I Witness

a politically progressive blog mixing pop culture, social commentary, personal history, and the odd relevant poem--with links to recommended sites below right-hand column of photos

Saturday, March 31, 2012

Hard Times... Come Again

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To mark their 50th year in Celtic Folk music, the time-honored, mostly instrumental group, The Chieftains, has just issued a special album t...

Friday, March 23, 2012

Cummings and Goings

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Poet e.e. cummings (James Joyce or some other wag called him “hee-hee cunnings”) for a few decades was granted a measure of respect by acade...

Friday, March 16, 2012

Bobby and Layla

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On Friday, October 29, 1971, I was standing in the crowd at some forgotten venue in Greater Seattle, locked in to the high-energy, chitlin-c...

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Friday, March 9, 2012

The Bookseller and the Comix Man

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I owe a debt to Seattle’s well-regarded bookseller, dedicated Mariners fan, and suitably reticent gent, David Ishii… and now won’t ever get ...

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

A Fistful of 45's

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This tale could be subtitled something like… “How Japanese samurai helped shape Reggae music.” While that might sound ludicrous at first, in...

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