Jalan Abel News Today

We all love a good prank. Catching someone off guard, giving them a fright, or misleading them into fear or bewilderment—it all equates to good-spirited

There’s always a risk that you might prematurely report the death of a famous person

Fernando Valencia, instructor of percussion in the Department of Music, has been invited to Cartagena, Colombia, for the ninth annual

KUCHING (June 15): The police will close several roads here for the ‘Niti Daun’ parade dry run tomorrow and the actual parade on Saturday (June 17). The parade is in connection with the Gawai Dayak celebration held at the Kuching South City Council's (MBKS) community hall from June 16-25. "For

For centuries, bizarre physical conditions, strange health-based occurrences, and questionable treatments have gained widespread attention, only to be

Before Nathan Fielder and Sacha Baron Cohen pushed the boundaries of performance art, Alan Abel was able to convince media and the public of just about anything, including his own death.

04.04.2022 - The First Successful Pour of a Two-Ton Beryllium-Copper Billet Initiated Production of a Range of Copper Alloy Products in Indiana IBC’s Consolidation of Two Previous Facilities Into its Flagship Plant in Franklin, Indiana is Expected to Generate ...

In 1959, Alan Abel began sending out a series of press releases to American media outlets credited to a new organization, The Society for Indecency to Naked Animals. Using the language of conservative moralists opposed to the changes in postwar society, he argued that ‘naked’ animals were scandalous and needed to be clothed. Pets, farm animals, and wildlife were all included, as the organization hued to slogans like ‘a nude horse is a rude horse’ and ‘decency today means morality tomor...

When I began thinking about writing this piece, my first trip to China in 1984 had seemed like a disappointment. Unlike today, this was the China of Great Events: the launch of bold reforms and an era of intellectual ferment unlike any since. Before arriving I had read about the foreigners who had come to China in the Mao era and seen nothing; I had fancied that I would do

Organized Rhythm  Clive Driskill-Smith, Organist  Joseph Gramley, Percussionist