Archive for April, 2007
Thursday, April 5th, 2007
Saint Thomas
Sorry about boring you all with so much Jazz, but Sonny Rollins’ “St. Thomas” from his album Saxophone Colossus always puts me in a good mood. There’s nothing like happy music.
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Wednesday, April 4th, 2007
Too Much Jazz
I know I am talking too much about Jazz, but after listening to “Stolen Moments” again just now, I couldn’t get enough of Bill Evans‘ piano (he is from Plainsfield, NJ, right next door to where my mother is from). In any event, I thought I would also share with you some of my […]
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Wednesday, April 4th, 2007
Stolen Moments
This afternoon I was randomly listening to music in my Radio Blog Club playlist without paying much attention, and out of the blue I heard a flute and thought: hey, that’s Eric Dolphy. Then, I listened carefully and remembered that it was “Stolen Moments” from Oliver Nelson’s most celebrated album The Blues and the […]
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Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007
Video of the March 10th Safe Democracy International Conference
On March 10, 2007, I was very fortunate to attend the Safe Democracy International Conference (along with my Bro) as a panelist. Here is the video of the Conference’s conclusions. In watching the video, I am reminded of the fantastic group of experts with whom I shared the round table discussion on the […]
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Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007
Flower Power
Regardless of my spring time allergies that are slowing me down these days, you can see from my past two posts that I am very Pro-Flower.
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Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007
Enough is Enough
Enough is enough. I think I’ve had it. I don’t mind giving advice or helping people out with their personal problems, but what I can’t stand are people who are possessive. And here we are once again with my friend who was breaking up with her boyfriend. I have even given my long […]
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Monday, April 2nd, 2007
Cumpleaños Feliz
A pesar de mi gran deseo de que cada uno de mis amigos se fuera a casa a leerse un libro tranquilamente, mis amigos (salvo el Gran Huja) me obligaron a salir. Lo que no supe fue que mi querida amiga, la bella Laurita, con la colaboración de Berga y Neska, había venido desde […]
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Monday, April 2nd, 2007
From a Crooked Rib
This last few days, I finished reading two novels which could be described as feminist literature. The first one, Two Serious Ladies by Jane Bowles, I must admit, was a total enigma to me. In a sense, it reminded me of Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar. While I understand its central theme of women’s struggle […]
