Tag Archives: media
Know your Tupac

There are so many Tupacs! Here is how to tell them apart.

Einstein and the Hopi

Earlier today I posted a photo on twitter that I came across. It shows Albert Einstein with a group of…

Lord of the Rings remains and A Very Hobbit Christmas in Middle Earth

I am often in New Zealand…at least more often than I am in various other places. While here I tend…

The Lady Eve: 1940s Amazoniana

It should come as no surprise that I thrive on historic western impressions of the Amazon. I don’t think I…

Singing Inka Princesses of the 1950s

Incidentally, there appears to be a whole mysterious world out there filled with dynamic Indigenous-chic Peruvian singers from the 1950s…

Color Shock: Reality and Black and White Photos

As I fall into a swirl of sensory stimulation, I give more thanks to the Library of Congress for providing…

A National Legacy at Risk in the Digital Age

“The State of Recorded Sound Preservation in the United States: A National Legacy at Risk in the Digital Age”

“still laboring as their ancestors did, scraping salt off the ground”

Very recently the New York Times published an article entitled “In Bolivia, Untapped Bounty Meets Nationalism.” My heart beats for…