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Ayahuasca,
Brooklyn Massive,
Bulgarian Folk Music,
Burning Man,
campfire songs with micha and leighton,
Choose Your Own Adventure*,
coyote kids ( Karate Kids!),
Dub Gabriel,
EXTRA ACTION MARCHING BAND,
Gogol Bordello,
Gypsy Music,
Iron and Wine,
Love For Land,
Micha and Anahata....broken bone gang!,
Oregon Country Fair,
The Islanders,
Ultra Gypsy,
Yard Dogs Road Show,
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON
Wed, September 3, 2008 - 4:13 PM
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Minneapolis-St. Paul -- Even without George Bush in the Twin Cities, the GOP cannot escape its miserable record over the last eight years. (Indeed, trying to spot a recognizable Republican in town has become a favorite early-convention game.) So you can see why Sarah Palin was such an appealing pick for John McCain. Along with all the things she brings to the table -- fresh face, mother of five, hockey mom -- Palin is notable for what she doesn't bring: a track rec... read more
Italian tradition provides another example of the use of public festivity as a cure for depression. In chapter 4, we saw that the tarantula was blamed from dancing manias in Italy. In some accounts, the supposed effect of the spider bite was actually a melancholic syndrome, marked by lassitude to the point of stupefaction, for which the only remedy, acording the the nineteenth-century historian J.F.C. Hecker, was dancing, preferably outdoors and for days on end. At the sound of the appropr...
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Tue, December 25, 2007 - 1:34 AM
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What's at stake for Democracy?
Sat, December 22, 2007 - 2:01 AM
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Bill Moyers interviews author Benjamin Barber, author of Jihad vs. McWorld and new book Consumed. This whole segment, on KQED, is insightful as fuck, Barber is swift and effective with his words. Moyers: You write so much about democracy; What's at stake for democracy? Barber: Well there are a few things at stake here. First of all capitalism itself is at stake, because capitalism cannot stay indefinately in business trying to manufacture needs for peop... read more
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