Over at the New Republic, David A. Bell takes an eminently justified poke at Tom Friedman and other be-moustached dudes who enjoy bemoaning the decline of America’s greatness: “Middle-Aged Columnists Think America Is In Decline. Big Surprise.” Dave’s piece gives us a guided tour of moans and groans over the past half-century, from such certified…
Harvard professor explains why the Internet, Facebook, and maybe even Mark Zuckerberg are cool
Right here. It’s Lawrence Lessig writing in the New Republic, if you want the details. I’ve already felt sorry for Mark here, who’s given the Newark school system $100 million as a way to indicate that he’s not as big a shit as Andrew Sorkin portrays him in The Social Network, a film that I’ll…
No episode today! Alan’s sick! Double installment tomorrow! Sorry!
The Mark Sherman Quintet: “Trinkle Tinkle”
The Mark Sherman Quintet performs “Trinkle Tinkle” composed by Thelonious Monk at New York City’s Sweet Rhythm. Mark Sherman, vibrophone; Tim Horner, drums; Dean Johnson, acoustic bass; Allen Farnham, piano.
Chick Corea Akoustic Band—“Round Midnight”
The Silence of Sully
If you can cast your mind way, way back in time, to about a month ago, you may remember Jeffrey Goldberg writing an article in the Atlantic—“Point of No Return”—in which he declared that, relying on absolutely unimpeachable sources, it was clear that the leaders of Israel were absolutely fed up with this nuclear stuff…
Short, narrow-shouldered, shy semi-douche bag seeks companionship
New York magazine does admirable work here in deconstructing the New Yorker’s merciless take-down of nerdy billionaire loser Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, and impending victim of Andrew Sorkin’s presumably eviscerating film The Social Network. Being booted around the New Yorker for seven pages for being, among other things, a short, socially challenged, back-stabbing little…
Soupy Sales presents Clifford Brown
Yes, it’s Detroit’s zaniest, showing admirable support for America’s only original art form by giving Clifford Brown the opportunity to show off his chops with “Lady Be Good,” and “Memories of You.” Thanx to David Hadju at The New Republic for alerting me to this one.