The Number 8

The last lap is usually the most strenuous in long distance running.

Less than one week to go and yesterday we did a full run through of the whole program without too many breaks..

I must say I'm looking forward to this. Number 8 is one of the most gifted poets, spoken word artists, hiphop MC, yet one of the most down to earth people.

Hopefully we should be seeing some of his poetry online, especially after the 8th.

Number8 says:

"I go by the stage name Number8. This is because I appreciate the fact that it is humanly impossible to be perfect, (perfection being symbolized by the number 7), so I’m chasing after perfection like number 8. This is not to say that I’m greater than God (Perfection), but rather implying that IF ever I am to become perfect, I must decrease (John 3:30 “…I must decrease”)."

More on Number 8 here.

08/08/08

June and August

There are two events that I am heavily involved in over the next 2 months.

June 21 - the first Barcamp of 2008 in Nairobi will be at the Jacaranda Hotel. Head over to the wiki and signup, especially if you want a free T-Shirt courtesy of Ushahidi.

August 8 - Mission Driven Ministry Presents Number 8. If you have ever attended the Poetry Nights every 2nd Tuesday of the month @ the Junction, you will have come across his poetry and spoken word.

More details about this on the blog and on facebook.

MD

Mission Driven

Finally!

We are working on holding a concert (after such a while!) this year in August/September as well as launching our second album. Lots of planning, prayers and work still to be done.

Help us by praying for us. We also will be looking for assistance - musically (equipment, trainers, sound etc), financially and logistically.

:)

Zina Album Launch - Changed

Kenya National Theatre
Sunday 20th May 2007

2 Shows:
1330 to 1530
1630 to 1830

I intend to be there :)

More info on Mwafrika

Music Break

Now that it's Friday, I'm going to feature the latest addition to my music collection (Yes, I buy music).
I've listened to Joseph Hellon's Ekkaleo roughly 6 times. Love the jazz and african touch. I first listened to Hellon playing a sax in 1994 in high school and was really amazed. A really talented musician, I have heard him play 'Take Five' on a (you wouldn't believe it) wandindi. Throw in Krucial Keys (Aaron Rimbui), Kanjii, JJ and the rest of the crew, and you have real quality production.
If you've been looking for positive, uplifting jazz from East Africa try out Ekkaleo . Visit Sternsmusic and SoundAfrica to listen to samples online.

iPhone

Apple yesterday unveiled their highly anticipated iPhone.

Among others features:

4GB or 8GB memory
Bluetooth
WiFi
Mac OS X
Quadband GSM
multi-touch display - yaani NO KEYPAD

From the apple website:

iPhone combines three products — a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls, and a breakthrough Internet communications device with desktop-class email, web browsing, maps, and searching — into one small and lightweight handheld device.

Read more...

USD 499 for the 4GB and $599 for the 8GB when they come out in June on the Cingular network

No 3G though :( - Nokia were quick to point out that ....

Meaning I wait until the release the next version, and yah.. when they make it available worldwide....

Music for download

Free (legally) Music Online:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sound/list

Mostly Classical :)