It was a sign of the times, which Henri Toulouse de Lautrec lived in. Artists like Renoir and Monet had laid a platform for a new wave of artists, to develop their own style which became Art Nouveau. Also, the industrial revolution now over 100 years old was producing a new class of entrepreneurs,…
Motelear is the name. It’s a part of latino culture, where you can go to a motel for a few hours or a night to be alone with someone you don’t normally have the chance to spend quiet personal time with. I first came about this phenomena when I was reading the Lonely Planet…
To avoid the confusion let’s call it a chip, as it’s called in Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand. It’s favour neither the French nor the Flemish. They are called French fries in the United States, and thanks (or no thanks) to McDonald’s the name has spread around the world but only in the…
“Gidday’! My name is Marty Ware and I have been invited as a guest writer to “Street Talk Savvy”, this is super exciting for me as it’s my first Gig as a guest writer. I actually lived in the Byron Shire for over 20 years and had an absolutely amazing time. I now live about…
In the year 900 the vikings lands based in Scandinavia were no more than a bunch of separate small kingdoms that were linguistically and physically related. Kingdoms were slowly expanding and nearby tribes began to unite. The vikings at this time infamous for their beliefs; to create glory for themselves in battle and with…
Because our previous post on Kraftwerk opened up a can of worms, as to the musicians they influenced, and the music those musicians created it was inevitable to put together a good list of some of the best songs influenced by Kraftwerk. Many of these will directly say that they were influenced by the…
One of the greats of German music are the renowned band formed in the early 1970’s Kraftwerk which translates to “power station”. One of many of the genre of music called krautrock, many bands credit this band as their inspiration. With innovation being their gift at the time to the music industry, they are…