A couple of months ago, we told you about this artist named K’naan. We also told you that we attended his concert in DC and that was great. I also wrote a short review of his album , Troubadour. We also had the chance to meet K’naan, his band and his management team.
At that particular moment, we gave them some Bernos shirts. Now, we didn’t think they were going to wear the shirts on stage for any concert. Most of the time, artists have a set wardrobe for their shows, or some prefer to wear what they feel. A few nights later, they had a show in philly, which I attended (yes again, sue me). Rayzak, one of the band members wore the ET ALIEN shirt. It was such a surprise! I did not expect it. Continue reading ‘Made In Africa and T.I.A’
Published by beshou May 14th, 2009 in African, Bernos, Music, Noteworthy and Shameless Plug.
Bernos is back at it again! And this time we’re here to spruce up your wardrobe, with some African flavor. Who says a t-shirt can’t be sexy, fashionable and make statement?
We have 2 new shirts that will be available for sale. Be the first one to purchase your shirt! We usually don’t do open houses, so this would be a great time for us to meet our clientele, our customers and our avid blog followers. Continue reading ‘I am bernos’
Published by beshou May 11th, 2009 in African, Bernos, Design and Social.
Most of you probably have never heard of a Holga. A Holga is a camera that is down to the bare bone of its essential; AÂ hole for the light to expose the film.
Years ago I actually built a camera from scratch, a pinhole camera based on a cardboard can. Those of you that are connected with me and the bernos crew on facebook ( your cue to become our fan) know that we have a group of sorts who go out and experiment with our fancy SLR camera’s. Continue reading ‘My Holga’
Published by Nolawi May 6th, 2009 in Design and Personal.
I actually have posted a few finds over the last month, from the films of Habesha Life and music video of Munit.
As a whole it seems like the Ethiopian readers of bernos are very harsh critics of the arts they are provided for free.
It seems to me like there are disproportionately higher numbers of Ethiopian haters compared with other societies.
I have also noticed that credibility for an artist for the Ethiopian community comes only after there has been a societal consensus.
This is like the empty weyiyite cab, no one wants to use because it’s going to use a time to fill — once it gets half way people fight to get it. Continue reading ‘weyiyit — haters’
Published by Nolawi April 29th, 2009 in Current Issues, Music and Social.
Over the past few years, this phenomenon of blogging has taken over the Internet. Personally, the only blog I religiously follow, and this may be because I am biased, is Bernos. Not to say there aren’t any good ones out there, because there are, I just may not know about them or don’t have enough energy to muster up and search the world wide web.
However, an honorable mention would be Tse’s Senduq. That being said, in college we were used to web zines. What are web zines? A prime example would be abesha . I actually used to submit short stories and poems to them, before i lost my knack for writing. More than a webzine, the writers, the individuals behind abesha became family to me over the years. Continue reading ‘Seleda Endegena’
Published by beshou April 24th, 2009 in Noteworthy and Social.
