Thursday, July 30, 2009

Michael Bucher's New Video -- Sacred Ground 2009

Here is Michael Bucher's music video of his beautiful and poignant song, Sacred Ground, from our latest release Bitter Tears - Sacred Ground (Hondo Mesa Records, HMR 007).



Michael Bucher new music video, Sacred Ground from the 2009 CD release Bitter Tears | Sacred Ground from Hondo Mesa Records. Produced by PK Productions LLC in association with musicseenPROductions.

Directed and Edited by Christopher Crosby and additional footage from Jason Cochran.

Featuring live performances by Michael Bucher, Windwalker, Edoal Spirit Buffalo, DJ Travieso, KR LaRive, Jackie Calvert, Norm and featuring the Bigfoot Memorial Riders of South Dakota.

Studio track flute recording by Joanne Shenandoah. Hondo Mesa Records

Monday, July 13, 2009

Merit Music Video

Here is the Merit music video I mentioned in my last post. I love this thing. It was made by Tub-O-Popcorn Productions (very talented film-makers. By the way, Jeff Nelson, the drummer in Merit, also plays on John Engerman's CD "Maquett" (Hondo Mesa Records, HMR 002) available on itunes, CDBaby, and HMR's store.

"Muted" short film

Here is a wonderful short film by Tub-O-Popcorn Productions, the same folks who made my favorite Merit music video. This film was made in 48 hours, for the Atlanta 48 hour film project. There is no audio.

You can see more work on their YouTube channel or their web page.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Wasim Ahmad

Here is a short clip on my friend Wasim Ahmad produced by Tonielle Moore during the Newhouse School's J-Camp, hosted by the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.

Wasim Ahmad: Storyteller in pictures from Newhouse School J-Camp on Vimeo.

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Happy 74th Birthday Dalai Lama

His Holiness the Dalai Lama turns 74 today.



This account of His Holiness' birth was taken from the official web site. His Holiness the Dalai Lama was born on 6 July 1935, and named Lhamo Thondup, to a poor family in the small village of Taktser in the province of Amdo. The name, Lhamo Thondup, literally means Wish-Fulfilling Goddess. Taktser (Roaring Tiger) was a small and poor settlement that stood on a hill overlooking a broad valley. Its pastures had not been settled or farmed for long, only grazed by nomads. The reason for this was the unpredictability of the weather in that area, His Holiness writes in his autobiography Freedom in Exile. During my early childhood, my family was one of twenty or so making a precarious living from the land there.

His Holiness' parents were small farmers who mostly grew barley, buckwheat and potatoes. His father was a man of medium height with a very quick temper. I remember pulling at his moustache once and being hit hard for my trouble, recalls His Holiness. Yet he was a kind man too and he never bore grudges. His Holiness recalls his mother as undoubtedly one of the kindest people I have ever known. She had a total of sixteen children, of whom seven lived. (Thank you for looking at me)