It Is Not Paris We Should Pray For. It Is the World.
Say a prayer for Paris by all means, but pray more, for the world that does not have a prayer.
Culture & Media articles:
Eli Broad Museum
Imagine Disneyland for art lovers with wide-open spaces, a well-designed and appealing environment plus attractions that leave you almost hyperventilating with pleasure, both in and of themselves and in the way they are presented.
Music Review: MC Yogi
The lyrics are deep and poignant, yet the fluidity of MC Yogi’s vocals and the infectious world beats keep us floating above the moving music and poetry. He has an inviting way of introducing his messaged opinions in a friendly melodic context…
Monday Morning Angry Yoga
Sometimes a weekend can feel so free and wonderful that the last thing you want on Monday is to get back to being focused. Is that you? Maybe you can relate to Angrier Yoga. It might even snap you out of it!
CD Review: Songs for the Sangha—Deva Premal & Miten
There is a consistency in the kirtan genre that is pleasing but often predictable, and while there is a place for purists, some of kirtan’s most delightful musical moments emerge when it’s used in new ways.
Film Review: Paulo Coelho’s Best Story
With multiple time jumps, an abundance of mood lighting and interjected with brief passionate encounters with women, the biopic chronicles his journey from rebellious youth through his mystical initiation to author of 30 novels.
Music Review: Medicina
In this deeply revealing work, with its pulsating fusion of South American beats—samba, cumbia, passionate vocals and electronica flourishes—Iemanjo leads us on a musical exploration of the healing properties of nature and its relationship to humankind.
Awake: The Life of Yogananda
When backlash in the press sent the yogi back to his homeland he noted with relief that, “It’s wonderful to walk among people who don’t need coaxing to be spiritual.”
Donna De Lory: Universal Light
The resulting trance rhythms hypnotize the soul as they also propel listeners into ecstatic dance. An insistent rhythm on tunes like “Amma” and “Praying for Love” (a trippy arrangement that includes some of her most pop-influenced lyrics to date) makes it a challenge to sit still.
Book Review: Secrets of Ancient America
Carl Lehrburger sidesteps the dusty drone of many a scholarly tome. He follows the diffusionist debate since the 1970s with compassionate, bilateral fairness that often convinced me (the eternal skeptic) of exactly what he argues against—only to turn again with the next wave of evidence and refined speculation.