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April 09, 2009

Field Trip: Tufts punk-rock class visits with Balkan Beat Box and the Sway Machinery
By Steven Lee Beeber

I've been teaching a course at Tufts University on the Jewish roots -- cultural, not religious -- of punk rock. As you might guess, it's an elective. On Wednesday evenings, my students and I examine topics ranging from comic books to Zionism to the Holocaust and explore how they relate to PUNK magazine, D.I.

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There are few corners of the world-music universe that Balkan Beat Box don't sample during their spirited, anything-goes gigs. And though the experience can be...

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