What do you guys think of these guys? From what I say in discussion forums and what i heard in the buna betoch, there is a distaste. Somebody said that they should close them down because they are obtuse. OK, obtuse but entertaining. The Internet is a place where the KKK recruits members as well [...]
Published by April 17th, 2006 in Shameless Plug.Author Archive for Nolawi
When was the last time you were served by a male waiter in an Ethiopian restaurant? If you are like me, only once; and in that instance the waiter happened to the owner of the restaurant. Ethiopian restaurants servers, in general are only females. Of course, I am talking about the restaurants here in the [...]
Published by April 14th, 2006 in Design and Food.Last Tuesday I went to see the Idan Raichel's Project's live in concert in Washington D.C. I must say I enjoyed it very much. The band consisted of a seven members, if I remember correctly. Idan is the keyboardist and does not do much vocally. There were three vocalists, of which two are from [...]
Published by April 11th, 2006 in Music and Social.I like Teddy’s Music, respect his talent and feel like he is a grade above the rest of the new Ethiopian musical artists. I saw the Lamba Dina video yesterday, and I must say I was in shock. Apparently, the director whoever he is decided to make the video as an impersonation of the late [...]
Published by April 10th, 2006 in Design and Music.I feel it primitive tradition we should forgo. There is apparent Ethiopian-ness and beauty to the art piece. Even, I do feel this is part of our culture we should have let go a similar to that of FGM phenomenon. Throat tattoo from image of the Queen of Sheba: 19th-century Ethiopian manuscript illustration of Solomon [...]
Published by April 4th, 2006 in Design and History.
