Tag: Video
Videos: Venice Gondoliers, Mariachis and Bollywood for Barack Obama
by World Hum | 09.26.08 | 2:03 PM ET
In that order. We looked for similar videos supporting John McCain and couldn’t find any; if you have any, we invite you to post links in the comments section. We’d love to see them.
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Yahoo! BuzzKid From Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ Cover: ‘I Wanna Travel’
by Michael Yessis | 09.24.08 | 5:13 PM ET
Spencer Elden, who is now 17, is “so over” high school he’s ready to hit the road. You go, Spencer. Oh, and happy birthday, Nevermind.
The album was released 17 years ago today. To celebrate, a Nirvana performance in France of “Drain You”:
Billy Bragg’s Big Busk: Singing About London
by Michael Yessis | 09.23.08 | 12:21 PM ET
The singer will be leading a come one, come all sing- and strum-along this Saturday at the Southbank Centre in London. The crowd will be singing Bragg’s favorite London songs. He’s got a lot of great ones to choose from, as evidenced by this Wikipedia page of London songs and Time Out’s 50 best London songs.
If I could make it, I’d like “Waterloo Sunset” by the Kinks to make the cut:
Singing the Praises of Belleville, Edith Piaf’s Paris
by Jim Benning | 09.12.08 | 11:20 AM ET
Many travelers know Belleville as the Paris neighborhood where they can find Pere Lachaise cemetery. I recall riding the metro out there more than a decade ago, like every other college kid with a Let’s Go, to check out the tombstones of Jim Morrison and Gertrude Stein. But what I didn’t appreciate at the time was that Belleville was also once the home of singer Edith Piaf.
Obama’s Transatlantic Travels: Beatles-esque?
by Jim Benning | 07.18.08 | 1:07 PM ET
Just how big a deal is Barack Obama’s 12,000-mile overseas trip, expected to begin in the coming days? Foreign Policy’s Passport blog points out this line from the Times of London: “You have to go back to the Beatles’ first U.S. tour to find a transatlantic trip freighted with the sort of pregnant excitement that attends the one Barack Obama is about to make.” Wow. Meanwhile, John McCain has made three foreign trips in recent months, which U.S. media, it seems, have covered with the all excitement of a Turtles world tour. To illustrate, here’s an audio/video musical comparison of the interest in the two candidates’ travels:
Michael Palin: Travel Makes One ‘Less Afraid of the World’
by Julia Ross | 07.08.08 | 10:40 AM ET
At lunch with the Financial Times, the amiable BBC travel host chats up a Moldovan waitress, expounds on his love of atlases and tells tales about filming on the Pakistan border.
Paul Theroux on Why He Likes Obama
by Jim Benning | 04.22.08 | 2:04 PM ET
I just stumbled across this recent interview the travel writer and novelist gave in Bangkok on YouTube:
The World Hum Travel Zeitgeist: Disney, Dubai and the Mile-High Club
by Michael Yessis | 11.02.07 | 4:00 PM ET
The Other Problem With ‘Welcome: Portraits of America’
by Michael Yessis | 11.02.07 | 12:27 PM ET
The inclusion of an iconic Canadian landmark in a new U.S. government video designed to promote travel to the States has stirred up controversy, as it should. It’s an embarrassment, to be sure, but the most interesting—and important—thing about the video is the simple fact that it exists. U.S. standing has sunk so low in the world, and so many travelers are staying away from the country, that the government had to borrow some Disney magic, partnering with the company to create a video promoting America as a welcoming place. The seven-minute, 20-second video is already showing at Washington Dulles International Airport and Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, and will soon be seen in the international arrivals areas at other domestic airports and at U.S. embassies and consulates worldwide.
The World Hum Travel Zeitgeist: What Would Bono Do?
by Michael Yessis | 06.29.07 | 3:02 PM ET
The U2 singer, global activist and fly sunglasses wearer devoted his attention to Africa as guest editor of Vanity Fair. This week travelers, too, are taking great interest in the continent as well as in China, Savannah, “Glacier Girl” and the hot spot of Boise, Idaho. Here’s the Zeitgeist:
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10 out of 10 for Hong Kong
* The skyline (pictured) is No. 3 on the list.
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36 Hours in Savannah, Ga.
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Boise, Idaho
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Beijing: Forbidden No More
* The flood of stories about China continues.
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Hut-to-Hut Hiking in New England
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Suffering and Smiling: Vanity Fair Does Africa
* The issue’s best story: Binyavanga Wainaina’s Generation Kenya.
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‘Glacier Girl’ Set to Complete Flight Begun 65 Years Ago
The World Hum Travel Zeitgeist: From Weddings in Las Vegas to Flirting in Turkey
by Michael Yessis | 06.22.07 | 12:34 PM ET
Can you feel the love? Yes, travelers have romance on their minds, and not just because it’s the 40th anniversary of the Summer of Love. Here’s the Zeitgeist.
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Boston: The Taming of Southie
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Wellington, New Zealand
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A Hunka Hunka Burnin’ Las Vegas Wedding Options
* With video starring an Elvis impersonator, of course
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Heathrow’s Bad Connections Leave Passengers Fuming
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Vayama.com
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The Woman in the Kuffiya
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National Geographic’s Atmosphere
* Current podcast: Mount Everest Expedition
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A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
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Time to Move On?
* An explanation of why the Queen Elizabeth 2 was “left behind.”
The World Hum Travel Zeitgeist: On the ‘B’ List
by Michael Yessis | 06.15.07 | 1:23 PM ET
This week we’ve got mountain bikers, the best beaches in the U.S., passport blunders and the return of Bill Bryson. Here’s the Zeitgiest.
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Top 10 U.S. Beaches
* No. 1 on the list from “Dr. Beach”: Ocracoke Island, North Carolina (pictured)
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Hilo, Hawaii
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Where Mountain Bikers Carved Their Dream Terrain
* Not Moab, Utah. Fruita, Colorado.
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U.S. Plans Temporary Waiver of Passport Policy*
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Diary of a Trip Through U.S. Passport Application Limbo
From the writer, travel editor Catharine Hamm: “A travel editor without a passport is like Paris Hilton without a party.”
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Hertz, Avis Add Hybrids to Fleets
* Each rental car company says it will have 1,000 Toyota Priuses in its fleet by the end of the month.
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A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
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Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert
* Still unstoppable.
The World Hum Travel Zeitgeist: From the Great White North to the Land Down Under
by Michael Yessis | 06.08.07 | 12:49 PM ET
This week travelers trek the length of the globe, from Canada to California to Mexico to Costa Rica to Australia. There’s also the inevitable Paris Hilton vs. Hilton Paris match up. Here’s the Zeitgeist.
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In Napa, Wilderness Above the Wineries
* That’s Napa, pictured above.
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Paris Hilton accommodations vs. Hilton Paris
* Christopher Reynolds pits the two head-to-head.
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Mexico to (Miss) U.S.A.: Boooooo
* Readers have mixed feelings about the now-infamous boos.
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JetBlue Tries to Bounce Back From Storm of Trouble
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Air Traffic Control System Command Center
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An Island in Costa Rica
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National Geographic’s Atmosphere
* Current podcast: Mount Everest Expedition
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