From Sun Chips to Sun King

18 years ago

Here’s proof that art relies more on the artist than the materials: here’s Louis XIV, the “Sun King”, rendered using…

Vintage TVOntario Images

18 years ago

Here’s a nostalgia trip for those of you who watched TVOntario during the late seventies and early eighties: a montage…

2008: Annus Assrocketis (The Year of Assrockets)

18 years ago

At the end of 1992, when the marriages of her children, Prince Charles, Prince Andrew and Princess Anne all dissolved…

Police Shoot Accordion-Playing Student in German WWII Uniform

18 years ago

John Bowman just sent me a message linked to a Seattle Times story about the police shooting of a University…

Your Last Chance to Get JPG Magazine

18 years ago

JPG magazine was beautiful but unsustainable. A photography magazine whose contributors were also its readers, it was part publication, part…

“Before the Music Dies”: The Full Documentary

18 years ago

In an earlier article, Branford Marsalis’ Take on Students Today, I posted a video in which jazz.funk sax man Branford…

Spam Fritters

18 years ago

Photo courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele. I like the Hawaiian treat called “Spam Sushi” (it’s properly referred to as Spam…

“Accordion Guy’s” 2008 Stats

18 years ago

Both my blogs hit new readership records in 2008. Global Nerdy got nearly 703,000 pageviews, more than double the previous…

“Sexual Healing” as Done by the Hot 8 Brass Band

18 years ago

As long as I’m in a jazzy, funky mode today (see today’s earlier blog entries featuring Branford Marsalis and Thelonious…

Thelonious Monk’s Advice

18 years ago

Even if you’re not a jazz musician or even a jazz fan, you might still get some mileage from the…