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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra, “The Lady is a Tramp”
Sometimes late-night YouTube trawling pulls up a real gem. I can’t overstate how much I love this performance. Thanks to David Evanier for inspiring the search. If you’re at all interested in the great American singers, check out his fantastic … Continue reading
East of Underground, “(Don’t Worry) If There’s Hell Below, We’re All Going to Go”
This is an amazing cover of the Curtis Mayfield classic recorded by a U.S. Army band stationed in Germany during the Vietnam War. The full story is here.
Using Steinbeck as a Tool to Bridge Race, Class Divisions
Interesting story about two Connecticut schools – one mainly white and rich, one primarily black, Hispanic and poor — reading Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men and using it as a springboard for discussion. Excerpt below, full article here. In a state … Continue reading
James Baldwin on Coming to Terms with One’s Personal History
From the essay “White Man’s Guilt.” History, as nearly no one seems to know, is not merely something to be read. And it does not refer merely, or even principally, to the past. On the contrary, the great force of … Continue reading
Billy Cobham and the George Duke Band, “Stratus”
If you like fusion, can’t do much better than this.
“NBA Forever”
Larry Bird to Ray Allen. Magic to Kobe. MJ and Derrick Rose fist bump. Awesome commercial.
The Wisdom of Lemmy Kilmister
Not bad advice, actually. Full interview here. So after twenty-five years, you have any words of wisdom you can share? The greatest wisdom in the world is a very simple phrase, and it’s very corny I suppose, but it’s treat … Continue reading
“When the Gentrifier is Black”
This piece by Dax Devlon-Ross on his feelings about being a self-described black gentrifier delivers a lot of food for thought. Very much worth the time to read. A snippet below. Read the whole thing here (published by the folks at … Continue reading
