Have you heard about the big controversy in New York? I mean, the decision of the board of trustees of City University of New York not to grant an honorary degree to playwright Tony Kushner, because he isn’t pro-Israel enough to suit their tastes? The controversy, and the backlash—the board says it’s reconsidering—has been huge….
Author: Alan Vanneman
Name that Monk Tune: Paul Carr’s Quintet with Special Guest Randy Brecker
“Rhythm – A – Ning!” says steelydanbowler, and he’s right! (Check out his 300 game here!) Posted by JazzVideoGuy.
Brennan, John, utter incompetency of in his position as U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor
“Thinking about that from a visual perspective, here is bin Laden, who has been calling for these attacks, living in this million dollar-plus compound, living in an area that is far removed from the front, hiding behind women who were put in front of him as a shield,” Brennan said. “I think it really just…
Bombs can kill people, Part II
I was in Vietnam when Ho Chi Minh died. I remember being baffled by the joy that spread throughout the battery with the news. The death of Osama Bin Laden is certainly far more consequential than that of Uncle Ho’s. There’s little doubt that Al Qaeda is now a spent force on the world scene….
Bill Holman’s orchestra—Dizzy Gillespie’s “Dizzy Atmosphere”
Thelonious Monk always claimed that Dizzy stole this from him, which I find hard to believe. Posted by “mytime44”
This just in: Bombs can kill people
A lot of people appear to be upset over the claims by the Libyan government that a recent NATO airstrike killed a son and three grandchildren of Libyan dictator Muammar Qaadafi. Well, Obama’s been killing children and grandchildren right and left for the past two years, and President Bush did so for five or six…
Except that, you know, he’d be black
An unidentified, uncommitted, but verbally adroit Republican media consultant tells Newsweek, re Haley Barbour, “It’s true that Haley’s a governor, but being the governor of Mississippi is like being on the Jamaican bobsled team.”
James Morrison and the Juvavum Brass—“Evidence”
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David Holland: John Coltrane’s “Mr. PC”
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Absolutely nothing about any royal wedding, ever.
Just in case you were wondering. If you were hoping, stop. Not a joke, not a picture, nothing.