...
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Incredible Demonstration Of Polyphonic Overtone Singing
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The following video features Anna-Maria Hefele, a self-proclaimed polyphonic overtone singer. She’s an incredibly talented lady, as you will see. Polyphonic overtone singing, also known as throat singing, originated in Mongolia and is now...
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