Rich provides new lyrics and accompanies himself on bass. Definitely “unusual”. Posted by mingmonk
Dan Drezner does my job for me. And does it better! Sometimes!
Yeah, that’s right. “Terrible Dan Drezner”, as I often call him—or, sometimes, illiterate Daniel Drezner—has been doing my job—bashing “the Blob” on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays and trashing the hawks/neocons on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Okay, neither my nor Dan’s schedule has been that tight, but, still, he has been working hard. One of my principal…
“Farewell” to the American Empire? GOOD RIDDANCE!
“Decline is a choice!” bellowed the late Charles Krauthammer back in the day, livid (to say the least) that that pantywaist in the White House hadn’t yet bombed the hell out of whomever Charles felt needed such treatment. And his spiritual children, the Trump-battered nextgen neocons at the Dispatch and the Bulwark are continuing to…
Mike Longo—“Brilliant Corners”
“Thoughtful” Trumpers have a new gambit: Pragmatism!
Yeah, sure, that’s the ticket. Appeal to the ululating Republican masses with, you know, bloodless calculation! Because nothing gratifies a feral, nihilistic bloodlust like, you know, reason! That’s the latest, and perhaps most pathetic, stunt attempted by National Review dudes David Bahnsen and Rich Lowry, among other soulless cowards, to reap the rewards of Donald…
Junko Onishi Trio—“Brilliant Corners”
No video, but a fascinating take, presumably from her 1994 album, Live at the Village Vanguard, Vol. II, with Junko on piano and Reginald Veal, bass, and Herlin Riley, drums. Posted by BlueMonk Moods,
In 1997 General McMaster wrote an excellent book about Vietnam, “Dereliction of Duty”. That should be the title of his autobiography as well.
Lieutenant General (three-star) H. R. McMaster, former national security advisor to Donald Trump, among other crimes, has been all over the airwaves recently, denouncing (of course) President Biden for having the courage to pull the plug on a 20-year farce—albeit one written in the blood of the innocents—known as the Afghan “War”—one of the very…
Ryan Slatko—“Brilliant Corners”
Electronic keyboard version, using an arrangement by Geoffrey Keezer. Posted by Ryan Slatko
Shakespeare versus Molière: Who’s better?
(Author’s Note: This is a long, rambling, almost random set of musings on some of the comedies of two of the greatest dramatists in western letters. As it turns out, I have heavily leavened my own “thoughts” with long quotations from both authors, which may strike some readers as excessive. Well, if you don’t like…
Geoffrey Keezer Trio—“Brilliant Corners”
Definitely been neglecting the jazz thing, but now I’m back, with a couple of months of videos featuring performances of Thelonious Monk’s famously challenging “Brilliant Corners”. Geoffrey Keezer with Benjamin Shepherd, bass, and Christian Euman, drums. Recorded live at Sam First, Los Angeles, CA on June 17, 2018. Posted by Geoffrey Keezer.