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, November 22, 2014

Betty Carter Sings Kurt Weill's Lonely House

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I can't tell from the lighting but I think it's the great Geri Allen on piano.  I can't tell who is playing bass and drum. ...

Still Got It

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I was successful in getting back my old students and getting some new ones. Despite what a back-beat addled, accuracy deficient critic impli...
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Friday, November 21, 2014

The World Turned Upside Down: Un, Atrios, What The Hell Does This Mean?

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Don't misunderstand. I'm not saying that the fact the he's an asshole is more important than the fact that he's probably a ...

Yeah, And I Can Kick It Around Too UPDATE To the Post Below After Looking At My Hate Mail

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I'm disgusted with the pseudo-feminism that pushes the line that presenting young women with a view of reality that they need in order t...

Who Will Tell The Children? I'm Tired Of College Age Kids Acting Like They're 12 And Being Told That's Adulthood

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U nless the people who use the term make a serious effort to save it from the kind of destructive misuse of it that has gained currency, the...
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Thursday, November 20, 2014

Mary Lou Williams - My First Date With You

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Mary Lou Williams wrote a number of warm, intimate, beautiful waltzes, this is one of them.  She is reputed to have been offered marriage...

Charles Ives Gyp The Blood or Hearst Which is Worst?

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Ives' commentary on the tabloid press of his time, always a timely comment even when the trash press is presented in pixels and photo...

About The Accusations Against Bill Cosby

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See Update Below I come clean to this because I've never been a fan of Bill Cosby's style of humor, which I always thought was kind...
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Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Poetry Corner

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The first line of this poem went through my head for years and years before the rest of it came to me. Dog culture is pheromone based. Wh...

Women Should Strike For Equal Pay For The Rest Of The Year

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I completely endorse this idea , that since women are compensated at a lower rate than men that they are, actually, working without pay afte...
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A Statement of Intent

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Y es, I really did mean to propose that Alternet, a venue which spews anti-religious, primarily anti-Christian invective almost daily and wh...
Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Can It Get Any Better? Mary Lou Williams Boogie Mysterioso

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OK, this is so good I'm crying, only I think the person who posted it misattributed it.  I think it's Mary Lou Williams' ...

So Good It Makes Me Want To Cry: Carla Bley Steve Swallow: Baby Baby

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I Think I'll Start Taking Students Again After The New Year

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Carla Bley La Lecon De Piano

Your Provocative Idea For Tuesday Alternet Belongs On The Southern Poverty Law Center's Hate Group Watch List

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L ooking over the various putrid groups that The Southern Poverty Law Center has put on its list of hate groups , many of them call for vio...
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Monday, November 17, 2014

Arthur Berger - Suite for Piano Four-Hands

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I miss Arthur Berger.

Ruth Gikow Early Bride c. 1955

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Jack Levine was Ruth Gikow's husband until she died in 1982.   He was about the strongest advocate of her work.   To me her work was ...

Update On The Day's Main Post

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Another point about the GSS and Pew Survey, in that group they identify as "nones", most of them, when given the chance FAILED TO ...

And Sometimes You Get A Stupid Posterior When You Didn't Pick A Stupid Prior

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Some trash comments are so boring you have to NODerate them.  Update:  Not even if I were suffocating and they had oxygen in them.  

Lying With Statistics Is OK When You're Promoting Atheism

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...if you pick a stupid prior, you can get a stupid posterior...   Christensen, R., Johnson, W., Branscum, A., & Hanson, T. E. (2011)...
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