A Silver Mount Zion
A Silver Mt. Zion is a post-rock band formed in 1999 by Godspeed You! Black Emperor musicians Efrim Menuck, Sophie Troudeau and Thierry Amar. According to an interview with VPRO Radio in The Netherlands, originally the project was for Efrim to learn how to score music,
Yogic flying
Yogic flying is the purported ability to levitate which is a capability one gains through advanced practice of transcendental meditation (TM). While sitting cross-legged, yogic flyers can move around in a hopping kind of motion. This actually represents the earliest part of levitation, the "perfection of leaping like a frog". Proponents of yogic flying claim world peace can be brought about by t
The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra-la-la Band
A Silver Mt. Zion is a post-rock band formed in 1999 by Godspeed You! Black Emperor musicians Efrim Menuck, Sophie Troudeau and Thierry Amar. According to an interview with VPRO Radio in The Netherlands, originally the project was for Efrim to learn how to score music,
Headshaving
Headshaving is the removal of hair from the head of people usually by means of a razor or an electric shaver. This practice is as old as human kind as, from the earliest history, there are reports of headshaving of people, such as in Egypt and in Rome.
In ancient Greece long hair was a symbol of wealth and power, while a shaven head was appropriate to a slave, a poor or a man who was not noble.
Over the centuries, the practi
Charlie Chan Carries On Charlie Chan Carries On (1930) is the fifth novel in the Charlie Chan series by Earl Derr Biggers. In it, a Scotland Yard detective and friend of Chan's is pursuing a murderer on an around-the-world voyage. While his ship is docked in Honolulu, the detective is shot and wounded by his quarry; though he survives, he is unable to continue with the cruise, and Chan takes his place instead. Event
Nihombashi
Nihombashi (or Nihonbashi, 日本橋, lit. "Japan Bridge") is a famous bridge in Chuo Ward, Tokyo, Japan that is also the namesake of one of Tokyo's largest commercial districts.
The neighborhood
The Nihombashi district was a major mercantile center during the
