Mike's musings

History of Israel

So, is it possible to write a history of Israel, or (like the US) is the dominant culture of the invading (and re-invading) people (the children of Abraham) so pervading that it's impossible to have a "true" view of all of the people of the area. Can there be a history of the area of Palestine? This is a question heavily influenced by Edward Said's "Orientalism" which certainly has a degree of merit.

On a rather different topic, we (Moo and I) were incensed by this story of a woman who was asked to stop breast-feeding her 28 day-old daughter on a public bench by a police officer. Apparently the police had received a complaint. What - that she wasn't being bottle-fed? That a breast was "on display"? It's disgusting that anyone should complain, and even worse that the police should follow up. The health service is trying to convince more women to breastfeed, and this sort of thing happens. Disgusting, disgusting, disgusting.

Calm...

Music today

• Ardens est cor meum - Dering - Philips and Dering (Motets)
• Ave Maria - Dering - Philips and Dering (Motets)
• Ave Maria - Philips - Philips and Dering (Motets)
• Ave verum corpus - Dering - Philips and Dering (Motets)
• Ave verum corpus - Philips - Philips and Dering (Motets)
• Ecce Vicit Leo - Philips - Philips and Dering (Motets)
• Factum est silentium - Dering - Philips and Dering (Motets)
• Factum est silentium - Philips - Philips and Dering (Motets)
• Gaudent in coelis - Dering - Philips and Dering (Motets)
• Gaudent in coelis - Philips - Philips and Dering (Motets)
• Hodie nobis de coelo - Philips - Philips and Dering (Motets)
• O bone jesu - Dering - Philips and Dering (Motets)
• O bone jesu - Philips - Philips and Dering (Motets)
• O crux ave spes unica - Dering - Philips and Dering (Motets)
• O crux ave spes unica - Philips - Philips and Dering (Motets)
• O quam suavis - Dering - Philips and Dering (Motets)
• O quam suavis - Philips - Philips and Dering (Motets)
• Quem viditis, pastores? - Dering - Philips and Dering (Motets)
• Jehovah, Quam Multi Sunt Hostes Mei - Purcell*H. (Choral Work (Disc 2/2))
• Thou knowest, Lord, the Secrets of Our Hearts - Purcell*H. (Choral Work (Disc 2/2))
• Man that is Born of a Woman - Purcell*H. (Choral Work (Disc 2/2))
• O Sing Unto the Lord - Purcell*H. (Choral Work (Disc 2/2))
• They that Go Down to the Sea in Ships - Purcell*H. (Choral Work (Disc 2/2))
• Accountancy Shanty - Monty Python (Monty Python Sings)
• Annie - Suzanne Westenhoefer (I'm Not Cindy Brady)
• Mony Mony - Billy Idol (Idol Songs - 11 Of The Best)
• Lover Man - Billie Holliday (Good Morning Heartache)
• I'm Going To Bring A Watermelon To My Girl Tonight - The Bonzo Dog Band (Vol. 3 - Dog Ends)
• Something's Wrong - K's Choice (Paradise In Me)
• World Full Of Nothing - Depeche Mode (Black Celebration)
• Courthouse Bump - Jelly Roll Morton (Jelly Roll Morton (Disc 2))
• Homeward Bound - Simon and Garfunkel (The Simon And Garfunkel Collection)
• New Orleans Bump (Monrovia) - Jelly Roll Morton (Jelly Roll Morton (Disc 2))
• Heal You - Tanita Tikaram (Eleven Kinds Of Loneliness)
• Rubinstein: "The Demon", Through the ocean of the air - Feodor Chaliapin (Russian Music - Volume II)
• Tenebrae Motets, Op 72 - Third Nocturn - Seniores populi - Rubbra (Nine Tenebrae Motets)
• De Do Do Do De Da Da Da - The Police (Every Breath You Take - The Singles)
• lay another log on the fire - B. B. King (King Of The Blues: 1989)
• Jambalaya (On The Bayou) - Carpenters (Only Yesterday)
• The Kop Choir / Let's all go to Wembley - Various (This is Anfield)
• Original Rags (Arr. By Chas. Daniels) - Richard Glazier (Scott Joplin: The Collected Piano Works, Vol. 1)
• Frank Sinatra/Night And Day - Various (Sentimental Journey (Disc 1))
• Scherzo: Presto - Trio: Assai Meno Presto (No. 7) - Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 5 And 7)
• Something for the Weekend - The Divine Comedy (A Secret History)
• Prelude in a, S. 551 - Christopher Herrick (Bach Organ Miniatures - CD2)
• So Lonely - The Police (Every Breath You Take - The Singles)