An “orgy of bacterial bestiality?” As my friend Max might say, “let the wild rumpus start!” I could not resist this headline from New Scientist. Raw cheese may save my gut and the planet. Read on!
The bacteria that create our cheeses are exchanging genes like mad as they compete to survive in this new environment
Source: Cheese-making led to gene-swapping orgy of bacterial bestiality | New Scientist
The Chanson Du Jour for 10/13/2016: Birelli Legrene’s “Viper’s Dream”
This is one of the great “reefer” songs of the many written in the ’30s and ’40s (Minnie the Moocher, If You’re a Viper, Hong Kong Blues) Viper’s Dream was composed by Fletcher Allen and made popular in 1935 by Django Reinhardt and the Quintette du Hot Club de France. In the clip below, Birelli Legrene performs the song live at a 2002 jazz festival. Legrene is one of the leading current practitioners of the jazz manouche gypsy guitar style that Django Reinhardt invented.
Speaking of reefer – travel guru Rick Steves is touring Massachusetts this week in support of the state’s referendum, Question 4, to legalize recreational marijuana. Check it out
Long Way North, or Tout en Haut du Monde, is a 2015 French/Danish animated feature film directed by Remi Chaye who was also the assistant director of
Source: [REVIEW] ‘Long Way North’
Media India Group takes you on a musical journey with French musician Emmanuel Simon. This multi-faceted artist is based in Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal, where he studied Bengali percussions…
Source: Interview with French musician, Emmanuel Simon, in Kolkata | Media India Group
FIDDLE-SINGING folk siblings The Rheingans Sisters feature live in Ulverston in a concert for Furness Tradition.
