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| A Crowd of Seals, Santa Cruz Wharf, June 2009 |
September 27, 2015
September 18, 2015
Passing Thoughts
In my neighborhood to be Irish-American was to be whiter than any Italian-American. Whether there was a hierarchy of whiter whites than Irish whites was really of no concern as long as it was recognized that Irish was essentially whiter than Italian, in this view.
I'm thinking in his time Will Rogers wasn't white at all except by general acclaim, and despite all appearances. But then it's always been defined by general acclaim, white being a slippery notion, the precise white being applied or denied in the instant a matter of exacting public judgements, which fell in favor of Rogers back then.
September 17, 2015
September 15, 2015
September 14, 2015
Local Color Is Not What It Might Be, Admittedly
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| Coyote Blending In, Arana Gulch Santa Cruz, September 2015 |
September 07, 2015
September 05, 2015
September 01, 2015
August 21, 2015
August 10, 2015
July 12, 2015
July 09, 2015
July 04, 2015
Sweet Land of Liberty
America is the Budweiser Beer of nations: very big, very important in the scheme of things, not nearly as good as one might wish in the event. Another round, if it pleases?
June 29, 2015
June 27, 2015
Dead Dead at 50
The group that continues to think of itself as the Grateful Dead, now comprised after all these years of only Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart, has vowed to stop calling itself that anymore after this one, last, 50th Anniversary tour, which begins tonight at Levis Stadium in Santa Clara before moving on to Chicago for some shows around the Fourth of July. May their 401K's increase.
June 24, 2015
June 22, 2015
Phil Austin, April 6, 1941 – June 19, 2015
Phil Austin and his confederates created, in Firesign Theatre, the most sublime aural comedy ever made. His is the voice of Nick Danger, Third Eye.
June 20, 2015
We Interrupt This Suit Worn By Elvis to Bring You Charleston
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| Musical instrument Museum Collection, Phoenix, AZ |
June 13, 2015
W.B. Yeats (June 13, 1865 – January 28, 1939)
The renowned Yeats originated a hundred and fifty years ago today. So, there's that. I'm fond of this setting of Yeats to music:
June 11, 2015
June 09, 2015
Woods
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| Base of Redwood, Henry Cowell Redwood State Park, 2013 |
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| Part of a Large Tree, Henry Cowell Redwood State Park, 2013 |
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