Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Folklorist Elaine Eff has been on a crusade for three decades to preserve the kitschy art -- landscapes painted on rowhouse window screens. The screens are for decoration, and privacy, too: The paintings allow residents to see out and prevent passersby from seeing in.
Tuesday, May 06, 2008 7:09:17 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)    Disclaimer  |   | 
Music, Folkmusic, Iraq secular music
Tuesday, May 06, 2008 7:03:49 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)    Disclaimer  |   | 
The epic here edited and translated was recorded from a Karakalpak epic singer, Jumabay-jïraw Bazarov, in Shomanay in Karakalpakistan in 1993. Karakalpakistan is a province in Uzbekistan" (15). Thus begins Karl Reichl's masterful presentation of Edige and his important contribution to the ever-increasing number of modern-day oral epics textualized by Western scholars for Western audiences in accordance with the most rigorous and up-to-date criteria for such a project.
Tuesday, May 06, 2008 6:54:10 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)    Disclaimer  |   | 
Tom Dula was hanged 140 years ago. The murder that sold 10,000 guitars. His guilt may be a matter of debate, but his legend -- and the song that cemented it -- are indisputable.
Tuesday, May 06, 2008 6:42:01 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)    Disclaimer  |   | 
This has been going on for almost two decades both in Europe and the USA. Some of us have been researching, writing, and talking about the heritage industry for 15+ years.
Tuesday, May 06, 2008 6:24:18 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)    Disclaimer  |   | 
 Monday, May 05, 2008
[ECP] K-12 Newsletters - SCIENCE - The Send Your Name to the Moon Web site enables everyone to participate in the lunar adventure and place their names in orbit around the moon for years to come. Participants can submit their information at http://www.nasa.gov/lro, print a certificate and have their name entered into a database. The database will be placed on a microchip that will be integrated onto the spacecraft. The deadline for submitting names is June 27, 2008.
Monday, May 05, 2008 3:11:29 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)    Disclaimer  |   | 
Monday, May 05, 2008 12:44:14 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)    Disclaimer  |   | 
Font Game, Kentucky Derby SUCKS Eight Bells DIES on TRACK, Pew Internet Releases Writing, Technology and Teens Report, seo, acrobat 9, CAPTCHAs and Spam
Monday, May 05, 2008 12:36:36 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)    Disclaimer  |   | 
Vinyl Madness - I just wanted to report that, during the past month, it seems almost EVERY project I do will have a vinyl release. I don't know how to explain this, it is amazing. AUXOUT great sound system.
Monday, May 05, 2008 10:11:21 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)    Disclaimer  |   | 
On May 4, 1970, four students at Kent State University in Ohio were killed by Ohio National Guardsmen at an on-campus march to protest Nixon’s invasion of Cambodia five days earlier.
Monday, May 05, 2008 9:42:19 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)    Disclaimer  |   |