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by David Fiuczynski
A case for microtonality?
At the crossroads of African American rhythms, microtonal harmonies, and eastern melodic inflections and improv concepts - in other words all the elements that the Greater Boston area has to offer with Berklee as its base - new musical ideas are on the horizon. Read more »
Tags: David Fiuczynskiby Abel McSurely-Bradshaw
Ithaca, New York has to be one of the strangest cities in America. It’s most easily recognizable for its schools—Cornell University and Ithaca College. It is known for its liberalism, its waterfalls and a nationally known music festival called Grassroots. Much like Boston, most of its population consists of college students. Come summertime, half the city is empty. Shortly after the students leave, they are replaced a couple weeks later with music festival hippies by the busload that pour in bearing tofu and non-conformity. Many of these long time non-conformists end up loving Ithaca so much, that they stay. From these travelers eco-friendly communities are created, homeless populations skyrocket and a never-ending Bush protest begins. It is a very liberal, very white place. It is a place of acceptance of all ideas except the wrong ones, who are open to all cultures but will never change their own. Read more »
Tags: Abel McSurely-Bradshawby Adam Karol
Maybe it was accidental. Perhaps it was done intentionally. Whatever the case may be the chosen subject matter of The Love of the Last Tycoon can be filed under irony or even comedy. It seems that F. Scott Fitzgerald, a noted bigot and anti-Semite, has produced a wonderful time capsule of Jewish history. He gives the reader an insightful look into the lives of Hollywood Jews in the 1930’s. This isn’t exactly David Duke writing a glorified history of the Jews, but it could still be considered a triumph. As a Jew myself, however, I struggled to accept and appreciate this gift. Read more »
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