Grateful Dead, Yeah They’re That Good!
May 22, 2017 10:11 am Leave your thoughtsThe Grateful Dead Are That Good The legendary Grateful Dead show from Barton Hall on the Cornell University campus in...
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…and here’s the Education Plank of the Kind-of New Kind-of Left in Seattle
May 4, 2017 9:51 am 2 CommentsWhat Seattle’s New Left Wants: Education A Marxist Critique of Identity Politics …and my response: I commend our new left...
A Level-Headed Marxist Makes A Critique of New Left Politics in Seattle
May 4, 2017 9:42 am Leave your thoughtsA Marxist Critiques Identity Politics
Six Songs Each From Six Great 1966 Albums
February 25, 2017 10:21 pm Leave your thoughtsIf the Beatles of 1963 were the arrival of modern rock, 1966 was the year it moved into its second...
Fake News: dada Did It!
February 23, 2017 10:03 am 3 CommentsDuring the summer of 1919, two expatriated dadas living in Zurich were bored. Hans Arp (1886-1966) and Tristan Tzara (1896-1963)...
Musical Improvisation and Play: Dead Beatles
February 20, 2017 2:20 pm Leave your thoughtsDead Beatles The play of children and the play of ensemble improvisers like the Grateful Dead share numerous co-identifying qualities....