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I've wanted to do this post for a while, just waiting for the right opportunity, serendipity offering perhaps the least obvious way t...

Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht famously liked their grub, forever breaking off mid stanza to rustle up some rostbratwurst-und-kartoffeln, so ...

Or Waters of March, the english translation of what has been called the all-time best Brazilian song, in a 2001 poll. Written by arguably...

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