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Ned Sublette I was on Gotham Gal's website this morning using th LIJIT Search Engine http://gothamgal.blogs.com/ I wanted to re read a book by one of my favorite authors and he is also a great musician ! Yes I found it! Viva Ritmo Latino Cuba and Its Music: From the First Drums to the Mambo by Ned Sublette "This entertaining history of Cuba and its music begins with the collision of Spain and Africa and continues through the era of Miguelito Valdés, Arsenio Rodríguez, Benny Moré, and Pérez Prado. It offers a behind-the-scenes examination of music from a Cuban point of view, unearthing surprising, provocative connections and making a case for Cuba as fundamental to the evolution of music in the New World. Revealed are how the music of black slaves transformed 16th-century Europe, how the claves appeared, and how Cuban music influenced ragtime, jazz, and rhythm and blues. Music lovers will follow this journey from Andalucía, the Congo, the Calabar, Dahomey, and Yorubaland via Cuba to Mexico, Puerto Rico, Saint-Domingue, New Orleans, New York, and Miami. The music is placed in a historical context that considers the complexities of the slave trade; Cuba's relationship to the United States; its revolutionary political traditions; the music of Santería, Palo, Abakuá, Vodú, and much more. Cuba and its Music is an ambitious project whose repercussions in a different genre might be on a par with those of Buena Vista. Grounded on frequent trips to the island and an extensive bibliography, this book by Ned Sublette is a first for an English-reading public: a didactic and accessible steer through part of Cuba's turbulent history and its music, whose parameters embrace cultural anthropology, sociology, politics, and history, as well as musicology and music. I also get a lot of great Latin Music from NPR http://www.ritmolatino.org/ Lijit is great search engine with excellent Tech Support it is great add for any web site http://www.lijit.com/about N

Disqus Adds FriendFeed Integration-to Follow Fred Wilson Author Seth Godin at PDF 2007 Image via Wikipedia Why I follow Fred Wilson ! http://fredwilson.vc/ This article on http://disqus.com/ is written by Mr Wilson A master at Content Creation. Fred Wilson and Seth Godin http://sethgodin.typepad.com/ both have the ability to capsulize. capsulize - put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume; "capsulize the news"! It is a skill mostly prevalent in Poetry. I use Disqus and am currently having this site rebuilt and it is not installed yet ! I miss it but still have access to post with Disqus on other sites ! Mr Wilson an investor in many applications like Glue from Adaptive Blue always states his position in an article, if he is an investor in the Application discloses the fact ! Personally if what he is reviewing is a good product I really don't care who owns it but he is probably right other wise you play "Ok With Corrections!" Mr Wilson's Wife has created a great content platform http://gothamgal.blogs.com/ My wife follows it on Tabbloid a free service from Hewlett Packard tabbloid_2009-01-10_0901-gotham-gal2 I also have her feed in my Gmail -Gotham Gal's blog belongs in a newspaper it a true social media vehicle! I hope find following my reads intersting since I am a a Man Of Good Taste and absorb good content with Gusto ! You can also find me at link below http://msandler.tumblr.com/ MarshalSandler.com is a playground of ideas, introductions, and synergies. Marshal exhibits a blogging style that is less about tamping out his thoughts and more about the juggling, rearranging, juxtaposing, and syndicating of the content of other people and companies - a communications cubism of sorts. There's no room for crap, but there is plenty of room for friendly people with interesting ideas. Marshal's day is the search for new technologies, new ideas, new relationships, and new things to curse happily about. So, participate. Cut bait.

Seth's Blog: Take the ball and go home Image representing Zemanta as depicted in Crun... Image via CrunchBase I sent this to my Tubmlr Theme http://msandler.tumblr.com/ with Posterous this morning . Then more I read this post I decided to do a re-blog with Zemanta When I first decided to reblog a few years ago I always asked permission from the original Content creators. Most people who are professional don't mind giving you permission ! I got Banned from Mahalo and Friend feed , but with Mahalo they extended a lot of courtesy and exlpained their Policy with a personal e mail Friendfeed who has someone in the UK Drowning in Guiness sent me a Tweet On Twitter calling me a spammer ! As you will notice on my site that Techburgh is rebuilding there are no advertisments! At 72 years old I don't not accept apologies or thank you's so i could not tell the Lad in the UK to S@@@ himself ! You can critisize me all day long ! Now I have some great friends who are Teche's and when I need help there are very kind-like Dr Lev Seletor and His Son Alexsy a student at cooper union http://www.selectorweb.com/ Jason Broadwater http://revenflo.com/ Joe Orr http://www.nycircuits.com/ All the Above have done work for me on other projects and are bright and kind ! I also have been reading http://www.avc.com/ I am a great fan of Adaptive Glue that Mr Wilson's firm has a investment in- Glue A great Firefox Add on and a real live Tech Support Crew ! Now lets get back to Seth Godin ! His content creation's are a model for content creation and fact check ! Seth Godin Fred Wilson Frank Elliason Steve Rubel have set the curve ! Mr Elason has brought Tech Support to the Internet by using Twitter as a Vehicle. http://www.eliasonfamily.info/blog/ these are folks who know the three great word in the English Language KIND KIND KIND ! Also My Wife Naomi is a fan of Mr Wilson's Wife Gothan Gal http://gothamgal.blogs.com/ We get our Scrapple from the apple