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King Sunny Ade: First Album In A Decade

August 16th, 2010 | No Comments

BABA MO TUNDE OUT SEPTEMBER 28

King Sunny Ade

King Sunny Ade is global
groove royalty whose six-hour sets and butt-shaking beats are notorious from his native Nigeria to Nashville and
Nagasaki. And now the master is back with Baba Mo Tunde (IndigeDisc; September 28, 2010), his
first studio album in ten years, a pristine recording and double CD set that captures a vital musician in his prime
with
profound respect for the art of the juju jam.

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Aug. 6, 1945: â€˜I Am Become Death, Destroyer of Worldsâ€™

August 6th, 2010 | No Comments

1945: The United States becomes the first (and remains the only) country ever to use an atomic weapon in warfare, obliterating the Japanese city of Hiroshima and instantly killing 70,000 people. (Many thousands more would die later from the effects of radiation poisoning.) Three days later, the port city of Nagasaki is destroyed by a [...]

May 21, 1956: Bikini Is Da Bomb

May 21st, 2010 | No Comments

1956: The United States proves it can deliver a hydrogen bomb from the air — by dropping one on the small island group known as the Bikini Atoll. The B-52 bomber crew misses its target by a mile (well, 4 miles, actually) but the point is made: Nobody is safe from the most fearsome [...]

Pakistanâ€™s feminist writing reflects violence: Muneeza Shamsie

April 10th, 2010 | No Comments

The shadow of the gun, its impact on society and gender injustice are creeping into contemporary women’s literature in Pakistan, feels Lahore-based writer, critic and journalist Muneeza Shamsie.
“It is boom time for English writing in Pakistan. New writers are talking about changes and tackling urban realities like violence, terror and gender injustice in the society,” [...]

Nov. 6, 1944 & 1971: A Double Nuke Anniversary

November 6th, 2009 | No Comments

1944: Weapons-grade plutonium, for the very heart of the Fat Man atomic bomb used to obliterate Nagasaki, Japan, is first produced at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in south-central Washington state. Twenty-seven years later, in 1971, the Atomic Energy Commission detonates the largest U.S. underground hydrogen device, during testing in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands.
The development of weapons-grade [...]

Adrienne Celt: War and Pieces: A Review of Kamila Shamsie’s Burnt Shadows

July 27th, 2009 | No Comments

The book is complex and sweeping in scope, seeking to tie together not just the disparate lives of its inhabitants, but also several of the most noted international tragedies in recent history.

Tom Engelhardt: Borrowed Time: The World at 65

July 20th, 2009 | No Comments

Tomorrow, I turn 65, an age I simply never imagined for myself back in those youthful years. And the past, I must admit, now lurks somewhat closer to home — as, of course, does the future: my future.