Hans & Edith et al., still loving and dancing

Three couples – Hans (79) & Edith (76) | Ellen (84) & Horst (77) | Ralf & Kristin (both 73) – have two things in common: After being together for 3, 16, and 51 years they are all still heavily in love.  And every Monday, they attend DJ Michael Borge's senior's disco in Berlin Steglitz to get down on the dance floor and prove that love, passion, and a lust for life never get old.

Speaking of Banksy...

A colleague mentioned that Banksy was in Gaza not too long ago.

Banksy, the elusive London street artist, has just published a new video from Gaza [February 25th 2015], a Palestinian city on the Mediterranean coast which is separated from the rest of the Palestinian territories.

The new video, which on YouTube has surpassed the 100,000 views in just a few hours, is from Gaza, a Palestinian city on the Mediterranean coast which is separated from the rest of the Palestinian territories.

The city has been the target of Israeli operations several times, the last one in the summer of 2014, when at least 2,000 Palestinians were killed under Israeli shelling.

In 2005, Banksy painted nine satirical graffiti images on the wall between Israel and the West Bank.

Reference: Banksy just published a new video from Gaza.
 

Elon & Emmanuelle, dancing and loving

A playful, moving street art piece told through dance, based on the premise that our environment is communicating with us at all times. Inspired by the work of street artist Banksy.

Director: Natalie Galazka
Composer/Musician: Garth Stevenson
Choreographers/Dancers: Elon Höglund, Emmanuelle Lê Phan

Sometimes dancers must be athletic and acrobatic, along with artistic.  So do couples.
 

I Started A Joke (3)

Robin Gibb's son played "I Started a Joke" on his phone just after his father died from kidney failure on 20 May 2012. Robin-John Gibb told The Sun:

When he passed away we went out, they took the equipment away and we came back in, I picked up my phone and found "I Started a Joke" on YouTube and played it. I put the phone on his chest and that was the first time I broke down. I knew that song and its lyrics were perfect for that moment. That song will always have new meaning to me now.

Reference: I Started A Joke.
 

I Started A Joke (2)

Robin Gibb told The Mail on Sunday on 1 November 2009 about "I Started a Joke": "This is a very spiritual song. The listeners have to interpret it themselves, trying to explain it would detract from the song."

Reference: I Started A Joke.
 

I Started A Joke (1)

I started a joke which started the whole world crying
But I didn't see that the joke was on me oh no
I started to cry which started the whole world laughing
Oh If I'd only seen that the joke was on me

I looked at the skies running my hands over my eyes
And I fell out of bed hurting my head from things that I said
'Till I finally died which started the whole world living
Oh If I'd only seen that the joke was on me

I looked at the skies running my hands over my eyes
And I fell out of bed hurting my head from things that I said
'Till I finally died which started the whole world living
Oh If I'd only seen that the joke was on me
Oh no that the joke was on me

I Started A Joke, by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb

[Robin Gibb:] The melody to this one was heard aboard a British Airways Vickers Viscount about a hundred miles from Essen. It was one of those old four engine 'prop' jobs, that seemed to drone the passenger into a sort of hypnotic trance, only with this it was different. The droning, after a while, appeared to take the form of a tune, which mysteriously sounded like a church choir. So it was decided! We accosted the pilot, forced him to land in the nearest village, and there, in a small pub, we finished the lyrics [with Barry]. Actually, it wasn't a village, it was the city, and it wasn't a pub, it was a hotel, and we didn't force the pilot to land in a field... but why ruin a perfectly good story?

Reference:  I Started A Joke.