Joe Penna - the Brazilian Mystery Guitar Man

Joe Penna is a Brazilian guitar player, animator and film-maker who became rencetly very famous as the MysteryGuitarMan. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California. As of February 2010, he is the most subscribed Brazilian user of all time on YouTube, with over 348,417 subscriptions and 20,689,604 upload views. His videos have been viewed over 19 million times.

Penna attended the University of Massachusetts until 2007, majoring in medicine. While in medical school, Penna devoted his free time to producing online videos. He then quit medical school and turned to cinematography, working on music videos and commercials in and around Boston.

When his cinematography opportunities began to dry up as a result of the late-2000s recession, Penna began producing YouTube videos full-time.

Best Buy announced Penna as the $15,000 winner of their Tech-U-Out Video Challenge. He was also a finalist in Oreo's Moments video competition. Recently, Ford selected Penna as a Fiesta Agent for the 2011 Ford Fiesta Movement.

Here are some of his movies. Enjoy!

World Cup´s Vuvuzelas

Ballon Video called Pop

"I need my glasses" video

It should be really hard to do this stop motion videos!
Santa paciencia!

Joe, applause to you my man!

Here we go: World Cup 2010 by Fashion Columnist Daniela Lanna

During June, most of the world’s eyes will be on soccer and Brazilian’s eyes will be colored green and yellow!

Here is a fashionable make up tip to get in Brazilian soccer spirit!!!

One month of sweat, tears and joy. In Brazil, the soccer country, the latest hit is green and yellow!!!

My Odosketch

This is a really interesting and easy site. You log in, draw and the site records the drawing and saves it.

Check out my art! Click on it.

                                              

 To draw please visit Odosketch! The drawing below is called What spring looks like by MIZ. Its unbelievable how she (or he) can draw using a mouse.

                      
                   

                   
                    Check MIZ´s sketch Cat cat cat and the girl
 
                                    Have fun, draw yours!

Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeros - by Guest Columnist Lacey McDaniel

If you like whimsical, upbeat music then I have a band for you. Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeros is a comprised of ten members out of Los Angeles, California with a truly authentic sound of folk, country, and alternative rock mixed with trumpets, accordions, and tambourines. Live, their lead singer Alex Ebert promenades around the stage shaking his tambourine and slips off his shirt to reveal a skinny white chest beneath with a red scarf tied in a circle around his neck. The concert is high energy and interactive. During the last song of the night at the Beaumont Club in Kansas City, MO, Alex went out into the middle of adoring fans and requested that everyone sit down. To avail, everyone managed to sit, everyone on top of everyone, as it was packed, and he proceeded to serenade the crowd. The group is fun, talented, and eclectic. If they are ever in your area, please take the time to see them. You won’t be disappointed.

Access the official website here!

                                      

* This post was written by Guest Columnist Lacey McDaniel.

Jean Shin

The South-Korea artist, Jean Shin, uses daily-basis objects to construct her contemporary art sculptures and instalations. She is really creative and innovational. Her porfolio is very interesting. Shin´s pieces have been featured in Moma, New York, and she had texts published in The New York Times.

Check out some of her pieces!

                                                 Sound Wave, 2007

TEXTile, 2006

Hide, 2004

Glass Block (Tacoma), 2006

Hair Wall, 2002

Carte Blanche Constructions, 2001

Umbrellas Stripped Bare, 2001

Fringe, 2000

Seams Series

Lost and Found (Single Socks), 2000

Altered Trophies 1-9

                                        (Everyday Monuments), 2009

The New York Times Review

Chemical Balance, 2005-09

Sigur Ros

                       
                                        sigur rós win at mojo awards (2010)

Sigur Ros is an Icelandic post-rock band with melodic, classical, and minimalist elements. The band was formed in 1994 and, recently, in Janurary 2010, the band announced they will persue their solo careers. Sigur Rós consists of jón þor (jónsi) birgisson (vocals, guitars), kjartan (kjarri) sveinsson (keyboards), orri páll dýrason (drums) and georg (goggi) holm (bass).

Sigur Ros first became noticable with their 1999 album Ágætis byrj, which had three songs Ágætis byrjun', "Svefn-g-englar", and a live take of the then-unreleased "Njósnavélin" (later 'un-named' "Untitled #4") in the Cameron Crowe film Vanilla Sky.

Curiosity: the band created unintelligible lyrics with a non-literal language called Vonlenska, which is also commonly known by the English translation as Hopelandic. Jón Þór Birgisson master the emotive non-lexical vocables and phonemes using Vonlenska a melodic and rhythmic element of singing without the conceptual content of the usual languages. The band’s website describes it as “a form of gibberish vocals that fits to the music".

The videos are also really good with conceptual images and intrinsec messages.

                           
                            Song: Svefn-g-englar

Check the band´s website here!

Crasz Bunkwaa´s gift

A while ago, I wrote a post about Crasz Bunkwaa, an Australian artist.

Bunkwaa was really kind and nice to send to me some of his work. I loved it!

Here is a picture of it.

Crasz, thank you very much! It was so sweet!

We are waiting for your Guest Columnist post! ;)

World Cup - Fifa Fan Fest

The World Cup started and I am all dressed up for it! I spent last Saturday on the beach watching the soccer games at Fifa Fan Fest. The event is staged in six-non-South Africa cities: Rio de Janeiro, Mexico City, Sydney, Paris, Rome and Berlin.

Here are some pictures:

Brazil played against North Korea (Score: 2X1). There was too much expectation and, although, we won, the Brazilian Team played terribly. Aff!

Booty Dance - Brazilian Funk

Ok. I just came across a really weird and humorous Brazilian funk song. It´s called "The Booty Slap" or Surra de Bunda, in portuguese.

Brazilian funk is a popular adaption of Miami Bass originating from the slums of Rio de Janeiro - Brazil. Funk songs typically discuss topics such as poverty, human dignity, racial pride of black people, sex, violence and social injustice to a funky eletronic drum loop.



I don´t know but I feel sorry for the guy!

Ps. I think thsi video was removed, butyou can check it here!

Martin Waugh´s - Liquid Sculpture

Martin Waugh combines art and science to capture nature's infinite beauty.

Throughout history, water has calmed the soul, soothed the spirit and healed the wounded. Martin's free-flowing photography evokes images from rolling, rhythmic oceans to drops of water falling upon a lake, taking one on a spiritual journey bounded only by imagination.

By varying the size, speed and position of drops, as well as the color, viscosity, and surface tension, Martin creates a panorama of color, movement and intrigue.

Martin received his B.S. degree in Physics from Lewis and Clark College in Oregon. He lives in Portland, where he has kayaked many of the gorgeous white water rivers the region has to offer. His work can be found in museum, corporate, and private art collections.

Amazing water photos!