In Music+Travel Worldwide our expert guides take a musical tour around the globe. Check out our sound sampler before you buy the book… Jazz Land: Chicago by Peter Margasak Jazz Hometown Hero: Ken Vandermark and the Ken Vandermark 5 Click to hear 11 more… Read More »
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In Theaters Now: Paris
In the latest film from Cedric Klapisch, ‘Paris‘, a young professional dancer (Romain Duris) find himself unexpectedly facing his own mortality. Watching the city through his window, he begins to see the different sides of Paris through the lives of his neighbors — the fruit seller, the woman at the bakery, a social worker, a dancer, an architect, a homeless ... Read More »
It’s Good to be King
Musician. Filmmaker. Producer. Writer. Artist. Dick el Demasiado, known to his legion of fans as the Cumbia king, has done it all. Breaking musical boundaries and relishing in the success of a career that follows its own path, by bucking tradition he has embraced a freedom that enables him to expand horizons most artists only dream of. We wanted to ... Read More »
Meet Me in Trollhattan
When you’re a Danish director afraid of flying, how do you go on location? Lars von Trier — the controversial director of ‘The Antichrist‘ — has found the answer in the small Swedish city of Trollhatten, just a short train (or a ferry and a car ride) away from his home in Copenhagen. The city with the strange name ... Read More »
Watch this Now: ‘Coven’
One of our favorite films here at Museyon is ‘American Movie,’ the 1999 documentary about one man’s quest to make the scariest film ever made. The brainchild of amateur director Mark Bochardt, the short film ‘Coven’ tells the story of a down-and-out artist with an alcohol problem, who discovers a much bigger problem when he starts going to meetings and ... Read More »
Click or Treat!
We’re gearing up for Mischief Night and here at Museyon, our minds have turned to all things spooky. In honor of the most important day of the year (Halloween, in case you weren’t paying attention) we’ve scoured the web to find some seriously spooky links. The Scariest Movies You Haven’t Seen: Slate (via NPR) looks at some underrated horror ... Read More »
Foxy Friday: Gary Lawyer
Who couldn’t use a little sexiness to spice up their Friday? Let’s transition into the weekend with some slow jams from India’s “man with the golden voice”, Gary Lawyer. Read More »
Hotels of Horror: ‘The Shining’
Since Jack Nicholson taught us that all work and no play a dull boy makes, in Stanley Kubrick’s 1977 interpretation of Stephen King’s ‘The Shining‘, there’s nothing scarier than the thought of being snowed in at an empty hotel. Stranded, with no way to contact the outside world… Most of the movie was shot on a British soundstage — ... Read More »
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