Your Sunday Evening Awesome Vegetarian Post for today (the first two have been Ted Leo and Ian MacKaye) comes to us all the way from Iceland in the form of Jonsi Birgisson, better known as the lead singer of Sigur Rós.

Sigur Rós has become more and more a household name, which is pretty impressive for a band from Iceland that sings mostly in a made-up language (they call it “Hopelandic”). Also, they do things like name an album ( ) and don’t title their tracks all the time. Here is Untitled Track #8 from the album ( ). There’s no video, but listen to the full thing and be blown away.

If you got through all of that, you know how gorgeous the music is.

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1) Miami Piano Festival : JORGE LUIS PRATS - MAZURKA(E. Lecuona/ J.L. Prats)

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So I found this awesome new site called Wordle - where you can create fun word maps out of text! Just enter in the text you want (something you wrote, an excerpt you love etc… ) and you’ll get a fun visual representation.

Above is a TakePart wordle that I made! takepart to make your own wordle today and spread the word on words you love!

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Social Action + Cinema Videos of the Day:

1) World Music Best - Papa Wemba & Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes

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Bo Diddley, Rock and Roll visionary has passed on…it’s a sad day for music fans.  From CNN:

Rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Bo Diddley influenced generations of guitarists. Diddley died Monday, surrounded by family and loved ones at his home in Archer, Florida, a family spokeswoman said. The cause was heart failure, his family said.

The world-renowned guitarist’s signature beat — usually played on an equally distinctive rectangular-bodied guitar — laid the foundation for rock ‘n’ roll, and became so identified with him that it became known as the “Bo Diddley” beat. It was unlike anything else heard in pop music. [CNN]

Watching the video below seems like a great way to celebrate Diddley’s life and all that he contributed to music and all those who he has inspired:

Find out how you can share your Diddley thought by clicking here>>>>

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The Women’s Freedom Song Contest is looking for the best song for Women’s Day March 8, 2010, to be sung by women all around the world at the same time, on the same day.

According to the site womensfreedomsong.com:

This is a groundbreaking event in the history of women’s fight for freedom and equality throughout the ages. Imagine the world echoing with the voices of women everywhere singing to demonstrate their unity. Surely we will be heard up to the heavens! And if the men folk want to join in, they are welcome too! Just start practicing your harmonies!

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The TakePart Top 10 Weekly Roundup is a compilation of the week’s most notable stories from our entertainment-meets-social-action blogging network. Mother’s Day is this Sunday (don’t forget!), so be sure to take a look at some of the great posts we’ve put together in celebration of moms everywhere! Check out some of our most popular stories of the week, as well as a few TakePart blogger favorites!

Katie Halper:

Top 10 Mother’s Day E-Cards

Hillary Andrews Will Not Lick Bob Stokes’ Swizzle Stick

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Nicole Hughes:

Top 10 Green Gift Wrap Ideas For Mothers Day

Peak Oil Strip Tease

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Andy Kondrat:

Tornado Devestated Town Rebuilds As Green Model Community

Radiohead Attempts An Eco-Friendly World Tour

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Jon Popham:

Nepalese Art Photography: Rubin Museum of Art

America’s First Wind-Powered City

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Giulia Rozzi:

Women For Women International Celebrates Mothers Day

Even More on the Kentucky Derby

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Gina Telaroli:

Video Blog: The Week In Social Action

The War Now Tomorrow and Forever

Embarking on a world tour as of yesterday, Radiohead are trying to educate their fans about what the band is doing to reduce its carbon footprint while on the road, attempting to create an eco-friendly world tour. 

Now, I know this is the third time I’ll have mentioned Radiohead.  I know our very own Giulia Rozzi wrote about Radiohead two days ago.  I also know that our very own Jon Popham recently talked about Prince covering the band at Coachella (though I wasn’t there this time around, I did get to see the Daft Punk set in 2006 and can die happy for that reason), but it seems Radiohead just keep on doing the right thing and making environmental headlines, or whatever.

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Looptopia, Chicago’s all night artistic and cultural extravaganza begins at 5PM local time in, where else, The Loop! Artists, musicians, theater performances, films, interactive new media and dance performances will be going from sunset to sunrise and beyond in Chicago’s famous downtown district. 14 hours of culture beginning at 5PM and lasting till the sunrise celebration in Millenium Park at 7AM. So if you’re in the Windy City go get your Loop on and revel your way through all the culture Chicago has to offer.

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Shepard Fairey, fresh off the opening of his new Subliminal Projects gallery, will be showing work at this week’s LA vs WAR event in downtown Los Angeles. Fairey, who gained fame with his ubiquitous “Obey” and “Giant” poster campaigns, will be one amongst hundreds of visual artists with work on display at the event. Also on tap will be a Graffiti & Stencil Garden, DJ performances and film & video screenings.

According to their website:

“LA vs WAR highlights the travesty of a senseless war now going into its 6th year, giving LA artists a platform to exercise their freedom of speech. Hundreds of artists representing our diverse communities unite in delivering a universal message of peace and understanding, and offering resistance and opposition to the US government’s war policies.”

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