An ethereal track with a great dance pop groove, “Midnight City” was a hit single in 2011 in electronic & Indie circles. The song has been featured on TV shows and commercials in Europe – maybe soon in N. America? 🙂 M83 is an electronic band from France. Click here to launch the video from
As you probably know, I love to eat! Eating good food is a key to good life, in my opinion. Living in Chicago offers all sorts of opportunities for eating great food. There’s a huge variety – places big and small, simple or fancy, cheap or expensive. Here’s a list of 15 excellent dishes from
My latest music video project is something far from what I have done before: a capella! That’s right – it’s just me singing/humming/beatboxing all the parts of the song, including the drums! The song is “Gold Guns Girls,” a 2010 hit by the Canadian Indie band Metric (who is coming back to Lollapalooza in 2012,
What if Rick Astley were Mexican? What would his hit track “Never Gonna Give You Up” be like? This video ponders this deep question and suggests a possible outcome. This was performed by my “one-man band” – with a focus on Latin instruments, such as the accordion. I hope you enjoy “El Rick” 🙂 Click
Hello! Or Hallo, as one might say in Norway! Here’s my cover of the famous 80’s synth-pop hi “Take On Me”, by the Norwegian band A-Ha. All the synths were done using GarageBand for the iPad. I plugged an Alesis Q49 into the iPad to play the keys. Enjoy! Click here to launch the video
Cairo is Egypt’s capital and largest city. With a metropolitan area population of over 15 million, Cairo is around the 15th largest city in the world, the largest in Africa and in the Arab world. Egypt’s geography is very interesting. It resides in Africa, but it is also the link to Asia and the Middle
When you think of Egypt, you almost always think of the Pyramids as well. It’s hard to believe the Egyptians built them almost 5000 years ago – way before the existence of the Babylonians, Chinese, Greeks, Persians, and other mighty civilizations. Out of the original seven ancient wonders of the world, the Pyramids are the
Happy new year! I just returned from a fabulous three-week tour of Egypt and Jordan. It was a great feeling to walk around and experience the “Cradle of Civilization” in person. Thousands of years ago, powerful empires ruled and built great monuments here. The great religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam arose from this area.
Bryce Canyon is a beautiful and unique national park. It is known for its large amphitheaters full of rock formations called hoodoos. It’s not a huge park like Yellowstone, but everywhere you go, you are able to see some breathtaking views. Bryce Canyon actually isn’t a canyon. A canyon is supposed to be a deep
Most people don’t hear too much in the news about Utah. Aside from Mormons and the Utah Jazz, what else is in Utah? I would say it’s nature. Northern Utah has some great mountains and ski resorts. Southern Utah is very different. It’s full of canyons, mesas, arches, spires, buttes, and other crazy geological formations.