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Word Cloud: BREATH
by Nona Blyth Cloud The element most essential to human life is air. If we can’t breathe, we die. Life outside the womb begins with a first inhale of air, and ends with a last exhale. We must have air … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged American Book Award, Breath, Joy Harjo, Mvskoke, Native American, Native Arts and Cultures Foundation, Saxophone
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Word Cloud: CALL-AND-RESPONSE
by Nona Blyth Cloud Call-and-response is one of the most ancient forms of human expression — in music, it is a phrase played by a musician or a group of musicians which is answered by another musician or group of … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Photography, Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged Art History, Black History, Call-and-Response, Gwendolyn Brooks, National Book Award, Oscar Wilde, Robin Coste Lewis
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College continues to suffer the RWNJ objections to ‘anti-American’ campuses due to a ‘disbelief that liberalism still survives.’
By ann summers There are cyclical media stories over decades about business and medical graduate school programs wanting student recruits who have had a liberal education. The problem represents a continuing crisis of retraining and adapting higher education to not simply the needs … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Conservatives, Dept. of Education, Education, Education Policy, History, information Technology, Internet, Liberals, Libertarians, Logic, Media, Music, Neoconservatives, Neoliberals, Philosophy, Progressives, Renaissance, States, Technology, Uncategorized, United States
Tagged Higher Education, liberal arts
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Tennessee Sheriff proves beyond all shadow of doubt that Beyoncé is a stochastic terrorist
By ann summers Another minor public official in Tennessee has decided to support the Bundystani Soverign Citizen wardlordism using county sheriffs as the dupes of anti-government libertarianism. Now the false equivalence of RWNJ sovereignty protests applies where not only is … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Liberties, Conservatives, Constitutional Law, Democracy, DHS, Equal Rights, Fascism, Fascists/Corporatists, Free Speech, Government, information Technology, Internet, Justice, Law Enforcement, Liberals, Libertarians, Local Government, Logic, Media, Murder, Music, Nazis/Nazism, Neoconservatives, North Carolina, Progressives, Propaganda, Rock and Roll, Short Video, State Government, Tea Party, Television, Tennessee, Terrorism, Terrorists, Treason, Uncategorized, United States
Tagged Guns, Law Enforcement, Officer Involved Shootings, police, Republicans, Terrorism
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David Bowie Dead at 69
OED defines the icon as “a person or thing regarded as a representative symbol or as worthy of veneration.” Icon is bandied about rather casually these days, especially in the realm of entertainment. However, it is hard to argue that … Continue reading
So, this seven-foot sad clown walks into a bar….
by Chuck Stanley Puddles the sad clown. Puddles of Pity Party fame. Then he begins to speak….
Music Monday: Tempo
It is interesting what simply changing the tempo of a piece can do to affect the mood of a composition. The effect can be more striking than is readily apparent. This can be seen in only slight changes that can … Continue reading
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Song for a Sunday Morning: Coldplay’s Chris Martin Sings “Til Kingdom Come” at Beau Biden’s Funeral
Posted by Elaine Magliaro At Beau Biden’s Funeral on Saturday, Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin sang a version of the group’s 2005 song “Til Kingdom Come.” Martin reportedly volunteered to perform at the funeral service after hearing that Beau Biden had been a … Continue reading
“PEARLS”: Sade’s Haunting 1993 Song about Famine and World Hunger
By Elaine Magliaro Joseph Lamour (Upworthy) posted an article last week about Sade, the four-time Grammy Award winner and British-Nigerian singer, and her song “Pearls”. He said “Pearls” had become one of her most enduring hits. Lamour wrote: “But did … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Music, Short Video
Tagged Sade, Somalia, World Hunger
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