This video follows the success of Patrick Treacy's mashup of Linkin Park's "I'm breaking t This video follows the success of Patrick Treacy's mashup of Linkin Park's "I'm breaking the habit tonite" and "Dune Bashing in Dubai". Since their inception, U2 have developed and maintained a distinctly recognizable sound, with emphasis on melodic instrumentals and expressive, larger-than-life vocals that blends well with the graphical desert imagery. The Edge's rhythmic echo and a signature delay also works to a large extent in maintaining movement.(more)(less)
Video with a more Arabic influence by world traveller Patrick Treacy about the emerging co Video with a more Arabic influence by world traveller Patrick Treacy about the emerging contrasts existent in the modern emirate of Dubai. The vision of the government is to turn Dubai into the trade and tourism hub of the region. Despite the many attractions in Dubai, the video hints at problems that may occur as a consequence of the fast and sometimes uncontrolled growth that could cause erosion of local identity and traditional cultures. Dubai has the largest population and is the second largest emirate by area, after Abu Dhabi. It is ruled by the Al Maktoum dynasty since 1833. The emirates' current ruler, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, is also the Prime Minister and Vice President of the UAE. It end with new desert projects such as "Desert Safaris" which takes tourists into the desert experience with the thrill and excitment of dune driving. Background music is Ah W Noss by Lebanese pop singer and entertainer, Nancy Ajram.(more)(less)
Dr Patrick Treacy takes us out driving 4x4'S over the desert sand dunes outside Dubai. Thi Dr Patrick Treacy takes us out driving 4x4'S over the desert sand dunes outside Dubai. This experience has been compared to riding a roller coaster or to white-water rafting. While there he visits the Bedouin tribal people of the Arabian Peninsula whose nomadic lifestyle has fascinated Western visitors for centuries. He also initially brings us into some of his lifestyle in the modern metropolis of Dubai to contrast the cultural differences and experiences. There are some good video shots of the city of Dubai being built and some clips promotional to the Burj al Arab.(more)(less)
The video details a visit by Dr. Patrick Treacy and Francis Morgan (Morgan Racing) to the The video details a visit by Dr. Patrick Treacy and Francis Morgan (Morgan Racing) to the "Race of Champions" in Paris in 2004 with the intention of getting a good photograph of Michael Schumacher. The IROC is an international motorsport event held at the end of each year between national teams of racing and rally drivers. The top individual wins the Henri Toivonen Memorial trophy and is given the title, Champion of Champions. The 2004 event took place on December 4 at the Stade de France and was won by Heikki Kovalainen, and the team event by Jean Alesi and Sébastien Loeb representing France. There was also a special "World Champions Challenge" race held between 2004 Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher and 2004 World Rally Champion Sébastien Loeb, which Schumacher won.
Drivers that took part in 2004:
Country Racing Driver Rally Driver
Brazil Felipe Massa Tony Kanaan
Finland Heikki Kovalainen Marcus Grönholm
France Jean Alesi Sébastien Loeb
Germany Michael Schumacher Armin Schwarz
Great Britain David Coulthard Colin McRae
Sweden Kenny Bräck Mattias Ekström
USA Casey Mears* Jimmie Johnson(more)(less)
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is a preeminent art museum located in Midtown Manhattan in The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is a preeminent art museum located in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, USA, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It has been singularly important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world. It is considered by many to have the best collection of modern Western masterpieces in the world, including such important and familiar works as the following:
The Sleeping Gypsy by Henri Rousseau
The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon by Pablo Picasso
The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dalí
Broadway Boogie Woogie by Piet Mondrian
Campbell's Soup Cans by Andy Warhol
The Seed of the Areoi by Paul Gauguin
Water Lilies triptych by Claude Monet
The Dance (painting) by Henri Matisse
The Bather by Paul Cézanne
"Three Musicians" by Pablo Picasso
"Love Song (Giorgio de Chirico)" by Giorgio De Chirico
"One: Number 31, 1950" by Jackson Pollock
Christina's World by Andrew Wyeth
Self-Portrait With Cropped Hair by Frida Kahlo
Shimmering Substance by Jackson Pollock
Painting (1946) by Francis Bacon
Background music is Bowie's "The Jean Genie" which was composed and recorded in New York City, where he spent time hanging out with the Warhol set's Cyrinda Foxe.(more)(less)
