there are interesting philosophical interview snippets, and fantastic playing, and cultural mash ups that really work.

jamie is a good friend of a great friend of mine, and i got to hang with him and his wife here in umbria/tuscany a few summers ago. wonderfully creative energy, very nice experience.

he is making a follow up, and indeed requested input and global offerings from people all over the world at his website, iirc.

Since then, in 2004 they moved onto to a deal with Simon Fuller and 19 Productions to make a second film and album. This time instead of focusing on Unity and Inspiration, Jamie and Duncan decided to find the same uplifting message through the darker doorways of Shadow, Shame, Pain, Anger, Us & Them, Conflict, as well as more general themes such as Freedom, Sex and Love. They traveled further than before, this time including China, Japan, Brasil, Mexico, and the Middle East as well as their usual haunts in nine African nations and all over India and Europe.
Artists on the new project (working title: 2sides2everything) include the above mentioned with Tim Robbins, Daniel Lanois, kd lang, Susan Sarandon, John Cusack, Zap Mama, Bob Geldof, Noam Chomsky, Billy Connolly, Marianne Williamson, Deepak Chopra, Neale Donald Walsh, Courtney Love, Carrie Fisher, Bhagavan Das, Ram Dass, Oumou Sangare, Rokia Traore, Ramata Diakite, and others.

i bet it will be really good.

Peace is not the absence of war -- peace is the absence of fear. Ursula Franklin

I've just got so tired of reading good reviews, spending lots of money I no longer can afford and ending up with a load of CDs I have little intention of ever listening to again. So I've almost given up. I buy the odd rough guide CD now and again, but most of them are boring. There's nowhere I know to reliably find out about good stuff, it's very disheartening.

I'm sure stuff is available to download, but if, like me, you're unsure of how it works, don't have an iPod and whatever gimmcrackery is fashionable amongst the techno-arti-farty this week, then there's really no wy offinding out about it.

So, is this track representative ?

keep to the Fen Causeway

honestly, it's not my favourite bag musically, a bit sequencer heavy for my taste, but it grew on me, and as i have so little like it, it was usually a great pleasure when it came along in the shuffle.

without seeing the dvd, i would give the music a 5-6 out of ten, but once i saw the dvd, the track brought back such good memories of it.

the dvd i'd rate 10 out of 10, for the global concept of it, the interviews, and how the quest for the ultimate culture mash is pursued.

there be genius...

Peace is not the absence of war -- peace is the absence of fear. Ursula Franklin