Music Hath Charms (In Times Of Empire Collapse)
“You see things; and you say, ‘Why?’
But I dream things that never were; and I say, ‘Why not’?”
– George Bernard Shaw
“Swine Grabbing All The Pearls” digital collage (5 Feb 2025)
And so I depart this god-forsaken land called the United States via some beautiful new music I discovered this week.
Join me — and leave behind the Grammys and the country-western music of Beyonce.
Tiken Jah Fakoly (Ivory Coast)
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Important (lyrics) click the CC (Closed Captioning) just below video on YouTube for SUBTITLES
or try this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuelOOv_SwA
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzXuFET5HzA
Ablaye Cissoko (Senegal)
and Cyrille Brotto (France)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks5hx_U-ilU
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Wanna get up and dance?
Amr Diab (Egypt)
And an old favorite . . .
Goran Bregovic (Bosnia/Herzegovina)
Politics, philosophy, writing and all that.
The marvelous actor, essayist, playwright, and screenwriter — Wallace Shawn.
With Chris Hedges — “The Fragility of Empire” (2017)
And on the The Kathy Halper Show (2025) on Israel
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We just had to get a new mattress, so know that your spondulix will help provide some good sleep for these wicked senior citizens.
Next will be be a futon to replace the sofa which we got around the same time as the last bed some dozen years ago. Funny how time wears everything down — yes, especially us.
