MUSICAL DISCOVERIES

Here I will post some interesting musical discoveries. Generally a bit out of the ordinary and often things that surprised me when I first learned of them.

The Late, Great Koko Taylor's Wang Dang Doodle...an early party song!

Musical Discoveries: The Evolution of my Son's Tastes in Music

Blues Roots: Leadbelly

Diverse Jewish Heritage in Music

Musical Discovery: The Music of Mali

Musical Discovery: Remembering Israel Kamakawiwo'ole

Challenging Apartheid: The Music of Juluka

Nina Simone: Powerful Blues Singer and Civil Rights Advocate

Sticking to the Union

Music for the Underdog: Paul Robeson

The Music of Nationalism...the Music of Immigration: Gogol Bordello's Gypsy Punk

Afia Mala, Royal Princess of Togo



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BOOK AND MOVIE REVIEWS

On this page I will post book reviews of relatively unknown books I find particularly interesting.

Best WW II Movie EVER: Kelly's Heroes

CHILDRENS' CLASSIC BOOK REVIEW: Watership Down and Tales from Watership Down

One of the Greatest Stories Ever Told...in Anime and Manga Form: Nausicaa (UPDATED)

Silly Christian Brawls, History and the Crimean War

Book Review: A Long Way Gone; Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

BOOK REVIEW: This Moment on Earth

BOOK REVIEW: Grief of my Heart

Book Review: "Dream in Color", by Loretta and Linda Sanchez

Book Review: The Yamato Dynasty (From the Meiji restoration to modern times)

BOOK REVIEW: The Political Brain



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HISTORY

I love history and archaeology...to me it is like the great story we all share. Here I will post some interesting articles on our past. I hope you enjoy and learn something about our shared past.

History in the Making: The Nation of Malawi Goes Progressive

Yes, Virginia, There WERE Gas Chambers

Ancient Culture and Technology: the near misses of ancient times

Passover and Jewish Origins

Thoughts on Language and Thinking

Khazars and Jews in the Middle Ages

In Search of Franconia: Wherein I Begin Looking at my German Roots

Columbus Day: Some Historical Perspective

Abraham Lincoln, Slavery and the Civil War

The Crimean War and the French-British Alliance

March 25th, 1911: A Turning Point in the American Labor Movement

Oct. 14, 1943: Jewish Rebellion at Sobibor Death Camp

The Yamato Dynasty (From the Meiji restoration to modern times)

Funny Flashback to the depths of the Bush years...

Evidence of the Holocaust