The above video is of Metallica’s “Call of Kutulu” from their 2007 Symphony & Metallica performances where they played with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. Although they have been one of the world’s biggest heavy metal bands for the last twenty-five years this was not the first time that Metallica and the Orchestra had combined forces, in fact this song won the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance. Metallica first worked with acclaimed film composer Michael Kamen in 1991 when he wrote the string arrangements on “Nothing Else Matters” before coming together again in 1999 and 2007 for a series of concerts with the Symphony Orchestra.

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Wanlov has been busy. He recently completed the Culture Caravan road show, which was an 8-city tour of Ghana featuring free live music and theatrical performances from some of hip-life’s most prominent artists.

He’s also released a free mixtape called Kubolor & Friends for your listening pleasure. The footage below is of a rehearsal for the Culture Caravan.

Check his myspace for stuff from Wanlov including details of his upcoming performances near you.

Previously: Kubolor Style

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This is a quick easy recipe to make jollof rice and chilli simultaneously (they can be eaten together or used for separate meals). It’s nothing fancy; a bachelor’s endeavour, but we hope it will be the first of many diverse recipes to be shared here on aspecks. Please send in your contributions (preferably with pictures) to aspecks@gmail.com

Required Utensils: Stir fry wok or large frying pan and a cooking pot

Ingredients:

Cooking Oil

Chicken pieces (or breast slices) seasoned to your taste

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Knowing how terrible I was at Art when I was at school, it comes as no surprise that I have always been fascinated by other people’s abilities and talents for creating something out of nothing. Now I am sure a lot of people have received emails that have had attached some of the images in the video below, however, it was only after some deeper research that I came to fully understand the skill involved in producing these works of 3D Street Art. The artists use a projection called anamorphosis to create the illusion of three dimensions when viewed from the correct angle. There are two main types of anamorphosis: Perspective (oblique) and Mirror (catoptric). There is currently a trailblazing group of artists who have been around the world painting some of the finest 3D pavement illusions ever seen.

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And I’m not ashamed to admit it. Not because he is about to be relevant again for some time. The Mitchell Brothers song brings back childhood memories of practising the moonwalk and all the steps from the Bad video. I haven’t forgotten having the living day-lights frightened out of me by thriller. This nostalgia about the King of Pop is one aspeck of my past that I share with millions if not billions of other people. See for yourself…

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