E.L.L.A

A Musical Celebration of the Florida Female Artist

“E.L.L.A, A Musical Celebration of the Florida Female Artist,” is here to showcase to the people of Orlando the wonderful and extremely talented women that grace our fine city and state. We believe that Florida has some of the strongest and most talented women in the world, and they deserve to be heard, viewed, and celebrated. By creating this festival, we want to make sure that they are."

— Robert Johnson,
promoter/founder of E.L.L.A.
Elevate.Listen.Love.Appreciate

Blog Action Day 2008 is October 15

Blog Action Day 2008 Poverty from
Blog Action Day on Vimeo.

Poverty is affecting society, the enormous hole left by possibilities that go unrealized becomes even greater with our discomfort in acknowledging the gap. The rapid aging of the population in the Western hemisphere and the failing of public systems contribute to increasing demands on individuals. Many of us are called upon to assist our families in two directions for the future — children and parents.

"I believe a determined group of people can change the conversation for the better. Our first action step is awareness — talking about it. Your voice counts and so do actions. Go sign up now and join the conversation on poverty, October 15. You can make a difference."

— Valeria Maltoni, Conversation Agent

SOURCE: ConversationAgent

Kayo Dot streams new music

SOURCE: Kayo Dot

Que hora es?

The Second Annual Orlando Hispanic Film Festival (OHFF) comes to the heart of Orlando, Florida, during Hispanic Heritage Month
Oct. 10th — Oct. 12th, 2008.

It is a competitive independent film festival and a platform that recognizes independent filmmakers from around the world who integrate the Hispanic culture in their work and exposes the talent of Hispanic actors, directors, producers, screenwriters and cinematographers.

SOURCE: OHFilmFestival

George Carlin just knew…

SOURCE: GoGreenTube

Introducing Seun Kuti & Egypt 80…

Seun Kuti & Egypt 80
West Africa
Nigeria

Seun Kuti is Fela Anikulapo Kuti 's last son. Seun's father, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, was Nigeria's most beloved popular musician and most acerbic social critic until his death in 1997.
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From a recent interview:
Is the Nigerian government still trying to suppress Afrobeat music?
Yeah, because you can’t support something that is against you. They know what Afrobeat stands for, so it receives no support from the government or police. They support all these Nigerian hip-hop bands. It’s very cheap low-quality pop.

SOURCES: AfroPop.org, L.A. Record