![]() ![]() The plaza? Where they were bought and sold. ![]() The gorgeous bay? Where the captives disembarked. For three centuries, beginning in 1462, this lovely place was the center of human trade. ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, and since we had a long layover, she suggested we go to this site because it was the first human settlement in Cabo Verde, and thus, the birthplace of the transatlantic slave trade. This was Cidade Velha, Cabo Verde.Ĭabo Verde is an island country in the central Atlantic where we stopped for refueling and crew rest on our way to the refugee settlement in Chad. Mundane images with a hidden, rich history. A centuries old historic church with a large baptismal font. A bay with gentle waves lapping the shore. This week, she traveled to the Chad-Sudan border.Ī dusty plaza with a handful of vendors selling trinkets. Michel Martin is Morning Edition's newest host. Officials also want to train residents to help with cleanup and construction efforts rather than hiring outsiders. Business leaders and workers are trying to get the message out that they want tourists to visit Maui, contrary to what many said in the fires' immediate aftermath.The week before the fire 130 in Maui people filed unemployment claims, compared to 4,500 the week after. NPR's Adrian Florido reports that the economic crisis is due in part to the drastic drop in tourism, with restaurants and hotels basically empty and workers everywhere getting laid off. Unemployment is on the rise in Maui in the wake of the wildfires that destroyed many peoples' homes - and livelihoods. The head of Ukraine's national nuclear power utility told Mann that he worries a "Fukushima-like disaster" could happen at Zaporizhzhia, which is still occupied by Russian soldiers.NPR's Brian Mann, who recently visited a plant in western Ukraine, reports that Ukrainian officials have no choice but to keep them up and running: These atomic reactors provide about half of Ukraine's electricity.The Zaporizhzhia plant has already been caught in the crossfire, and experts say at least nine other Soviet-era reactors are vulnerable as Russia launches more missile and drone attacks. The album was recorded and mixed by Topham and Christopher "Chet!" Snow.Ukraine is trying to do something no nation has ever attempted: operate a nuclear power industry in the middle of a war. Giraffes? Giraffes! released their first album on December 9, 2005. Unlike most other G?G! releases, vocals are included throughout the album.ĭiscography Albums SUPERBASS!!!! (Black Death Greatest Hits Vol. The band released their 4th studio album: Memory Lame, on April 27, 2018. ![]() In February 2015 the band released a 7-inch titled Spazz Master. In 2013 they recorded a split EP 10-inch with Goddard. In 2009, the duo returned to New England and recorded Pink Magick in 2011. The following year, they successfully booked and played their first west coast tour, and a few months later, toured much of the east coast. They began writing their second studio album and in 2007, More Skin With Milk-Mouth was recorded in Topham's apartment in Santa Cruz. Īfter the release of SUPERBASS!!!!, the duo began playing regularly in venues in Santa Cruz, San Francisco, San Jose and Oakland. In a recording situation where you’re working with loops one little fuck up a loop 8 minutes in on a ten minute piece it’s just devastating," concluding that the band tries to only record material that they can play live. "But for the sake of time and frustration, we do some overdubs." Andreoli added "especially with looping. "We try to record as much as possible live with minimal overdubs," says Topham. 1) (2005) was recorded in a warehouse in Santa Cruz, California and was recorded mostly live, as with the rest of the band's output. The group's first album SUPERBASS!!!! (Black Death Greatest Hits Vol. Shortly after arriving on the west coast Topham and Andreoli committed to working together under the name Giraffes? Giraffes!, also taken from an Eggers book. In 2004, the pair moved to Santa Cruz, California. Their first show together was at the Owl's Nest Cafe at Keene State College under the name "A Heart Breaking Work of Staggering Genius" taken from a Dave Eggers book. Some of their first practices and brain storming sessions were held in Topham's studio apartment on Court Street in Keene. They met through mutual friends and connections in Keene's music scene. Topham studied Music Composition and Music History and Andreoli studied English. Ken Topham and Joseph Andreoli both grew up in Western Massachusetts and met at Keene State college in 2001. Along with math rock, the band's music frequently touches on post-rock, progressive rock and experimental rock. Giraffes? Giraffes! (often abbreviated as G? G!) are an American math rock band formed in 2001 in Massachusetts, by drummer Kenneth Topham and guitarist Joseph Andreoli. Math rock, progressive rock, post-rock, experimental rock ![]()
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