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Jody Kolodzey

Jody Kolodzey is a journalist and ethnomusicologist in Philadelphia.

Most Recent Articles

  • 27 Jul 07

  • Culture

    Giving Science the Finger

    Generalizations based on hand shape not only are formulated from small pools of data, but smack of pseudo science. more »

  • 05 May 05

  • Views

    Left Out

    During the closing plenary of the 2005 Left Forum—the conference formerly known as the Socialist Scholars—Bogdan Denitch more »

  • 30 Jan 04

  • Culture

    Labor Paeans

    Musician John McCutcheon will sometimes challenge rally organizers to name two speeches from the civil rights movement. “Everyone more »

  • 05 May 03

  • Culture

    Remembering Nina Simone

    At Nina Simone’s funeral on April 25 at the Catholic church in Carry-le-Rouet, France, the legendary South African more »

  • 24 Mar 03

  • Culture

    Stranger than Fiction

    A few days after her 24th birthday in April 1939, Billie Holiday wandered into the Commodore Music Shop, a more »