Pay attention urgent alert this matters
more than anything that’s ever been on any screen
in someone’s pocket this is the news
bombs are falling somewhere in a distant town
the mother-in-law still sports a frown
weak-chinned tyrants wear a sequined gown
and so much more
so many rhymes and shmazzle and music and flooneyooney
that we’ll never know
as we stare intently at our nothing
intending to do nothing
thank you for your time
Hope RekindledThis past week has given us more hope for our diseased republic than any other time in 50+ years of paying attention. Observing and participating in a long-overdue peaceful uprising, occupying the streets, feeling the righteous energy of people of all ages, colors, faiths, and wealth (or lack thereof), has…
Clarinetist Glenn Dickson, master of klezmer, has made a solo recording, “Wider Than the Sky,” that’s been on perpetual repeat at our home office. Using over-dubs and electronic digital effects, Dickson fills the aural soundscape with a rich melange of chordal textures supporting the melody. His celebrated virtuosity is subsumed here to long, elegiac musical...
