We have crazy people. And we have crazy people being crazy about something: cars, football, golf, bicycles….or basketball. These people are crazy not just about Street Basketball, running around 3 vs 3; after the game having beer and smoking. They are into THE Basketball. It’s a culture, not a game. It’s even a religion, lifestyle, circle of acts and things you buy. It’s the reason you are happy or sad.

I would need to explain what I am talking about now: have you ever heard about small island next to the Baltic Sea, in Eastern part of Europe? During the Geografy Lessons you might find a name of ‘Lithuania’. That’s  the country where everyone is crazy about THE Basketball. That’s a country, that cannot buy expensive players…but they can find them. Prepare them. Raise them.

One of these talentative players is Jonas Valančiūnas (pron. J.Vallanchiu:nass). This young (19 years) player was chosin by NBA, Raptors. It might be a dream of lot’s of players in Europe, and here we go: we have a lucky one.

This movie will show all I’m talking about: starting THE Basketball in that small Baltic Island Lithuania, finishing with Big Guy from that small country.

Enjoy it.

Part1: Lithuania and THE Basketball

Part 2: Big Guy and his Mom

Part3: Big Guy’s Friends

Part4: “Raptors” about Him and LT

Search for “long volleyball rally” on YouTube and you’ll get back results of videos lasting anywhere from 29 to 90 seconds. And then there’s this clip from a recent Chinese volleyball game in which two women’s teams engage in an unbelievable two-minute rally that’s so exciting, it makes you wonder why volleyball isn’t more popular worldwide:

I never used to watch this sport on the telly, now all I can do is watch Chinese women play volleyball!

“Don’t worry, I will be back,” Weaver told  for Coming Soon. Sigourney Weaver has confirmed that she has a role in James Cameron’s upcoming Avatar sequels.

Despite her character Dr Grace Augustine dying in the 2010 sci-fi epic, Weaver has revealed that Cameron plans to bring her back in some way.

“He’s told me the stories for the next two movies and I have to say that they’re absolutely wonderful and there’s a real treat in store. Now we just have to make them.”

Sigourney Weaver is known for her roles in such works as “Ice Storm,” “Heartbreakers,” “The Village,” and “Alien.” Wearver will next be seen with Twilight star Taylor Lautner in John Singleton’s new thrillerAbduction, due out in cinemas on September 23.

Sigourney Weaver in Avatar style

It is known that the director is going to take the second and third “avatars” at 48 or even 60 frames per second. The plot of the first part of “Avatar,” Cameron shot on his own script, built around the history of relations between earthlings and the inhabitants of the planet Pandora, located in the star system Alpha Centauri. The second piece of movie will release in late 2014.

James Cameron is one of the most successful filmmakers in history, and his works collected in world wide box office of over $ 5.5 billion. In addition, two of the most profitable film in cinema history, “Avatar” and “Titanic,” which he directed, received a total of 14  ”Oscar” awards.

Ali lives in Copenhagen, and he presented his new track the day after the 911 rememberances.
Known for his social critisism, and political stance, he writes both personal and general lyrics about the society around him and the people he observes. It´s no secret that he´s also critical of capitalism, and he often writes of it´s negative consequences. From his studies at the university, he´s realized that capitalism has controlled societies for thousands of years.
He has an album coming out, preliminarly tittled, “Xill Mentality”

Omkvæd:
Jeg så på, klar på noget tå til tå
Har mine øjne på mine ting, for der ting vi ska’ nå
vi ska’ prøve, på at løbe før vi ka’ gå
Er du klar joe?
1-2-3 Let’s go

Vers 1:
Ka du se enden af toget, det det jeg er på
f*** at ha’ en dialog når modparten ligger låg
jeg ikk’ metrolog, men ka’ se at himlen er grå
regnbuen kommer ikk’, samfundet gået i stå
se jeg vil flip’ flicks, og du vil’ check chicks
men de synes det progressivt, hvis min homie han putter sik!
bulls***! illuminati initieret,
du ka’ sige f*** dem og sige det Sufi du citerer
de vil ha’ din krop og sjæl, assimileret
markedsorienteret, kapitaldikteret
hvis du stadigvæk, ikk’ fatter hva f*** jeg siger
så din hjerne sikkert død, så jeg kondolerer
du ska’ på en lang rejse, bli’ vaccineret,
men behold dit tøj på, for jeg blir genert
jeg ka’ læse kropsprog, så jeg konstaterer
at du ska’ ha’ din prioriteter ommøbleret

Omkvæd:
Jeg så på, klar på noget tå til tå
Har mine øjne på mine ting, for der ting vi ska’ nå
vi ska’ prøve, på at løbe før vi ka’ gå
Er du klar joe?
1-2-3 Let’s go

Vers 2:
Holder ind til siden, hop ind
f*** rygemedicin, mangel på disciplin gør folk blind’
du ka’ bild’ mig ind, at du ikk’ ender som dem
men ikk’ lyv for dig selv, foran spejlet derhjemme
bare spørg F!zZ – (HVAD) Han ved godt dæmonerne kommer camouflerede, så f*** Diss
De usynlige de monstre, kald dem Loch Ness,
de har taget resten, og du ka’ være den næst’
Vi ka’ græde for dig homie, men du kommer ikk’ tilbage
for når det gælder para, vil du være arrogant, Kanye!
West, bitter når du ender næstbedst
livet er ikk’ en konkurrence, det en test
så f*** a’ være blæst
jeg vil heller være belæst og læse
om det næste wikileak læk!
men jeg stoler ikk’ på nogen
hvis der noget jeg har lært, så det dobbelt-tjek din’ information’

Omkvæd:
Jeg så på, klar på noget tå til tå
Har mine øjne på mine ting, for der ting vi ska’ nå
vi ska’ prøve, på at løbe før vi ka’ gå
Er du klar joe?
1-2-3 Let’s g

The Kick Punch Gang comes from Lithuania, and were active participants in the Exchange. They brought their synths and other tools, and after meeting the other musicians, and rappers(UGA), they began to create. In no time at all, almost, they had a song, and a day later, they were shooting the video. These young people, from diverse regions of Europe, found common ground, thru the music. They also performed the song, “live” at Onkel Danny Plads on Saturday nite. The audience enjoyed their set.

The Art and Culture Exchange was arranged in Ishøj Denmark with participants from Denmark, Lithuania, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, and Sweden. The group was missing the United Kingdom partners from Wales but the exchange was still very productive. The project arranged the Onkel Danny Plads, “Dannys Øl Have” event from July 14th til 17th 2011. There was a talent night, Battle of the Bands, and DJ night.

It may not be the coolest move to throw your own birthday party, but at least you get the celebration you want. The 20-year tributes to Nirvana’s Nevermind have been an unregulated free-for-all ranging from dignified (Krist Novoselic’s all-star bash, SPIN’s cover-songs tribute) to decidedly un- (Chris Brown, “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” ’nuff said). Pearl Jam on the other hand, are still together, and thus capable of controlling the agenda for the 20th birthday of their watershed 1991 record, Ten.

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Photos by Anna Knowlden

If it’s surprising that they celebrated 2,000 miles away from Seattle — in Alpine Valley, WI — know that Pearl Jam long ago evolved past their original grunge label to become prefix-less, suffix-less Rock, a sound without geography. In other words, when you’re drawing fans from the four corners of the United States and as far away as Germany and New Zealand, you might as well drop the pin in the Midwest. They booked it and the fans came, showing they are dedicated enough to make Pearl Jam one of the endangered species that can still (almost) fill a gargantuan, 37,000-capacity amphitheatre like Alpine Valley for 2 nights over Labor Day weekend.

Any snark about the band being a museum piece in 2011 was pre-empted by an actual Pearl Jam museum on site, where fans waited in line an hour to file past Eddie Vedder’s 4-track and a display case containing “Hats Worn By Jeff Ament.” Fans also happily swarmed the merch booths for unique “PJ20″ posters and clothing (including a hoodie with a wrong-date misprint), and crammed into special viewing areas reserved for the Ten Club, the Pearl Jam society of super-fans.

Those amenities were appreciated on a Saturday of poncho weather, with unceasing grey skies and a steady rain that put a soggy damper on tailgating plans and the afternoon side stages full of up-and comers and strummy solo acts. The Swell Season’s Glen Hansard tried to keep spirits up with a half-remembered cover of “Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head” and a string-breakingly savage cover of fellow Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison’s “Astral Weeks,” but the crowd mostly chose to drink away the storm, lending the afternoon a “rain delay in the bleachers” vibe.

Fortunately, precipitation was down to a surly drizzle for the main event, where the band’s guestlist mixed nostalgia with contemporaries, and maneuvered groups accustomed to headlining into opener slots. The result felt something like the classic ’90′s Lollapalooza lineups, a murderer’s row of accomplished acts forced to make their case in 45 minutes or less in front of another band’s gear.

Mudhoney were the band most tightly linked with Pearl Jam’s Emerald City past, and the only one that could be considered an influence on their sound. But the grunge pioneers sounded refreshingly undated, the snotty punk sensuality of tracks like “Touch Me I’m Sick” still roaring like they were written recently. On a night with pretty thick frontman competition, Mark Arm set the bar unattainably high with his half-cocky, half-cramped stage moves.

In contrast to Mudhoney’s unhinged danger, Queens of the Stone Age brought a very precise evil to the stage. As dark clouds continued to threaten the poor kids on Alpine’s steep lawn, Josh Homme’s band (which released its first album on Stone Gossard’s label) fought back with their own lightning storm. Even if Homme’s jocky banter — “if we do this right, we can all get laid toniiight!” — would have been awkwardly out of place in the scene that birthed Pearl Jam, the stoner metal sound of “No One Knows” and “The Sky is Falling” fit right in as examples of a grunge afterlife.

The Strokes, by their own admission, were the kids of the main stage. Julian Casablancas confessed to first trying out his singing voice alongside a cassette of Ten, and broke street-cool character several times to sheepishly thank Pearl Jam for the invite. The set itself was the night’s anomaly — brisk (10 songs, 35 minutes), catchy, and the only thing approaching danceable if you don’t count fist-pumping. Largely ignoring this year’s Angles, the highlight of the greatest hits set was Eddie Vedder convincingly taking the chorus of “Juicebox” and bringing a little showmanship to the movement-averse New Yorkers. “Oh shit, he sings that so much better than I do,” Casabalancas moaned.

After a long day of mounting musical and meteorological tension, Pearl Jam couldn’t help but open with “Release,” giving the crowd its long-awaited chance for a communal arm-waving sing-along. Middle-age has found the band settling into its sweet spot, a stadium rock bombast kept tethered to the earth with punk-rock chords. Though the Ten material (“Deep,” “Once,” “Porch”) still got the biggest cheers, there was plenty of room to explore their deep catalog, culminating this night in versions of “Better Man” and “rearviewmirror” that were tastefully extended and triumphantly peaked.

For a gig that was very much preaching to the choir, Pearl Jam didn’t need to worry too much about pacing, and the setlist was accordingly packed with rarities (“Who You Are,” Vedder’s solo track “Setting Forth”) and guest spots (Casablancas on “Not For You,” Homme on the never-before-played “In the Moonlight,” George Harrison’s son Dhani on “State of Love and Trust”). But the mother of all special guests for grunge aficionados was the encore appearance by Chris Cornell, who first took the role of Mother Love Bone singer Andrew Wood for “Stardog Champion,” then sang three songs from the Temple of the Dog memorial project for Wood. “Hunger Strike” was a gimmee, but “Reach Down” and “Say Hello to Heaven” made it a full-on reunion — only the third since 1992.

If Cornell couldn’t quite hit the ridiculously high notes of 20 years ago, it made it all the more poignant — why hide the wrinkles at an event celebrating long-term survival? The ghosts of mortality that lingered over the encore made for a bit of a bummer ending, despite the twin exorcisms of “Love Reign O’er Me” and “Kick Out the Jams” covers (the latter with Mudhoney). But it was Pearl Jam’s party, and they could cry if they wanted to.

An interesting soundscape creation, created “live” on the video. Composititon, creativity, and interplay. Have a listen, and enjoy…

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Created by Vancouver Film School students through the VFS Film Production program:

Director/Writer: William McKnight Producer: Eliza Rogers Director of Photography: Amit Dey Assistant

Director/Casting/Titles: Geoff Webb Art Director: Aaron Hecker Hair and Makeup: Melissa Ward

Editor: Ryan Mitchell Camera Operator: Russell O'Neill Assistant Camera: Ross Macdonald

Audio Director: Reilly Derkitt Grip/Gaffer: Lawrence Kan Assistant Editor: Ian Shirley

Dialog/BG Editor, Re-recording Mixer: David Burnett Sound FX/Foley Editor, Re-recording Mixer: Chris Killoran

Music Composed and Performed By: Tobias Silverstolpe, Chris Killoran

Production Assistants: Cedric Malayi, Jennifer Li, Forrest Wong Cast: Tom Stevens Lisa Ovies

Dariya Parakhnevych Alex Borrowman Jack Hedley Lee Page Aaron Hecker Sharan Bal

Lawrence Kan

During the exchange the participants proved how easy it is for a message to get distorted as it´s passed. Communicating clearly, is important…as the video proves
The Art and Culture Exchange was arranged in Ishøj Denmark with participants from Denmark, Lithuania, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, and Sweden. The group was missing the United Kingdom partners from Wales but the exchange was still very productive. The project arranged the Onkel Danny Plads, “Dannys Øl Have” event from July 14th til 17th 2011. There was a talent night, Battle of the Bands, and DJ night.

The Art and Culture Exchange was arranged in Ishøj Denmark with participants from Denmark, Lithuania, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, and Sweden. The group was missing the United Kingdom partners from Wales but the exchange was still very productive. The project arranged the Onkel Danny Plads, “Dannys Øl Have” event from July 14th til 17th 2011. There was a talent night, Battle of the Bands, and DJ night.
This short clip is from the bus ride visit to the animal farm, after visiting churches in the area.