LINES OF THE DAY

". . . But the past does not exist independently from the present. Indeed, the past is only past because there is a present, just as I can point to something over there only because I am here. But nothing is inherently over there or here. In that sense, the past has no content. The past -- or more accurately, pastness -- is a position. Thus, in no way can we identify the past as past." p. 15

". . . But we may want to keep in mind that deeds and words are not as distinguishable as often we presume. History does not belong only to its narrators, professional or amateur. While some of us debate what history is or was, others take it into their own hands." p. 153

Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History (1995) by Michel-Rolph Trouillot

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Outrageous!

A whole passel of el V's jazz musician buddies will be in Luanda when he comes back to the city from the northwest -- hanging out and playing gigs AFTER the city's big jazz fest, which he will miss, being out of Luanda.

When you're a musician you meet your friends all over the world, no matter where in the world you are ....
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