Will iconic images recorded in the grooves of an ancient vase unite the Holy Land or rip it further apart?

THE VASE

A novel by Mark M. DeRobertis

Muhsin Muhabi is a Palestinian potter, descended from a long line of potters. His business is run from the same shop owned by his ancestors since the day his forebears moved to Nazareth. The region's conflict saw the death of his oldest son, and rogue terrorists are in the process of recruiting his youngest in their plot to assassinate the Pope and Israeli prime minister.

Professor Hiram Weiss is an art historian at Nazareth’s Bethel University. He is also a Shin Bet operative on special assignment. With the help of fellow agent, Captain Benny Mathias, he plans to destroy the gang responsible for the death of his wife and only child. He puts a bomb in the ancient vase he takes on loan from Muhsin’s Pottery Shop.

Mary Levin, the charming assistant to the director of Shin Bet, has lost a husband and most of her extended family to recurring wars and never-ending terrorism. She dedicates her life to the preservation of Israel, but to whom will she dedicate her heart? The brilliant professor from Bethel University? Or the gallant captain who now leads Kidon?

Harvey Holmes, the Sherlock of Haunted Houses, is a Hollywood TV host whose reality show just flopped. When a Lebanese restaurant owner requests his ghost-hunting services, he believes the opportunity will resurrect his career. All he has to do is exorcise the ghosts that are haunting the restaurant. It happens to be located right across the street from Muhsin’s Pottery Shop.




Thursday, August 12, 2021

Volume 14 - Rockin' the Establishment

Hooray. I have just released my latest album, or "Playlist" as they are called on SoundCloud. Or to use the vernacular of today's youth, I "dropped" my latest album today. It's interesting how slang changes from one generation to the next. When you post new music on SoundCloud, the last song (or the last playlist) you post is the first one listed.

So from now on, each volume that I post will be first on the list. Thus, Volume 14 is first on the list now, followed by Volume 1 and so on. Since I wrote the songs in the order in which they are listed on the albums, the songs on Volume 1 were the first songs I ever wrote, followed by Volume 2, etc. 


And so this past summer, while other people were going to Hawaii, or going camping, or whatever, I wrote music, and during the course of the last two months, I wrote enough songs for another album. Then I wrote the lyrics and recorded it. And now the album is on SoundCloud as a "Playlist." I already posted the song list on my prior post, but here it is again.

1 - Born in a Maze
2 - You Were Losin'
3 - Bad Boy
4 - Longshot
5 - Why Can't We
6 - Woman of Straw
7 - Penalty
8 - It's Money
9 - Lockdown
10 - Who's Laughing Now

I am very pleased with these songs. If I weren't, I wouldn't write them. Or I would trash them and write other songs. As for my singing, well, at least I carry the tune. If I didn't, I would trash that, too. But the singing is in tune, in key, and for the most part listenable, if that's a word. It must be because I didn't get that squiggly red underline when I wrote it. 

If you have a mind to, click on the album image to the right and have a listen. That goes for any of the fourteen alums I've "dropped" by now. I hope you like the songs. Please don't criticize the singing. I know I am not a singer. But that doesn't mean my singing ruins the music. If it did, I wouldn't have posted the songs. That's all.

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