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Louis Giampetruzzi Radio Memorial

I’m honored to be part of the radio memorial that WKCR-FM will host for Lou Giampetruzzi on Sunday, July 30, during Matt Winters’ Moonshine Show, from 10 a.m. to noon. We will remember Lou and toast his life musically, and … Continue reading

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The Death and Life Of Great American Cities, Part II

This entry covers Part II of Jane Jacob’s classic book, which focuses on the ingredients necessary to promote diversity in a city. I wrote about Part I in an earlier post.

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Lou Giampetruzzi, 1953-2006

Lou Giampetruzzi died on Friday. Some of you have seen me play with the Kate and Lou Band, and if you did, you know what a great musician and wonderful person he was. He was the master of almost any … Continue reading

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Protected: A Scanner Darkly — Philip K. Dick

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Grey Fox 2006

We spent the weekend in upstate New York at the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, now in its 30th year. (This is the festival formerly known as Winterhawk.) The weather was reasonably cool, the music was great, and once we found … Continue reading

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Protected: 19 From 4 On 45

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Realistic Time Travel

Spin, by Robert Charles Wilson shunn gave this to me, saying it was one of the best SF novels of last year, and I have to wholeheartedly agree. At one level it’s a fascinating story that shows a (relatively) realistic … Continue reading

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Clearwater Revival, 2006

Last Sunday, I drove up to Croton-On-Hudson to see this year’s Clearwater Revival. This was the 40th year of the festival, which is an offshoot of the Clearwater environmental group, started by Pete Seeger and largely responsible for the improved … Continue reading

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Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris

I saw Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris perform tonight at Radio City, along with shunn and our friend Colin. We sat separately; I had sold off the block of tickets I’d bought and scored a single front-row seat. It was … Continue reading

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Clearwater

A particularly excellent bumper sticker from the Clearwater Festival yesterday. I’ll be posting more photos at the end of the week, but in the meantime, a few thoughts. A crowd like that at the festival — crunchy natural-fiber-wearing left-leaning SHUT-DOWN-GUANTANAMO … Continue reading

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