It does in fact take a great deal of total time, more if you do not do it every day because then time also has to go into remembering where you left off. That means you have to have peace of mind and some degree of physical comfort, and you cannot allow yourself to be … More On research
Our police are being given paramilitary training and powers that are completely out of line with their duty to serve and protect, but much more in keeping with a mission to subdue and suppress. That is only a small part of what the Northern Gaijin has to say in his important post, but it is … More Plantation Nation
Here is Canoa, complete. Here is the first part of Rojo Amanecer, which may be the saddest film I have ever seen. People who think state terrorism might be all right sometimes, especially to keep them “safe,” should see this film as well. Here is some discussion of what went on at Tlatelolco on 2 … More Cine mexicano sobre el 1968 … and its relation to the present moment.
Most of us tend to think that black people came to Britain after the war – Caribbeans on the Empire Windrush in 1948, Bangladeshis after the 1971 war and Ugandan Asians after Idi Amin’s expulsion in 1972. But, back in Shakespeare’s day, you could have met people from west Africa and even Bengal in the … More Black neighborhoods in Elizabethan London
The casual summer outfit for Republican and oilfield women involves red toenail polish, flip-flops, waxed legs from a tanning salon, shorts, and hair burnished to gold via highlighting. Is this the fashion in your region, or is it just here? Axé.
Asesinado por el cielo. Entre las formas que van hacia la sierpe y las formas que buscan el cristal, dejaré crecer mis cabellos. Con el arbol de muñones que no canta y el niño con el blanco rostro de huevo. Con los animalitos de cabeza rota y el agua harapienta de los pies secos. Con … More Vuelta de paseo
When you start looking in a cursory manner for Marley, it is (perhaps not) amazing how many long tracks you can find. Apparently he was different from other musicians because he was from the country. He therefore knew about time and nature, it is said. Axé.
Inolvidable. Axé.
While this was happening at home, I was teaching summer school elsewhere, as I have also done this year. See 1:04: “No more internal struggles.” Axé.
Voici de la musique, pour le weekend. We have Harry Belafonte’s accent in Louisiana, among others. All of them never cease to amaze me. “What you doing hyah gyal? Yo good man he didna change dat erl fo yeh?” Mais non, cher. Yé pas bonhomme à moin. Ya vamos para el quinto acento. Notice how … More Harry Belafonte
