Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Digital Futures: The Untested "Third Way"

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This interview with Jaron Lanier, author of " You Are Not a Gadget " asks deep and controversial questions about the accepted ...
Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Enough Fundamentalist Hooey -- America is a Land of Freedom -- and Joy

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Rosario Dawson leading the dancers in Kevin Smith's Clerks 2 (2006): Yep,that's joyful. "Satan has his sights" on the ...
Friday, February 17, 2012

No Middle Ground: China's Way---or the Highway?

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Author David Sirota asseses the conundrum faced by the US: "President Barack Obama admitted it when in his State of the Union address h...
Wednesday, February 15, 2012

New Jean-Michel Basquiat "Ultraviolet" Work Uncovered

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LONDON — Graffiti pioneer Jean-Michel Basquiat's "Orange Sports Figure", which was recently found to be signed in invisible in...
Friday, February 10, 2012

Fagen on Friday: Counter Moon & Teahouse on the Tracks

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Donald Fagen performs "Counter Moon" and "Teahouse on the Tracks" from his solo album Kamakyriad, 1993 Steely Dan Tour...
Tuesday, February 7, 2012

On The Road Again

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Ofer is a traveling man. He describes himself as “a Nomadic Entrepreneur who was born and raised in Germany, lived in the US for over a dec...
Monday, February 6, 2012

Poetry as Survival: Gregory Orr at the New School

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Poet Gregory Orr will be discussing "Poetry as Survival" in a conversation presented by Arts in Mind at the New School on Wednesda...

Always in Vogue: Madonna at the Super Bowl

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Great Half Time photos of Madonna, Niki Minaj, MIA, Cee-Lo-Green, and LMFAO, plus dancers, acrobats, and endless pomp and glitz. And, oh yea...
Friday, February 3, 2012

"Super" Alternatives: FusonArts

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Art by Shalom Neuman For anyone not lured by the prospects of hot wings and taco chips in front of the HD, as the New York Giants and New En...
Thursday, February 2, 2012

Dreamers, Hackers and the Securities and Exchange Commission

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The Facebook S.E.C. Filing (from S-1 Registration Statement Under the Securities Act of 1933)  here David Choe, the Skeptical Grafitti Art...
Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Don Cornelius: Creator of 'Soul Train' Dead at 75

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The Soul Train Line dances to September by Earth, Wind and Fire Don Cornelius, creator of Soul Train, the show that revitalized music on ...
Tuesday, January 31, 2012

On Reading Paradise Lost

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Gustav Dore's Depiction of the Main Character of John Milton's epic Paradise Lost  In the early early morning, every work day, aft...
Monday, January 30, 2012

CODA: Doing the Italian-Jewish Thang: From Louis Prima to the Flatbush Waltz

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Flatbush Waltz: Andy Statman (mandolin) Jim Whitney (bass) and Larry Eagle (drums and percussion) celebrating David Grisman's birthday...
Wednesday, January 25, 2012

CODA: Wednesday Morning: Waitin' on the Robert E. Lee by Louis Prima

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A clip from the 1999 documentary, Louis Prima: The Wildest . Director Don McGlynn was the creator of the 2011 documentary on African-Americ...
Friday, January 20, 2012

Singer Etta James Dies, Age 73

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Etta James, whose assertive, earthy voice lit up such hits as "The Wallflower," "Something's Got a Hold on Me" and...