The Wrong Arguments, Pt. 1
May 30, 2019 11:55 pm Leave your thoughtsPart 1: Can I get a witness? Recent shifts in American politics have brought some benefits. Average Jane’s, Joe’s, They’s...
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Happy Birthday, Erik Satie!
May 17, 2019 8:42 am Leave your thoughtsOne of the very greatest exponents of tricksterism in music. Wikipedia sez: Éric Alfred Leslie Satie (French: [eʁik sati];[1] 17 May...
Musical Improvisation and Playfulness: Dead Beatles
April 30, 2019 12:15 am Leave your thoughtsMusical Improvisation and Playfulness: Dead Beatles The play of children and the play of ensemble improvisers like the Grateful Dead...
Time Travel, The Pogo Stick of Philosophy [Part 3]
April 13, 2019 9:33 am Leave your thoughtsTake this example for contrast. A woman testifies: I am glad that I own a gun because when that man...
Time Travel, The Pogo Stick of Philosophy [Part 2]
April 11, 2019 9:11 am Leave your thoughtsIn King Lear, theGodfather of its time, Shakespeare exposes the folly of power through his narrative of it slipping away....
Time Travel, the Pogo Stick of Philosophy [Part 1]
April 9, 2019 9:23 am Leave your thoughtsIn 1895, H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine captured the popular imagination and set the tone for our infinite fascination with...