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LinkNYC
Remember the 2002 film, “Minority Report”? May have been prescient; brother Dennis tells of this Village Voice piece about LinkNYC.
More Perfect: Sex Appeal
Remembering the legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, WYNC’s RadioLab podcast delivers this fascinating piece: “This is the story of how Ginsburg, as a young lawyer at the ACLU, convinced an all-male Supreme Court to take discrimination against women seriously – using a case on discrimination against men.”
Coronavirus and Climate Change
Anticipating Earth Day this coming Wednesday, we listen to this week’s exceptional episode of the New Yorker Radio Hour: Or go directly to the website.
The Poem of the Day Project
Some of our readers know of my brother Dennis from previous post mentions, including the August 2018 publication of his latest book of poetry, The Taste of Flesh. Earlier this month he embarked on his latest project, challenging himself to write a poem each day (into the indefinite future?). The poems were made available by … Continue reading The Poem of the Day Project
Joe Frank, R.I.P.
Joe Frank passed away last month. I have been re-listening to much of his work since then and am now ready to share it with those of you who don’t know about him. I discovered Joe in my pre-Kim days in Los Angeles, where he did a late night broadcast from a local public radio … Continue reading Joe Frank, R.I.P.
The New Yorker Radio Hour: Leonard Cohen
We are still listening, every day, in this house. This morning the albums that got full play were “Popular Problems”, “Old Ideas” and “You Want It Darker”. All relatively recent. And here is a podcast from The New Yorker Radio Hour: And here is a little extra on Dylan’s comments on Cohen.
Discoveries Upon Existential Meanderings
My favorite current read — likely the best book I’ve read for a couple of years — is Sarah Bakewell’s “At The Existentialist Cafe“. However, for me, the thing has quite tiny print, even as a hardback, that rather quickly exhausts my aging eyesight. So I have considered buying a Kindle version (resizable text), but … Continue reading Discoveries Upon Existential Meanderings
New York – November 1974: Yet Even More
Like the guest from hell, the guest who won’t leave, old negatives from New York keep appearing. Maybe this is the last batch … More from New York City
New York – November 1974: And Some More
During these visits, a typical day might involve joining Dennis in the early morning to walk Gabrielle to school (kindergarten). We would walk and/or ride bus or subway until school was over, seeking out bookstores and museums and galleries and libraries. And grabbing a quick deli lunch. Then it was a return to the apartment, where … Continue reading New York – November 1974: And Some More