The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3414: Bone Music
Engines of Our Ingenuity

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3414: Bone Music

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 5, 20263 min

Episode: 3414 In which bootleg music rides on X-rays. Today, Bone Music.

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This programming is sponsored by the United Way of Greater Houston. When crisis hits, life can feel overwhelming. United Way connects neighbors to resources for lasting success. Find ways to get involved at UnitedWayHouston.org slash Give Five.

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This is the Engines of Our Ingenuity, made possible by the friends of KUHF Houston. Today, bone music. The University of Houston presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run and the people whose ingenuity created them. Soviet Russia began banning outside influence even before World War II. Music was among

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Among those influences, they deemed subversive, especially Russian expatriate music-making, but also gypsy music, American jazz, and our other popular music. Of course, the band only whetted a Russian appetite, banned anything, and we awakened the genius of black marketeers.

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