15
07
2009
A Trip to Fantasy Island
Posted by: filastine in General, tags: 1970's, alternate reality, arabic musicImagine for a second that the arab nationalist movements of the 50’s & 60’s had given way to progressive governments instead of either US “client states” or fundamentalist theocracies. Forget wahabism, shia fascists, stalinist wingnuts like Saddam, and mafiosos like Mubarak, and most definitely forget the nouveau-riche feudal city-states of Dubai. Reserve the deepest part of your memory hole for the apartheid state of Israel and the eviction of the Palestinian people.
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(most likely Bendali Family Band, Beirut, 1974)

July 24th, 2009 at 8:43 am - Edit
Awesome.
July 29th, 2009 at 22:51 pm - Edit
i would actually be pretty into dictatorship or totalitarian states, provided that Filastine was the commander-in-chief, dark sunglasses and all. great post!
July 30th, 2009 at 2:18 am - Edit
also: its the Bendaly Family, performing in Kuwait in 1987. Their website, which is is here - http://www.bendaly.com/ contains MIDI files!
July 30th, 2009 at 2:18 am - Edit
i meant 1978
August 6th, 2009 at 21:19 pm - Edit
This is amazing! Thanks for posting this.