South Africa suggests that neo-con neocolonial behavior won’t be tolerated in Africa. They’ve shut the door on the US Africom military command center proposal. Thanks to Mike Golby for the heads-up on this.
If you’re anywhere near Boston and you’ve got US$25 in the entertainment budget, then you should check out the music at the Passim Center at 26 Church Street in Boston Cambridge this Saturday night. Mike Marshall has a couple of young geniuses playing with him. I heard these guys last night. Alex Hargreaves cracked [regarding their next number] “… it’s like bluegrass set to music.” Not that the kid doesn’t respect the art of Bill Monroe, but rather that he’s funny and supremely talented and has as much music theory as he has a feeling for the music, that feeling that turns technical virtuosity into artistic brilliance.
Oh yeah, and Paul Kowert the bass player is the same kind of prodigy. Makes me proud to say he’s from my home town, Madison, Wisconsin.
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