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 | | Vashti has described herself as a "church child," for she was active in the children's choir and Bible camp. | | | Vashti's family lived a wonderful balance between career and faith, maintaining God as the central focus of their family life. | | | The election to bishop of Vashti McKenzie has given new hope and laid the groundwork for other women in Methodism and other denominations to pursue non-traditional church positions. |
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http://nathanielturner.com/vashtimckenzie.htm
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| | Feminist Aspects of Megillat Esther: Part One |
| | Vashti's actions are no longer mentioned in the verse - only the purpose of the new law: the domination of man in his home, which implicitly includes culture, religious and social education as well as control over the family structure. | | | Not for nothing is Vashti known as the "first feminist": despite the dangers inherent in her decision, Vashti declines to come before the King and demonstrate her beauty. | | | Queen Vashti also holds a feast [women only!], and from the outset she reveals a surprising degree of independence: Ch 1, 9: "And Vashti the Queen also made a feast for the women in the royal house..." |
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http://www.jafi.org.il/education/festivls/purim/pureng3.html
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| | Megillas Esther, part II - Vashti - Torah.org |
| | Vashti's background differed from Achashverosh's in one very important aspect: she was from royalty, from the family of King Nevuchadnezzar of Bavel. | | | Achashverosh, out of his strong desire to show that he was the greatest, told the crowd that his wife Vashti, who was from Kasdim, was the most beautiful. | | | Others argued that those from the nation of Maddai were the most beautiful. |
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http://www.torah.org/learning/yomtov/purim/5756/vol1no68.html
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| | WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM VASHTI |
| | The root of the word "Vashti" is the word meaning "two." Although Vashti was married to Achashverosh, their egos were too big to merge. | | | Therefore, he married Vashti, thus granting the Persian usurpers the authenticity of the ancient ruling house of Babylon. | | | The glaring example of her essential separateness is the separate, parallel party for women she held in the women's palace. |
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http://www.tziporahheller.com/purim.html
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| | Bold Type: Essay by Elizabeth Wurtzel |
| | And in the case of Vashti, the problem is not even with the Bible itself--it's with the way it is being taught. | | | It seems that, about seven days into this drunken revelry, Ahasveros got it in his head that Vashti ought to come out and show off her bare beauty to all his guests, and for whatever reason, she (wisely or foolishly, depending on your politics) refused. | | | Still, it strikes me that even Esther's heroism--brought about, though it was, by earning the title of Miss Persian Empire--was damped as a woman's achievement by the villainy of Vashti that seems to necessarily accompany it. |
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http://www.randomhouse.com/boldtype/0698/wurtzel/essay.html
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| | j. - Queen Vashti — a valiant heroine, not a villain |
| | “Vashti’s the only one in the Purim story who should be congratulated,” my son Danny, 12, says. | | | Rather, they are concerned that all the women in the kingdom will follow Vashti’s assertive lead. | | | And, most disturbing to me, this holiday that promulgates the belief that women should be soft-spoken and obedient. |
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http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/21724/format/html/displaystory.html
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| | Jewish and Israel News from New York - The Jewish Week |
| | Vashti is no longer simply the outcast wife who refused to appear before the king. | | | In one route, she says, symbolized by Esther’s life, they would grow up to be demure, pure, beautiful women. | | | (Until the day that sister transformed overnight from an “Esther” to a “Vashti” when she ran away with a Muslim boy.) |
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http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/newscontent.php3?artid=7576
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| | I do not see that in scripture in fact: I do not know what really happened to her after she refused. | | | But as we see her refusal to obey the king got the whole kingdom in an uproar. | | | But those who wished could have as much as they pleased, for the king had instructed his staff to let everyone decide this matter for himself. |
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http://www.completeinhim.com/vashti.htm
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| | Vashti: A Feminist Heroine? |
| | Vashti was ordered to appear naked before the King on a sabbath as a fitting punishment for enslaving Jewish maidens and forcing them to work on their day of rest. | | | Vashti, they learned, was in fact the great-granddaughter of the arch-villain Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon, who had destroyed the sacred Temple. | | | However the rabbinic vilification of Vashti cannot be explained entirely as a manifestation of male chauvinism. |
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http://www.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/Shokel/910301_Vashti.html
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| | Vashti Murphy McKenzie, |
| | Interview: Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie discusses being the first woman bishop in the AME Church (All Things Considered (NPR)) | | | Interview: Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie discusses the role of spirituality on one's life (Tavis Smiley (NPR)) | | | Vashti McKenzie Makes History As 1st Female AME Bishop.(Rev. Dr. |
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| | Biographical sketch of Queen Vashti |
| | In a classic demonstration of the divine midah k'neged midah (measure for measure) justice, Vashti was called to appear before the king naked on Shabbat, a punishment for her tradition of forcing Jewish girls to work before her on Shabbat stripped of their clothing. | | | At a banquet celebrating the Jewish people's demise, described in the first chapter of Megillat Esther, Achashveirosh ordered Vashti to appear at the feast unclothed so that he could show off her beauty to his entire kingdom. | | | Vashti was the daughter of King Belshazzar of Babylon and the great-granddaughter of King Nebuchadnezzar, the man who destroyed the first Temple in Jerusalem. |
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http://www.tfdixie.com/holidays/purim/002.htm
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| | General Conference 2000 A.M.E. ChurchA.M.E. Today |
| | And in sharp focus he numbers told the story, Rev. Vashti McKenzie had become the first femal Bishop of the historic African American church. | | | Also elected in the second roun of balloting was Rev. Richard Franklin Norris, Pastor of St. Matthew A.M.E. Church in Philadelphia. | | | The numbers from the electronic voting appeared on the huge television screen. |
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http://www.ame-today.com/gc2000/vashtibishop.shtml
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| | Vashti's Star |
| | Vashti Gerhane Johnson is a young woman of Creole heritage groomed to continue the tenets of the Vodouin faith. | | | Vashti tried to hide the desires gripping her and trapping her in a fog, but her eyes focused on him and she could not break the hex he put on her. | | | Vashti was unable to remove her gaze from him once he entered the stage. |
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http://www.authorhouse.com/BookStore/ItemDetail.aspx?bookid=15248
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| | Bible Tools & Resources - ChristianWebSite.com |
| | Eastons Bible Dictionary - Vashti - HTML Bible | | | Vashti - beautiful, the queen of Ahasuerus, who was deposed from her royal dignity because she refused to obey the king when he desired her to appear in the banqueting hall of Shushan the palace (Esther 1:10-12). |
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http://www.botcw.com/bible/kjv/easton/east3765.htm
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| | Journey to the Well - McKenzie, Vashti Murphy - 0142196207 - Comprar libro - Venta de libro - Libros en espanol e ingles |
| | Bishop Vashti M. McKenzie made history by becoming the first woman selected to serve as bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. | | | An electrifying preacher whose eloquence and passion have earned her the top spot on Ebony's 15 Greatest Preachers list, McKenzie inspires tens of thousands each year with her messages. | | | Journey to the Well - McKenzie, Vashti Murphy - 0142196207 - Comprar libro - Venta de libro - Libros en espanol e ingles |
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http://www.ofertondelibros.com/libros/-0142196207_Journey%255Fto%255Fthe%255FWell_McKenzie,%255FVashti%255FMurphy.html
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| | Vashti Elizabeth Ayers Simers |
| | She has had 6 children and 6 are living. | | | 1900 census pg 61-Entry 10/10 Vashti age 39 years and married for 16 yrs. |
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http://hometown.aol.com/family2411/vashtiayersimers.htm
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| | And, in 1919, the Centenary Movement of the Methodist Episcopal Church South raised $75,000 to restore the old cigar factory. | | | Vashti had waited patiently year after year for the heart of a great church to discover her needs and respond generously. | | | It continued to be used as a school and administration offices. |
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| | Lateral Learning Speakers' Agency |
| | Vashti also has several titles that are due to be published in 2005, including Breakfast with Buddha (illustrated by Gaye Chapman). | | | Vashti is married with three adult children and a granddaughter. | | | Vashti Farrer first experienced the thrill of seeing her words 'in print' at the age of eight, when one of her poems was published in her school magazine. |
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http://www.laterallearning.com/authors/farrerv.html
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| | Moses Ayers and Vashti Potter |
| | [note: the name "Vashti" is a queen in the Bible in the book of Esther. | | | Vashti and Moses had at least seven children. | | | Both Moses and Vashti are buried on a ridge between White Pine and Tanner Creek, not far from Chestnut Grove Church, where their son, David Potter Ayers is also buried. |
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http://hometown.aol.com/family2411/moses.htm
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| | Purim: The Festival of Lots |
| | To celebrate the expansion of his empire, King Achashveyrosh and his court feasted for six months. | | | The Midrash, which is a series of biblical commentaries, says that Vashti refused out of modesty, because she was summoned in order to dance naked in front of the King and his friends. | | | It was during one of these feasts, and after a lot of food and wine, that Achashveyrosh called for his wife, the proud Queen Vashti, to appear. |
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http://www.everythingjewish.com/Purim/Purim_origins.htm
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| | Vashti Bunyan: Lookaftering - PopMatters Music Review |
| | In the songs themselves, the character of Vashti Bunyan circa 1970 is not enveloped by sadness but there seems to be a degree of separation, as if the voice singing is Bunyan remembering what it meant to be that person who made Diamond Day, who walked away from all of this. | | | As bright-eyed as this album could possibly be, there is still an inherent, aged wisdom here, one which makes Lookaftering a sort of unavoidable remembrance or lament, even if it doesn't mean to be, necessarily. | | | Bunyan was just 25 when she released that album and now, looking 60 in the face, can she still sing? |
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http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/b/bunyanvashti-lookaftering.shtml
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| | Vashti Bunyan: Lookaftering (2005): Reviews |
| | Pastoral doesn't quite describe it; this seems to come from some place more eco-protected than any in existence. | | | That Vashti Bunyan had the courage to step out of seclusion and follow up her classic debut is admirable. | | | That she was able to do so with an excellent batch of songs is a joy to behold, pure and simple. |
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http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/bunyanvashti/lookaftering
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| | They would walk through the then over grown and unattended rose garden and Nadia would say " Do you know why I love this place so? | | | Nadia was at that time the most beautiful and the most powerful female in the castle. | | | Vain, ill tempered, and arrogant though she may have been, to Vashti she was the whole world. |
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| | Whatever your preference, Vashti Braids is just the place to make it happen. | | | It is the demure act of Vashti that set her apart from all women and set a standard for later generations. | | | Contact us for a consultation or an appointment. |
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http://www.vashti-braids.com
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| | BBC - collective - vashti bunyan 'lookaftering' |
| | Her crystalline voice blows through the natural world with a fragile, classic force that contemporary ears may find difficult to ignore. | | | Fans of Vashti Bunyan’s low-key 1970 release Just Another Diamond Day had doubtless given up hope by now, but thanks to a burgeoning neo-folk scene (and its re-discovery of 60s/70s acts), Bunyan is back with a new collection of haunting, timeless songs. | | | Vashti Bunyan — Lookaftering, released 17 October 05 on Fat Cat. |
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| | village voice > music > Animal Collective and Vashti Bunyan's Prospect Hummer by Rico Cleffi |
| | And it's either kitschy or holy, depending on what you wanna believe. | | | Pretty far removed from the world of iPods, reissues, and file sharing (not to mention Devendra Barnhardt's heaped praise) that propelled her to popularity among hip musicognoscenti. | | | Vashti Bunyan's quit-while-you're-ahead Just Another Diamond Day in 1970 was a trip to the British countryside via horseback, clean off the grid and back to the land for solemn planting and harvesting. |
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http://www.villagevoice.com/music/0525,cleffi,65096,22.html
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| | Vashti (Persian for "Beautiful") has received a full facial makeover, | | | Vashti is sold NUDE and comes with a signed, | | | She comes with the elegant set of earrings pictured here. |
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| | Spoilt Victorian Child |
| | The world can be as beautiful as this, my friends. | | | The current free folk movement - which, let's face it, is a resurgence of late 60's/early 70's ideas - holds this album as some kind of touchstone. | | | Buy - Vashti Bunyan - Just Another Diamond Day |
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http://www.spoiltvictorianchild.co.uk/2005/04/not-sound-of-suburbs.html
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| | Vashti - definition of Vashti by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. |
| | Vashti - definition of Vashti by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. | | | This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. | | | You may also use the word browser links: |
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| | Journey to the Well - McKenzie, Vashti M. - 0670884847 - Comprar libro - Venta de libro - Libros en espanol e ingles |
| | In July 2000, Bishop Vashti M. McKenzie made history by becoming the first woman selected to serve as bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. | | | Here Bishop McKenzie uses the biblical story of the meeting at the well between the Samaritan woman and Jesus to bring to light the path to a personal transformation we can all achieve if we hold on to hope and learn to listen for our kairos moments. | | | Journey to the Well - McKenzie, Vashti M. - 0670884847 - Comprar libro - Venta de libro - Libros en espanol e ingles |
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http://www.ofertondelibros.com/libros/-0670884847_Journey%255Fto%255Fthe%255FWell_McKenzie,%255FVashti%255FM%255F.html
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| | Vashti -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article |
| | The Oxford Bible Commentary (edited by John Barton and John Muddiman, NY: Oxford University Press, 2001, pages 326-327, written by Carol Meyers) | | | Her refusal to obey her husband has helped to secure her stature as a folk (A man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength) hero of the modern (A supporter of feminism) feminist movement. | | | According to the (Click link for more info and facts about Midrash) Midrash, Vashti was the great-granddaughter of King (Click link for more info and facts about Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon) Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon. |
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| | i'm a monkey |
| | posted by vashti @ 9:12 AM 1 comments | | | posted by vashti @ 4:28 PM 2 comments | | | posted by vashti @ 5:41 PM 7 comments |
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| | Vashti Cromwell McCollum |
| | Vashti was to live up to her namesake when she and her oldest son, Jim, were confronted with pressure to enroll him in a Christian Sunday school type class that was being offered in the public schools of Champaign during school hours. | | | Soon to be published is a recently completed in depth researched book about the case by her son Dannel. | | | The three judge panel, sitting to hear the case in the Circuit Court, decided that, in spite of the clear language in the Illinois constitution to the contrary, the practice violated neither it nor the establishment of religion clause of the 1 |
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http://www.clss.com/mccollum/vashti.htm
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| | PIXELSURGEON Reviews Music Vashti Bunyan |
| | There aren’t many artists that can claim a thirty five year hiatus between their first and second album. | | | A few years ago Vashti typed her name into an internet search engine and was shocked to discover that Diamond Days was revered as a cult classic and that original pressings of the album were changing hands for obscene amounts of money. | | | Vashti reacquired the rights and masters to her debut and Diamond Days was re-released in 2000 to great critical acclaim. |
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http://www.pixelsurgeon.com/reviews/review.php?id=833
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| | Howard University - Convocation 20000 |
| | The Reverend Dr. Vashti McKenzie, who was elected as the first female bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal church on July 11, will deliver the keynote address at Howard University ‘s 133rd opening convocation on Friday, September 22, at 11 a.m. |
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http://www.founders.howard.edu/convocation2000/bio.htm
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| | Vashti Bunyan - Lookaftering |
| | Vashti Bunyan is an artist who truly exists in her own sphere. | | | She was actually discovered by Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham in 1964, but his insistence on developing her in a pop mould as the 'new Marianne Faithful' vexed her greatly. | | | Indeed, her music comes from such a special place; outside of time, tide and the desperate state of 21st century society, that it is difficult to align her with anyone. |
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http://www.musicomh.com/albums4/vashti-bunyan_1005.htm
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| | Howard University Opening Convocation 2004 - Biography |
| | The Right Reverend Vashti Murphy McKenzie serves as the 117th elected and consecrated bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. | | | Her historic election on July 11, 2000, represents the first time in the 213-year history of the church that a woman has obtained the level of Episcopal office. | | | Click on the Alumni to view their biography. |
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http://www.howard.edu/charterday/2004/dabios.htm
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| | Handbook of Texas Online: VASHTI, TX |
| | In the 1980s the Vashti community center was the hub of area social life. | | | During the 1920s the population of Vashti reached 264, and the community had a number of businesses, including a cotton gin, three general merchandise stores, a drugstore, and a blacksmith shop; in addition, six churches and two fraternal orders operated locally. | | | By the mid-1950s the population of Vashti stood at 140, a number that the community continued to report into the late 1980s. |
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http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/VV/hlv5.html
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| | PROGRESSIVEWORLD.NET: REVIEWS BY JOHN "BOBO" BOLLENBERG |
| | Vashti doesn’t even have a copy of this, as she gave all of them away. | | | Released as the ultimate tribute to the fragile voice of Vashti, now comes the most remarkable re-issue from the specialized Korean label M2U records. | | | No doubt it will most certainly no longer contain the innocence that is captured here. |
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| | Your first name of Vashti has given you a studious nature, and the ability to concentrate on whatever you are doing. | | | Although the name Vashti creates the urge to be original and self-reliant, we emphasize that it limits self-expression and friendly congeniality with a moody disposition. | | | You could excel in mathematics or in positions where persistence, independence, and individuality are required. |
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http://www.kabalarians.com/female/vashti.htm
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| | User talk:Vashti - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Yes, it's shocking she's been allowed to get away with it as long as she has. | | | This page was last modified 11:18, 23 September 2005. | | | This place could really use animated smiley icons so I could put up one rolling its eyes. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Vashti
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| | Splendid Magazine reviews Vashti Bunyan: Just Another Diamond Day |
| | Vashti Bunyan sings in a pure, breathy soprano, her voice as bracing and crystalline as spring water, her songs as simple and gorgeous as truth itself. | | | A reissue was just a matter of time -- actually three years less time in the UK, where the Spinney CD has been out since 2001 -- and now, more than a generation after its recording, this lovely album has finally become widely available in the US. | | | In 1968, art school student and folk singer Vashti Bunyan set off for the north of England in a horsedrawn cart, leaving behind a promising career in London that had started with a Jagger/Richards-penned single and discovery by Andrew Loog Oldham. |
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http://www.splendidezine.com/review.html?reviewid=1100516606322568
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| | African Methodist Episcopal Church -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | A key breakthrough came in Cincinnati, Ohio, in July when the oldest black church body in the U.S., the 213-year-old African Methodist Episcopal Church, elected the Rev. Vashti McKenzie of Baltimore, Md., its first female bishop. | | | Women enjoyed some breakthroughs and suffered some setbacks in the quest to improve their status in religious groups. |
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http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?tocId=9003944&ref=news0205
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| | Vashti - meanings, origins, and famous namesakes of the name Vashti |
| | Vashti - Meanings, origins, and famous namesakes of the name Vashti. | | | Vashti - meanings, origins, and famous namesakes of the name Vashti | | | Let us show you the meaning, origin, similar alternatives, and famous namesakes: |
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| | Vashti's Children - How a fringe 1960s singer sparked a folk revival. By Martin Edlund |
| | Today, she will release Lookaftering, her second album, a full 35 years after her first. | | | When she retired from music (or so she thought) in 1970, she had established herself as a footnote—at best—in the English folk revival. | | | It sounds less like she sings with it than blows into it, with pursed lips, from a short distance. |
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| | No Ripcord Album Review - Animal Collective Ft. Vashti Bunyan - "Project Hammer" |
| | Vashti’s musical career is as curious as any: initially discovered and signed in the 60s by Andrew Loog Oldham, glowing reviews welcomed her first single, Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind. | | | Three of the four tracks on offer here take the multi-layered, subtly complex sound that is characteristic of the Collective’s work and cast a web around Vashti’s melodic and mellow voice. | | | Industry wrangles and other misfortunes however thwarted her career, and in the early 1970s a much-delayed debut album, Just Another Diamond Day fell into a black hole of obscurity. |
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http://www.noripcord.com/reviews/A/animalcollectiveep.html
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