John Fedchock New York Big Band at the New Trier Jazz Festival, New Trier High School – Winnetka, Illinois, February 2, 2002 John Fedchock, leader saxes: Mark Vinci, Charles Pillow, Rich Perry, Rick Margitza, Scott Robinson trumpets: Jon Owens, Frank Greene, Scott Wendholt, Barry Ries trombones: John Fedchock, Keith O’Quinn, Clark Gayton, George Flynn piano:…
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Greg Mankiw is a big fat idiot
OK, Greg is, as I understand it, fairly svelte, and a distinguished Harvard professor to boot, but when you write a blog you go for the jugular. My sometime sparring partner/punching bag Brad DeLong, who really could stand to lose a few pounds, here knocks the stuffing out of Greg’s continuing whine that if those…
Hear, Hear!
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…
Highly selective outrage, Alan Vanneman health care edition
Over at Forbes, Shikha Dalmia works herself into a rage over the passage of ObamaCare via such parliamentary tricks as, you know, majority rule, and offers the following summation: “It is hardly surprising then that Americans are feeling a growing panic as they watch their constitutional republic descend into a banana republic.” Shikha, honey, the…
Charlie Mingus—“Goodbye Porkpie Hat”
Since I ran two versions of “Goodbye Porkpie Hat” some time back, it seems only fair to include one by the composer, Charlie Mingus. This set, recorded in Montreux back in 1975, catches Charlie with Don Pullen on piano, George Adams on tenor sax, Gerry Mulligan on baritone, Benny Bailey on trumpet, and Danny Richmond…
Will there ever be an end to the making of Thelonious Monk albums?
I certainly hope not. What was once a hobby has become a bit of an obsession. I wrote a long piece last year offering brief reviews of 30 “Salute to Thelonious” albums and now I’m back with four more. The pick of the litter for me is Bobby Broom plays for Monk, featuring Bobby on…
The Sorrows, and Sins, of Obama
Oy, Obama, n’est-ce pas? Yeah, I voted for him, I even gave him money, and I thank God every day that Georgie Boy, and Dickie Boy, are out of the White House, but overall I’m hard pressed to give my man more than a B-. Of course, my low grade is the least of Barack’s…
Well, if Hillary Clinton jumped off a cliff, would you do that? And the same for the Roman Stoic Musonius Rufus
The New York Times has a long, all too-informative article on leading Catholic windbag and Princeton University professor Robert P. George who explains that he can’t be blamed for supporting the invasion of Iraq because Hillary voted for it. He goes on to say that he doesn’t like to talk about sex because the Roman…
Anne Applebaum, last seen posing as Euro-Trash
Readers of this blog, few though they may be, may recall my intermittent yet persistent nattering of Wash Post columnist Anne Applebaum, provoked by her endless efforts to talk the United States into another Cold War, a conflict necessary, so Ann believes, if the U.S. is to avoid the ugly fate of becoming another Europe,…
All the Sad Young Republicans
I guess that Matt Latimer is, in fact, not so young, but he certainly is sad. The former Bush speechwriter can’t help pissing all over his old boss, along with Sec. Treas. Paulson (definitely not a favorite), not to mention both John McCain and Sarah Palin. Matt paints himself, quite convincingly, as a passionate believer…