If you’ve ever thumbed through an edition of our “Music + Travel: Worldwide” guidebook to musical scenes from around the globe, you’d know that we have a soft spot in our hearts for the bouncing Afro-Pop beats that flowed out of the Africa starting in the 1970s. Specifically, we’ve dedicated an entire chapter to “Ethiopop”, the heady mix of ... Read More »
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In a Nutshell: Candombe
When Russell Slater wrote to us from Montevideo, Uruguay, about the capital city’s signature sound. We had to find out more. Thankfully, he gave us the scoop: It’s impossible to spend anytime in Montevideo, Uruguay, without suddenly feeling like you’re in the middle of a parade. The sound of drums are everywhere … maybe even moreso than in Brazil. ... Read More »
Soul Searching: The Stax Museum in Memphis’ Soulsvillie U.S.A.
Home of Sun Records, Elvis Presley, and blocks of blues joints, Memphis, Tennessee is where rock was born, where white bluesman stirred together black energy with Country tunesmithing to create the sound that defined the latter half of the 20th Century. But of all American music forms, it may be Soul that lies closest to the heart of this ... Read More »
A Roman (Polanski) Holiday
Roman Polanski may not be going anywhere for a while, now that (allegedly?) raping a 13-year-old has finally caught up with him and all. He may be holed up in a Swiss jail, but his films provide a trip around the world. Even after his exile from the United States in 1977, the director continued to shoot on location throughout Europe ... Read More »
wowOwow: Americas Edition
They showed you Europe and they wOwed you with Asia/Africa/Oceania; now our friends over at Women on the Web are giving a sneak preview of the third title in our Film + Travel series — North & South America. If you’re celebrating the long weekend, take a tip from wowOwow and schedule a recession-friendly staycation with your DVD player. Our ... Read More »
Where oh where? On wowOwow!
It’s a very happy Friday here at Museyon HQ. Why’s that? The lovely ladies at Women on the Web are talkin’ Film + Travel! The site is run by some of the coolest women in media — think Whoopi Goldberg, Candice Bergen, Lily Tomlin, Lesley Stahl and Liz Smith — and today it features a photo essay of locations from our Film ... Read More »
Bloody Good Idea
With so many films coming out every day, how do you get attention for your new release? You’ve got to get creative. The people behind director (and Museyon favorite) Park Chan-wook‘s new vampire film Thirst (Bakjwi) definitely went all out, sending a very realistic looking blood bag to the New York Times. The catch? Instead of being filled with platelets, these ... Read More »
Pop Quiz 2
Where can you find a recreation of two medieval villages and a palace that have been used over and over again in film? Hint: It’s not a Los Angeles back lot, but this production facility is the largest on its continent, and on par with its Hollywood counterparts. Answer after the jump. Read More »