Michael Perkins

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Hang drum virtuoso Dante Bucci performs Fanfare.



See Also:
Jake Shimabukuro: While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Banjoist Bela Fleck Plays Bach
PROJECT Trio Performs Bach Bourree
Trumpeter Paul Mayes Performs Bach
Blood, Sweat and Tears: God Bless the Child
Billie Holiday sings Fine and Mellow
Chris Botti & Sting perform My Funny Valentine
Renee Fleming and Bill Frisell

I just spent the whole evening listening to ukulele music. If you think of Tiny Tim when you hear the word ukulele, then you need to watch this video.



See Also:
Banjoist Bela Fleck Plays Bach
PROJECT Trio Performs Bach Bourree
Trumpeter Paul Mayes Performs Bach
Blood, Sweat and Tears: God Bless the Child
Billie Holiday sings Fine and Mellow
Chris Botti & Sting perform My Funny Valentine
Renee Fleming and Bill Frisell

The “what should be” never did exist, but people keep
trying to live up to it. There is no “what should be,”
there is only what is.
--Lenny Bruce





See Also:
Chuang-tzu: The Master soars past sun and moon ...
Laugh at the Sky
Jane Hirschfield: The Adamantine Perfection of Desire
Ikkyu: A single night of love ...
The Mind's Worst Disease

This delightful animation by Louis Lefebvre illustrates the "evolution of consciousness" as understood by Advaita Vedanta.



See Also:
With Our Thoughts We Make The World
The Mind's Worst Disease
Chuang-tzu: The Master soars past sun and moon ...
Laugh at the Sky
Jane Hirschfield: The Adamantine Perfection of Desire
Ikkyu: A single night of love ...
The Buddha: Do not believe ...

This video is from a November 14, 2009 concert in Prague celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution (i.e., the 1989 non-violent overthrow of the authoritarian government in Czechoslovakia). Vaclav Havel was guest of honor. Seated next to Havel is former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.

I can think of no better way to celebrate this momentous event than with Lou Reed's perfect song and Renee Fleming's perfect voice.



See Also:
Renee Fleming and Bill Frisell
PROJECT Trio Performs Bach Bourree

Behavioral economist Dan Ariely discusses the placebo effect and other examples of how our expectations shape our reality.



See Also:
The Taste of Fine Wine
With Our Thoughts We Make the World