Cardinals – “The Burning Of Cork”

2025 年 10 月 21 日 conflict, culture, history, politics, violence

During the Irish War Of Independence in 1920, IRA fighters ambushed British soldiers in Cork, wounding some of them and killing one. In response, British forces burned and looted hundreds of homes and dozens of businesses, as well as City Hall and Carnegie Library. The soldiers beat and robbed civilians indiscriminately. They threatened off the firefighters who responded. The British government initially denied that the soldiers had anything to do with the blaze, and even after they were proven wrong, none of the soldiers was ever held responsible. Sound familiar? It should. That’s what they do. This particular example is what the new Cardinals song is about.

High school gaming booming at Immaculate High School in Danbury

2025 年 10 月 21 日 education, entertainment, gaming, sports, technology

DANBURY Electronic sports, better known as eSports, is exploding on high school and college campuses, and now this competitive varsity sport has taken over Immaculate High School in Danbury. Home of the reigning state champion team in Mario Kart, the private Catholic school recently unveiled a new eSports Lab to better serve its students. [.] The post High school gaming booming at Immaculate High School in Danbury appeared first on Westfair Communications.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba makes Seahawks history in monster game vs. Texans

2025 年 10 月 21 日 entertainment, football, sports

The Seattle Seahawks look for real in Mike Macdonald’s second season. Seattle is now 5-2 after beating Houston 27-19 on Monday Night Football. Seattle played well on both sides of the ball, but one offensive player put his name in the record books after his incredible game. Seahawks receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba had a monster game [.] The post Jaxon Smith-Njigba makes Seahawks history in monster game vs. Texans appeared first on ClutchPoints.

Makaya McCraven, On The Record

2025 年 10 月 21 日 composition, improvisation, jazz, music, music theory

The distinction between composition and improvisation has always been fraught territory in the discourse surrounding jazz; some artists have argued that all music begins as improvisation, and what makes it “composition” is notating the ideas after you’ve played them. Even the classical composers who are held up as Western music’s greatest artists started out fucking around at the piano, testing ideas, rejecting them, playing something else, then settling on one melodic snippet as the best and writing it down, and gradually constructing a symphony or a concerto in that way. (And even then, classical concertos often leave room for cadenzas — flourishes at the end of a movement — that are meant to be improvised by the performer on the night.)