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  • The Man Who still Rolls the Ages

    For years, decades after decades the "Stones" continue entertaining their fans with one man always singing and dancing in the front ; however, one man that seems always behind all of it is the Man Who still Rolls the Stones: Listen John M. Kennedy's anthology on Keith Richard's solos.   

    3 hr 38 min
  • Telegraph Avenue

    John M. Kennedy recuerda a la gran banda peruana de rock sicodélico, "Telegraph Avenue" y a las bandas, también peruanas, "Los Holys" y "Tarkus".


    A) Los Holys

    A.1) El Gran Chaparral

    A.2) Sicodélico Desconocido


    B) Tarkus

    B.1 Cambiemos Ya

    C) Telegraph Avenue


    C1. [0:00]  Something Going

     C2. [4:37]  Happy

     C3. [8:12]  Sweet Whatever 

     C4. [10:53] Lauralie    

     C5. [14:52] Sungaligali  

     C6. [18:50] Let Me Start 

     C7. [21:38] Sometimes in Winter  

     C 8. [26:57] Telegraph Avenue 


     Integrantes de Telegraph Avenue

      

      Bo Ychikawa: Xilófono, piano, guitarra

      Alex Natason: Guitarra, piano, bajo, voz

      Wallo Carrillo: Bateria, maracas

      Chachi Luján: Guitarra acústica, piano, bajo

    1 hr 4 min
  • Cuentos más espluznantes de la historia de la literatura universal: El Gato Negro

    John Manuel Kennedy Traverso interpreta "El Gato Negro" cuyo título original en inglés es: The Black Cat, este es un cuento de horror del escritor estadounidense Edgar Allan Poe; fue publicado en el periódico Saturday Evening Post de Filadelfia en su número del 19 de un agosto de 1843. La crítica lo considera uno de los más espeluznantes cuentos de la historia de la literatura universal.

    33 min
  • Escucha Poesía Lusitana: José Régio

    John Manuel Kennedy Traverso nos habla, y recita unos poemas, de una de las más grandes figuras de la literatura portuguesa del  siglo , José Régio, por su verdadero nombre, José Maria dos Reis Pereira, se destacó como narrador, dramaturgo, poeta, crítico y ensayista, cronista y como autor de memorias, sin olvidar que fue un exigente profesor de secundaria, así como un obstinado coleccionista de arte popular, especialmente religioso. En este ámbito, el del arte, tampoco sería descabellado aludir a los innumerables dibujos a color que dejó repartidos por amigos y en los que muchos de sus temas, obsesiones y fantasmas se revelan de forma destacada y, en ocasiones, incluso impactante. . En este sentido, no parece excesiva la afirmación de Manuel Antunes de que Régio: "... es quizás la figura literaria más completa del siglo XX".

    35 min
  • Una Madre...

    John Manuel Kennedy Traverso recuerda al maestro y escritor peruano Fernando Moreno Pintado, quien fuera uno de los pioneros en el estudio de lo afroperuano y tema al que se dedicó a investigar por lo menos 60 años.  Este cuento corto es una muestra de sus profundos conocimientos amazónicos que logra albergar a través de sus innumerables viajes visitando muchos puertos como marino. 

    8 min
  • The Christmas Chemical History of a Candle.

    W. Crookes wrote for the preface of the book on Michael Faraday's series of lectures for young people  "The Chemical HIstory of a Candle" the following:


    "From the primitive pine-torch to the paraffin candle, how wide an interval! between them how vast a contrast! The means adopted by man to illuminate his home at night, stamp at once his position in the scale of civilization. The fluid bitumen of the far East, blazing in rude vessels of baked earth; the Etruscan lamp, exquisite in form, yet ill adapted to its office; the whale, seal, or bear fat, filling the hut of the Esquimaux or Lap with odor rather than light; the huge wax candle on the glittering altar, the range of gas lamps in our streets,—all have their stories to tell. All, if they could speak (and, after their own manner, they can), might warm our hearts in telling, how they have ministered to man's comfort, love of home, toil, and devotion.

    Surely, among the millions of fire-worshippers and fire-users who have passed away in earlier ages, some have pondered over the mystery of fire; perhaps some clear minds have guessed shrewdly near the truth. Think of the time man has lived in hopeless ignorance: think that only during a period which might be spanned by the life of one man, has the truth been known.

    Atom by atom, link by link, has the reasoning chain been forged. Some links, too quickly and too slightly made, have given way, and been replaced by better work; but now the great phenomena are known—the outline is correctly and firmly drawn—cunning artists are filling in the rest, and the child who masters these Lectures knows more of fire than Aristotle did.

    The candle itself is now made to light up the dark places of nature; the blowpipe and the prism are adding to our knowledge of the earth's crust; but the torch must come first.

    Among the readers of this book some few may devote themselves to increasing the stores of knowledge: the Lamp of Science must burn. "Alere flammam."


    Let us listen to Bill Hammack presentations of the Michael Faraday’s lectures on "The Chemical History of a Candle". A free companion book helps modern viewers understand each lecture — details at http://www.engineerguy.com — as does a commentary track and closed captions for each lecture.  Also find, a Free Companion book to this video series  http://www.engineerguy.com/faradayText of Every Lecture | Essential Background - Guides to Every Lecture. Teaching Guide & Student Activities  

    As Bill Hammack explained: "In these lectures Michael Faraday’s careful examination of a burning candle reveals the fundamental concepts of chemistry, while at the same time superbly demonstrating the scientific method. In this lecture Faraday continues his investigation of the properties of carbon dioxide and then draws an analogy between the burning of a candle and mammalian respiration."

    1 hr 27 min
  • Viaje al Fondo del Mar

    John Manuel Kennedy Traverso te invita a que te transportes al fondo del mar al escuchar las grabaciones que se han hecho de las profundidades de los Océanos.... Disfruta. 

    16 min

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