Richard Whiteman Old Prose (2020) HD

Though they've never stopped touring, Blue Öyster Cult haven't released a studio album since 2001's Curse of the Hidden Mirror. Nineteen years is a long time to go between records, and there have been changes: Rhythm guitarist and keyboardist Allen Lanier passed in 2013, while conceptualist, producer, and lyricist Sandy Pearlman died three years later. Donald Roeser (aka Buck Dharma) and Eric Bloom are the only remaining members of the classic lineup. They began writing these songs in 2017. After signing to Frontiers Music in 2019, this quintet – including veteran touring members Richie Castellano and bassist Danny Miranda, with new drummer Jules Radino – entered the studio and laid down basic tracks and completed the album with members contributing from quarantine.

Un des grands livres sur la Russie tsariste.
La Russie sous l'Ancien régime (paru en 1974 aux Etats unis puis en Angleterre) est d'abord une formidable introduction à la civilisation russe, écrite de main de maître par un historien connu pour sa prose limpide et son sens du récit. Fondamentalement différente des pays européens, soumise à des contraintes géographiques fortes, la Russie était caractérisée par la permanence d'un système " patrimonial "…