 G21 EUROPE:
Butterfly in Belgrade
ROD AMIS
 There was no time for writing while I was in Serbia (Srbija.) In Belgrade (Beograd) there were promenades to take; markets, museums, fortresses, parks and concerts to take in; and chatter, endless chatter, as Dragan, Dragana and I rushed to share as much with each other as we could before I must leave the country. There was also meeting with Rastislav Durman to check out job prospects and an afternoon with the Vicanovic's young friend, Sneja, who translates contracts and other documents for the Chinese. Durman and I were supposed to get together again, so were Sneja and I -- but there was no time
Dragan, Dragana and I were off to the ruins at Romuliana, and then to visit her family in her home city, Zajecar... More
DAY ONE:
The Memorial
KEVIN CAREY
On our way to Gluck's Orpheo Ed Euridice -- a subject to which I may well return in the August days of little news -- my wife and I deliberately made a detour to Trafalgar Square in Central London to look at a new piece of sculpture by the now-famous Rachel Whiteread. Entitled "Plinth," it was an inverse in transparent resin of the empty granite plinth on which it stood.
As you walked round it you could either see things through it or reflected on its inner and/or outer planes. Sometimes it was steely, sometimes glassy, occasionally mossy or blue. It was an oddly lively piece of sculpture amidst the, mostly military, dead who stood on the other plinths. ... More
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G21 AFRICA:
Coming Home
BINYAVANGA WAINAINA
The Nandi woman still rules the corridor. After 10 years, I can still move about with ease in the dark. I stop at that hollow place, the bit of wall on the other side of the fireplace. My mother's voice echos in the corridor.Ý None of us have her voice. If crystal was water solidified, her voice would be the last splash of water before becoming solid. My stomach lurches with missing her. Yet I am home.
Light from the kitchen brings the Nandi woman to life. Rings on her anklesÝ and bells on her nose, she will make music wherever she goes... More
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Forget those summertime blues! The G21 World Tour prepares to lift off for The Big Easy -- New Orleans -- with a new look, new features, and a new attitude. Look for the G21 EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with MIR COSMOSNAUT SERGEI AVDEYEV, another world-class event at The World's Magazine.
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RECOMMENDED DAILY REQUIREMENT: : Nobody who has read my columns can think for an instant that I am a supporter of deposed President Milosevic of the remains of Tito's Yugoslavia. Sadly, I have to make this introductory reminder because partisanship is always assumed to be the prime motive for any argument in favour or against a course of action or a retrospective analysis.
The world rejoices because Mr. Milosevic has been handed over -- the legalities are so doubtful as to rule out the word "extradited" -- to the International War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague. He is the first head of state, President Pinochet having got off on a technicality when in Britain, to have been accorded such treatment... "Tainted Justice" KEVIN CAREY More
RDR 06.18.01: ROD AMIS gives the first installment of his Serbian Diary "Tesla's Dreams"
RDR 06.18.01: MARGARET CAREY shares a moving look at how prisoners in Britain make the world a bit better for disabled orphans in India. "The Inside Out Trust"
RDR 06.14.01: KEVIN CAREY believes this British election was historical. Find out why. "Blair's Landmark"
OPEN EARS: In a world of music full of borders, sections, categories, and genres, it's always a relief to hear sounds created by masterful musicians that refuse to be so conveniently compartmentalized. Whether an unusual hybrid or fusion of more than one type of music (i.e. jazz rock, soul jazz, etc.), or an amalgamation of many music forms in general, it's a blessing to revert to Duke Ellington's and Louis Armstrong's timeless advise for two main music categories--good or bad.
Zusaan Kali Fasteau certainly falls into the former of these two categories. ... "Kali Fasteau" LAURENCE DOHONUE-GREENE More
VOX POPULI:  From Yona R., San Francisco, CA, USA:
SUBJECT: the mother thang
rod, at least you went thru the mother thang... it's behind you now. the f2f experience will remind you of what really was/is... make a firmer boundary between what is and what has become imaginary demons. i say imaginary not because they don't exist, but because the realm they exist in is inside you... for your eyes only to a certain extent. anyways, congradulations on your graduation to true adulthood. though i too always expected more from my parent, once i saw him for who he truly was and saw myself in the presense of who he was, i knew he could never hurt me (like that) again. thank the gauds a million times for rudell. she is truly a gift from them to you. see somebody loves you. i am envious of your interesting journey. in all of scotland, the greatest thing for me was the graveyard near the st andrews golf course, with centuries of corpses and spirits layed to rest at the gates of the great north sea. the mixtures of emotions rendered me wordless.... one of my favorites places to be..
take great care with yourself....
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The G21 World Tour continues from Serbia but lands back in the US of A. Our pal ROBIN MILLER, who edits NEWSFORGE is letting our publisher use the facilities in Elkridge, Maryland, while he recovers from jetlag and plots the next move. New Orleans is smelling like an awfully nice prospect these days.... so by the time you read this, our publisher will be en route to The Big Easy
(New Orleans, Louisiana.)
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