Sunday, April 25, 2021

The Music of Protest

 


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DO NOT--go lazy easy way and fwd to yr list--I am sure you don't want to invite hackers and neither do I.

I will try and get you a translation of the lyrics.

For now, my Ph.D. mentor and external examiner Dr Josef Silverstein said "I live a long time, and I remember everything, and everyone hates me."

Well, I remember how we were slighted too by so-called Burma experts whose tones are always literally off.

They love for instance to say, "I was just in Myann--mar last Wed." and "Are you one of the Burma bashers?"

I went up to introduce myself to a woman who looked like Modigliana's Woman in Yellow (riding jacket) and the anorhexic said, "I know your opinions already."

In Gottenberg in 2002, Zarni, Aung Zaw and others wanted Mun Awng to perform a concert.

The Burma Studies Board--Bored?? refused permission, so we had a street-side evening concert.  The tableau in the video are based on news photos from 1988.

Where are all the ass lickers now?? So silent.

kmk

4-25-2021

 

Place names I came across in reading DGE Hall--Mainly a history of the rivalry between the French, the British and the Dutch in S and SE Asia from the 16th century onwards.

I'm only reading the reigns of Naresuan,his brother Ekathasarot and his great grandson Narai-- Narai was very progressive and sent the ...