First, the housekeeping:
- I’ve added Just Jerusalem (the Sheikh Jarrah/East Jerusalem activists) to the Israel/Palestine blog roll. Please check them out, and if you have a little spare dosh, throw it their way!
- I’ve added Accidental Theologist to the Smart People roll – this is the new blog of Lesley Hazleton, author of After the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam (about which I wrote, and I quote: “OMG!! THIS BOOK IS SO GOOD!! IF THIS BOOK WERE A PERSON, I WOULD MARRY IT!! GO READ THIS BOOK!!1!” ) She also has a Twitter account, if you are of the tweeting sort: @accidentaltheo
- I’ve added Hyperbole and a half to the Funny Pages roll, because she is so stinkin’ funny I thought I hurt myself laughing. For realz.
- I’ve removed a few blogs from the various rolls for lack of activity — however! If you are one of the removed bloggers and you’ve gotten back into it, even just now and then, let me know, and I’ll put you back on! Pinky swear.
- I will very soon be putting together the promised blog roll of Lovely Folks Who Happen to Know Me IRL. Pinky swear!
But enough of my yakkin’! Let’s boogie!
I discovered some really awesome new songs via the TNC bloggers yesterday, and will herewith share some of them with you! Please do also visit their blogs — the folks and the blogging are all very fine, indeed.
From Andy at onefinemess, “Hum” – The Sheila Devine:
From one of FuriousGiorge’s blogging pals, Sycophantman, at Oscars Wild Years, “Rather Be Dead” – Bottle Up & Go:
And finally, from thatgirlb at Cleveland Love, “Scumbag Blues” – Them Crooked Vultures:
Good tunes, good times, my friends!
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PS I also just added Wonkette to my Smart People blog roll, because, honestly, why hasn’t it been there all along? I have no idea.
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/ April 28, 2010http://vimeo.com/9709305
thatgirl
/ April 29, 2010check out Negev Rock City… random interestingness mostly having to do with the Middle East and such.
Andy
/ April 29, 2010I expect a report from that free Hum show!
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/ April 30, 2010House cleaning for you Esther.
First, a novel: Days of Dust, by Halim Barakat, a Syrian novelist who grew up in Lebanon about the Six Days war from the point of view of a Palesti.nian intellectual living in Amman–http://www.amazon.com/Days-Dust-Halim-Isber-Barakat/dp/0894103598/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272641257&sr=1-1. It’s been years since I read it, but it was a seminal book in my understanding of the region from a non Jewish, non Israeli perspective.
Secondly via a friend of mine–Werner Herzog, the filmmaker, narrating Madeline (he also breaks down Curious George very well) on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57EDxvldLD4&feature. “In truth, little children are next door to sociopaths.”
For Chicago–a hometown band of yours–The Occidental Brothers Dance Band doing their version of the Congo’s most famous and popular standard, Africa Mokili Mobimba (actually it was African Jazz Mokili Mobimba–everyone wants to dance with African Jazz): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJLw4YQ0q5k.