Another theme-free impromptu show. Picks for the week include Myra Melford’s “Equal Grace” and Rudresh Mahanthappa’s “Ganesha”… complete program (145 MB, 2 hrs 39 min) Artist: “Track” – Album (Label) Cecil Taylor Quartet: “Tune 2” – At Newport (Verve) Myra Melford/Be Bread: “Equal Grace” – The Image of Your Body (Cryptogramophone) Matt Moran’s Larobok I: [...]
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September 30th, 2008
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Information Arbitrage: Why Have Things Gone So Wrong? “If Secretary Paulson can’t adjust his thinking, and put transparency and clarity first, he should step down and make room for someone who can.” (tags: bailout) Link By Link – Who Owns the Law? Arguments May Ensue – NYTimes.com “In other words: the beer is free, but [...]
September 26th, 2008
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Bad News For The Bailout – Forbes.com “It’s not based on any particular data point,” a Treasury spokeswoman told Forbes.com Tuesday. “We just wanted to choose a really large number.” (tags: politics economics) Falling in love with Mongolia. – By Tim Wu – Slate Magazine “Forced to choose, I think I’d say the best is [...]
September 24th, 2008
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John Crowley Little and Big – They’re gaining “Tonight I picked up the ringing phone and said “Hello?” After a moment a recorded or mechanical voice answered “We are sorry to disturb you. This message was intended to be received by an answering machine.” End of conversation.” (tags: technology telephone via:levistahl) Findings – Hunting Gear [...]
September 23rd, 2008
Conference of the Birds, 2008-09-23
complete program (134 MB, 2 hrs 26 min) Artist: “Track” – Album (Label) Blink.: “Rivers and Tides” – The Epidemic of Ideas (Thirsty Ear) Carla Bley and her Remarkable Big Band: “Appearing Nightly at the Black Orchid” – Appearing Nightly (Watt) Dave Holland Big Band: “Triple Dance” – What Goes Around (ECM) Muhal Richard Abrams [...]
September 23rd, 2008
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Bestiario I don’t really understand what this is, but it looks awfully neat. Some kind of web visualization of something… (tags: design visualization) Main Page – CloutWiki “This site is designed to provide basic information on the political history and background of Chicago’s political leaders. The information gathered here is all publicly available, we have [...]
September 20th, 2008
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one bad apple “Apples, like many other fruit, produce a natural hormone called “ethylene” as they ripen. Ethylene is a “starting hormone signal”, which means it promotes other fruit near it to begin ripening. ¶ The old saying “one bad apple spoils the whole bushel” is true, because damaged or diseased apples produce high levels [...]
September 19th, 2008
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chartjunk » Blog Archive » Tax Plans (that’s one for you, nineteen for me). “Journalists should really volunteer to take remedial arithmetic, you know.” (tags: election_2008 taxes charts chartjunk) HuffingtonPost: Bizarre McCain Remarks Appear To Reject Spain As Ally “Would you be willing to meet with the head of our government, Mr. Zapatero?” the questioner [...]
September 18th, 2008
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techPresident – BREAKING: Sarah Palin Yahoo! email account hacked “Circa midnight Tuesday the 16th of September (EST) activists loosely affiliated with the group ‘anonymous’ gained access to U.S. Republican Party Vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s Yahoo email account gov.palin@yahoo.com and passed information to Wikileaks. Governor Palin has come under criticism for using private email accounts to [...]
September 17th, 2008
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Editorial Observer – Mister Jalopy Wants to Make a Better World – Editorial – NYTimes.com ‘Mr. Jalopy said he was neither a Luddite nor particularly handy. But he has a deep affection for products that are designed and built to last. “I’m not into retro,” he said. “I’m into better.”’ (tags: making) Share and Enjoy: