Edvard Munch was not what one would call a happy soul. After all, this was the man who painted “The Scream”. By the age of five he had lost his mother to disease, his favorite sister followed her nine years later, his father was an overly pious depressive, and madness, poverty, and ill health haunted the family. After studying ... Read More »
2009 has been a big year for us at here Museyon. Just six months ago we launched our first title, Film+Travel series, then we followed it up in November with Music+Travel Worldwide. Here at Museyon dot com we talked Berlin with the Criterion Collection and got the skinny on music scenes from some of our favorite music acts from ... Read More »
Forget Gospel music and Amy Grant. Christian music has a new face and it’s young, loud and sometimes guy-linered. To get the scoop on the scene we chatted with Chap Stique, the guitarist of Family Force 5, to find out what it means to be a Christian rocker today. What we found out involves a lot of ’80s references and ... Read More »
The first time Berlin hosted the Love Parade, in 1989, the Wall was four months from falling. It started out as a small political demonstration organized by Dr Motte, with about 150 guests attending. When the Wall fell, techno music streamed into East Berlin, filling the abandoned warehouses that were transformed, seemingly overnight, into clubs. Read More »
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 »
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 »
Even in Francophone Quebec, Montreal stands out as decidedly European. That’s why so many film productions head to the Canadian city, using it as a stand-in for everything from Moscow to Paris. The folks over at the Metro just did a round-up of the Canadian city’s on-screen cameos including blockbuster flicks like ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ and ‘The ... Read More »
All week, we’ve been chatting with the Criterion Collection‘s Susan Arosteguy about Wim Wenders’ ‘Wings of Desire‘, the director’s cinematic return to his hometown, Berlin. At once heartbreaking and beautiful, Wenders’ portrait of Berlin captures a turbulent time in the nation’s history. It would take a time machine to get back to the Berlin depicted in the film — a ... Read More »
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