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My former colleagues at another university in Middle East have also been moved to online teaching indefinitely, with the students…
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In the above comment, Michel wrote: “As an aside, every once in a while I check out how the chatbots…
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The McMaster Department of Philosophy has now put together the following notice commemorating Barry: Barry Allen: A Philosophical Life Barry…
The concluding number of this terrific, but under-recognized British hard/progressive rock band (with one American, Gary Wright, of later "Dream Weaver" fame in the 1970s), this is the concluding number of their best album, Spooky Two:
Great as usual. The singer is Gary Wright who later did "Dream Weaver."
In addition to Wright, the band featured Luther Grosvenor, aka Ariel Bender, who played in Mott the Hoople and, later, the short-lived Widowmaker, a quite good band in a Bad Company vein. I had the privilege of hearing Widowmaker live when they opened for Electric Light Orchestra. Vocalist Mike Harrison of Spooky Tooth also had an enduring career in rock.
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