tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518878908009201075.post2145479185444236541..comments2022-11-10T06:48:13.832-08:00Comments on the cong show: Coming to terms with house musicRebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16046400472167850327noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518878908009201075.post-29910411480541551762011-10-20T23:56:47.817-07:002011-10-20T23:56:47.817-07:00Thanks for your view of Kinshasa and the school co...Thanks for your view of Kinshasa and the school compound. I read your recent posts and was startled to realize the population is so large! 10M is more than I imagined! I enjoyed reading about your students in S. Africa (boys/girls/Oprah post) and look forward to your continued observations of this community. What did people think about the events in Libya today? Congratulations on completing your service in South Africa, and I hope you have many rewarding days in DRC!Georgia https://www.blogger.com/profile/01140147954034009649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518878908009201075.post-36685661269334708172011-10-04T14:11:47.389-07:002011-10-04T14:11:47.389-07:00It should come as no surprise that the beats are A...It should come as no surprise that the beats are African. Although house music is much more popular in Europe than in the U.S., its origins are squarely within the African American community in Chicago. It, along with a lot of other African American regional musical genres (hip-hop in NYC, Detroit Techno, Baltimore Club, etc.), sprang up at a time of great technological innovation with regard to samplers, drum machines, and synthesizers and at a time at which more traditional R&B may have seemed to have run its course. For their differences, the folkways behind them all are common and lead back to West Africa more than to anywhere else.Thomas Silversteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05762067845710916670noreply@blogger.com