Tag: Empire’s Workshop

• 100 Wins

  Tonight my hometown team, the Boston Red Sox, reached 100 wins for the first time since 1946 – with 16 left to play.  It brought to mind one of my favorite books about Boston, which is Howard Bryant’s Shut Out: A Story of Race and Baseball in Boston.  One of the most interesting things in…

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  September 13, 2018

  Sports

  Alex Cora, Baseball, Bonafide Rojas, Boston Red Sox, Curse of the Bambino, Dan Duquette, Dan Shaughnessy, David Price, Empire’s Workshop, Greg Grandin, Howard Bryant, Manny Ramirez, Mookie Betts, Naomi Klein, Notes On The Return To The Island, Pedro Martinez, Puerto Rico, Race, Shut Out, Sports, The Yawkey Family, War Against All Puerto Ricans

• Meet the Octopus

  I just uploaded a rough mix of one of the tunes I’m working on for my next record on the page of the Kickstarter I’m running to support it.  You can check it out by clicking here, or on the photo above. It’s called El Pulpo, a handle I got from the book Inevitable Revolutions…

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  August 17, 2014

  Crowdfunding, History, Music, Music Files, Politics, Site News, Work In Progress

  american empire, Chiquita, Columbia, El Pulpo, Empire’s Workshop, Food Justice, Greg Grandin, History, Inevitable Revolutions, Kickstarter, Music, United Fruit Company, Upcoming Projects, Walter Lafeber