Posted in Twee!, tagged bossa, hk, hong kong, My Little Airport, The Marshmallow Kisses, Twee! on October 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
These two bands are my latest twee catch. They are both from HK and both play a cutesy type of twee sounding a little bit like 90ies Japanese bossa-pop with lots of french influences.
The Marshmallow Kisses
- My Dear Giant
In a second you may come back and I may fall
I lost my papers missed the chances [...]
Posted in Disaster Management, tagged Disaster Management, BPI, better programming initiative, ifrc on October 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Better Programming Initiative (BPI) is a tool developed by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) with the aim of facilitating analysis of aid program impacts in a post-conflict area.
Posted in Art, Disaster Management, tagged cartoon, cat and girl, Disaster, Disaster Management, financial crisis, sand castles on October 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Cat and Girl has done it again! Not sure if this fits into disaster management or not but I think it is interesting if you look at cats disaster from a holistic/systems point of view. Nothing exists by itself.
Posted in Anime, tagged Anime on October 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Well there is … if you like space operas, vampires or supernatural police stories. I’ll pass and stick to Naruto for the time being and hope that my personal anime drought will come to an end soon.
Tytania
After venturing into outerspace, humanity have built many planetary cities. Most of these cities were affiliated to the Interstellar [...]
Posted in Twee!, tagged indie pop, tullycraft, Twee! on October 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you still haven’t hear of Tullycraft, even though they’ve been around for at least 15 years or so, now is definitely time to do so.
Tullycraft is teh quintessential american indie pop band with lyrics that don’t mean anything and don’t try to. Catchy melodies and sweet chourses. Well, have look at the vid and [...]
Posted in Twee!, tagged Cars Can Be Blue, Twee! on October 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Latest, greatest song from Cars Can Be Blue from their new album! Listen to them, read a review of their latest album and make sure you sing along!
Oh yeah he’s my boy
Oh yeah I’m his toy
Oh yeah he’s my boy
Oh yeah
Gonna love him ’til the sun blows up
That’s how long he’s gonna be my boy
And [...]
Posted in Disaster Management, tagged Disaster Management, STAPLEE, Tool on October 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
STAPLEE is a cost/benefit analysis tool and includes considerations for Social, Technical, Administrative, Political, Legal, Environmental and Economic issues.
Posted in Disaster Management, tagged Burundi, Disaster, Disaster Management, Floods on October 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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Posted in Twee!, tagged Twee!, would-be-goods on October 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
.. a really great band! Found it today looking for something else and I am totally sold. Listen to them, read this interview.
I must say, i don’t really like band interviews. I just don’t see the point of asking people why and how when their achievements speak for themselves.
Posted in Art, tagged dog, Mimo Hirai, postcard, Tokyu Hands on October 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Bought a couple of postcards made by Mimo Hirai at Tokyu Hands this summer and just looking at them makes me happy! If you ever get the chance, if every you be in Japan, go to Tokyu Hands and buy them and post them to someone you like!
Disasters – ICIMOD