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Letter From Jerusalem

Posted on August 9, 2009 by admin

Bar Mitzvahs (top) and Prayers (bottom) at the Wailing Wall By Victoria LooseleafCafé culture thrives in this city of nearly 700,000, and not the Starbucks’ variety – the chain never caught fire here, with Israelis preferring their own brew. Indeed, … Continue reading →

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Barack in a Bottle

Posted on July 17, 2009 by admin

Click pic for closeup. By Mary Lyn Maiscott Hey, it’s summer. So let’s take a little wine break—and how about some politics with that Cab? Remember Obama’s reaction to a hieroglyph in an Egyptian pyramid a few weeks ago—“That looks … Continue reading →

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The Devil and John Lennon

Posted on July 9, 2009 by admin

By Robert Rosen It’s a little too easy to ridicule the absurd premise at the heart of The Lennon Prophecy (New Chapter Press, 2008), Joseph Niezgoda’s examination of John Lennon’s death. In 1960, the author says, 20-year-old Lennon, in the … Continue reading →

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Melissa McClelland Gets Her Kicks on Route 66

Posted on July 2, 2009 by admin

Near the entrance of the Chain of Rocks Bridge, part of Historic Route 66. By Mary Lyn Maiscott Last fall my brother, my sister, and I hiked across the Chain of Rocks Bridge in Missouri, where we grew up. Now … Continue reading →

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Michael Jackson: More Than Skin Deep

Posted on June 26, 2009 by admin

By Mary Lyn Maiscott I wrote this piece in March 2001 for the website New Media Music (now defunct). In light of Jackson’s death yesterday, we’ve decided to reprint it here. Last week, when I was rooting around the music … Continue reading →

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The Giants of Summer

Posted on June 21, 2009 by admin

They Might Be Giants, the band, sponsored this Seattle Little League team, They Might Be Giants. By Mary Lyn Maiscott They were always unpredictable, and now proto-alt-rockers They Might Be Giants have made history (we’re pretty sure) by stepping up … Continue reading →

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From One York to Another: Singer Findlay Brown

Posted on May 7, 2009 by admin

By Mary Lyn Maiscott Recently, at the Mercury Lounge in NYC, I talked guitars with heartthrob Brit singer Findlay Brown—think Elvis by way of Chris Isaak by way of k.d. lang, and I mean that in a good way (the … Continue reading →

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Please Pass the Fruit

Posted on April 22, 2009 by admin

The women of Helios Dance Theater in a scene from The Lotus Eaters. Photo by Melissa Painter. By Victoria Looseleaf When I travel to dance and music festivals around the world (Holland, Cuba, France, Italy, Argentina and Abu Dhabi, to … Continue reading →

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On Queers, Harps, and Hanging On

Posted on April 18, 2009 by admin

Dances with Harps, featuring Ellen Barnaby (background), Johnni Durango, and composer/harpist Zeena Parkins (in profile). Photo by Frank Mullaney. By Victoria Looseleaf For those of you following me on Facebook and Twitter, you know that I’ve had blood clots in … Continue reading →

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Bittersweet

Posted on April 2, 2009 by admin

Sugar (Algenis Perez Soto) and his Dominican teammates at a baseball academy in San Pedro de Macorís. SugarWritten and Directed by Anna Boden and Ryan FleckStarring Algenis Perez Soto, Ann Whitney, Richard Bull, Ellary Porterfield, Rayniel Rufino, Andre Holland, and … Continue reading →

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