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Not Quite Ready: A Boston Story

NOT QUITE READY: A BOSTON STORY A short story of youthful dreaming By Jerry Bisantz Copyright 2023 I must start with this confession:  I was born and raised in Buffalo, NY.  You know Buffalo, right? Butt of a million and a half jokes.   Here’s my favorite about my favorite football…

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French “Foot” Follow-Up

Back on March 21, 2023, Louise Peloquin reported on the upheaval in French football, with the coach of the women’s team being dismissed shortly before the start of the World Cup. Today, Louise brings news that the team may have hired its new coach: The French women’s national soccer team…

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Review of “False Prophet” by Simon Warner

Simon Warner, our occasional contributor from England, wrote this review of the book, False Prophet: Field Notes from the Punk Underground by Steven Taylor (Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2003) when the book was first published. The review first appeared in the journal Ethnomusicology Forum, Vol. 13, No. 2, November…

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