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Fort Phoenix, Fairhaven, MA

Posted on September 28, 2006 by ken

From which an invading British force was repelled on September 7, 1778. I’m up here for a brief work trip (driving around New England in the fall is not the worst job requirement to have) and heading back to the … Continue reading →

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The Quote Server, 1994-2006, RIP

Posted on September 25, 2006 by ken

More than a decade ago, I flew home from an Internet conference in San Francisco with the first (pink) edition of Larry Wall’s Programming Perl and a printout of the NCSA Mosaic page on how to write CGI scripts. The … Continue reading →

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If You Hear Vague Traces Of Other People’s Songs

Posted on September 24, 2006 by ken

If Bob Dylan can take a Muddy Waters song, change the words, and put his own name on it, then he should have no problem with “Mr. Tampering Man,” my latest song. It may bear some resemblance to certain older … Continue reading →

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Cities: Destruction On Purpose

Posted on September 23, 2006 by ken

The fourth and last part of The Death and Life Of Great American Cities discusses possible tactics to solve some of the problems she discusses. She opens by noting that city planning does not lack for tactics that are “aimed … Continue reading →

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Protected: The House Of Mirth — Edith Wharton

Posted on September 20, 2006 by ken

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Repeating the Mistakes of the Past

Posted on September 20, 2006 by ken

As the plans to build the so-called Freedom Tower get clearer, so does the fact that we’re repeating the terrible mistakes we made when the World Trade Center was built originally. WHen completed in the mid-seventies, the Trade Center dumped … Continue reading →

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Old Music and Modern Times

Posted on September 16, 2006 by ken

I’m glad to see that Bob Dylan’s plagiarism of many sources on his new album Modern Times is becoming something of a major story, although the focus lately has been on the lines and phrases he lifted from the Confederate … Continue reading →

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“Ground Zero”

Posted on September 15, 2006 by ken

There was a particularly rancorous discussion in newyorkers over tourists’ use of the term “Ground Zero” to refer to the World Trade Center site. A lot of the emotion in that discussion had to do with the disrespectful behavior of … Continue reading →

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Back at the Underground Lounge!

Posted on September 11, 2006 by ken

Mike Skliar and I will be back at the Underground Lounge on Thursday, September 21. I’ll be starting off with a half-hour solo set of original songs, including some brand-new ones, at 8 pm. Mike will do a solo set … Continue reading →

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WTC Memories

Posted on September 11, 2006 by ken

Before 9/11, I worked in the World Financial Center, directly across the street from the World Trade Center. My office windows faced the Hudson but the World Trade Center was a big part of my life — my bank and … Continue reading →

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