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In Amsterdam > Omar Musa

IN AMSTERDAM

From the new book ‘PARANG by OMAR MUSA

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Nicholas Was > Neil Gaiman

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39 Degrees incredible adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s 2010 Christmas fable…

Awards: Bronze medal at the Hong Kong Designers Association awards.

39 Degrees North is a Beijing based motion design studio.
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CODED LANGUAGE > Saul Williams

 

Saul Williams performs his epic ode to the genius of language and the indictment of the mindless violence of gangster hip hop culture to raise the consciousness of the entire. fucking. world.

From the album ‘Amethyst Rock Star’ with music by DJ Krust

Below, the same poetry performed live at Def Jam Poetry show on HBO.

 

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God, Rid Me Of God > Joel McKerrow

Spoken word recorded at Abbotsford Convent, Victoria, at the beginning of 2011.

Words by Joel McKerrow

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“The Cyclo Men of Phnom Penh” Laura Jean McKay

Words: by Laura Jean McKay – Asialink Literature Resident 2009. www.laurajeanmckay.com

Film: Julien Poulson (Asialink Cambodia Resident 2007) and Justin Foster.

Music by THE GREEN MIST Khmer Ensemble. Recorded at Cambodian Living Arts.

Vocals Ouch Savy.

Dedicated to the Cyclo Men of Phnom Penh

 

 


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