Artistic Crafting & Cultural Artifacts For a Well Painted Musical Culture

March 21, 2013 at 2:17 pm by James Dubreze

Four Hundred Years of Slavery as an Exchange for Four Thousand Words of History.

Dr. John Henrick Clacke “History is not everything, but it is a starting point. History is a clock that people use to tell their political and cultural time of day. It is a compass they use to find themselves on the map of human geography. It tells them where they are, who they are but more importantly, what they must be.” Nec: As you consider the events of the decades since the Framing of the Constitution that brought the issue [...]

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March 12, 2013 at 12:39 pm by James Dubreze

Prelude to Revolution & the Cause of the Civil War

Prelude to the revolution did not start with the introduction of the Article of Confederation; they were many conflicts that fuel the revolution for Continental Congress to have wanted to lead the thirteen states in War. General Washington wanted to set up a new national government but feared that they might be divisions. During the years (725 – 1776) that preceded the Treaty of Paris

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March 11, 2013 at 1:42 pm by James Dubreze

Theological Ideas of Luther & John Locke’s Political Essay

They both understood that it was the people’s choice to choose their religion, and that the Church shouldn’t use force to bring people to accept what the ruler believes. They both believed that religious concerns were separate to that of civil interests, thus could not have involved the government. The Anabaptist “thought that becoming a Christian should be a conscious choice and commitment, not a political requirement. They saw the church as something to which people should join voluntarily, not [...]

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March 8, 2013 at 6:13 pm by James Dubreze

The History of Judicial Review & the Supreme Court

Judicial Review is assumed by the judicial branch of the U.S government. It obligates the Court to review laws, treaties, policies or any executive order that conflict or contradict with the constitution. The Supreme Court Justices inherited this power after the case Marbury v. Madison. This case established the Judiciary Act of 1789. It was then that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court made the first attempt to acquire powers which in time would have made the legislative branch [...]

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March 5, 2013 at 5:34 pm by James Dubreze

Government Competency Publius & Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt statement is a complete contradiction to Publius. Publius specified that “It is equally evident, that the members of each department should be as little dependent as possible on those of the others, for the emoluments annexed to their offices. Where the executive magistrate, or the judges, not independent of the legislature in this particular, their independence in every other would be merely nominal.

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March 3, 2013 at 2:15 pm by James Dubreze

Party Realignment & the Struggle for Women’s Right to Vote

A vote is not a vote if it’s not an educated vote, it may be counted but not directly allocate. It may be said in order for a vote to have been properly allocated, those who choose a candidate must have picked this candidate because of the supporting issues and not the candidate party.

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March 1, 2013 at 2:38 pm by James Dubreze

A Pre-Historic Discovery of the Confederacy

Dr. John Henrick Clacke “History is not everything, but it is a starting point. History is a clock that people use to tell their political and cultural time of day. It is a compass they use to find themselves on the map of human geography.It tells them where they are, but more importantly, what they must be.” History of the Confederacy: The Confederacy began with the natives, the Indian tribes. The Confederacy was organized by five Iroquois-speaking Nations. There are [...]

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February 26, 2013 at 10:22 pm by James Dubreze

The History of Leaded Gasoline

Lead was a chemical added to gasoline by the oil industry to boost “octane” or anti-knock ratings for fuel. It was discovered by GM in 1921 at their research lab. It was introduced in the market because GM thought this chemical could have helped solve this “knock” problem that existed in their automobiles. They wanted to be the first company to create a highly efficient engine, and thought that leaded gasoline would have helped them reduced the “knock” problem. Surely [...]

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February 24, 2013 at 8:31 pm by James Dubreze

The Balance Between Government & the Rights of People

Movements have always been stirred by those who have the courage to march for change; these people are the reason democracy works. It is only when we choose not to participate that the reverse of progress is possible, but so long as we’re participating progress becomes the unified force of our actions.

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February 22, 2013 at 9:11 pm by James Dubreze

Protected: Global Competion & U.S Markets

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February 21, 2013 at 3:43 pm by James Dubreze

Class Struggle & Economic Inequality

DiNitto 2006, P. 92 – Poverty: “Poverty can also be defined and measured in terms of proportional wealth and relative deprivation in the area of study (DiNitto, 2006, p. 92). A person of few means might be considered “poor” in America, but would not be considered poor in a country like Afghanistan, where the per capita income is only $335 per year.” In places where the median income per capital is just $335 per year the people’s means of survival [...]

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February 20, 2013 at 11:49 am by James Dubreze

The Case for Affirmative Action

Institutional Racism: A statement from racism.org is as stated “Much of the attention of the last 40 years has focused on individual racist behavior. However, just as individuals can act in racist ways, so can institutions. Institutions can behave in ways that are overtly racist (i.e., specifically excluding people-of-color from services) or inherently racist (i.e., adopting policies that while not specifically directed at excluding people-of-color, nevertheless result in their exclusion). Therefore, institutions can respond to people-of-color and whites differently. Institutional [...]

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February 19, 2013 at 7:02 pm by James Dubreze

The Case for Prostitution & the Intuitive Self

Although we would have loved to think that we live in a society that is just, and that all moral values are in the interest of the people is merely a dream and not a reality. Moral values are best practice in societies where the average citizen earn a living wage that is sustainable for their living condition. Until then all moral values are subject to change as the condition of life continues to become more corrupt due to a [...]

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February 19, 2013 at 2:31 pm by James Dubreze

Congressional Decisions – Cost vs. Benefit

Aristotle once said that “a great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.” The implication being that in a great city where there are many intelligent minds there will be other point of views available to filter any confusing ideas. The arguments that are often inevitable among the electorates are not the cost, but instead the benefit. The cost of a disagreement rest on the consequence of the resolution, and if the accord between the electorates benefit [...]

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February 18, 2013 at 2:03 pm by James Dubreze

Congress Impetuous Vortex & the Executive Power

As the Founding Founders intended, the three branches of the U.S Government were meant to work together as independent powers, but at the same time we must also remember that the justices from the Judicial System are also a denomination of Republicans v. Democrats. On that note, if we were to assume that the decisions of the Justices are not influenced by their respective party we could have mistaken. In every evaluation process there has to be a common denominator, [...]

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Economic Issues

How Proctor & Gamble became a Fortune Five Hundred Company

August 30, 2012 / Stories

William Procter a candle maker & James Gamble a soap maker, were both immigrants from England who settled in Cincinnati where both men married sisters. The consequence of the panic of 1837 had caused competitive rivalry to heats up between Proctor & Gamble. A family meeting was called by their father in – law, who succeeded in convincing his new sons to become business partners. Since both businesses used similar resources, a horizontal integration had been taken flight. On October [...]

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The Pivoting Effect of the word “ideologue” for a more profound meaning.

August 3, 2011 / Stories

Under what circumstances would it be possible for an ideologue to become president in America? The term “Ideologue” was first introduced by Napoleon Bonaparte as an attempt to down play his political opponents. A person who is considered to be an ideologue is not a negative attribute, but instead a positive one. It is positive in the sense that even if the idea of being an ideologue itself meant that the person with the vision is impractical, some of the [...]

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U.S Addiction to Oil & the Plan to Get Out.

June 11, 2011 / Stories

U.S. Dependency on Fossil Fuel & the Plan to Subside that Dependency! As the United States invest in renewable energies as an attempt to cut on trade deficits new initiatives to secure U.S addiction to oil will also become a greater concern as conflicts in the Middle East continues to develop. The alternatives that can help leverage U.S. dependency on fossil fuel is not a “one size fit all”, it will require many steps and there are all time-consuming. Alternative [...]

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Proposed Solutions to (PPACA)

May 6, 2011 / Stories

Economic Analysis & (PPACA) PART 3/3 Current Solution Being Proposed: The Disability Management and Employer Coalition Legislatively updated us by advising the public on the new solutions that are being proposed to discuss the current policies under the (PPACA). On February 28, President Obama stated that “States should have the power and flexibility to innovate and find the health care solutions that work best for them and announced his support for accelerating State Innovation Waivers and allowing states to [...]

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Social Effect of Drugs

April 19, 2011 / Stories

If we’re going to define external cost as the cost impose on others, than from looking at Drug War Facts data we can close that the change in the total external cost of alcohol is small compare to Tobacco cost, and that the total change in the external cost of prostitution is marginal to Tobacco costs. If marginal cost is the change in total cost, than according to Drug War Facts, the change in quantity produce for sexual behaviors will double [...]

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International Trades

April 12, 2011 / Stories

Some believe that by buying products that are made in the USA will help stimulate the economy while keeping the dollar re-circulating longer within the country. Although it is not a bad idea to have Americans invest in American made products, to have actually exercised it fully would have developed tensions that could lead to policy change or even sanctions between USA and some foreign countries. The core problem of today’s society begins with globalization. Although globalization maybe viewed as a good [...]

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Recent Blogs

Carimi – Buzz – YourZoukTv – Official clip

October 6, 2012 at 11:03 am / Foreign Music

This song came out awhile back it will still rock any concert. What I like most about it is the cultural transition. The message is not so positive but I think most people would understand that this is entertainment. However, this song is one of the best videography that I’ve seen from a Haitian group. Perhaps there are many videos like this one out there. This song is hot and will definitely contributes to the over all sale of [...]

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Brother Ali – Take Me Home Video Exclusive Premier

September 27, 2012 at 5:59 pm / Entertainment

The simple life of hard work with a dream is the life of the 99%. Pushing a mop, wearing a security guard uniform, no job is ever too small. This song reminded me of my days working at Mc Donald. Life is a cliché, it repeats itself in ways that are not precisely identical, but similar. I think this is a cool song, very plain, no exaggeration. I suppose many of us can relate. Please support this artist on Amazon.com [...]

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Adele – Someone like you HD Live from Brit Awards 2011

September 19, 2012 at 8:06 am / Entertainment

Memories of a loss love caught within a moment of regrets. As she reminisced on time well spent, the reality of the relationship sunk in. The love that had kept the relationship intact for so many years has suddenly broken. The resistance for a compassionate awakening of her present state of beings forces her heart to cry for love [....]

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T-Vice feat Robert Martino – Espoir Live Zenith Paris 2006

September 1, 2012 at 8:25 pm / Foreign Music

What I like about this song most is the way the guitarist Roert Martino works the guita. It as if his making the guitar talk. Translating from KENJ95 who has uploaded this video on You Tube – Robert Martino was born at Petion-Ville. His family heritage are from the Italienne American background. He started playing music at the age of 16 with the groups “Comme Les Difficilles de Petion-Ville” and the group Gypsies de Petion-Ville, Scorpio Universel, Top Vice et [...]

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Zouk Reviens Moi – Natalie Carollo

August 27, 2011 at 9:17 pm / Foreign Music

According to Rhapsody.com “Zouk developed from a musical palette that includes African drumming and the Beguine, which fused afro-Caribbean rhythms with European and jazz elements. In the 1970s American Funk, Salsa, and most importantly Haitian compas were popular in the French Antilles and as many musicians relocated to Paris they created a modern sound incorporating these diverse forms. When the group Kassav formed in the 1980s, they sang in their Creole language, creating an infectious party music they called Zouk. [...]

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Economic Strategy

March 24, 2011 at 2:31 pm / Stories

Economic Strategy For New Possibilities Haiti can become self sufficient; the people just have to start planting again. At one time Haiti exported coffee beans, rice, sugar, cacao beans, tobacco and corn. Today we import almost everything that we exported years ago. It does cost the Haitian people cheaper now to buy foreign produce than to cultivate their own. And even if they were to become less dependent on foreign import they would still rely on U.S food supply for [...]

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王颍 Wang Ying and 孙凰 Sun Huang play 查尔达斯 Czardas on the 二胡 Erhu 1

March 22, 2011 at 12:02 pm / Foreign Music

This is beautiful but I’ll have to say it kind of sound like something that I’ve heard in the western atmosphere before. At least the beginning of it, I can’t remember who exactly but the melody is not new. The link to the second part is WANG YANG. Nevertheless, the two ladies did a fantastic job playing that instrument, they made it seems as if the movements were necessary to play the notes. However, what I’d like to know [...]

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Matilda -Harry Belafonte

March 11, 2011 at 1:24 pm / Foreign Music

Maltida performed by Harry Belafonte – for those of us who doesn’t know who Harry is, here’s a short Biography taken from answers.com . Harry Belafonte is an African-American entertainer and producer who brought Jamaica’s calypso beat to mainstream audiences and then used his fame to fight against racial and social inequality. He grew up in both Jamaica and the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. After serving in World War II, Belafonte set out to have a career in the theater [...]

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Spirituality & Concepts

February 26, 2011 at 9:18 am / Stories

We live to die so that we stay alive for eternity. The experiences that we’ve undergo through our flesh in blood existence are the secrets to eternal life. The spirits are all round us, there are the living dead, influencing the world in their own cosmic ways. When we speak about spirituality the level of reasoning is diminished because the concept cannot be fully understood logically. Faith is therefore, the dead-end of spiritual reasoning. The first statement that is discussed [...]

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Esperanza Spalding Live in Copenhagen

February 26, 2011 at 6:13 am / Entertainment

A talented artist Esperanza Spalding. Honestly I don’t know that many female artist that can play bass and sing at the same time. She may not have been known to the main street, but she was definitely known to the high street. She is a good musician and a talented artist. I mean she was nominated for Jazz for crying out loud, a difficult way of playing music. Not too many people likes Jazz, but she manage to make it enjoyable. [...]

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Ofra Haza-Yerushalaim

February 17, 2011 at 2:55 pm / Foreign Music

What a beautiful voice that is. She sings with a voice so bright that she could even light a candle with that voice if she wanted to. I’m not sure if it’s a religious song that she is singing about, but the title of the song hint us that she may be singing about Jerusalem. But whether or not this song is about Jerusalem makes no difference to us it’s a religious song and it is beautifully sung. All we [...]

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Canto envolvente (banda carrapicho)

February 12, 2011 at 7:48 pm / Foreign Music

Brazil Festival is as beautiful as it get. Written by Dan Rosenberg on Afropop the history of Carnival in Brasil. The origins of carnival date back to the ancient Greek spring festival in honor of Dionysus, the god of wine. The Romans adopted the celebration with Bacchanalia (feasts in honor of Bacchus, the Roman equal to Dionysus), and Saturnalia, where slaves and their masters would exchange clothes in a day of drunken revelry. Saturnalia was later modified by the Roman Catholic Church [...]

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Bobby Sanabria Jazz Orchestra

February 11, 2011 at 4:08 pm / Entertainment

You heard the man, anywhere Jazz is play is a sacred place. Well then, what does that tell us about peoplebreeze, it may not be a sacred place, but it surely informative & fun for those of you who likes music and creative thoughts. I’m telling the truth right? Watch the drummer he’s nasty (nasty means good in that context) with it. You see, when something is too good we don’t say that its great. It doesn’t seem as being enough of [...]

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Beethoven -Moonlight -Piano & Orchestra – Part I

February 10, 2011 at 9:58 am / Entertainment

Beethoven – Fur Elise – Piano plus Orchestra. They must be a reason why these combination of notes are known to have calmed the mind. What is it about these notes that relaxes us so much? If these notes are studied which I believe they have, it is possible that they could lead us to other waves of notes which can also calm the mind. But I suspect the problem would have arrived when trying to combine these notes to [...]

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P -Diddy- I’m Coming Home

February 8, 2011 at 10:55 am / Entertainment

We can never finish growing for we are forever learning. A house is only a home when it is decorated with love. Without love in our lives we are all incomplete beings. We cannot be forced to love anyone that our hearts do not desire for the simple fact that the sentiment of love can only be manifested in us when we’re free to choose our love ones. We don’t always choose the ones that is right for us, but [...]

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45 RPM RIGIDONG

February 6, 2011 at 1:11 pm / Foreign Music

Check out this Karean rap by this crew known as the 45 RPM. I don’t know about you but I’m feeling this song. The beat is crazy nice. There is off course a cross culture thing going on there. You can hear both the Chinese and the American influence in the beat. I mean to us it may seems difficult to rhyme in Karean being that we don’t speak the language but these guys seems to be killing the beat. This [...]

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Asian orchestra VS Western orchestra

January 20, 2011 at 5:55 pm / Entertainment, Foreign Music

Japan VS. London orchestra you decide – let the symphony guide your judgment. If it makes you want to hold your love ones and dream than you’ll know which one is the best. As for me I can’t tell you which one I prefer because if I tell you which one and why it might disturb your judgment.

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Koop – Koop Island Blues

January 20, 2011 at 5:27 pm / Entertainment

Musical sensation gives rise to higher thoughts, translate a message of sadness into a melodic sound so seductive that even sadness becomes enjoyable. Life within a transitional moment of tranquility, reminiscing on memories of “deja vue” at a time where the lack of maturity deplete every instant of our engagement. “Time is of the essence,” we move our separate ways into a world driven by disparity looking at life from a perception of immaturity. We grow into consciousness by way [...]

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Duo Main Tenant – Salto Natale

January 17, 2011 at 4:29 am / Foreign Music

This performance is so sensual, so classy and seductive, it minced out all shot cuts out of dance. These two couple’s bodies are intertwined to form an instrument of art; each move is anticipated collectively as if they were reading a musical note. It is an incredibly breath-taking performance to watch. They are literary making gymnastic love on the scene. And the sound track playing in the background is something you would hear at a Church, it gives it a [...]

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Amor Verdadero – Afro Cuban all Stars Jazz

January 11, 2011 at 4:41 am / Foreign Music

When you hear good music even if you are not familiar with it, you know right from that moment it’s undeniable. Cubans have always been the preferred musicians for Jazz. They play it with a swag as if they’re playing it according to their mood. They play it somewhat different from the American Jazz players – I am not implying that they’re not as good but there is a rhythm with the Cubans. You can actually dance to it, very different [...]

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Kanye West – Love Lockdown

January 11, 2011 at 2:59 am / Entertainment

As African decent I think it’s fair to say no matter how high we have climbed the mountain of opportunity, the spirits of our ancestors live within us. I think this video is a good example of that. We can never deny our roots, for it is the very thing that makes us who we are. Once we understand that we are African first before we are anything else, we’re already on the right path to enlightenment. But when we [...]

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“Young Forever” Jay-Z | Mr. Hudson

January 10, 2011 at 11:23 pm / Entertainment

The “voice” is like an angle calling down from the heavens, it simplifies everything. It’s like a mix from two vinos where the vino with the voice gently fades in, balancing out the outward effect of the two melodies. What is good music? —-> More songs from this artist on Amazon.com —–> Good music is a rhythmical sound that is accompanied by a voice to create a melody that is timeless. Good music is never too old. It is only the hardship [...]

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Michael Jackson they don’t care about us

January 4, 2011 at 7:35 am / Entertainment

Michael was a genius, he knew exactly what pitch or sound that would best satisfy a particular rhythm. There’s a story in every message for every song. I have translated his message as such: Any attempt to care for ¼ of the world while leaving the ¾ to die in misery would have infected the ¼ because as a natural law the ¼ is part of the 4/4 which make up the hold. From this analogy, we can derived to the [...]

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Bruce Springsteen – Badlands – Live In New York City

January 4, 2011 at 6:18 am / Entertainment

If there is one thing in country music that is often place forward is the lyrics. Country music artist put lots of heart in their vocals. I was just looking at this artist Bruce performing the Promised Land. Look how passionate he gets with the story line – what a beautiful song. More songs from this artist on Amazon.com

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Dennis Ferrer – Hey Hey – Official Music Video

January 4, 2011 at 5:07 am / Entertainment

It’s ok to share sometimes, but when you don’t know who you are sharing your partner with you feel as though you’ve been played. Being cheated on is not the problem, it is always the reason your partner cheated that’s more important to you. It is until you have found out the true reason, and with whom your partner has cheated with that you’ll be hurt if there were any love there to begin with. Love is a sentiment of [...]

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What is the definition of a family in today’s society?

January 3, 2011 at 9:05 pm / Stories

Gay Marriage –> Since society is not stagnant we can’t expect our values to be. The case for gay marriage is really a case that shouldnt’t be. Gay people should not have to fight to have the right to be legally married. But since there could be enough reason for some people to feel threaten and confused about the right that gay people would received under the law. For that reason, it’s only right that the case for gay marriage be explicit. I think people [...]

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The words of wisdom from the subconscious mind.

January 3, 2011 at 7:54 pm / Stories

Truth is like the reflection of the sun because when it is spoken it illuminates our minds. It is neither subjective, objective nor is it relative to anything, but it is reactive. Considering that the sun rise and fall it affects us all like the truth enlighten our minds. “There is always tension between a fundamental commitment to truth and a quest for power. The two are never equally identical, it can be Socrates [....]

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Trey Ratcliff 30 Days and 30 Nights in Queenstown, New Zealand – Trey Ratcliff

February 13, 2013 at 8:44 pm / Photography

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Miriam Makeba – Pata Pata

December 24, 2012 at 8:23 pm / Foreign Music

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The Story of Madam Marcel

November 10, 2012 at 11:01 am / Foreign Music

The story of Madam Marcel is a Coupe Cloue song. In Haiti he is famous for telling jokes through his music. What you are about to read below is an attempt to translate one of his best stories ever told by Coupe Cloue into English. I suggest that you listen to the music while reading below. Doing that would help you catch the very essence of the song. Being that it’s hard to translate Creole into English, I had to add a few [...]

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