Published inGEN·PinnedMember-onlyThe Coming Fight Over the Story of the MAGA InsurrectionWe can’t be too confident about how history will record the events of January 6 — Even as the first draft of the history of the January 6 insurrection is still being written, it’s not too early to consider the version that will be memorialized in high school history and social studies textbooks a decade from now. Will it tell the story of a defeated president…Politics2 min readPolitics2 min read
Published inSounds Out of Time·Jul 23, 2020Member-onlyHerbie Hancock: Mwandishi Years(This is an edited transcript of Episode 23 of the Sounds Out of Time podcast. Here’s a playlist of tracks featured in this episode.) After a few heavy duty episodes in a row, it’s time to switch things up a bit. …Podcast4 min readPodcast4 min read
Published inSounds Out of Time·Jul 6, 2020Member-onlyCharles Mingus: The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady(This is an edited transcript of Episode 22 of the Sounds Out of Time podcast. Here’s a link to the album.) I had originally planned to do this episode right after Concierto de Aranjuez as a two-part series on the intersection of jazz and Spanish music in the early ’60s…Podcast5 min readPodcast5 min read
Published inSounds Out of Time·Jun 21, 2020Member-onlyCharles Mingus: Original Faubus Fables(This is an edited transcript of Episode 21 of the Sounds Out of Time podcast. Here’s a playlist of the tracks featured.) (Opening: Charles Mingus and band singing) Oh Lord, don’t let ’em shoot us! Oh, Lord, don’t let ’em stab us! Oh, Lord, don’t let ’em tar and feather…Music3 min readMusic3 min read
Published inSounds Out of Time·May 30, 2020Member-onlyMiles Davis: Concierto de Aranjuez(This is an edited transcript of Episode 20 of the Sounds Out of Time podcast. Here’s a playlist of most of the tracks featured.) I’m going to spend a couple episodes on the intersection of Spanish music and jazz. In the last episode on Bill Evans, I mentioned Miles Davis’s…Music4 min readMusic4 min read
Published inSounds Out of Time·May 27, 2020Member-onlyBill Evans: Turn Out the Stars(This is an edited transcript of Episode 19 of the Sounds Out of Time podcast. Here’s a playlist of most of the tracks featured.) I’m going to wrap up this series on groundbreaking pianists with Bill Evans. When I think about Earl “Fatha” Hines, Art Tatum, McCoy Tyner, Bud Powell…Music2 min readMusic2 min read
Published inSounds Out of Time·May 16, 2020Member-onlyThelonius Monk: Pannonica(This is an edited transcript of Episode 18 of the Sounds Out of Time podcast. Here’s a playlist of the recordings featured.) When I first thought about doing a short series of episodes on groundbreaking pianists, I had a destination in mind: Thelonius Monk. On my personal Mount Rushmore of…Music3 min readMusic3 min read
Apr 28, 2020Member-onlyVirtual Presence: A Resource GuideThe internet is now teeming with tips on how to thrive (or survive) on videoconference. Some of this advice is lousy, but the best of it includes professional insights that would usually cost you a bundle. …Work3 min readWork3 min read
Apr 20, 2020Member-onlyDeepwater Horizon: Failure to LearnTen years later, its lessons remain critical. On April 20, 2010, an explosion on the BP Deepwater Horizon drilling rig 49 miles off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico killed 11 men. The blowout of the well initiated the worst oil spill in U.S. history. …7 min read7 min read
Published inSounds Out of Time·Apr 20, 2020Member-onlyBud Powell: Un Poco Loco(This is an edited transcript of Episode 17 of the Sounds Out of Time podcast. Here’s a playlist of all but one of the recordings featured as well as a few extra tracks from the 1998 remastered version of The Amazing Bud Powell.) Next up in this short series on…Music3 min readMusic3 min read
