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The Misery of Jazz

I often recall a highlight from one of my first adventures as a young man, visiting the island of Zanzibar, off the coast of Tanzania in Africa.

Despite the island itself being one of the most extraordinary places I’ve been, what more often pops in my memory is a sign on the wall of an old junk shop of Stone Town that read something like:
“Suffering is man’s duty and should be his joy.”

Joplin

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November 2026

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