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Ordinary Sunday Brunch

Ordinary Sunday Brunch is Ordinary Times’ Sunday Morning tradition of bringing you links to stories about music, art, history, and food to read, share, and discuss.
Andrew Donaldson February 17, 2019

Ordinary Sunday Brunch

Music Links

[Mu1] The Accusations Against Ryan Adams Are All Too Familiar: How far are the harassment and career-derailment allegations against the rocker from, say, the A Star Is Born story?

[Mu2] How Pop Music Embraced Death and Lost Its Sex Appeal .

[Mu3] Elvis Presley’s Comeback Special at 50: Inside the All-Star Revival.

[Mu4] Jazz, once thriving in Omaha, is now the least popular genre in the U.S.

[Mu5] 7 stunning classical duets that are guaranteed to lift your spirits.

[Mu6] Today in Hip Hop history 26 years ago, February 16, 1993, the legendary pop culture icon Tupac Shakur released his second studio LP.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAP8UpXFhUw&w=560&h=315]

History Links

[Hi1] “For Adams, Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War contained within it insight of every possible “usefull” sort: “You will find it full of Instruction to the Orator, the Statesman, the General, as well as to the Historian and the Philosopher.”

[Hi2] The history of British slave ownership has been buried: now its scale can be revealed.

[Hi3] Buffalo Soldier, 98, Doesn’t Want Black Regiment’s History to ‘Fade Out’.

[Hi4] The Dare Stone – Hoax or History of the Lost Roanoke Colony?

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_t20f4PiRM&w=560&h=315]

Art Links

[Ar1] Why some Georgia O’Keeffe paintings have ‘art acne’: A new imaging technique could help art curators track destructive bumps over time.

[Ar2] The Art of Repairing Broken Ceramics Creates a New Kind of Beauty.

[Ar3] Placing Art in Hotel Rooms Can Yield Genuinely Surprising Results.

[Ar4] How Nuns Have Shaped the Course of Art History.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZPksF69b6g&w=560&h=315]

Food Links

[Fo1] When India Kicked Out Coca-Cola, Local Sodas Thrived.

[Fo2] The Table: Women Changing Culinary Culture, One Dinner At A Time:

[Fo3] Though “soul food” is a phrase deeply entrenched in our vocabulary, the term only became common in the 1960s and around the civil rights movement.

[Fo4] Can You Get Over a Food Intolerance?

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