CHARMED
Shahrzad Sepanlou concert at Yoshi’s
By the time we got to the encore, the audience’s polite “let’s wait and see” clapping had turned into a heartfelt applause of delighted surprise. Stage time was short at San Francisco’s Yoshi’s Jazz Club and we weren’t sure if we were even going to get that encore. But when its final note was played, the crowd enthusiasm broke the critic’s barrier. It was as though a tennis champ had slammed a powerful ace blowing away his opponent with game, set and match
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STORY
"You know I've still never seen my father's grave?"
"Well well well," said Gholamhossein Mohammadizadeh "Look what the cat dragged in." He said it in English, owing to the fact that cats did not drag anybody in in Iran. "If this wasn't such a high-class establishment," Ali Reza Karimi said "I'd give you the one-finger salute." The men laughed. "When'd that ever stop you before?" Gholamhossein said. "You got a point there," Ali Reza grinned. "I thought this guy had to work late today," said Akbar Hashemi as Ali Reza stood in line for coffee
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POETRY
پیر ِ ما هم دیری است دگر بار سفر بسته است...
این زمان ما امّا،
چشم ِ بیدار به تقویم زمان خیره و
شب مانده هنوز؛
ما به امید یکی صبح ِ جوان،
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Review of the history and story
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A Main Goal of The United States is to expand The American Empire. But the real question is where does all the money come from?
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