pop impulse

A Popular culture - progressive politics mashup.

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Pop Impulse is organized as a Web Zine. Posts are in article format in addition to standard diary entries. Newer articles appear at the top of the page. The Blog Archive below can be used to access over 350 individual posts. I blog about music & bands, politics, pop culture, travel, web 2.0 and interesting things. That's how the posts are organized in the archive. Catch the author in the Fediverse on Mastodon https://connectop.us@charliemchenry/

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Posts about Music and Bands

Hiromi Uehara - A Musical Wonder
The Sami: Europe's Indigenous People
Celtic Classics
A Girl & a Harp
Andalusian Piano
World Cup of Tango
Marcia Ball - Wicked Boogie Woogie
Blues Award to Maxwell
Robben Ford Starts it Up
Joe Bonamassa - Teaching the Blues
Sharon Shannon is the Gallway Girl
Sparrow Quartet Featuring Washburn & Fleck
Enver Ismailov - Exotic Guitar
J-Pop Redux
Sa Ding Ding - Chinese Diva
Heavy Metal Monk
Ersi Arvisu - Classic Chicano Rock
Alternative Mexican (Latin)
Lila Downs - Mole' Ole'
Latin Rhythms Playlist
Cumbia - Musical Gold from Columbia
Manu Chau - Rainin in Paradise
Spain's Musical Regions & Traditions
European Sounds
Portuguese Fado
Balkan Gypsy Tango
Accordion Action
The Rankin Family - Real Folk
Tony Furtado - New Album, Awesome Musician
Why Should the Devil Get All the Good Tunes?
AfroPop, Music from Mother Africa
Lucky Dube, RIP
Winwood Scores With Dirty City
Rise Up - 2007's Summer Anthem
Bluegrass Fusion
Guitar Love
Maximum Blues
Slide Guitar Sightings
Slide Guitar by Debashish Battacharaya
J-Pop
Cape Breton in October
Cuban Cowboys, Surf Rock
Delirium at La Scala
Gypsy Music
Ladino Language Tunes
Magical Musical Pairings
Audiophilia

Cape Breton Island & Celtic Colours Series

Cape Breton Bound
Cape Breton Island's Celtic Colours
Celtic Culture - Alive on Cape Breton Island
Cape Breton's Scottish-style Woolens
N. America's Only Single Malt

Posts about Cool Places

Dirtiest Hotels in the US
Lisbon Rocks - Fado Rules
Madrid: Always On
Seville's Spring Fair
Flamenco Stylin
Spain - Road Diary
Barcelona's Boqueria Market
Morocco - Road Diary
Morocco's Mother of all Marketplaces
Morocco - Marrakech Slide Show
Lisbon Rocks & Fado Rules
Venice and Pytor Ilyich's Suite
Canadian Music Enclaves and Festivals
Cape Breton in October
Uzbekistan - Central Asia
Tiny Homes - Some New Designs
Chichen Itza Voted World Wonder
Oregon's Fall Colors & Chanterelles
Ashland is for Lovers
Bandon by the Sea, Oregon
Tree House Bed and Breakfast
Tiny Homes Rule
Berlin Goes Virtual
Hamburg in 3-D
India Rising

Posts about Culture

TED Conference 2009
Crystal Wall Lancaster's Art
Comics for Adults
Brazil's Favelados - Animated
The Art of Mexican Cooking
Bolivia's Fighting Cholitas
In Defense of Gossip
Outrageous Street Art Videos
European Street Art
Graffiti - Street Art
Gypsy Art & Music
Persepolis & Iranian Film Favs
African Tribal Art
Bollywood Dance as Intercollegiate Sport
What's Up With J-Pop?
Paul Farmer - Great Man, Good Read
Rules for Radicals
Movie Madness
World Fusion Bookshelf
Sweet Little Parlour Mysteries
Authenticity - What is it?
Revising History - Everybody's Doing It
Documentarians Shock Revisionists
Hate Radio Hacks
Turkey Re-examines Hadiths
Dracula Dies in Germany
Royalty in YouTube's Era
YouTube Launches Tenor
World's Greatest Salsa
Fanta Graphics & Upton Tea Catalogs
Ugly Betty - Love and Rockets
Film Favorites
Honda FCX Clarity Rocks World
Christian Clergy Clash on Christmas
Dumbing Down the NFL
When Capitalism Fails Consumers
Is the US Becoming a third World Nation?
Fusion? Or not?
Will NPR Save Radio?
Psychoacoustics - Sound and Emotion
Conversation with an audiophile
House Wine
Predatory Business Practices
Celestial Teapot - First Reported Here
Title Nine's 35th Anniversary
Chicks Rule at Grammy's
Help End FGM
Wii has so Won
Whine of the Week
Belushi 25 Years On
Viacom Gives Joost a Boost

Posts about Web 2.0 and Tech

Cloak of Silence Unveiled
Woz Joins Fusion-IO
Blogger Play Rocks
Blogger Elected in Malaysia
Blogger Beaten to Death in China
Military Blogger Dies in Iraq
Berners-Lee: Stop Internet Snooping
Internet Blocking Pervasive
Donate to Wikipedia
Citizen Scientists Needed
Matsushita Robot Destroys Energizer Bunny
Tagging Cyberspace One Year On
Wikia Search Engine Launches
Green Econometrics Blog
Google Announces Energy Initiative
Online Vocab Test Feeds Hungry
Microsoft Bids for Yahoo
Google Kicks Some Microsoft Ass
World of Warcraft & Call of Duty Publishers to Merge
John Poindexter - Govt. Uber Geek
YouTube Trumps La Scala
Plone Content Management System
Pimp my PC
4th Annual Blogosphere Day
Brave New World for Marketeers
AdWords Adventure
Google Offers Web Apps
Web 2.0 in a Box
Torvalds Lauds Open Solaris with Reservations
Ian Murdoch Joins SUN
Viacom Gives Joost a Boost
XM and Sirius to Merge
Jobs on Open DRM
Tim O'Reilly - Publisher to Prophet
Wii has so Won
Whine of the Week
India Rising

Posts About Politics & Economics

Is The NSA Syping On American Citizens?
President's Message to Planned Parenthood
Populist Revolt Erupts
Women in Iceland Lead Recovery
Conservatives Love Porn
Bush Made Taxpayers Bail Out Banks
Big Bank Ballance? Better Worry.
Financial Tsunami Drowns Consumer Confidence
Banks Reeling as Recession Looms
Classism & Corporate Greed Devalue People
Don't Blame Conumers for Bad Loans
Sub-prime Scandal Leaves Schools Holding Junk
Financial Crisis May Bankrupt Cities
Bernanke Bet the Farm
Markets Crash - Panic Selling
Recession Confirmed - Unemployment Up
Is the US Becoming a Third World Nation?
Women in Business Shafted by Feds
Is Homeland Security an Excuse for Corruption?
End Cuban Embargo Now
Lakota Nation Secedes from US
Aussies Dump Howard
Pakistan Comes to a Full Boil
FOX News Sucks
Friends Don't Let Friends Watch Fox News
Rudy - Romney are Done
Germans File Charges Against CIA Agents
Historical Revisionism Redux
Documentarians Expose Revisionists
Rhetoric & the Costs of War
YouTube Debate a Success
4th Annual Blogosphere Day
Bureaucrat Has Almost No Brain

Posts About the Green Economy

Fine Rides - Fuel Efficient
Uno Cycle - Totally Cool & Electric
Honda FCX Clarity Rocks the World
Mike Davies' Green Econometrics Blog
Google Announces Green Energy Initiative

Posts about Swag

Zoot Suits: East LA's Fashion Revolution
Street Fashion
The Quest for Authenticity
Vintage Baseball Leagues Swag

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► 2010 (9)
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► 2009 (112)
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- January (32)

► 2008 (131)
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- July (16)
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► 2007 (167)
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About Me

I am a co-founder of Trilobyte Games and Green Econometrics. A long-time blogger, this is my personal opinion blog, reflecting my interests in pop culture, world music, web 2.0, privacy, politics & religion. I started this blog almost 20 years ago, and have just started posting again recently. It’s Brain dump central. I live and work in sunny, southern Oregon - where I raise chickens, garden and am involved in local politics and environmental conservation.

Charlie McHenry

The Author

Online Writing Credits

Southern Oregon Magazine Online (1994), publisher/editor
BlogCritics Magazine (90’s), contributing writer
Italknews.com, Sr. Italker
Pop Impulse, blog owner/editor
Onward Oregon, contributing writer (volunteer)

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Music & the Blogosphere

M-Vid Oddities & Virtuosities

Boogie Woogie Guitar
Boogie Woogie Piano
Django and the Hot Club
Master of the Telecaster
The Canon on Electric Guitar
Robben Ford Live in Germany
Death has no Mercy: Blues Riders
While My Ukelele Gently Weeps
L. Subramaniam: Carnatic Fiddle
3-D Animusic

Amanita Muscaria

Nature"s Art

Shrooms on a Cone

Slide Guitar Culture

If you love slide guitar, then you've gotta love Planet Dobro. The comprehensive site describes itself as an "Internet resource for the culture of slide guitar." That pretty much sums it up. If you haven't already visited, check it out.

Bluegrass Playlist Favorites

Alison Brown
Alison Krauss & Union Station
Johnny Staats
NewGrange
Nickel Creek
The Seldom Scene
Tony Furtado

Attraction"s Many Forms

Ferro-fluid Magnet

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