Music is a social experience
Music is an inherently social experience. We talk about it, and form interest groups based on genres or artists. We love to tell others about songs were obsessed with, artists were going to see in concert and obscure remixes that only the “cool kids” know about. Its a highly shareable experience. Th
The New York Review of Books published the second of a two-part series that excerpted a lecture given by Saul Bellow in 1988 on being a Jewish writer in America.
As you may expect, there’s a lot to chew on when we read Bellow’s thoughts as he dissects his identity. He wades deep into philosophical discussions, particularly when he examines the connections between nihilism, Heidegger and the self.
Just before this passage, Bellow speaks about the nihilistic motives of the Nazis and other anti-Jewish forces. Aft
On Saturday, Dec. 10, the Mitchell Branch of the New Haven Library, at 37 Harrison St., will show an early Soviet propaganda film, which was made to persuade Soviet Jews to move to Siberia.
“Seekers of Happiness” is Vladimir Korsh-Sablin’s 1936 drama about impoverished Jews settling on a collective farm, and all achieving happiness.
It was made to promote the growth of the city of Birobidzhan, in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast. The film depicts Birobidzhan as a heaven on earth, whereas in reality it was a difficult place to live.
Showtime is at 2 p.m. Admission is free. A discussion will be led before the film by Jacinto Lirola.
SHOWNOTES
00:00-Show Intro 09:40-Drunk Dials 19:16-Mailbag 24:49-Discussion Segment: Is Their Junk Rotten, Too? 58:23-Beer Talk: Bells Expidition Stout 1:03:27-Retro Review: Star Tropics 2 (NES) 1:08:36-Lightning Round 1:43:32-Top Picks 1:48:32-The Last Shot 1:50:06-Show Close
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DGR: 12.01.2011
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Like its predecessor, The Hummingbirds Daughter, Urrea’s sequel, Queen of America is a panoramic, picaresque, sprawling, sweeping novel that dazzles us with epic destiny, perilous twists, and high romance, set primarily in Industrial era America (and six years in the author’s undertaking). Based on Urrea’s real ancestry, this historical fiction combines family folklore with magical realism and Western adventure at the turn of the twentieth century.
It starts where the first book left off, and can be read as a stand-alone, according to the marketing and product description. Howev