I haven’t been able to concentrate enough to think straight the last week let alone work. I have been watching the first world cup in Africa. Tshabalala & Drogba are my two favorite players this cup. I have never been able to understand true fans of soccer that root for teams other than their own. [...]
Published by Nolawi June 16th, 2010 in African, Bernos, Design and Shameless Plug.
i aint mr. right but i am mr. bright/ the starlight type/ the bark fits the bite There’s never been a lack of intelligence in Hip-Hop; never been a lack of clever, witty lyrics and impressive flow. So what makes this cat Anthem different than the rest? Perhaps some context is needed. Ant is a [...]
Published by NTM May 19th, 2010 in Bernos, Music and Shameless Plug.
Nolawi wrote a piece about Munit’s video “Noro Noro” a little over a year ago. He was referring more to her style of music and how much he loved the fact that it was not synthesized, or over synthesized, like a lot of Ethiopian music nowadays. I don’t remember how I met Munit, but I [...]
Published by beshou May 8th, 2010 in African, Bernos and Noteworthy.
When it comes to Ethiopian/Habesha mainstream musicians I’m always skeptical about the talent, or lack thereof. Yes, you can call me a harsh critic. I have my circle of friends to thank for that and who were nice enough to groom me into the music lover I am today. Betty was introduced to you, the [...]
Published by beshou April 23rd, 2010 in Bernos, Music, Shameless Plug and Social.
Daym, is what I was thinking when I saw the above chart, the growth rate of twitter is unheard of in the world of web. Twitter is now processing 50 million Tweets a day, which comes to about 1.5 billion Tweets a month. By Comparison, Facebook which has more users and the number two website [...]
Published by Nolawi February 22nd, 2010 in African, Bernos and Social.