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Jazz Don’t Hurt: Taking a Stand With “Conscious Jazz”
Drummer Ted Sirota and his band Rebel Souls have a new record out called Seize the Time (Naim Jazz, 2009). It’s an explicitly political instrumental album, very in line with Sirota’s previous CDs, all
Read More »The Bigger Picture: The Big Three, Part Two
Last week I began a three-part series about the three biggest movie taboos, at least in American cinema — the things we seem to often have both a disdain for and a sick fetishistic
Read More »Book Review: John West, “The Last Goodnights: Assisting My Parents with Their Suicides”
John West – The Last Goodnights: Assisting My Parents with Their Suicides (2009, Counterpoint) purchase this book (Amazon) As a culture, Americans may not have the most difficulty absorbing death — we don’t have
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