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Beijing Punk - Music Documentary



Beijing Punk Documentary



Reflector - Zhao Ke 反光镜- 还我蔚蓝

P.K.14 - Behind All Ruptures (每一种分离背后的疼痛)
I really like this stuff.  I welcome any recommendations you may have of other Asian musicians like this.  It is fairly easy to find Pop music from Asian countries. But it is much more difficult to find Punk / Indie /Alternative music ( especially from China).

I know of a few other Chinese Indie bands, such as Carsick Cars, HedgeHog, and others. but I seek learning of new similar Alternative music from anywhere !

Tiananmen Square 1989 - Tank Man

This June will be the 25th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing ; 六四事件.

Friends in China have never learned anything about these terrible events.  The Chinese government censors its Internet so that sites like Facebook and Youtube are blocked.
When a person in China searches the term "Tienanmen Square"  the results are filtered so that no images, video or information about this tragedy ever appear to Chinese citizens.

Just 25 years later, even students from the same universities from which the protestors came, have no knowledge of the protests, violence and killings. Therefore, I have downloaded the 2006 PBS Frontline documentary, "Tank Man" and am sharing it online for my Chinese friends to watch.

Estimates vary widely from a few hundred to 3000-4000 students and protesting civilians who were killed by police and military - many were  innocent young teenagers who were watching or photographing the protests. When students ran from military tanks, many where shot in their backs as they ran away. Large military rounds (bullets) were used, which tore their bodies apart.

Anyone who has not learned about this incident should watch this documentary film.  I have leaned much more than I previously knew by watching it during this process. PBS's Frontline is a highly respected documentary series which has aired on public television since 1983.

I hope you will share these links with anyone who has not been educated about "Tiananmen Square", especially if you know Chinese friends who have never learned about it. I have tried to make the 7 parts as small as possible while keeping good quality. My re-processed copy is posted and can be shared to anyone here:
http://www.sendspace.com/filegroup/TMD%2F4oQHWeEPGsBDPk%2FOiR%2BjlZ0zTpdl9ZdM04zHzOHH34Kj7MFyt5zetVodhRFhoNqSiZ1Ds7dwyb1ZezGOyc5cbZ14br5R


Of course, if your Internet is not censored, you can watch it streamed here:
http://video.pbs.org/video/1146923141/
or
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tankman/


"Those who do not learn from the past are condemned to repeat it."  - George Santayana

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The Tank Man (entire documentary) lower quality
http://youtu.be/HNtA8RZ1FAA

Chinese Students Unaware of the "Tank Man"
http://youtu.be/xuuddurPLV8

PBS Tankman Intro
http://youtu.be/2POKRu3ACxw

Frontline The Tank Man Preview
http://youtu.be/2Zc-N_rqPRI

Wind Map

This is really cool.  It's a live animated wind map of the USA.  Click on the map.

The Forgotten Man

Against the background of a darkening sky, all of the past Presidents of the United States gather before the White House, as if to commemorate some great event. In the left hand corner of the painting sits a man. That man, with his head bowed appears distraught and hopeless as he contemplates his future. Some of the past Presidents try to console him while looking in the direction of the modern Presidents as if to say, "What have you done?" Many of these modern Presidents, seemingly oblivious to anything other than themselves, appear to be congratulating each other on their great accomplishments. In front of the man, paper trash is blowing in the wind. Crumpled dollar bills, legislative documents, and, like a whisper—the U.S. Constitution beneath the foot of Barack Obama.
http://www.mcnaughtonart.com/

Spring Training is in the Air

“People ask me what I do in the winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.”
—Rogers Hornsby

Desperado

Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
You been out ridin' fences for so long now
Oh, you're a hard one
I know that you got your reasons
These things that are pleasin' you
Can hurt you somehow

Don' you draw the queen of diamonds, boy
She'll beat you if she's able
You know the queen of heats is always your best bet

Now it seems to me, some fine things
Have been laid upon your table
But you only want the ones that you can't get

Desperado, oh, you ain't gettin' no younger
Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home
And freedom, oh freedom well, that's just some people talkin'
Your prison is walking through this world all alone

Don't your feet get cold in the winter time?
The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine
It's hard to tell the night time from the day
You're losin' all your highs and lows
Ain't it funny how the feeling goes away?

Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
Come down from your fences, open the gate
It may be rainin', but there's a rainbow above you
You better let somebody love you, before it's too late

anyway...

People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered;
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have and it may just never be enough;
Give the world the best you have anyway.