personal favorites
One of my favorite Daniel Benjamin songs now on Youtube:
DANIEL BENJAMIN Young, talented and unsuccessful… The story of an artist who grew up in the wrong decade (maybe) and in the wrong country (definitely). After playing 450 concerts in 15 countries, recording over 150 songs and selling thousands of e.p.s and records without help from managers or record companies there´s one question jumping through Daniel Benjamin´s career: what is the measure of success? From finally having an own drumset in the 80´s, the first punk rock band with 14, own songs, promoting his own live shows, self – releasing recordings made at home until being able to make a living from his own creativity, Daniel Benjamin has scored a lot of goals that most modern „pop stars“ haven´t achieved yet. But still there are no cover stories in magazines or video clips on MTV, no sold out arena gigs and gold records. Everyone who listened carefully could imagine Daniel Benjamin there and he himself would be glad to be the next big thing. His melodies could be little anchors in the heads of millions, his sound can catch the masses and his aura could make him a new icon. But who is gonna bring him there? Where A & R you? Does Daniel Benjamin need Freiheit from D.I.Y.heit?
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Free Software - A Chance for Africa
A very interesting talk of Alex Antener during the recent CCC-Congress in Berlin is now available:Â download (~ 180MB, Talk is in German). Antener talks about his experiences on implementing Free Software at the Polytechnik of Blantyre in Malawi. He spent 7 month in Malawi, building up a Thin-Client-Network at the University based on Linux / GNU-Debian.
You can find more details on the Congress Website.