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Jimmie Lunceford and His Dance Orchestra 1936
A Vitaphone short subject which is important for being the only real glimpse we have of this dynamic big band filmed in NYC July 1936. Willie Smith, Joe Thomas, Paul Webster and Jimmy Crawford are among the band members featured which also includes spots for vocalist Myra Johnson and the dance team of the Three… Continue reading
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Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society
18 November, 2010 Actually, in a short while I’m off to see this fantastic orchestra, all the way from NYC at the Cafe Oto in Dalston as part of the London Jazz Festival. 1st collector for Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society Follow my videos on vodpod One of my favourite artists. Imagine a cross between Continue reading
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The YES MEN: Last chance to be BIG and STUPID tomorrow in NYC!
This is just a quick last-minute note to invite you to our BIG EVENT early tomorrow morning (22 September) – and to join us at the Age of Stupid premiere that evening. Continue reading
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Where were you when the lights went out? By William Bowles
23 December 2004 It’s estimated that within the first couple of decades after the Europeans ‘discovered’ the Americas, they exterminated around fifteen million people in a frenzy of bloodletting that has no precedent in history. Of course it’s not called a Holocaust, in fact it’s not even mentioned in the white man’s history books, but Continue reading
The New Dark Age 