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Moon River: The Genius of the Parent
Posted on April 9, 2013 | 4 CommentsWhen I was a little boy, I loved to sing. I don’t think I associated it with being a performer; singing was an extension of the music I loved, and words, and the singers I loved–Dionne Warwick, that kind of... -
Thelonious Monk: Born: October 10
Posted on October 11, 2012 | No CommentsHappy Birthday, Thelonious! I wouldn’t have known had I not become a fan of radio station WKCR, out of Columbia University, a station I maybe first heard at Sharifa’s place the other day as we talked about her almost here... -
George Michael
Posted on July 1, 2012 | No CommentsI don’t know much about George Michael, but I do know that some artists do their best work in a repressive enviornment, one where their talent for metaphor is more interesting than their talent for–-specious word–truth, or confession. For gay... -
Fiona Apple
Posted on June 29, 2012 | No CommentsSome people stay open to experience, despite the slings and arrows of life’s always outrageous misfortunes. To be a pretnaturally hopeful person is to generally stand apart from one’s more mundane friends and family, among whom complaint too often passes... -
Dig It, You Dig?
Posted on February 21, 2012 | No CommentsWords of advice from the brave and singular Thelonious Monk, dead thirty years this month. Words that go beyond orchestration, an architecture for life. Art: just do it, just do it, just do it. And then watch how art does... -
The Widow
Posted on February 15, 2012 | 12 CommentsSnow can be a notorious memory stimulator. Last Saturday, when we experienced what felt like winter weather for the first time in a long time, I was having dinner with a gay female friend who works mostly in Los Angeles....
