The Thought Criminal

"It seems to me that to organize on the basis of feeding people or righting social injustice and all that is very valuable. But to rally people around the idea of modernism, modernity, or something is simply silly. I mean, I don't know what kind of a cause that is, to be up to date. I think it ultimately leads to fashion and snobbery and I'm against it." Jack Levine: January 3, 1915 – November 8, 2010 LEVEL BILLIONAIRES OUT OF EXISTENCE

Saturday, June 1, 2013

Blue Lu Barker: He Caught That B&O

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My AfterLife As A Blog

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Please, Don’t Feel You Have To Share, I Insist.

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A friend was recently talking with me about my beloved old Latin teacher who used to give me free lessons at his home to make up for the h...

Composing For Beginners

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F orget theory, forget everything about paper. Paper and theory will just keep you from composing at this stage. Never forget that music is ...
Friday, May 31, 2013

Melba Liston: Insomnia

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This could be my families' theme song.  We've all got it. Melba Liston   Insomnia 

True Confessions vol. 2

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C an't top my scandalous confession of last week, but on top of being an Esperantist, I've been developing an addiction for the chec...

Daniel Dennett And His Shifty Methods

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F or all of their self-publicized objectivity and rigorous standards of reasoning, there are some rather breathtakingly naive ideas that hav...
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Thursday, May 30, 2013

Melba Liston solos with the Quincy Jones Band My Reverie

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Great trombone playing, great arrangement.

BEBÉ HABLA ESPERANTO

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Science Without Physical Evidence, Dawkins Brings Us Back To The Middle Ages.

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"Did Jesus have a human father, or was his mother a virgin at the time of his birth? Whether or not there is enough surviving evidence ...

More Just So Stories

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G ina Kolata of the New York Times New Service began a recent piece in the usual way, with an explanation steeped in the current fashion fo...

Notice

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Our very-very old mother has taken a turn for the worse.  I'll try to post a new piece on the weekend or early next week.  Until then it...
Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Lessons Learned from Le Sacre du Printemps

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I found out the hard way that modern Pagans don't especially like it when you bring up the documented history of human sacrifice by vari...
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Just Because For Some Reason It Feels Right Right Now

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anyone lived in a pretty how town (with up so floating many bells down) spring summer autumn winter he sang his didn't he danced his...

A Quote About WWI For the Day After With Commentary

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"You got nothing out of the war except the "flu" and prohibition." Victor Berger I was at my mother's house Sund...
Monday, May 27, 2013

Melba Liston - Blues Melba

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Melba Liston And her Bones: You Don't Say 1958

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Melba Liston - Trombone - Arranger Bennie Green,        " Al Grey,                " Benny Powell         " Kenny Burr...

It's Called Style

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I was going through my old files and came across this magnificent piece of early 1960s era modernism.  I'd intended to post it just b...
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Recreating Lives From Fragmentary Evidence

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T he larger stone, behind the American Legion Flag holder: George S. Butler  Son of George and Sara 1843 - 1862  Buried in Marylan...
Sunday, May 26, 2013

Carla Bley Big Band - On Stage in Cages

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Wonderful, maximal music.
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