An Array of Utopian Flowers
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Big Noise from Big Band Drummer Gene Krupa
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Loose Nuts: Edison Reveals Huge Gap in Safety at San Onofre
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The US Shame of My Lai in Vietnam
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The Lucrative and Violent Curse of Coltan Mining in Congo
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Iannis Xenakis and the Notion of a Cosmic Utopia
Posted on February 21, 2018 | No Comments
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Yaqui of Mexico: How the Sorcerer Cricket Saved the People
Posted on January 3, 2017 | 1 CommentThe traditional Yaqui story of the Sorcerer Cricket, made into a video short by Gabriela Badillo, tells how he saved the people from a serpent monster, only to face the prophesied coming of the Spanish conquistadores.Labor Taskmaster: The Yule Cat Monster of Iceland
Posted on December 26, 2016 | 1 CommentChristmas legends make the freezing nights pass faster and the children - and laborers - behave. Iceland's Jólakötturinn, or Yule Cat, warned lazy children would be eaten by a monster cat, which has roots hundreds of years back, and popularized by a poem by Johannes ur Kotlum.Krampus, Wild Nature Spirit, the Christmas Daemon
Posted on December 17, 2016 | 3 CommentsKrampus, a half-goat, half-daemon of centuries-old Bavarian-Alpine lore, appears prior to the celebration of the benevolent giver Saint Nicholas on December 6th, where Central European communities have a Krampuslauf, or Krampus Run, the night before.