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Moving Toward Freedom
Celebrating 60 years of vision of advocacy for human rights and global democracy, this preview release looks at Toward Freedom's history, the legac...
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Beth Emet's Got Talent - 03
Alan Teller sings "Private Willis" from Gilbert & Sullivan's "Iolanthe"
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Election 2012 - Three Little Wives of Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrichs three wives sing about their experiences with him. "Three Little Wives of Newt" was written and performed by the Capitol Steps. Visi...
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Beautiful Beautiful Meat
Jerri Zbiral shows how to make something from nothing. Taking a turkey carcass, that is often thrown away, she demonstrates a simple yet masterful ...
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House of Waters Chicago Tonight
House of Waters performs live and is interviewed on PBS's Chicago Tonight. They performed - Martino - from their upcoming album scheduled to be rel...
House of Waters plays "Djigee"
Max ZT - Hammered Dulcimer
Moto Fukushima - six string electric bass
Luke Notary - Percussion
www.houseofwaters.com
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Kol Nidre - Yom Kippur (Electric Saz) - Josh Nelson
Sitting around preparing for Kol Nidre tomorrow night @ 92Y... hope this moves you. Have a meaningful fast, and a blessed year to come. - jn
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Serengeti "Dennehy"
"Dennehy" classic Chicago rap song by Serengeti. Watch for the new album "Dennehy - Lights, Camera, Action!"
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What? No Cubs???
Adlai Stevenson Center on Democracy Inaugural Event
On Aug. 10, 2008 some 400 people came to Adlai Stevenson II's former home near Libertyville Illinois for a 'Grand Jollification.' Senators Adlai St...
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Prescription for better medicine - Dr Richard S. Klein, M.D.
Dr. Richard Klein wants doctors and patients to get along better.
He wants patients to be more pro-active.
He wants doctors to be better listeners,...
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Congratulations Richard!
Fast Hands - Max ZT
2005 National Hammered Dulcimer champion Max Zbiral-Teller plays 'Apple Juice.' an original composition at Bard College. You can find this piece on...
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Thank you! I shot this as a record of the audience and performance. Initially, I had no intention of posting or sharing it. I am glad I did, despite some of these comments.
Never Turning Back: The World of Peggy Lipschutz
A loving portrait of 89 year-old Evanston, Illinois artist/activist Peggy Lipschutz. Peggy pioneered the "chalk-talk" coupling live drawing with f...
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Hammered Dulcimer Like You've Never Seen It Before
I ran across this amazing dulcimer player at Pike Place Market in Seattle in 2004.
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Yup
It's OK
A Bush in 30 Seconds video, #76 of the 1500 or so in that December, 2003 competition. It shows teenagers blindly accepting their fate under our cu...
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That's about the stupidest response I've seen. Hello, this is irony. We are living in what is perhaps the worst presidency in U.S. history. And that opinion clearly does not come from a corporate TV screen.
EuroSunday Car Show - Sacramento 6/24/07
This was a car show at the Pavilions in Sacramento, hosted by EuroSunday (http://www.eurosunday.net ) Cars include:
Ferrari 360s
Ferrari 550 Maran...
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Nice cars! Great music!
Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us
Final version now available!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=...
Web 2.0 in just under 5 minutes.
This is the 2n...
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Wow! A spectacular and simple explanation of sonething that is spectacular but complex. If we really do move in the direction of openness, sharing and creativity, we stand a chance of countering the self-centered, power-crazed folks currently running our country.
Kurt Vonnegut at the 50th Anniversary of Hiroshima
Kurt Vonnegut speaking at the 50th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, in 1995. Recorded at Rockefeller Chapel, University of Chicago. Studs...
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Jazz Dispute
A heated debate between Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie.
The recording is "Leap Frog", from Bird And Diz.
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Absolutely wonderful!
Chinese Food on Christmas
Check out the music video on the same channel!
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Great! There sure are some antisemitic idiots out there, at any season. And we DO go to the movies and eat Chinese food on Xmas. Short lines.
Ben takes a photo of himself everyday
A take-off on the recent "____ takes a picture of ___self for __years" trend. But instead of making the easy joke, we actually did it. Visit OldeEn...
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You guys are great! Max was right.
The Cremation of Sam McGee
[UPDATE: I'm not accepting video responses to this video. Sorry folks.]
A reading of the poem by Robert W. Service (Jan. 16, 1874 - Sept. 11, 19...
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I grew up with that poem! A great job. So when are you going to read 'Abdul Abulbul Amir'?
Fast Hands - Max ZT
2005 National Hammered Dulcimer champion Max Zbiral-Teller plays 'Apple Juice.' an original composition at Bard College. You can find this piece on...
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uh huh...