@theresthistory.bsky.social Timothy Snyder made an argument in his Yale lectures that the reason Joseph Conrad could write with such insight about colonialism in Congo, was because he was an dispossessed pole borne in what today is Ukraine under brutal Russian assimilation

In the 20s Teinosuke Kinugasa made two films «A page of madness» and «Crossroads», that were truly ahead of their time. Today he is forgotten, the only available film being the Cannes/Oscar winner «Gate of Hell», which he was not happy with. Maybe time for a reappraisal @filmsradiance.bsky.social

Fire!Orchestra delivered again. This time the Orchestra consisted of 17 amazing musicians shifting from deep grooves to individual solos and back seamlessly with a tuba as a new addition to further deepen and enrich the bottom end. Mats Gustafson in front guiding the night to perfection