Tuesday Tunes - T.I.A.

Today I finished my last midterm (ever), a written exam in Chris Blattman's "Political Economy of Development: Africa and the World" class. Exhausting. Since I am heading to the above-mentioned continent for a week soon, I think I earned a little K'naan:

Mural of Equality

A friend of mine is an artist-in-residence / teaching muralist. She has done some pretty cool projects with students on various topics. Her most recent mural is so cool I just had to share it:

Her blog explains the process and the results, and it is well worth the read in full. An excerpt:

One girl had the idea to have protestors as a consistent element all the way across the mural, but changing according to whoever they were next to. For example, the protestors next to Chavez would be holding signs that said different things than the protestors next to Susan B. Anthony. Genius!!
 

More about the artist's business here.

Since it is International Women's Day, here is a close-up of the Susan B. Anthony portion:

Friday Music Video: Night Panther

A friend of mine is in a cool "new-to-me" band called Night Panther (not to be confused with another friend's favorite band, Steel Panther). Night Panther is pretty sweet, playing Synth Pop, or as souncloud clasifies them, "sex pop." (Also, the band seems to have originated in my mom's former town of Doylestown, PA). They are playing tonight in NYC at Pianos, check them out if you are around. They will also be at SXSW this year for those of you lucky enough (cool enough?) to attend that extravaganza.

Here is their video for Fever, which has a Sabotage-feel to it (the video not the music):


Musically, I like the newer Lioness song, which has a video coming soon - Trailer below:



Disclaimer: Just because I know people (or know people who know people) in pretty hip bands does not make me hip - as evidenced by my use of the word "hip" - or even mildly qualified to recommend music (for that, rely on Fritz).