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a politically progressive blog mixing pop culture, social commentary, personal history, and the odd relevant poem--with links to recommended sites below right-hand column of photos

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Flash Gordon and Rocket Fresh Rainier

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Rainier Beer celebrated its hundred-year anniversary in 1976... well, sort of "a hundred"; there was some discontinuity ignored, s...

Monday, October 10, 2011

Roots, Right Hooks, and Hits

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Remember the Who’s hardnose heyday and Roger Daltry raging, “Hope I die before I get old”? Never imagined I’d ever have to admit such a sea-...

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Re:Freshin' (and Rainier Beer)

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After limping through the Weill marathon, my clumsy stumblings in pursuit of his Jazz connections exacerbated by a recalcitrant new computer...

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Monday, September 26, 2011

4B: "Svengali" a Weill Later

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Much more Kurt Weill still lay ahead as Lotte Lenya’s publicizing efforts (see part 4A below this closing section) made things happen--lon...

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Saturday, September 24, 2011

Gil Evans: Here 4A Weill

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(Lengthy Part 4 is now divided for readability, with second half in a day or two.) There was something in the air. Or maybe it was the wa...

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Sunday, September 11, 2011

Owed to Autumn

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Inspired by the gorgeous aerial shots of autumn foliage that bridge scenes in the new TV series Necessary Roughness , and by Doug Ramsey’s p...

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