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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

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August 8, 2008 Detroit News, Michigan Breaking News and Detroit Weather Online - WDIV ClickOnDetroit.com Filed under: - Tags: Democratic Party, Detroit Michigan, John Edwards, Kilpatrick, Kwame Kilpatrick, National Enquirer, Politics, The Detroit News - Digtital Move's @ 8:17 am Royal Oak, MichiganImage via Wikipedia Carmen Harlan Editorializes with Class , most Detrot Anchors sound like they are reporting for the National Enquirer , This Lady is classy and extremely bright ! No Marble in the mouth news no wire, she is no talking head ! Most Anchors in Detroit are Botox Bunnies Spouting the disease of the day ! Carmen Harden is refreshing ! Watch as Local 4's Carmen Harlan offers her opinion on Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's legal troubles. Detroit News, Michigan Breaking News and Detroit Weather Online - WDIV ClickOnDetroit.com.

Rev. Nicholas Hood III's campaign gets rolling | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press Image via Wikipedia It will  take more than a free plate of beans to Save the City of Detroit !  The City of Detroit Needs some young Urban Professionals to run for Mayor of Detroit !  The folks who have Accounting and People Skills  !  Many Preachers supported the last Mayor, they should stay in the Pulpit !  Remember Detroit is not a Tax Exempt Congregation ! It has to report to it's public !  No Secrets in the City !  It does not exist to create charitable foundations for Churches !  More seperation of  Church and State !  This is just another example of leading the voters in the wrong direction ! Separation of church and state is a political and leg

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Content Matters: Five Questions for Fred Wilson Clipart of bills and coins Image via Wikipedia This creative bit of content is a great read for people planning start-ups it might be titled how to avoid the [soup line] when you start a new Venture ! It was noted on Fred Wilson's site-http://www.avc.com/ Barry Graubert writes the excellent Content Matters blog and he's got an interview with me up there today. Fred Wilson Here is one question and my answer: CM: Historically, as the economy comes out of recession, it creates transformation and change. Which segments have the potential for transformation in an eventual recovery? FW: Every industry that is based on knowledge or information or some other form of non-physical matter (atoms vs bits) is going to fundamentally transform and this downturn will be the darwinian forcing function. Think about energy and power systems, banking, media, education. They all have that aspect to them Barry Graubart has spent the past 20 years applying technology to content to develop high value business-to-business information products. Barry today serves as Vice President, Product Strategy & Business Development for Alacra, a leading content technology company, where his focus is on eCommerce and social media applications. Previously, he served as EVP & Chief Marketing Officer for Leadership Directories, a content provider of biographical and organizational data. Prior to Leadership Directories he spent four years in various roles with ClearForest, an emerging leader in the text analytics market. At ClearForest, he helped open the publishing and federal intelligence markets. Previously, he held general management, product development and marketing roles with b2b content businesses including divisions of Primedia, Nelson Information (now Thomson Financial), Kaplan/Washington Post and McClatchy Newspapers. Barry holds a B.A. in Political Science from the State University of New York at Albany. Barry sits on the Board o

« @Firefox_Answers & @ComcastCares--a lopsided comparison | Main August 24, 2008 I'm Speaking in China. Why this Excites me. I'm reading Nixon and Mao by Margaret MacMillan. Until the year 2000, Nixon was my least favorite president, but as I read this recounting of his 1972 trip to what we then called "Red China," I cannot help but acknowledge the greatness of what he achieved by being the first US president to set foot in China. It really was a trip that changed the world. I recall the controversy of the time. Some TV reporter--either Dan Rather or Sam Donaldson--stuck a microphone in front of Henry Kissinger, Nixon's closest adviser and secretary of state who had engineered the trip."Mr. Secretary," he was asked, "what does the United States expected to gain out of this China junket?" The implication was that the trip was nothing but political PR. Many of us suspected that it was no more than a stunt.

Getting ready for the next Rove attack Monday, September 15, 2008 by Dave Winer. A picture named bozo.gif1. I totally don't trust Rove when he says that McC has gone too far. I wouldn't take the bait and pass this on as the Obama folk are doing. There's got to be a virus in there somewhere. Some devious trap that springs later in this process. Rove is like the original wingnut idiot blogger, he's been practicing so long, he's the #1 troll in the USA, something I'm sure he's proud of. I've been fending off trolls almost as long as he's been one. Permalink to this paragraph 2. I don't trust McC when he says, again, that the fundamentals of the economy are strong. The first time he said it he didn't have coaches, we were seeing the original confused Mind Of McCain, raised in politics before Gotchas were such an artform. This new McC is always on message, so when he said this, it was part of, probably the beginning of, a campaign that's about to launch. Then almost immediately you can see what it is. Permalink to this paragraph

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Knollenberg has more cash than Peters | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press Detroit Free Press Image via Wikipedia I wonder if Money Really Matter's ! I have listened to Knollenberg and his buddy on their Commericals ! The content is like New Age Music ! No beginning No end Just a Middle Part !