[tips] Ethnomusicologists against torture

2007-02-14 Thread Pollak, Edward
Just FYI... the ultimate compendium of music jokes is maintained by a guy at M.I.T. and may be found at http://www.mit.edu/people/jcb/jokes/. Too many of these are simply recast versions of old lawyer and blond jokes. (The current banjoist in my band is delightful young woman

[tips] Ethnomusicologists against torture

2007-02-13 Thread Pollak, Edward
Christopher D. Green wrote The Society for Ethnomusicology has issued a statement (http://webdb.iu.edu/sem/scripts/aboutus/aboutsem/positionstatements/pos ition_statement_torture.cfm) condemning the use of music as a means to torture or psychologically abuse prisoners. The society is committed to

[tips] Ethnomusicologists against torture

2007-02-12 Thread Christopher D. Green
From today's Inside Higher Ed: The Society for Ethnomusicology has issued a statement http://webdb.iu.edu/sem/scripts/aboutus/aboutsem/positionstatements/position_statement_torture.cfm condemning the use of music as a means to torture or psychologically abuse prisoners. The society is