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Hearing Bruce Springsteen’s song brings back memories of a book I once wrote with Ron Eyerman, Music and Social Movements. We argued and tried to show that the interaction of music and social movements in the 20th century, in the 1960s in particular, represented a mobilization of cultural traditions that affected both politics and musicContinue reading “The mobilization of tradition”

I posted an interview with Rebecca Solnit some months back and continue to be impressed and inspired by how well she manages to combine emotion and intelligence in her writing, a fine example of what I once termed a “hybrid imagination”. Here’s her latest piece in the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/29/what-technology-takes-from-us-and-how-to-take-it-back

Yes, indeed. While the bathroom in the apartment upstairs has been identified as the source of the leakage in the store the ceiling in our art-music-nature etc room has been fixed, dear Liza. Oh, and speaking of Liza, or actually Eliza, here’s a little history lesson about artificial intelligence for all you AI boycotters outContinue reading “The hole is fixed”

Finally! Antisocial media on trial. Could this be the start of something big? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/27/social-media-trial-meta-tiktok-youtube

On Martin Luther King Day let us remember that there once lived among us a man who was truly worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize, which has recently become an object of ridicule as the latest prize-winner has tried to give hers away to the conman-in-chief. I had the honor of seeing King speak atContinue reading “A worthy winner”

Amidst all the nonsense and horror stories that fill the media and our heads these days I saw this inspiring piece in the Guardian about a garden of eden that really exists. I will definitely be visiting this place on one of my next trips to Spain. How about one of you out there arrangingContinue reading “Inside the gates of eden”

Never a dull moment at Andy’s Corner! When I opened the shop after the holidays on January 2 one of the rooms was covered with water that had leaked through the ceiling from the apartment above. Luckily, there was almost no damage to the books below, but there is now a big hole in theContinue reading “There’s a hole in the ceiling”

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It’s been nearly eight years since the marvelous French oboeist Antoine Torunczyk visited the shop, but on February 6 he’ll be back – together with our beloved Bellevue String Quartet. Antoine will be in the area to perform with Concerto Copenhagen – among other places in Lund on February 5 – and he and theContinue reading “Welcome back Antoine!”