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The guy managed to tell me his autobiography from the ground to the 14th floor. It was interesting and I felt it’s really a Lebanese superpower to be able to converse deeply with anyone you face, in any situation, at any time!
Today’s song is Tarzan Boy’s Baltimore. This tune is full of positivity! Have a great day/weekend my darlings! ๐
There, I said it. I’m so sick of all the Schengen procedures, when I’m only going to participate to a round table on blogging [more details on that soon] and not to blow up the country, really.
Anyway, here’s a song to brighten up your days. Who else than Brad Mehldau? <3 Enjoy! ๐
To those who don’t know, Friday April 16th was the 1st Creative Commons Salon in Beirut. Creative Commons in a type of ‘flexible copyright’ that allows you to share your work with less restrictions than the classical coypright. All the content of this blog is under a CC license [see bottom of right sidebar], which means you can take the comics, use them and abuse them, as long as you mention the source without making money out of them.
You can check photos of the event here and here.ย You can check a video here [thanks to Hyperstage.net].ย For more details about the presentations lineup, check the Facebook page ‘description’.
A big thank you to Donatella, Mohamad, Naeema & Habib with whom I worked closely to make this event possible. Here’s Donatella’s announcement of the Salon.
In short, it was a fantabulous event. Thank you to all who helped and attended! Hopefully this will be the first of many! Let’s spread the spirit of sharing our work ๐
In the spirit of Creative Commons and sharing, Slutterhouse just released their first single EP “Inside the Station – remix EP” in all digital stores worldwide, AND for download. For more about this Lebanese ‘electro-rock with a twist’ band [whose music I love!!], ย check their website www.slutterhouse.com, or start your Monday with their song ๐
![I'm still in euphoria-mode from new job. I guess the reason behind this can be simplified as follows [metaphorically speaking]](https://mayazankoul.com/amalgam/amalgam/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Picture-32.png "Picture 3")
I know I’ve been talking a lot about this new step in my life, but this blog has always been and will always be the space to express myself, and I just had to draw those. Late night musings. This new job/setting/experience/life has given me splashes of motivation, positivity, that I can hopefully pass on to you as well ๐
Yea at this stage I wouldn’t be surprised if I started liking techno. Ok not that much ๐ Here’s a [everything-but-techno] song for you ๐ Have a wonderful day!
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Thank you so much for the wonderful comments you guys sent me yesterday! You made my day with your support, as usual! I guess I underestimated the power of making a change in your life routine. It’s beautiful. Just like this cover by Brad Mehldau of Nick Drake’s Things Behind the Sun. Enjoy, and have a lovely day! ๐
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Wish me luck! Today’s my first day at my new job! A big thank you to Ayman Itani who made it happen; he is the person who has most supported me ever since I started the blog. Forgive me for not posting much, but the whole move and CC Beirut are taking up a lot of time.
I wish you all a wonderful week! Here’s Lhasa de Sela’s De Cara a la Pared from her fantastic album ‘La Llorona’. Enjoy! ๐
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If anyone of you knows a path that could lead to the realization of the above wish, please let me know. I hope you all enjoyed the long weekend & easter vacation! Now it’s back to work, and when we say work, we say music to compensate! Here’s Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong singing ‘Our Love is Here to Stay’. Have a wonderful day! ๐
Guys! I’m heading South [Hasbaya] for the next three days, with no internet connection [how will I survive that, do not ask!].
Meanwhile here are the latest illustrations for ELLE Oriental to keep you entertained ๐
In French:
And in Arabic:
Have a great long weekend and see you soon! ๐
[If you can’t see Youtube, download the video here]
As we say in Lebanese, ุชุนูุดู ู ุชุงููู ุบูุฑุง! [hope you’ll live to see more pranks ๐ ]
Thanks a lot for the AMAAAAZING reactions that you guys sent out regarding the TV show… I was so happy that I actually put them all into a collage [from FB, Twitter and the blog] and you can check them below!! [click to enlarge]
A big big thank you goes to the brilliant Habib who brainstormed this with me yesterday last minute when I still didn’t know what today’s prank would be ๐
Last but least, let’s end it with a beaaautiful tune by Pat Metheny, “New Chatauqua”
Remember when I told you about my Birthday wish of turning Amalgam into an animated series? Well…… *drum roll* ……. it was actually a sample to submit to LBC intl [Leb TV channel]ย ย to feature it at the end of their night news!!!!!!!!!! And….. it got accepted, 1st episode will show starting April! I’m SO thrilled about it!!!! See you tonight on the news ๐
Remember when I went to Jordan for CC Salon Amman? Well, now we’re finally organizing CC Salon Beirut with the help of Donatella, Habib, Naeema & Mohamad!
What I’d like to share with you is the design process of the poster, which is a collaborative design between the talented Naeema Zarif and myself, ร la Creative Commons ๐
Step 1: I designed this
Step2: I sent it to Naeema, who sent me this back!
Step 3: I tried to mix both designs, CC-style ๐
And… lo and behold, the CC Beirut Salon poster… [click to enlarge]
What do you think?
Now the next step is to SPREAD THE WORD! Join our Facebook event, and if you’re a blogger, download a banner from the options below to add to your blog!
160 x 800
150 x 417
160 x 200
150 x 90
Share away! And don’t forget to follow the updates on Twitter, follow @CCBeirut, and use the official hashtag #CCBeirut and join the Facebook event.
As for the line up of presentations at the event, here it is:
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*PRESENTING ARTISTS*
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CC for music
> Meen The Band, Lebanese Rock. Live music
> Michelle Keserwany, Jagal el USEK
CC for visual arts
> Naeema Zarif
CC for photography
> Lara Zankoul – 365 project
> Samer Nakfour – Analog photography
CC for media
>ย Jessica Dheere – SMEX
CC for filmmaking
> Cyril Aris & Mounia Akl – Beirut I love you (I love you not)
CC for comics
> Samandal
> Maya Zankoul
CC for geeks
> Leb Geeks
See you all at OBROS, Clemenceau on April 16 ๐ And to end it with music released under Creative Commons, here’s another song from Meen: Superhero
It’s that time of the month, time for next month’s desktop background!
Download for free [:P] at your convenience!ย [Hope I didn’t miss any resolutions – including iPhones!]
320 x 480,ย 1024 x 640,ย 1024 x 768,ย 1200 x 800,ย 1280 x 1024,ย 1440 x 900,ย 1620 x 1280,ย 1680 x 1050, 1920×1200
And before I leave you to your busy days, I’d like to share the music of a band I’ve known for a while but that I REALLY discovered when I won their CD at Twestival Beirut Amman. Meet Meen – true Lebanese rock. I just LOVED their songs!
Here’s my fav so far “Shefta Jayyi Min B3id”
Here’s how the background looks on my laptop! Feel free to email me [maya.zankoul at gmail dot com] yours, I’d like to do a collage of them all ๐
