"Black musicians rhythmicized the contredanse, creating musical styles which evolved into the habanera (also known as the tango) and, later, ragtime, as well as the danza, danzÃ³n, and ultimately the danzÃ³n mambo and its offspring the cha-cha-chÃ¡."

-- Ned Sublette

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“Prepare for the new; expect the new; embrace the new. Otherwise, you'll just repeat what's old.”

Source : FaceBook post by Marianne Williamson from Sep 07, 2010
“Maybe I think too much.”
“Did Muddy Waters play an acoustic? Well of course he did. But did he turn his back on being able to plug it in and play louder? No, he plugged in and turned it up and got miles and miles ahead of the game in one fateful act of just plugging in.”
“The reason writers are such fragile beings, Marcus, is that they suffer from two sorts of emotional pain, which is twice as much as a normal human being: the heartache of love and the heartache of books. Writing a book is like loving someone. It can be very painful.”
“When I see my mom in the stands, it always pushes me to succeed.”
“Eva is a story ofÂ repetition. It is a story where our protagonist faces the same situation many times over and determinedly picks himself back up again. It is a story of the will to move forward, even if only a little. It is a story of the resolve to want to be together, even though it is frightening to have contact with others and endure ambiguous loneliness. I would be most gratified if you found enjoyment in these four parts as it takes the same story and metamorphoses it into something different.”
“There has always been a strong relationship between music and religion. It is because they both plug directly into the heart and can have real power for good or evil.”
“Deliriously imagined, The Mothering Coven is a work of wonder. Joanna Ruocco arrives: marvelous, and fully sprung!”

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