Music for 3.05.2010: Magnetic Fields and Wedding Music
Michael Gallagher I went back and searched through my old postings for this blog and realized that I have never posted about The Magnetic Fields. Is that even possible? I feel like…
2010
Al Smith, Prohibition, and the Reassurance of Gravelly Voices
In case you aren’t aware, the Internet Archive is an excellent resource in dire need of an update. As a repository of archaic and archival resources, it is second to…
African Anthropology: Khoisan language, Asante Stool Histories, Ceremonies
This is a video I created in 2008 to highlight some of the materials available in the collections here. It highlights some fairly amazing content and most of it hadn’t…
The Band: Canada, America, Blogging, and Bliss
I don’t claim to know anything about music. I mean I can’t read music, write music, even play music. Although I do a mean air guitar. It took a good…
AP, Asia Correspondent: Chinese Ships from the 1400s off the coast of Kenya
This article from the Associated Press via Asia Correspondent brought out the armchair historian/Indiana Jones style of archaeology in me. “China and Kenya plan to search for ancient Chinese ships…
Music for 2.23.2010: Holly Miranda’s Waves
Today’s song of the day is actually from an album that was just released today and one which I have been waiting for quite some time. The artist’s name is…
2010 NFAIS Conference in Philadelphia
I will be attending the National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) 2010 Conference beginning this weekend in Philadelphia and the lineup is looking like a good one. From a…