The last couple of years have been really big on celebrity deaths. What’s been odd for me is that I realized I don’t really understand what emotional profile an artist has for me until he or she is gone. This is all the worse with rock stars, who project an image of eternal youth andContinue reading “Gratitude while they’re still alive…”
Monthly Archives: April 2016
Why Donor Base Matters: Leeches vs. Producers
We all know that there are companies that produce things, like Apple and Google and Microsoft and GM, and there are people who work for them (represented by unions). These companies that produce things are who I’m calling the “producers”: tech and manufacturers and their employees. They are the representatives of our real economy, theContinue reading “Why Donor Base Matters: Leeches vs. Producers”
Apple Music Playlist: Cool Acoustic
I’ve subscribed to Apple Music recently and have started creating — or rather, recreating — my iPod playlists and sharing them. This post is an experiment in embedding a link to them in WordPress. If you subscribe to Apple Music, you should be able to view and listen to the playlist in iTunes or AppleContinue reading “Apple Music Playlist: Cool Acoustic”
NaPoWriMo: Day 9
“And did those feet…” Guest poet: William Blake And did those feet in ancient time, Walk upon England’s mountains green: And was the holy Lamb of God, On England’s pleasant pastures seen! And did the Countenance Divine, Shine forth upon our clouded hills? And was Jerusalem builded here, Among these dark Satanic Mills? Bring meContinue reading “NaPoWriMo: Day 9”
NaPoWriMo: Day 5
Today’s poem is by guest poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, because the early nineteenth century appears to have a great deal in common with the early twenty-first. “The Mask of Anarchy: Written on the Occasion of the Massacre at Manchester” 1 As I lay asleep in Italy There came a voice from over the Sea, AndContinue reading “NaPoWriMo: Day 5”
The Philosophy of Contemporary Song 