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Why Music Venues Are Totally Lost: An Open Letter...
By Chris R. at CD Baby
February 13, 2012367 Comments and 334 Reactions
Jazz musician Dave Goldberg wrote a pointed and darkly humorous open letter to LA club owners that I thought was worth sharing. In it, he argues that it’s actually a counterproductive practice for venues to book bands who are willing to work for free. And when I say “counterproductive,” I mean it’s bad for the venue’s...
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“אברא כדברא ”
– אברא כדברא - avra k’davra - “I will create as I speak”
The Hebrew/Aramaic basis for the well-know “magic speak” common in stage magic.
Abracadabra is an incantation used as a magic word in stage magic tricks, and historically was believed to have healing powers when...
Yiddish Love Ritual →
“Secure an egg laid on a Thursday by a jet-black hen which has never laid an egg before, and on the same day, after sunset, bury it at a crossroads. Leave it there three days; then dig it up after sunset, sell it and purchase with the proceeds a mirror, which you must bury in the same spot in the evening ‘in Frau Venus namen,’ and say ‘allhie begrab ich diesen spiegel in der Libe, die...
“Miracles occur, but food is rarely provided by them.”
– Nahman b. Jacob, Talmud, Shabbat, 53b. (via lazersilberstein)
“You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children...”
– President Ronald Reagan (via chantelclaus)
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Was Rachel Imeinu Killed by a Werewolf? →
As many of you know I am a sometimes author of werewolf fiction, and this blog by Rabbi Slifkin is very intriguing and his research is just amazing. It has been said that the term “חיות רעות” in many Ashkenazic texts of תפילת הדרך doesn’t mean “wild animals” but was a recognized term specifically referring to werewolves in medieval Ashkenaz. This bit is...
The Ludmirer Moyd: Synonyms for the word "hit" in... →
ludmirermoyd:
From Nahum Stutchkoff’s Der Oytser fun der Yiddisher Sprakh (Thesaurus of the Yiddish Language).
HIT:
klap, knak, zets, hamer, kraf, hock, shos, bombarde, shmeter, drang, trask, trest, tromas, taramask, zbenk, khmalye, tshmalye, tluf, tlik, tyokht, bokh, bukhentse, zbokh, zbokhke, dzokh,…
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My DA profile: http://naamah-hadar.deviantart.com/ →
~Naamah-Hadar
Na’amah (נעמה) Artist | Professional | Varied.
United States.
Jewish. Artist. Ace. Grown-Up Skinhead. Vegetarian. Zionist. Anti-Racist. Anti-Terror.
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Interests
Favorite visual artist E.M. Lilien, Salvador Dali, Valentin Serov, Francis Bacon Favorite books Torah, Tanakh, Talmud….. Favorite writers Moshe Rabbeinu, Amos, Isaiah, Micah, David Tools of...
Watchhapsycolour:
what happens when you plug an audio cable into the video port
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Jewish Hippie with a beard: It's Tu B'Shvat! →
thecakesokay:
“But wait!” Cry the goyim.
“Yes?” Respond the Jews, twirling our payis and stroking our beards.
“What is Tubishwat?”
Simply put, Tu B’Shvat (which literally means Fifteenth of Shvat, Shvat being a month on the Hebrew calendar) is the birthday of the trees. It’s kind of…
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