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• MUSIC OF THE MIND January 2, 2025 7:31 pm Artforum EIGHTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD trumpeter and composer Wadada Leo Smith calls the system underlying his art-language scores “Ankhrasmation”—a portmanteau combining “ankh” (the Egyptian hieroglyph for “life”), “ras” (the Amharic/Ethiopian term for “head creator” …
• Summer holidays haven’t changed much since ancient Greece and Rome (except maybe the sand wrestling) January 2, 2025 7:23 pm The Conversation Imagine a summer holiday at a seaside resort, with days spent sunbathing, reading books, exploring nature and chatting with friends. Sounds like it could be anywhere in Australia or New Zealand in January, doesn’t it? This is also how the Roman emperor …
• Jazz, Ancient Egypt and Stephen Hawking: the strange story of Radiohead’s ‘Pyramid Song’ January 2, 2025 7:07 pm Far Out Magazine (Credits: Far Out / Radiohead / Tom Sheehan) It seems unbelievable now, but there was a time when Radiohead was stuck in a one-hit-wonder rut. Scoring a top ten winner from the word go with their debut single ‘Creep’, its instantaneous success …
• These Memphis icons bolster Black radio – and their communities January 2, 2025 6:37 pm Christian Science Monitor Communication has always been essential and innovative in African culture, from the creation of papyrus to the decoding prowess of the Rosetta stone. It’s fitting that the home of the blues shares the name of the capital city of ancient Egypt – Memphis. It …
• Newman & Early Church Papal Infallibility & Supremacy January 2, 2025 6:22 pm Patheos Reply to Jordan Cooper’s Miscomprehensions of St. Cardinal Newman’s Views on the Development of the Papacy & the 1870 Dogma Photo credit: cover of my book (2012), designed by Caroline McKinney.   Rev. Dr. Jordan B. Cooper is a Lutheran pastor, adjunct …