I Witness

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

Friday, December 30, 2011

"To and Fro" Zen: Stevens in the Snow

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Odd how the language has evolved… here’s a pertinent example: You can be a lyric poet without ever writing lyrics. Moreover, there may be mu...

Thursday, December 22, 2011

C# or Yule B-flat

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Thousands of records and CDs purporting to celebrate Christmas have been issued over the 60 to 70 effective years of record albums. Seen fro...

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Thursday, December 15, 2011

House of Mingus, Music of Mell

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Just back from Arizona, the Phoenix/Scottsdale area: a one-week getaway from clouds and rain to Southwest sunshine, which is what we had fo...

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Saturday, December 3, 2011

Son Up

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Over the course of four decades the wider world in a sense met a different Son House each time the Delta Bluesman’s distinctive performances...

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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Thoreauly Bearable

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If that punning headline bearly escapes being a self-defeating prophecy, I’m pretty sure some readers will consider it, not oxymoronic, but ...

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Mingus Misprized, Duke Reprised

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I’ve been thinking about Duke Ellington’s four-year loose affiliation with Frank Sinatra’s Reprise Records. Sinatra signed him on as an arti...

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