Bud Shank, Just Because…
…because you feel like hearing Shank play something you’ve never heard him do. You look around on the internet and see what you can find. There he is in Sao Paulo in … read more
AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished 2017-06-02
Sgt Pepper’s at 50
SO, you may have heard that a famous record from the ‘60s is marking an anniversary. If you’ve not heard more than you can stand about Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band — which … read more
AJBlog: CultureCrashPublished 2017-06-02
Proud and Unbowed: Tom Campbell’s Valedictory to the Press (plus, a look to the future)
I was surprised and saddened to realize (from Robin Pogrebin‘s tweet) that I hadn’t been invited to Tom Campbell‘s press briefing at the Metropolitan Museum on Wednesday—the last of these biannual events before he “step[s] … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrlPublished 2017-06-02
Cory Doctorow’s Post-Apocalyptic Utopia
THE other day I hung out with Burbank resident and globe-trotter Cory Doctorow, who is a cult figure with a very large cult. We talked mostly about his new novel, Walkaway, which is intellectually … read more
AJBlog: CultureCrashPublished 2017-06-02