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I heard a piece of music by Ellis during the Alt-Text as Poetry workshop in which I participated yesterday, and one of the instructors mentioned this performance.
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Time Bandit This American Life
https://www.thisamericanlife.org/713/made-to-be-broken/act-one-10

Here are the materials needed, a video on how to make the drum, and information about the instructor teaching this mini-course.

Make your own drum! Please purchase the materials below (approx. 12 dollars investment, not counting mailing costs):

Bucket 5 Gal
https://www.homedepot.com/p/The-Home-Depot-5-Gal-Homer-Bucket-05GLHD2/100087613

Drum sticks
Sound Percussion Labs Hickory Drum Sticks - Pair Wood Rock
https://www.musiciansfriend.com/accessories/sound-percussion-labs-hickory-drumsticks--pair/445662000645036?rNtt=Hickory%20Drum%20Sticks&index=3

Duct Tape more than 1.55 inches wide, any color https://www.homedepot.com/p/3M-1-88-in-x-20-yds-Yellow-Duct-Tape-3920-YL/206714787


***After buying the material, please
watch the video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icMjdk-Nq1g&feature=youtu.be
to learn how to assemble your drum before the workshop!

We look forward to seeing you soon!

Obrigado,

Rosa, Nilma & Marco
A contemporary percussionist and educator, Marcus is a native of Bahia, Brazil. He commits his life to the study, teaching and performance of his hometown's Afro-Brazilian music and heritage.

Marcus performed with several world-renowned artists such as the Gypsy Kings (Spain), Daniela Mercury (Brazil) and the Brand New Heavies (England). He has also performed for the president of Brazil, TEDx, and with the “One World Band” produced by MTV. Marcus also played in the Sony Pictures Oscar-nominated movie ‘Rachel Getting Married’ with Anne Hathaway. He has been honored with the 2013 KOSA Recognition Award, Outstanding Arts Performer Award by the Brazilian Immigrant Center (2008) as well as Outstanding Percussionist Award by Berklee College of Music in 2004.

Marcus currently teaches in the Boston area at New England Conservatory, Middlesex Community College and Somerville High School. He is the producer of the DVD ‘Modern Approach to Pandeiro’ and performed in the music education DVD ‘Musically Speaking II’ by BOSE. Marcus has led workshops on Afro-Brazilian percussion and music for social change in festivals, universities and conventions around the world such as Fiesta Del Tambor (Cuba), Carnegie Hall (NYC), PASIC (USA) and Harvard University. He is currently the artistic director of the Grooversity global drumming network project that includes twenty-four drumming groups from the US, Canada, Germany, Mexico and France.

New Orleans music is still happening, and a lot of these live streaming events are happening outside, so you can even get a bit of that New Orleans scenery and atmosphere. If you're using the Microsoft Soundscape app like me, you can even virtually walk around and mark your favorite places to listen to live music.

To learn when who is playing where, go to the
WWOZ Music Wire
OnlineWire Gig Calendar
https://www.wwoz.org/blog/639666

I haven't had a problem with Alexa being activated by VoiceOver, the built-in screen reader on my iPhone, since the first week I got my iPhone, but i recently switched VoiceOver to a British accented voice, and now Alexa is really anxious to fulfill my iPhone's every whim.

I thought Alexa was supposed to be *my* familiar...

On a related note, I've spent the past hour attempting to set up Spotify on Alexa...

It makes even "home" pages feel creepy...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rkzRRML-BA

Do you own the soundtrack to "The Wicker Man"?
Are you a sucker for any story with spooky trees in it?
Do you throw around phrases such as "liminal space" and "psychogeography"?
Are you drawn to books and movies about folklore, legends, and ancient rites?

Then, like me, folk horror may be your subgenre.

I was aware of the phrase, but didn't really examine it in detail until last week, when I read _We Don't Go Back: A Watcher's Guide to Folk Horror_ by Howard David Ingham (included with a Kindle Unlimited subscription).

The best place to begin familiarizing yourself with the subgenre is
Folkhorrorrevival.com
which includes
"From the Forest, Fields, Furrows, and Further: An Introduction" by Andy Paciorek
https://folkhorrorrevival.com/about/from-the-forests-fields-and-furrows-an-introduction-by-andy-paciorek/
and here is the Folk Horror Revival IMDB movie list
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls062558913/

Adam Scovell has written the definitive book on folk horror, _Folk Horror: Hours Dreadful and Things Strange_, in which he lists the four elements of folk horror:
landscape
isolation
skewed morals, and
a summoning/happening.
you can read many of his reviews and articles here
https://celluloidwickerman.com/other-writing-work/
including Where to begin with folk horror
https://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/features/where-begin-folk-horror

I've often maintained that, in the same way one is either a Beatles fan or a Stone fan, one is either a Goethe fan or a Hoffman fan, but I had not previously found such a lengthy explication of how Beatles's music aligns itself with Goethe's Faust
https://lithe.wordpress.com/2009/05/09/goethes-faust-and-the-beatles-abbey-road/

Method 1: Creating a playlist using Alexa
To create a new playlist,
say "Alexa, create a new playlist" or "Alexa, start a new playlist."

Alexa responds, "Sure, what's the new playlist name?"
Say the name of your new playlist.
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Ruthie Foster proves it, and kicks ass all over the place while doing so
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsZEvbPCvQY