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Hoffman/Alicea/Vicuta: Channeling Adorno on Jazz

by Javier AQ Ortiz
April 1, 2003

Quick and to the Point: Vocal recording of a Jazz related séance seeking to contact dead scholar Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno.

Europe’s answer to John Edwards is Mrs. Gaviria Vicuta. “Verrücktes Gespräch mit den Toten,” her popular German TV program, has been translated into 13 languages. One significant difference between Mrs. Vicuta and Mr. Edwards, however, is that the former engages dead historical figures and the former doesn’t. Whereas Mr. Edwards tries to channel lost family members, Mrs. Vicuta ...