22348. (Dave Brubeck Quartet) Jazz at Oberlin
22349. (Voodoo Glow Skulls) Firme
22350. Sri Lanka — Musiques Rituelles Et Religieuses Read more »
First-time listening for July, 2010
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on July 31, 2010
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READING – JULY 2010
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on July 31, 2010
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18882. (Keith Laumer) Worlds of the Imperium
18883. (Elliot Aronson with Joshua Aronson) The Social Animal [10th edition]
18884. (O. Neugebauer) The Exact Sciences in Antiquity
18885. (Bruce Cronin) Community Under Anarchy: Transnational Identity and the Evolution
. . . . . of Cooperation
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PREFACE TO THE MEDITATIONS (written July 25, 2010)
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on July 25, 2010
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The extended blog entries called “Meditations” have proven to be the most popular items on this website. While some of these essays have some scholarly trappings (citations, etc.), they are primarily personal documents, and thus may contain colloquial prose, profanity, or other non-academic elements.
Anyone is entitled to reprint these pieces, as long as they are not altered, and credit is given. Read more »
FILMS APRIL-JUNE 2010
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(Le Prince 1888) Roundhay Garden Scene
(Le Prince 1888) Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge
(Edison 1889) Monkeyshines Read more »
First-time listening for June, 2010
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22259. (Bade Ghulam Ali Khan) The Greatest
22260. (Built to Spill) Keep it Like a Secret
22261. (Dodos) Time to Die Read more »
READING – JUNE 2010
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on June 30, 2010
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18806. (Steven Muhlberger) Deeds of Arms ― Formal Combats in the Late Fourteenth Century
18807. (Richard A. Schweder, Manamohan Mahapatra, & Joan G. Miller) Culture and Moral
. . . . . Development [article]
18808. (John Lewis Gaddis) The Landscape of History ― How Historians Map the Past Read more »
Bade Ghulam Ali Khan
Posted by Phil Paine
on June 3, 2010
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This master of both the sarangiand vocals died in 1968. His voice had enormous range and sweetness, with which he interpreted the romantic thumri in a style fusing many different regional traditions. The album I own offers two long ragas and four short thumri, of which I preferred the latter, especially “Yaad Piya Ki Aaye”.
18806. (Steven Muhlberger) Deeds of Arms ― Formal Combats in the Late Fourteenth Century
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on June 2, 2010
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Steve has outdone himself with this parvum opus. It’s an exemplary work of focused history, with everything there in the right quantities and proportions. Medieval western Europe was a military society in which tournaments — group or single combat done by rules and for the display of prowess — had a profound significance, affecting far more than their immediate participants. Success in deeds of arms could bring more than mere celebrity. In a society where aristocracy justified itself primarily by courage in battle, it was the key to upward mobility and power. Learning how this kind of combat nullo interveniente odio(without rancor) was done and celebrated gives us insight into how medieval society worked. The Middle Ages, especially its upper reaches of power, smelled of blood, sweat, dung and horses. This book is a fine antidote to those that retrofit the era with a kind of abstract geopolitical aura, something like an EU Barosso Comission report delivered by board members unaccountably wearing hose and plate armor. Those who have only a passing interest in chivalry or deeds of arms will find this book refreshingly compact, clear and informative. Those with a deeper interest will not find it wanting in depth of scholarship and understanding.
