The paranoia on display here is rooted in Stalin-era issues, and, in some cases, civil war issues, extended dishonestly into the '80s. Ultimately, silly and crass, childish, superficial, mendacious. Consider the insistence that Uncle Joe hired a bunch of ex-Nazis after WW2, which is likely true. ...
While I have always loved good music (not matter what the genre), I confess to being profoundly tone-deaf when it comes to understanding the technical aspects of music itself. So, when I was watching a TV docmentary series a few years ago about the development of jazz over time, I was very intrigu...