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too long in exile

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Dave

Does minority status and discrimination affect the musical culture? Or so it seems. Though, within a broader context the semantics of what can be termed “roots” music represents both music of liberation and freedom yet equally draws its tension from … Continue reading →

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don’t leave home without it

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Dave

One has to wonder if sometimes the Kafka nightmare was not a projection of a hebrew bureaucracy of dystopic proportions. A dark world of inscrutable disconnect….. From Steven Plaut: You might have seen that famous movie “The Terminal” with Tom … Continue reading →