Support for oil and gas exploration is American, period. Opposing it is European. Just like the argument over Obamacare is not really a debate over how to ensure that as many Americans as possible have access to affordable and at least adequate health care. Obamacare is “European socialism”; opposing it is American. Anything less than … More This explains it
I am of course tired of writing about academic advice and about Reeducation. I feel I have said everything I could say, and that anything new I could say would take time to write that I would rather use for almost anything else – academic work, housework, recreation. My perception for the week, though, is … More Sondé miroir
For this weekend we have a featured blog, which I found by chance – Guanaguanare which aggregates Trinidadian music and culture, and which has allowed me to share its Legba sign. We will imagine we can go to the Rio Scenarium, about which I know thanks to one of this blog’s friends, and read about … More De la musique pour le weekend
A calypso worth remembering – “You’ve got to be a millionaire or some kind of petit bourgeoisie … to provide for your family in this country.” UPDATE from Guanaguanare: CAPITALISM GONE MAD By Mighty Sparrow You got to be a millionaire or some kind of petit-bourgeoisie Any time you living here in this country You got … More Capitalism Gone Mad
Axé.
Stop posting color posters on line in .pdf and sending me the link, asking me to [print out and] post these. Stop posting brochures to websites and e-mailing them to me for distribution. Send me paper. If you are not going to take care of printing and distribution of paper materials yourself, post the information … More If it is a broadside, post it on a wall
This is more or less where I stood for Bacchus, and the long float is the Bacchagator. I love the torchlit night parades, with knights on horseback and everyone so well masked that they look like magical beings. Axé.
This Mardi Gras the marching bands were really in form and one of the best is from Southern University in Baton Rouge. There they are under the bridge in Zulu, and here they are in the same key place in Bacchus, Sunday night. Under the bridge is the best audience, and it is so exciting … More Southern University Marching Band
When I graduated from college I was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and I accepted, because it was prestigious. I did not expect to join another honor society but at this university I have been invited to several and have essentially had to say yes since not to do so would be impolite / because … More Honor Societies
This is a film I should see for the music and so as to be able to comment upon the representation of Louisiana – hard to do on film in a non caricatured way – but it is also surely a film which would fill me with angst. On a related note it seems I … More Ry Cooder
coldhearted scientist وداد 