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FILMS — JULY 2022
(Dimash Qudaibergen 2008) “The Song of Kebek Batyr [Ер Кебек турлы ән]”
(Dimash Qudaibergen 2022) “Okay” [music video]
(Kramer 1963) It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
(Neill 1944) The Pearl of Death [aka Sherlock Holmes and the Pearl of Death]
(Ricci 1983) Thor the Conqueror [Thor il conquistatore]
(Trelfer 2022) Dark Corners Review: Thor the Conqueror
(Dimash Qudaibergen 2017) “Opera 2” [live Hunan — I Am a Singer]
(Dimash Qudaibergen 2017) “The Show Must Go On” [live Hunan — I Am a Singer]
(Dimash Qudaibergen & Zarina Altunbayeva 2017) “A Question of Honour”
. . . [live Universiade]
(Werker 1939) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
(Siodmak 1930) People on Sunday [Menschen am Sonntag]
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First-time listening for July 2022
26281. (Dimash Qudaibergen) “The Song of Kebek Batyr [Ер Кебек турлы ән]”
. . . . . [2008 performance, age 13]
26282. (Dimash Qudaibergen) “Crane’s Cry [Криком журавлиным]” [2008 performance]
26283. (Dimash Qudaibergen) “Okay” [2022 music video]
26283. (2‑Chains) Pretty Girls Like Trap Music
26284. (Oneohtrix Point Never) Ruined Lives EP
26285. (Dimash Qudaibergen) “Opera 2” [live Hunan — I Am a Singer, 2017]
26286. (Dimash Qudaibergen) “The Show Must Go On” [live Hunan — I Am a Singer,
. . . . . 2017]
26287. (Dimash Qudaibergen & Zarina Altunbayeva) “A Question of Honour” [live at
. . . . . Universiade, 2017]
26288. (Louis Armstron) Satchmo at Pasadena
26289. (Toronto Tabla Ensemble) For the Love of Tabla
26290. (Ian Tyson) One Jump Ahead of the Devil
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READING — JULY 2022
24943. (Chris Loendorf, et al) Eastern Puebloans on the Middle Gila River: The Middle
. . . . . Rio Grande Diaspora and Periodic Changes in Cultural Traditions [article]
24944. (Steven A. Cook) False Dawn: Protest, Democracy, and Violence in the New
. . . . . Middle East
24945. (Natalia Bichurina & James Costa) Nommer pour faire exister: l’épineuse
. . . . . question de l’oc [article]
24946. (Eleanor Brockett) Persian Fairy Tales [ill. Harry Toothill]
24947. (Adam B. Rohrlach, et al) Using Y‑chromosome Capture Enrichment to Resolve
. . . . . Haplogroup H2 Shows New Evidence for a Two-path Neolithic Expansion
. . . . . to Western Europe [article]
24948. (Nile Green) The Survival of Zoroastrianism in Yazd [article]
24949. (Elwin W. Midgett) An Accounting Primer
24950. (William Shurtleff & Akiko Aoyagi) The Book of Tofu ― Food for Mankind
24951. (Tommy Tse, Victor Shin & Ling Tung Tsang) From Shanzhai Chic to Gangnam
. . . . . Style: Seven Practices of Cultural-Economic Mediation in China and Korea
. . . . . [article]
24952. (Kevin G. Hatala, David A. Perry & Stephen M. Gatesy) A Biplanar X‑ray Approach
. . . . . for Studying the 3D Dynamics of Human Track Formation [article]
24953. (Randy Bachman) Randy Bachman’s Vinyl Tap Stories
24954. (Karen S. Rubinson) The Context{ualization} of Art in Non-Literate Societies:
. . . . . Armenian Middle Bronze Age Images and Animal Bones [article]
24955. (John Holt) Freedom & Beyond
24956. (P. M. N. Hitchings, et al) A Baysian Approach to Archaeological Survey in
. . . . . North-west Jordan [article]
24957. (Richard J. Needham) The Hypodermic Needham
Image of the Month

Cornelius Krieghoff (1815–1872) painted numerous scenes of country life in 19th century Canada, mostly around Montreal and Quebec City. Note the two sleighs, which were common modes of travel in the winter. The one on the right looks like a “Portland Cutter” a widely used sleigh in Canada and the northern U.S. It originated in Maine. The low-slung “carriole” on the left was a more traditional local design. Many were built by Léon D’Amours of Trois-Pistoles, Quebec. The man confronting the dog has a bottle in one hand an a fiddle in the other, both essential for a house party.
FILMS — JUNE 2022
(Guy 1896) La fée aux choux
(Porter 1900) The Magician
(1901) Canadian Train On a Mountain
(Edison 1900) Overland Express Arriving at Helena, Montana
(Porter 1900) Uncle Josh’s Nightmare
(Porter 1900) Uncle Josh in a Spooky Hotel
(1900) Russian Footage
(1900) Queen Victoria in Dublin
(1900) San Francisco Footage
(Dimash Qudaibergen 2016) Cherishing You [Еркелетейін]
(Dimash Qudaibergen 2016) My Beauty [Көркемім] [Kazakh music video]
(Dimash Qudaibergen 2016) Daididau [Дайдидау]
(Dimash Qudaibergen 2016) My Homeland [Туған жер]
(1900) Berlin in Colour
(Méliès 1900) Jeanne d’Arc Read more »
First-time listening for June 2022
26258. (Étienne de Liège) In Festi Sanctisissimae Trinitatis
26260. (Elias Parish Alvars) Harp Concerto in G Minor, Op.81
26261. (Ian Tyson) And Stood There Amazed
26262. (Dimash Qudaibergen) Cherishing You [Еркелетейін] [2016 performance]
26263. (Dimash Qudaibergen) My Beauty [Көркемім] [2016 Kazakh music video]
26264. (Dimash Qudaibergen) Daididau [Дайдидау] [2016 performance]
26265. (Maps & Atlases) Tree, Swallow, Houses EP
26266. (Ian Tyson) Songs from the Gravel Road
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READING — JUNE 2022
24927. (Christophe Picard) Sea of the Caliphs ― The Mediterranean in the Medieval
. . . . . Islamic World
24928. (Kolbjørn Engeland, et al) New Flood Frequency Estimates for the Largest
. . . . . River in Norway Based on a Novel Combination of Streamflow‑, Historical‑,
. . . . . and Paleo-data [article]
24929. (Alfredo Mederos Martín) El santuario fenicio de la calle Méndez Núnez-plaza
. . . . . de las Monjas y el inicio de los asentamientos fenicios en la península
. . . . . Ibérica [article]
24930. (María Rosa Menocal) The Ornament of the World ― How Muslims, Jews, and
. . . . . Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain
24931. (Stephen O’Shea) Sea of Faith ― Islam and Christianity in the Medieval
. . . . . Mediterranean World
24932. (Torben Bjarke Ballin) Radiocarbon-dating ― Is the Humble Hazelnut Shell
. . . . . Archaeology’s “Silver Bullet” or Not? [article]
24933. (Somdeep Sen) Race, Racism, and the Teaching of International Relations
. . . . . [article]
24934. (Jeff Hearn, et al) Violence Regimes: A Useful Concept for Social Politics,
. . . . . Social Analyis, and Social Theory [article]
24935. (Christine Caldwell Ames) Medieval Heresies: Christianity, Judaism, and Islam
24936. (Stevan Springer & Pascal Gagneux) De nouvelles variations génétiques
. . . . . préservent les facultés cognitives des personnes âgées [article]
24937. (Frederique Darragon) The Lang Xian Thousand Year Old Grooved Towers ―
. . . . . A Possible Connection with the Lang Xian Ancient Tombs and/or the Lhodra
. . . . . Grooved Towers [article]
24938. (Avishai Margalit) On Compromise and Rotten Compromises
24939. (Mark J. Kaswan) Cooperatives and the Question of Democracy [article]
24940. (Jacob Lassner) Jews, Christians, and the Abode of Islam
24941. (Élise Luneau) Effondement ou évolution de la civilisation de l’Oxus? Une
. . . . . révision de la transition de l’âge du Bronze à l’âge du Fer en Asie
. . . . . centrale méridionale [article]
24942. (Barry N. Malzberg) Herovit’s World
FILMS — MAY 2022
(Dimash Qudaibergen 2021) “Ikanaide” [Tokyo Jazz Festival virtual performance]
(Dimash Qudaibergen 2012) “Oi Zhailau [Ой, жайлау]” [live performance]
(Dimash Qudaibergen 2012) “Daididau” [live at Bazar Oriental, Ukraine]
(Dimash Qudaibergen 2012) “SOS d’un terrien en détresse” [first live performance]
(Dimash Qudaibergen 2012) “My Beauty [Көркемім]” [music video version]
(Curtiz & Keighly 1938) The Adventures of Robin Hood
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