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Chris Smither

Singer / songwriter Chris Smither grew up and learned his three first chords in New Orleans, but he’s made his home and the bulk of his music in Boston. Mel Minter chats with Smither about Zen, baseball, blues and existential strategy in this week’s issue. Read all about it here.

Chris Smither - “Hundred Dollar Valentine”

See and hear Smither conjure those ol’ cosmic blues at Outpost Performance Space on Saturday night. The show starts at 7:30 p.m., and tickets are $25-30.

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In this edition of News from Way Far Away: Afghani Buddhas!

While we here in America can't seem to stop talking about what Jon Stewart has dubbed the "Mosque-erade," archaeologists near Kabul have uncovered an ancient Buddhist temple complex with relics at least 1,500 years old.

Back in the 500s (which is a good 1,000 years after the Buddha lived) the area that is now Afghanistan was largely Buddhist. In fact, throughout the years Afghanistan has been a couple different religions.

Back in the good old days, March of 2001, before the war, when the Taliban was just another far away bad guy the US didn't have much to do with, the Buddhas of Bamyan (pictured here) were destroyed. Lets hope these new findings can be saved and studied.

• Religious Freedom (TrudiD) [ Wed Aug 18 2010 7:45 AM ]