Category: micropost

Rita Moreno Has Time Only for the Truth

Warren Buffett and the Myth of the ‘Good Billionaire’ — Anand Ghiridardas in the New York Times

5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Percussion

From “like,” all you could see was other Americans engaged in a process resembling the processes of intimacy. This was a comfort.

Joel Chadabe, Explorer of Electronic Music’s Frontier, Dies at 82

A Revered Photojournalist’s Chronicle of Lower Manhattan on the Brink of Transformation | The New Yorker

Danny Lyon’s singular and fascinating The Destruction of Lower Manhattan was recently brought back into print in facsimile by Aperture. It’s essential for anyone interested in urban/landscape photography, photojournalism, New York City, and urban destruction/redevelopment.

Can Removing Highways Fix America’s Cities? – The New York Times

When a Raindrop Falls in the US, Where Does It End Up?

Curtis Fuller, a Powerful Voice on Jazz Trombone, Dies at 88

Once Overlooked, Black Abstract Painters Are Finally Given Their Due – The New York Times

Learn to understand existence as being political.
Avoid art-world strategies.
Erase all known isms.
Don’t succumb to populist aesthetics.
Remove the notion of me.
Eliminate that which qualifies as a narrative.
Learn to live by the philosophy of jazz.
Only fools want to be famous (avoid at all cost).
Remain true to myself.
— Jack Whitten

Fauxliage – Disguised Cell Phone Towers

The Gatekeepers Who Get to Decide What Food Is “Disgusting” | The New Yorker

11 Reasons to Keep Wearing a Mask After You’re Vaccinated and the Pandemic is “Over”

Musicians Say Streaming Doesn’t Pay. Can the Industry Change?

Cultural Society poet Alexandra Mattraw wrote the San Francisco Public Library’s Poem of the Day

‘Sisters With Transistors’ Review: How Women Pioneered Electronic Music

Amy Sherald: The Great American Fact