I’ve been grooving to Rashaan Roland Kirk’s 1961 recording We Free Kings, which I nabbed from the local public library. I’d heard of Kirk for a long time, but I’d never heard any of his stuff. He’s a good player on every sort of sax and also on the flute. We Free Kings is a [...]

I’ll admit it, I’m cheap. I’ve really enjoyed using knowspam to help thin the spam out of my inbox. But, when it came time to renew my subscription, I let it lapse. It’s only $20/year, which is very fair. But I’ve had so many “only $20/year” things come due lately, I just couldn’t do one [...]

Today would have been my father’s 87th birthday. He died (it’s always tempting to say, “we lost him” or “he passed away” or some other such diversion) July 29, 2003.

Here’s some nice chill-out ambient from a Magnatune artist named Stargarden. I haven’t checked out all three albums yet, but The Art of Analog Diversion is solid. Turn on. Turn up. Tune out.

Garret writes eloquently–and correctly–about how Democrats should proceed in the wake of the presidential election. Tasty, foreboding quote of the moment: “So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish to tyrannize will do so; for tyrants are active and ardent, and will devote themselves in the name of [...]