Writer, Composer/Songwriter, Saxophonist, clarinetist, logophile, birdwatcher, Ropadope Records Recording Artist, Founder of Parade of One
Joined May 2010
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I love that @vurnt22 is on a posting marathon in praise of Bill Withers.
Many songs have experienced renewed interest because of films. For example, Pulp Fiction and Forrest Gump both revived interest in hits from previous decades. But has this happened recently, and is the reason why not related to a decline in the quality of film?
I was not looking forward to writing that grant application, but now it’s not even noon and I’ve already submitted, and I can get on with my day. That feels good.
You know what I miss from the @BarackObama years? Anti-bullying campaigns. Not sure if they were effective, but the intention seems more important than ever.
The worst flight duration is 4 hours. It’s long enough to get pretty antsy but too short to really settle in.
Listening to some Joe Henderson recordings from the 1980s (on wkcr) reminds me that, even though the Jazz Age was long past, many Jazz greats were still alive and doing great work, even if the listening public is more fixated on their more seminal works of previous decades.
I had just been thinking that the @WSJ is going downhill just like the rest of the papers, when Tara Isabella Burton delivered a near perfect use of the word “avuncular.”
“You can’t keep blaming yourself. Just blame yourself once and then move on.”
- Homer Simpson
Perhaps the wisest thing he said.
If you invite someone over and say the time is “noonish”, don’t be upset if that person shows up at 11:31am.
I was on 3rd ave and 14th st, right at the edge of the crazy zone, when the attacks happened on 9/11. I was 21 years old. I'm very resistant to say much about it. It was not a moment or a day. I guess you had to be there. 1/2
Aside from smoke, military, and emergency response, I have many unusual images stuck in my head from that day. For example, I saw someone walking a duck on a leash on the closed off streets. It's really weird the things you remember. 2/2
Great seeing the @Phillies today for my dad’s birthday, but it would be nice if a guy could get some green tea. Why isn’t there anyone selling green tea at concessions stands?
