Category Archives: Reviews & Commentary
Takers, Makers, and the Fiscal Cliff
No person, no organization, is without its paradoxes and contradictions. In fact, these often make the person, the organization, more interesting and intriguing. By this standard—though our President and his party have plenty of paradox and contradiction about them—few persons … Continue reading
Meeting Frank Capra: A Holiday Tale
Of the holidays, Thanksgiving seems to get more lost each year, trapped as it is between two spending juggernauts, Halloween and Christmas. These two also duke it out decoration-wise, so that pumpkins and goblins often find themselves wreathed and hollied … Continue reading
Un-Blue Jazz: Remembering Dave Brubeck
For me the two coolest instrumentals to ever make the pop charts are “Take Five” by the Dave Brubeck Quartet and “Green Onions” by Booker T and the MG’s. They’ve always been a pair for me, bookends, so I’ve thought … Continue reading →