Bass player extraordinaire Charles Mingus, who died in 1979, is one of the essential composers in the history of jazz, and Beneath the Underdog, his celebrated, wild, funny, demonic, anguished, shocking, and profoundly moving memoir, is the greatest autobiography ever written by a jazz musician.

It tells of his God-haunted childhood in Watts during the 1920s and 1930s; his outcast adolescent years; his apprenticeship, not only with jazzmen but also with pimps, hookers, junkies, and hoodlums; and his golden years in New York City with such legendary figures as Duke Ellington, Lionel...

A House of Alchemy Inc. was conceived and established in 1997 as a means of sharing a collection of symbols created by, a Southern California graphic artist. We have expressed them in many ways, forming Alchemy Style. "Alchemy Style, The Symbols of A House of Alchemy" features 99 original symbols and their meanings. Also 'new' original astrological symbols. Most of the symbols were created between 1995 and 1996. However, the first symbol was actually created in 1980, and the latest addition just this year. With more to come we expect. See the symbols on YouTube @ http: //youtu.be/ua5QbWURcYY

The benzodiazepines are among the most widely-used of drugs. However, in many countries their popularity is waning as prescribers become more aware of problems with unwanted effects and with rebound and withdrawal syndromes. The earlier benzodiazepines were long-acting, and it was thought that their shorter-acting successors would have important advantages. Other developments include partial agonists and partial inverse agonists, compounds acting on the benzodiazepine-GABA macro- molecular site although not as a typical benzodiazepine, and anxiolytic agents acting on 5-HT pathways directly. I...