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Vol. 8, No. 5, 2009

     
 
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CONTENTS
  1. Editorial
DAVID SOLWAY: BOMBAST AND THE BOMB - LETTING IRAN GO NUCLEAR
Why is the wimpish West laying the ground for a 'second coming?'
  2. Essay
21ST CENTURY SEXUALITY by Cynthia Peters
The semiotics of sex and desire -- "the whole world is watching."
  3. Memoir
SHOOTING NELSON MANDELA by Shahidul Alam
Nervous, awestruck photographer gets to meet Madiba, his hero.
  4. Word Usage
AS YOU 'LIKE' IT by Howard Richler
The contemporary use of the word 'like' is 'like' a good thing. Thus spake Howard.
  5. Essay
THE MUSIC DOES NOT REMAIN THE SAME by Ramin Sadighi and Sohrab Mahdavi
Can western music foment revolution in Iran? Is it "gonna be alright?"
  6. Appreciation
ALWAYS ON SONTAG by Yahia Lababidi
"An imaginative substitute for the intolerable imperfections of things as they are." Thus was Susan Sontag.
  7.

Environment
MEKONG DELTA BLUES by Michael Richardson
Damned if you do -- dammed if you don't.


  8.

Music
SIX DEGREES OF JAZZ
Sandals and starlight, cocktails and satellites is Brazil's new voice -- Luciana Souza.


  9. Film Review
BLOOD RIVER reviewed by Sylvain Richard
Fear and trembling revealed in existential horror thriller.
  10. Essay
MY GYPSY WIFE TONIGHT by Robert J. Lewis
Submits the gypsy and his disparaged way of life as a credible antidote to the malaises of modernity.
  11. Film Review
CRYPTIC reviewed by Sylvain Richard
Your unhappy older self tries to convince your younger self to do things differently. A science fiction masterpiece.
  12. Art Appreciation
OWEN YORK: SPARK IN THE NIGHT by Wendy Beccaccini
Portrait of an artist answering his existential night.

 

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