- Boy In Barahona Case 'Very Close to Dying' A Few Times: CaretakerNearly a year after the body of 10-year-old Nubia Barahona was discovered inside her adoptive father's truck next to her badly injured brother, prosecutors released new evidence Monday that sheds light on what the siblings endured.Read More... […]
- Obama Seeks More Alzheimer's Disease Research MoneyWASHINGTON -- The Obama administration wants to spend just over half a billion dollars on Alzheimer's research next year, hoping to battle back against what could become the defining disease of the aging baby-boom generation.Not all the spending must wait for approval from Congress: Under the plan being announced Tuesday, the National Institutes of Heal […]
- Imagine A World Without Oil (INFOGRAPHIC)Thanks to our oil addiction, such a world would include rolling blackouts, minimal transportation, dwindling food supplies and possibly war.Read More... More on Energy […]
- ABB Company: Electric Vehicle Chargers Have A Bright FutureBy Caroline Copley ZURICH, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Chargers for electric cars may become a "billion dollar business" by 2017, said an executive at Swiss engineering firm ABB, which is teaming up with governments and companies such as RWE to roll out a network. Building up a network of charging stations is vital to help fuel demand for electric cars, expe […]
- MSNBC's Dylan Ratigan Goes ZenHe has been dubbed "cable TV's angriest anchorman," but Dylan Ratigan says that was then, and this is now.At a fete held by The Week and MSNBC last week for his new book, Greedy Bastards: Corporate Communists, Banksters and the Other Vampires Who Suck America Dry, Ratigan was introduced as the "angriest man in America." Yet Ratigan c […]
- Christina Aguilera Opens Up About Her Hispanic Heritage And Estranged FatherChristina Aguilera says she's been criticized for not being Latina enough. "I've dealt with that [criticism] my whole life," she said in an interview with Latina Magazine. "I don't speak the language fluently. And I'm split right down the middle, half Irish and half Ecuadorean. I should not have to prove my ethnicity to any […]
- Standoff continues amid Brazil police strikeState governor says issue can be resolved through negotiations after state legislature is taken over in Salvador city. […]
- Dozens trapped in Pakistan building collapseAt least 19 dead and dozens trapped after factory collapses following a suspected gas explosion in Lahore city. […]
- Explosion rocks military base in NigeriaBlast in Kaduna comes just hours after reported killing of eight suspected Boko Haram members in another northern city. […]
- Italy plans emergency talks as cold snap hitsTalks aimed at maximising gas supplies come as freezing weather and snowy conditions continue to wreak havoc on region. […]
- Russia's Lavrov holds talks with AssadForeign minister says Syrian president committed to ending violence but his military continues bombardment of Homs. […]
- Malian refugees in Niger await food and waterConcerns over access to basic essentials after more than 22,000 people flee continued fighting in Mali. […]
- HYPOCRISY: Romney Maintained Massachusetts Contraception Requirement That Mirrors Obama’s RuleMitt Romney has launched a petition accusing the Obama administration of “using Obamacare to impose a secular vision on Americans who believe that they should not have their religious freedom taken away.” The move is the latest in a consorted campaign effort to rally the conservative base around a supposed “war against religion” and misrepresent […]
- California Occupiers Camp Outside Former Marine’s Home To Prevent ForeclosureAbout 20 California activists surrounded a local home this weekend to prevent Freddie Mac and Chase Bank from foreclosing on the property, even amid rumors that sheriff’s deputies were coming to seize it. The Riverside, California home belongs to Arturo de los Santos, a former Marine who told Riverside’s City News Service that he fell […]
- Assad Promises Peace As Syrian Military Shells HomsRussian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov reportedly told Syrian President Bashar al-Assad today that Moscow wants to see democratic reforms in Syria. Russia’s foreign ministry called for “the swiftest stabilization of the situation in Syria on the basis of the swiftest implementation of democratic reforms whose time has come.” After the meeting, Lavrov said As […]
- Spider-Man v. The CopsNo matter how much I think the Spider-Man reboot is utterly unnecessary, I have to admit it looks like a lot of fun: A couple of thoughts: I’m relieved that the movie is acknowledging that someone other than the scientific community, riders of random subway cars, and J. Jonah Jameson notice that a dude in […]
- Birtherism Makes A Comeback Among RepublicansA new poll from YouGov’s Adam Berinsky shows that the number of people who believe President Obama was born in the United States has dipped to levels below even the weeks leading up to President Obama’s release of his birth certificate last April. The movement appears attributable to Republicans, 37 percent of whom now say […]
- BP Made $3 Million An Hour In 2011, While Spill Victims Continued To SufferBP’s 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill is still affecting the lives of many Americans, particularly the tens of thousands that have not settled lawsuits with the company. Yet the company has bounced back from the billions it lost in the wake of the spill. BP announced today that its 2011 profit totaled $26 billion, a […]
Archive for October, 2008
El Rey Del Merengue – Luis Kalaff
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Another great Latin artist: Luis Kalaff. Specialist in the Merengue, a music form originating on the Dominican Republic. The Merengue is sort of an uptempo salsa, but it offers plenty variation and on this record we see plenty of jazz influences also. Great horn section! My favourite track is ‘Ahi Viena la Nena’ which, if my Spanish is sufficient, is a song about the Hurricane? At any rate this record is a must have for lovers of Latin American music. It was published in 2007 on the West Side Latino Records Label.
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The Empty Stage as an Art object – Colorium by Rivkah Young
Rivkah Young is an artist born in Koln, Germany. One of her projects is called ‘Colorium’ and it evolves around photographing empty stages. The stage normally doesn’t get any attention as an object, it is always treated as applied art at best, as something dependant on the artists or showmasters that perform there. That is why Rivkah Youngs photographs are very special. Her photographs evoke an almost alien sense of beauty and her eye for composition is remarkable.
Her pictures evoke a strange sense of beauty and solitude. She gave me permission to post some of them on Loewak:
More of Rivkah Young’s work can be seen on her website. She also has a PDF with all the Colorium works online:
Website – Colorium PDF
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Music review: Chico O’Farrill: Heart of a Legend
My favorite record lately is ‘Heart of a Legend’ by Chico O’Farrill, published in 1999 on the Milestone label. I played it constantly last week. O’Farrill is one of the most interesting names in Latin jazz music, and this record has an overall excellent quality of tracks, with ‘Trumpet fantasy’ and ‘Sing your Blues away’ as highlights. I am seriously in love with Latin jazz lately and O’Farrill plays in a variety of styles: he combines a big band sound with improvisation and free jazz, and the result is unique and a pleasure to listen to. Maybe this is my all-time favourite Latin jazz record, I am not sure.
The funny thing is, O’Farrill was the major influence of one of my other favorites, Cal Tjader. It’s a pity that many of O’Farrill’s recordings are out of print, but this record offers some good highlights for those unfamiliar with his work.
Loewak opens astrology section
I am planning to build several different sections to Loewak, as announced earlier. Last weeks I have been busy building a new and hopefully useful/entertaining astrology section for this site. The section focusses on flirting techniques and character descriptions for the various signs, with a section about the Court cards in Tarot and how these rule over the Zodiac as well.
The Astrology section is thus the second subsection of Loewak to open its doors, after I have opened the Dutch Literature section one month ago:
- Graphic novel on stage in Los AngelesNo Good Deed is a new multimedia play in Los Angeles that melds a graphic novel with live theater. Created by the edgy, experimental Furious Theatre Company -- including my brother Robert Pescovitz -- No Good Deed is a classic, dark superhero story of good and evil injected with the cultural criticism that is Furious's […]
- EFF's PlayStation 3 PSA: jailbreaking shouldn't be a crimeThe Electronic Frontier Foundation is petitioning the US Copyright Office for a DMCA exemption legalizing "jailbreaking" -- modifying the devices you own so that they can run software of your choosing. The Copyright Office holds hearings every three years on DMCA exemptions and these need to be renewed at each hearing. To highlight the need […]
- Maggie in a silent auction to support Phillips Neighborhood Medical ClinicThis Thursday, I'll be donating my time to support The Phillips Clinic, a free healthcare provider that serves more than 1000 patients in Minneapolis. Come to the Clinic's annual silent auction where you'll be able to bid on awesome items like gift cards, a hot air balloon ride, and a presentation by me! If you […]
- "I've robbed the rainbow to make you gay"If Rick Santorum can apprehend the rainbow robber, all his problems will be solved. […]
- MAKE founder Dale Dougherty on CNNHere's a peek of a 30-minute profile of MAKE founder Dale Dougherty that will air on CNN this Sunday night. Dale says, it’s time to get back to making. It doesn’t matter what it is: cheese, wine, sculptures, robots, rockets, 3D printers - even electric muffins! As simple or as bizarre as a person wants […]
- Journalist arrested covering Occupy Miami eviction recovers arrest-video deleted by policeCarlos Miller, an accredited photojournalist covering the Occupy Miami eviction, was arrested by Miami-Dade police, who deleted several videos from his camera before they returned it to him. Miller recovered some of the deleted files and has posted them to YouTube. They support his version of the events of that night, in which he was […]
- A Boot Fit for a KingAmong King Leopold II's legacies in central Africa is the Congo Pedicle, an odd stick of land that nearly divides Zambia in half. […]
- Damn the TorpedoesThe Confederates' embrace of land and water mines was hugely successful. But it also raised serious ethical issues. […]
- Politics in the Academy: The Same Old SongIn academia, questions are left unanswered and nothing gets done. That is how it should be. […]
- Spinoza's Vision of Freedom, and OursMore than three centuries ago, Spinoza recognized that the unfettered freedom of expression is in the state's own best interest. Have we forgotten? […]
- A Thief in the HouseWhat went missing, and what was lost. A family fiction by the radio artist Joe Frank. […]
- Why We Love ZoosWhy are people drawn to zoos? Among other reasons, it may be the special kind of innocence they hope to find there. […]