Friday, May 17, 2013

Bob Dylan's 'Blind Willie McTell': Thirty Years On

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In May 1983, Bob Dylan at the piano accompanied by Mark Knopfler on guitar recorded "Blind Willie McTell" during the sessions for...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013

'Do You Hear Me, Commander Chris?' Space is Definitely The Place

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Commander Chris Hadfield, a Canadian astronaut performed this music video of David Bowie's aboard the International Space Station, the...
Friday, May 10, 2013

The Internet and Its Discontents: Jaron Lanier and the iEconomy

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Who Owns the Future? By Jaron Lanier Simon and Schuster 2013 I can recall reading an article by Jaron Lanier, sometime way, way back, pr...

Coda: Print Your Own--Handgun? OH YEAH!

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Blueprints for 3D-plastic gun downloaded 100,000 times in 2 days before the U.S. State Department ordered the site to take down the weapon ...
Friday, May 3, 2013

Print Your Own --- Handgun?

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Andy Greenberg in Forbes reports on an attorney who is a gun-rights advocate who will be releasing plans for the creation of an all-plastic ...
Wednesday, May 1, 2013

'You Got Me Rockin': Rolling Stones in LA

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UK's Uncut reported that the Rolling tones played a 90 minute set at the Echoplex, a small club in LA's Echo Park neighborhood. Luck...
Monday, April 29, 2013

Lag B'Omer Parade in "Little Yerushalayim"

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Yesterday, Chasidim conducted a fairly ambitious and probably permit-free parade (in traffic) on Avenue J, honoring the Lag B'Omer holi...

Bada-bing: Conan O'Brien at the White House Correspondents' Dinner

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--Deep in the Heart of Brooklyn
Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Freedom: Richard Pierce Havens 1941-2013

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Rest in peace Richie Havens 1941-2013 iconic American musician of the 60s counterculture who passed away at his home in New Jersey. DITHOB c...
Saturday, April 20, 2013

'Get Lucky' and Dance Away the Summer with the Return of Daft Punk

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Daft Punk, uber creative and visually dynamic French pop duo, are back with the first single off of forthcoming "Random Access Memori...
Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Coda: Shake It Up: Anthony Weiner, the Upcoming and the Talking Dog

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Some frustration and push back zinging through the aether about Anthony J. Weiner's bobbing and weaving in and out of the Mayoral race. ...

Shake It Up: Anthony Weiner, the Upcoming and the Talking Dog

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As a follow up to his interview with former US Congressman Anthony Weiner, NY1's political anchor Errol Louis wrote an op-ed in the NY D...
Monday, April 15, 2013

Suddenly, Cherry Blossom Time on Waldorf

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Thursday, April 11, 2013

Safe as Milk: Iranian Scientist Invents 'Time Machine'

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Beyond Iran's forays into nuclear energy (and presumably weaponry), scientists there also appear to be trying to develop new technologie...
Monday, April 8, 2013

Signs of Spring: 'The Water Song'

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Hot Tuna's The Water Song. Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady, Sammy Piazza. Spiritual. All natural. Uplifting. A classic.