Westbrook Pegleg, Gent.

9/11, Charlie Kirk, Social Media, and the Demons Here's a thought experiment for you, after yesterday's assassination and 24 years after 9/11/2001: What would America have been like had there been social media on that day? I think

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Central Ohio Journal Notes and images from diverse places in the heartland

"Pluralism is a key, a vital, part of these United States. Antioch and Cedarville, within shouting distance of each other. That's America." A journal, for your enjoyment.
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Ammo Found Near Charlie Kirk Assassination Scene Engraved with Transgender, Antifascist Writing: Law Enforcement Memo | National Review Kirk was answering a question about mass shootings committed by transgender people when he was shot.

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Charlie Kirk, R.I.P. | National Review The murder of the Turning Point USA leader represents a shocking event that may herald a turn toward greater political violence in America.

At this heartbreaking moment, we pray for Charlie Kirk’s family, and for the future of the country.

May he rest in peace.

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Utah Valley University: Accused suspect in custody following Charlie Kirk shooting Utah Valley University (UVU) has confirmed that a suspect is custody after Turning Point USA co-founder and CEO Charlie Kirk was shot "near the neck."

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“Name droppers,” by Joshua T. Katz Joshua T. Katz on recent changes to learned societies.

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Join us on a visit to Grade I Skinners’ Hall. It has been home to the Worshipful Company of Skinners for over 700 years.
This exclusive visit will include a tour of the building, and a look at archival material relating to the 19th + 20th century.
Refreshments included. Link in bio

#londonhistory

"Breathless" might be the one Goddard I found watchable, even funny when he stopped for a female hitchhiker, but ix-nayed that when he decided she wasn't good looking.

Henry James would like a word with you...

I'm jealous of the late Nat Hentoff, can only imagine how great his jazz collection was! I used to work as a freelance illustrator. One client was the Village Vice [sic]. On occasion, I used the opportunity, when dropping off a job, to pop my head in the door of his office to ask a jazz question.

September music... #CharlieParker

From East Germany, with love, in 1968...

My first LP? Autumn of 1964, "House of the Rising Sun." Then, for Christmas, "Surfer Girl." Early 1965 saw the first two Kinks, Beatles, etc. "Getz/Gilberto," "Highway 61." Classical, more jazz... 'Twas a time, chirren.

PS: Still got 'em! In clean condition! I take care of my stuff.

Happy owner of the box LP set of "Alive and Well" here!

As you may know, Bowie was a Brel fan, recorded at least one Brel song.

September music... #KurtWeill

Shelby AC 427 Cobra...

Dorothy Dell, 1934....

When playing an LP, do you begin with Side 1, then after it has reached its proper conclusion, proceed to Side 2? If so, you may be a conservative.

PS: If you're playing 78s, Side 1 to Side 2, you are, almost certainly, a reactionary, or at least a Ralph de Toledanoite.

No more the days of Ricky and Fred gathered around a TV set to watch the fights. (BTW, "Ricky and Fred" is Boomer lingo, designed to keep you whippersnappers in the dark.)

If Kenton, Bartok and Monk were seamlessly melded, with a dash of Satie and a dot of Feldman, for a French noir set north of the sun, west of the moon, it would approximate Ran Blake. #RanBlake

74 and was never affected.

Routinely, people jump the turnstiles in New York subway stations. (Usually, these are young people.) This disgusts and demoralizes the law-abiding and degrades the general atmosphere. Reapply the lessons of 1993-2013. Without ordered liberty, society is sunk.

Happy to find the September issue in my post office box this morning!

“New York chronicle,” by Jay Nordlinger Jay Nordlinger on recent performances at Carnegie Hall, the BBC Proms, Lincoln Center & Bard College.

For the music-minded, my "New York chronicle" in the September New Criterion. A number of issues, composers, and performers arise. newcriterion.com/article/new-...

That time of year.