Larry Sakin is a former music executive and non-profit medical organization administrator. He advocates for literacy issues and provides advocacy training for grassroots and non-profit groups around the country.
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Music Review: The Commonwealth - He Thinks He Scares Us
He Thinks He Scares Us is a tasty concoction.
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Music Review: Blackie and the Rodeo Kings - Let's Frolic
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings wrap their stormy songs with silver linings, as their characters find moments of clarity.
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Book Review: Failure - An Autobiography by Josh Giddings
Giddings writes from deep within the pit of his solar plexus, where he stores the gnawing ache of his insecurities.
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Music Review: Strung Out- Blackhawks Over Los Angeles
Many people will probably argue with me about this, but Blackhawks just doesn’t fly.
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Music Review: Mushroom with Eddie Gale - Joint Happening
Every track on Joint Happening is transcendent.
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Music Review: Sara Gazarek - Return to You
Sara Gazarek ably places herself in a spot between Sarah Vaughan and Dianne Reeves.
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Music Review: Asia - Fantasia: Live In Tokyo
Fantasia: Live In Tokyo is a journey back to when young music fans sat still without the aid of Ritalin.
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Book Review: Framing the Debate - Famous Speeches and How Progressives Can Use Them to Change the Conversation (and Win Elections) by Jeffrey Feldman
Feldman makes clear that framing has been used as far back as Revolutionary War times, and likely longer than that.
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Music Review: Various Artists - We All Love Ella: Celebrating the First Lady of Song
We All Love Ella is a mixed bag filled with mostly earthly, but sometimes sublime delights.
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Book Review: The Real Wealth of Nations - Creating a Caring Economics by Riane Eisler
The Real Wealth of Nations examines traditional economic theories, declaring them ‘dominant’ for their insistence on putting profit before people.
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