Documents from Gilberto Gil's Private Archive

Latest Edition: July 10, 2008: Download Latest Editor Gilberto Gil July 8, 2008 Album: Country: Download: : Support The World: 1 Banda Larga Cordel Brazil The World Sudan 'crimes charges' worry UN Nigeria 'must ban' ex-minister Our global hit today features a government official. He's served as Brazil's minister of culture since 2003. But he is better known around the world as a singer-songwriter. We're talking about Gilberto Gil. He's just completed a US tour promoting his new album, "Banda Larga Cordel." "Banda Larga Cordel" means "broadband pamphlet". It refers to different ways of sharing information, from the internet to the old standby, the printed page. Gil has championed the issue of internet access for everyone in Brazil. And his new CD is a look at the use of technology and communication around the world. In the song "broadband pamphlet," he says in an almost prophetic tone: "he who doesn't see broadband cable, is going to live without really knowing the world". Gil has been opening his live performances with a short improvisation on the Nokia cell phone ring tone. Still, he also signals some ambivalence about all this technology. In the song "maquina de ritmo", he talks about the computerized beat of the rhythm machine, he calls it "algorithms without passion." Gilberto Gil is currently touring Europe with his "banda larga." ON AIR LINKS Olympic yoga? There's a movement afoot to get yoga into the Olympics. Esak Garcia has won a major yoga championship and supports the idea Watch a video at his website. What do you think of making yoga an Olympic sport? Indian paper Sakaal Times Zimbabwe photo Perhaps you saw the front page photo in the New York Times a few weeks back, of a young Zimbabwean child. The child's legs were in casts, supposedly as a result of an assault by government- sponsored thugs On Wednesday the New York Times ran a correction. It stated that the child's legs were never broken. The mother still claims her family was the victim of an assault by government supporters Rod Nordland covered this story for Newsweek. The World is not responsible for the content of external internet sites ONLINE EXTRAS Buns & Guns in Beirut Betancourt rescue Palau envoy Standoff with Iran Africa Almanac AUDIO SLIDESHOWS Nisei baseball Cave warning on Ug. © PHOTO GALLERIES China urbanization Audio slideshow: Nisel baseball Audio slideshow: Hezbollah in Southern Lebanon Jamaica: New portraits, old music Jamaica: Alpha Boys School Audio slideshows and picture archive Additional funding for The World is provided by MOST EMAILED Global Hit (8:20) A call for royalties from Guantanamo (2:00) Ximena Sarinana Buns & Guns & Betancourt in the spotlight (4:20) PRI Show your love for public radio. PUBLIC RADIO HEADLINES FROM PRI.ORG Election 2008