Posts Tagged ‘United Kingdom’
See Some Hardcore Parkour On Abandoned Hotels (Video)
August 28, 2018
They are wilding out! Free running, cray or dangerous… whatever you wanna call this parkour dudes are doing on here… This is it. The moves and music will get your heart rate up (whether you are an active participant in the sport or not).
We traveled to Croatia to film parkour on the rooftops of five abandoned hotels. Using slow motion cameras, we captured three of the UK’s best free runners reclaiming the space through movement. The hotels were bombarded during the Croatian War for Independence, and you can still see the impact hits on the walls there. They have since been abandoned for twenty years. Kupari is set to be demolished and rebuilt in 2019, so the vacancy might not be for much longer.
– Ampisound
Posted in Action, Sports, Travel, Videos | 
Tags: Ampisound, Croatia, free runners, free running, Kupari, Parkour, Parkour on Abandoned Hotels, United Kingdom, VACANCY | 
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Civil Rights Activist James Baldwin At Cambridge University Union In 1965… Speaking Like He Is With Us Today (Video)
October 17, 2017
Is 400 years of slavery building this country (and oppression thereafter) plus many wars of service not enough to justify our right to have some say in its running… without having to hear, “You can leave it if you don’t love it”… Well, isn’t it? Answer: YES! Moreover, we are not going to be ousted by anyone. We helped BUILD this place ‘they’ say we can ‘leave’ (like it isn’t OURS, too)! Sure, this declaration has an angry tone. So I will let activist/scholar James Baldwin say it. Words from so long ago. Could he have known they’d still be so applicable today?
Prior to the UK release of the Oscar-nominated documentary, I Am Not Your Negro, we take a look at a seminal speech by the film’s subject – writer, essayist, poet and civil rights activist James Baldwin. At Cambridge University Union in 1965, Baldwin debates whether the ‘American dream’ has been achieved at the expense of African-Americans.
– The Guardian
Yeah. And Baldwin even has something to say about the flag in this. So on point.
– @ojones1
Posted in Activism, Education, Film, History, Politics, Speech, Travel, Videos | Tags: activist, American Dream, Cambridge University, Cambridge University Union, Civil Rights, civil rights activist, essayist, I Am Not Your Negro, James Baldwin, poet, Respect for the flag, take a knee, TakeAKnee, The Guardian, UK, United Kingdom, writer | No Comments »
Recess In Real Life: Watch These Professional Tag Players Play (Video)
July 20, 2017
Because YES! Whoever picks this up, tell me where and when you are broadcasting, and I am tuning in. Promise. Bonus: Got an idea to amp this up. Put all this in a ‘danger room’ setup (like Gladiators, but cooler) and have folks slinging heavy high-speed burgundy dodgeballs. Dodgeball AND tag to the extreme!
(Maybe next work on a ‘Four Square meets Double Dutch’ game; or sandlot football where you bust through a team’s Red Rover line to score. Solid gold ideas!)
– @ojones1
Posted in Human Interest, Recreation, Sports, Videos | Tags: Chase Tag, Professional Tag Players, Tag, UK, United Kingdom | No Comments »
Sideways Elevators In London (Video)
June 17, 2016
Thyssenkrupp Elevator CEO Andreas Schierenbeck has declared this concept as one that could “undoubtedly change the face of London’s transport network, and reinforce the UK’s position at the head of global innovations.” No cables; magnetically driven; able to move up, down and sideways… to eliminate street glut by streamlining the ‘mid-commute’ (travelers exiting subway cars, walking out of stations via mazes of underground to top-bound pathways, onto the street, into tall buildings and packed elevators to get to their destinations…only to reverse that madness to get home). Here’s the idea.
Thyssenkrupp MULTI elevator technology, rope-less and moving sideways, increases passenger shaft capacity by 50%. Originally designed for tall buildings MULTI can also open up new possibilities for underground metro stations, set to make metro hubs true centers of human interaction.
Imagine a futuristic George Jetson meets Star Trek car-and-lift system that takes throngs of passengers from subway car to in-building destination; eliminating ‘people traffic’ in much the same way that an underground rail system reduces the amount of traffic on surface roadways. Dope! And they are testing in the UK in 2017.
Posted in Technology, Travel, Videos | Tags: Andreas Schierenbeck, London, magnetic elevator, MULTI, rope-less elevator, Sideways Elevators, Thyssenkrupp, Thyssenkrupp Elevator, UK, United Kingdom | No Comments »
Triple 9 (UK Trailer)
November 12, 2015
We posted the Red Band trailer for “Triple 9” a while back. Now as the February 19, 2015, theatrical release date approaches, we get the UK trailer for the film. Watch that above.
When a crew of dirty cops is blackmailed by the Russian mob to execute a virtually impossible heist, they realise the only way to pull it off is to manufacture a 999, police code for “officer down”. The chaos that ensues when a police officer is shot in the line of duty is just the diversion they’ll need to do the job, but whether they have the will to kill one of their own is an entirely different matter. Their plan is turned upside down when the unsuspecting rookie they set up to die foils the attack, triggering a breakneck, action packed finale tangled with double-crosses, greed and revenge.
– Entertainment One UK
Posted in Film, Trailer, Travel, Videos | Tags: Aaron Paul, Anthony Mackie, Avec Casey Affleck, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Kate Winslet, Norman Reedus, Redband Trailer, Triple 9, UK, United Kingdom, Woody Harrelson | No Comments »
R&B/Soul: DanI – “New Day” feat. 7even Rich (Video)
August 12, 2015
Alabama, as the home state, stays on my radar. New music from Birmingham. Yeah B’ham, Alabama, not England…although DanIÂ (aka DanI Musiq) has made a second home in the UK. Boom! She’s got 7even Rich featuring on this “New Day” jawn, a bonafide weekend cookout chill jam. Good background for whatever your summer celebration. Linked the song below. Check after the jump for info on the dynamic DanI.
DANI – NEW DAY FEAT. 7EVEN RICH
– @ojones1
Posted in Music, R&B, Soul, Travel, Videos | Tags: 7even Rich, Alabama, Birmingham, DanI, England, London, New Day, Sharron C Adley, UK, United Kingdom | No Comments »
Kendrick Lamar World Tour 2013 Episode 1: Bristol, United Kingdom (Video)
February 12, 2013
30 Shows, 29 Cities, 15 Countries…. and this is just the first episode! Kendrick Lamar’s World Tour Vlog captures footage as he and TDE invade Bristol, UK; rocking a sold out crowd.
Posted in Album, Hip-Hop, Lifestyle, Performance, Videos | Tags: Bristol, Episode 1, Kendrick Lamar, TDE, Top Dawg Entertainment, UK, United Kingdom, Vlog, World Tour | No Comments »
