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ART
& CARTOON SITES Nevada Guiterrez
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Janee Trasler You
must read Funny Times Primitive,
surreal and highly original paintings by Rolf Rykken,
including a
series of works revolving around an imaginary family, and a real dog.A must see for
art lovers!
Minnie Pauz Humor for the menopausal woman!
Clan of the Cats The Daily Comic Strip by Jamie Robertson Intriguing, well drawn strip
ENTERTAINMENT
Finally, TV for grown-ups!
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MUSIC
We live in Farmington and the Makem boys - Shane, Conor and Rory - live in Dover which is a little further down the Cocheco River; and many a good musical evening we have had with them. They are worthy custodians of traditional music, and enjoy a pint, to boot. Their website is a growing organism, and a good place from which to purchase the best of Irish music - and poetry too. The Spain Brothers, Liam and Mickey, are from Manchester, NH, and are great performers with convincing Scottish accents when they do Corries songs. They have been permanently cured of the American habit of saying "toon" instead of "choon" when they mean a melody. This is important. For instance, if, in McPherson's Lament, you play a "toon" Scottish people would wonder if you were playing Paisley or Hamilton. Playing a "choon" before the gallows tree cuts the mustard. Sometimes the Spains and the Makems play on stage together, like at smokey Mulligan's and on these great occasions, they are known unofficially as The Spakems. NEWS
As establishment news sites go on the Internet, the BBC is about as thorough and fair as it gets. News from the various continents is a modern reflection of the revered (in some quarters) BBC World Service. Outside links relevant to each news item are welcome and useful. Coming from a small country (Scotland) dominated by the culture of another (England), national struggles and oppressed peoples have always interested me. The Chechen website is an example of how it is now possible to inform, alert, propagandize or appeal to the outside world after the international spotlight has been turned off, for whatever political or commercial reason. Armed with a serious and an alternative window on the world, one also needs an irreverent one. The five-day-a-week site, reading between the lines of British tabloids, broadsheets and magazines, is written with stylish cynicism. BACK
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