The Death of Dictionaries
THE DEATH OF DICTIONARIES
Here’s a photo of our dictionaries, which are now saying goodbye.
Read More10 Great Tom Waits’ Quotes
Recently, Facebook friend and music publicist Mitchell Schneider posted an old album review he wrote up for Crawdaddy, a monthly newsprint-style magazine published 1966-1979. Anyone remember that? It was such a great resource for all things musical.
I hadn’t thought about Crawdaddy in many years. Luckily, Mitchell sent me a link with old archives of the back issues, and of course I dived down the rabbit hole.
Read MoreHammering Foreign Affairs: Nothing is Normal Anymore
TAKING A HAMMER TO U.S. FOREIGN RELATIONS
In yesterday’s mail, I received a subscription offer to Foreign Affairs, which is an in-depth magazine focusing on U.S. foreign policy and international relations. Actually, it was a renewal offer, since my old subscription recently lapsed after many years. In normal times, a magazine offer wouldn’t trigger this Facebook post. But these are not normal times.
Read MoreRemembering Norm Clarke
Very sad to hear of Norm Clarke’s death. For many years, Norm was a “must-read” daily columnist — first with the Associated Press, then the Rocky Mountain News, and for the last three decades in the LVRJ when it was once a diverse newspaper with an independent voice. He knew everybody in town and often was the first to break big local news. When the phone rang and you saw “Norm Clarke” was calling, that was a mandatory pick up.
Read MoreLook What I Found (Finding Al Alvarez’s “The Biggest Game in Town” — Now, 40 Years Later)
Read MoreAl Alvarez’s book undoubtedly had some role in changing my life and the direction it took when at a crossroads.
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