Inside the Trilateral Commission: Power elites grapple with China’s rise – Nikkei Asia

TOKYO — On Saturday morning, some of Asia’s best-known politicians, corporate leaders and academics gathered at a hotel conference room just steps aw
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‘What he was doing was like nothing else’: the secret recordings of genius producer Charles Stepney | Soul | The Guardian

The soul music visionary died in 1976 at the peak of his career. But his legacy endures – thanks to sampling, fans such as Elton John and Chaka Khan, and the efforts of his three daughters
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century of fire

it was the century of fire
nothing is better then when you know
it was cataclysmic and everyone saw
or heard or felt tremors 
"war and rumors of a war"
the cynicism of most ppl was infectious 
you had to keep a fire lit in yr belly
just so you could believe ina world
for grandchildren and great great grands
it was the century of remembering 
all that we fought against 
the slavemasters and financiers 
who get rewarded for their theft
who steal memories aways 
and that we can re-member
put the pieces back?
re-member your destiny 
re-member the beauty 
it was the century of glass
the kind that sand and fire 
make