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Culture Planet

About Me

Culture Planet is a World Music, Arts & Culture website that originally was connected to two real-world stores in Santa Monica and West Los Angeles. The stores closed in 2002, but the online site has continued to grow and features global culture essays and links. Visit here:
Culture Planet: World Music & Arts (Main Site)

We have an ever-expanding world-culture shop at Amazon:
Culture Planet at Amazon.com (U.S.) .
Culture Planet at Amazon.co.uk (U.K.) .
Culture Planet at Amazon.ca (Canada) .
(World music and instruments; ethnic apparel and jewelry; world culture books; spirituality, creativity and mythology books; body art; travel guides and DVDs; international DVDs; global gifts.) See some favorite areas to the left under Interests:

My Blog

World Music, Arts & Culture at Amazon.com

Are you interested in World Music, Travel, Ethnic Apparel, Exotic Jewelry, Body Art, Folk Art, International Design, Spirituality Guides, Creativity Tools & Global Culture? Come, explore and discover!...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Apr 2009 06:33:00 GMT

Acclaimed Brazilian Music Guide

We are pleased to announce that a new, revised edition of the acclaimed music guide The Brazilian Sound: Samba, Bossa Nova and the Popular Music of Brazil (Temple University Press) is now available ...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:16:00 GMT

Halloween, Samhain and All Hallow’s Eve

At our Culture Planet main website, we have an essay on the history of Halloween:Halloween's roots lie in the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, celebrated on a full moon around November 1. Samhain w...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:43:00 GMT

Recommended Novel: The Big God Network

Culture Planet recommends J.C. McGowan's global science-fiction novel The Big God Network, which blends the wry humor of Kurt Vonnegut with the cosmic scope of Carl Sagan and the multicultural spiritu...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Sep 2008 05:51:00 GMT

Culture Planets Drum Circle

Our Drum Circle Page, with information of Drum Circle, Drumming and World Music Books, DVDs, Gear and Instruction:Culture Planet Drum Circle
Posted by on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 06:21:00 GMT

Alternative Cultures

Culture Planet has posted new pages relating to books and DVDs about alternative culture and counterculture (Beat Generation, Burning Man, body art, shamanism, drum circles & more): AltCult: Alter...
Posted by on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 04:20:00 GMT

Joseph Campbell & Bill Moyers

Culture Planet has interview with Bill Moyers about his "Power of Myth" interviews of mythologist Joseph Campbell, as well has listings of Campbell's books and DVDs:Joseph Campbell at Culture Planet
Posted by on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 07:21:00 GMT