David Leheny

Wow - just started reading. Great work, @mcopelov.bsky.social and @tompepinsky.com !

YouTube video by Santoszzz Bud Powell - Wail

Jazz OTD: The incomparable pianist Bud Powell recorded one of his best studio sets on August 8, 1949 with Fats Navarro (to), Sonny Rollins (ts),
Tommy Potter (b), and Roy Haynes (d). Utterly essential bebop. Released on various versions of “The Amazing Bud Powell.”

#jazzsky

"Some legal experts argued the government’s new data demands showed misplaced priorities."

JFC, New York Times. "Some legal experts argued over how much to equivocate in describing white supremacists."

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/u...

Child in a stream near a waterfall

Ithaca

Apparent Washington Post columnist Rahm Emanuel: "What's Really Depressing America's Young Men"

"Possibly that my reward for helping to cover up a police murder was being named ambassador to Japan and now having a regular gig in The Washington Post. Just kidding. They don't know who I am, thank God."

Trump’s Deals With Top Colleges May Give Rich Applicants a Bigger Edge

Time for another set of New York Times "That's Not What I Voted For, But Man Do I Love Alligator Alcatraz" profiles of MAGA voters

YouTube video by Santoszzz Thelonious Monk - In Walked Bud

Jazz OTD: On August 7, 1958, the Thelonious Monk Quartet recorded their sets at New York's Five Spot Café, released as "Thelonious In Action" and this, "Misterioso." Blistering work by saxophonist Johnny Griffin on this cut, along with the great Ahmed Abdul-Malik (b) and Roy Haynes (d). #jazzsky

前原氏ら維新幹部4人が辞意　参院選で引責、吉村氏が3人の扱い保留：朝日新聞 日本維新の会の前原誠司共同代表ら幹部3人が4日、参院選での不振を受け、党幹部会合で吉村洋文代表（大阪府知事）に辞意を伝えた。吉村氏は扱いを保留にしたという。党内では、比例票が参院選で過去最低に落ち込…

Annual summertime traditions in Japan:

1) O-bon festivals
2) Fireworks shows
3) Kakigori shaved ice
4) Maehara Seiji resignations following another electoral catastrophe

YouTube video by JazzTube Andrew Hill & Lee Morgan - 1958 - Grass Roots - 01 Grass Roots

Jazz OTD: Andrew Hill recorded "Grass Roots" -- arguably his most accessible, hard-bop-oriented album as leader -- on August 5, 1968 (tracks here are mislabeled as 1958, and only first five from this date), with a brilliant band: Lee Morgan, Booker Ervin, Ron Carter, and Freddie Waits. #jazzsky

YouTube video by Jackie McLean - Topic Cancellation (Remastered 2006)

Jazz OTD: On August 5, 1964, Jackie McLean recorded the terrific album "It's Time," notable as well for being (I believe) the first recording of the wonderful trumpeter/composer/bandleader Charles Tolliver, who also wrote this album opener. With Herbie Hancock, Cecil McBee, & Roy Haynes. #jazzsky

A year before Kane Hodder’s star-making turn as Jason in “Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan,” he played Jason in 1988’s “Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood.” I remember thinking, “This guy has what it takes, and we’ll be hearing more from him.” And I was right!

Writing Through My Policy Depression It's been a bad week on top of a bad month on top of a bad year. What to do?

Hadn’t seen this piece from @dandrezner.bsky.social — for whom I have a great deal of intellectual admiration and personal affection — and it’s simultaneously a gut punch and an encouraging hint that I’m not crazy.

YouTube video by d22 Joe Henderson-Out 'n' In (Tokyo Live 1971) HD

Jazz OTD: On August 4, 1971, Joe Henderson recorded his set at the Junk Club in Tokyo, with a terrific local band: Hideo Ichikawa (electric piano), Kunimitsu Inaba (bass), and
the legendary Motohiko Hino (drums). Released as “Joe Henderson in Japan.” #jazzsky

They just ruined the chilling 3-part true crime podcast I already had lined up about this grisly, deeply troubling case, one that has left profound imprints on the community of Brunswick, Maine. Maybe I’ll focus on the longer-term legacies that continue to haunt so many families there.

Opinion | Attention, Men: Books Are Sexy!

Maureen Dowd - Attention, Young Men: Books Are Sexy, Especially When Read by My Male Friends Discussed Here, Who Are Certainly Heroes To You, Like Mike Nichols, Tom Stoppard, and Ralph Fiennes

Fantastic!!! Hope the show's a lot of fun.

Montana Gunman on the Loose After 4 Killed at a Neighborhood Bar

Another sign of Mamdani's failure as mayor

I was at a wedding in Columbus, got to see the groom’s brother do a well-rehearsed, well-executed swing dance with his girlfriend whom he was apparently in the process of breaking up with. Not sure why I remember that. Didn’t give me a strong reason to return.

I’m a lot older than you and I’m only at 20

I have no sympathy for air carriers but I think the real problem this time was staffing cuts in air control at the US airport.

YouTube video by Wayne Shorter - Topic Deluge (Rudy Van Gelder 24 Bit Mastering/1999 Digital Remaster)

Jazz OTD: I assume my travel woes keep me occupied for the next 90 hours or so, I'm also posting in advance a Jazz OTD for August 3: Wayne Shorter's great album "Juju," recorded in 1964 with McCoy Tyner, Reggie Workman, and Elvin Jones. #jazzsky

Hi everyone - I'm going to be in travel purgatory for the next few days, so this great will have to suffice as Jazz OTD through August 2, which also marks the last of the three days of recording in 1996 by Messrs. Marsalis, Veal, and Watts. Enjoy!

Yeah, it really sucks. They offered me an alternative online, only revealing after selecting it that there's no assigned seat for my 5-year-old on a completely full flight.

Nikki Garcia 'Devastated' After Finding Out She Was Cut From 'Happy Gilmore 2' Nikki Garcia is sharing her honest reaction after finding out all of her speaking scenes were cut from "Happy Gilmore 2."

It's been emotionally draining to wake at the crack of down to rebook my daughter and me on a flight to the US after ours was canceled an hour ago, but seeing genuinely devastating news like this helps keep it in perspective.

YouTube video by Branford Marsalis - Topic Schott Happens

Jazz OTD: Busy day, so early start. July 31, 1996 was the first of three consecutive days of recording for the Branford Marsalis Trio's superb "The Dark Keys," with Reginald Veal (b) and Jeff "Tain" Watts (d). The terrific closing track, which I assume is a reference to Marge Schott. #jazzsky

a cartoon girl is wearing a yellow dress and a purple necklace and smiling . Alt: Fancy Nancy is wearing a yellow dress and a purple necklace and smiling

Is “Fancy Nancy” just a tool for angry men to groom a generation of tradwives?

A fringe or political force: Will the real Sanseito stand up? There were a few things that might raise eyebrows, but nothing especially scary. Sanseito's published policy platform is relatively benign.

New piece by Edo Naito on Sanseito does very little other than aid the normalization of far-right views. He also calls this characterization of the party 'snarky, which feels like a dismissal of the time and effort me and others have put into our research 🧵
www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2...

YouTube video by Blue Mitchell - Topic Fungii Mama (Remastered 2004/Rudy Van Gelder Edition)

Jazz OTD: On July 30, 1964, trumpeter Blue Mitchell recorded his first Blue Note release, the irresistible “The Thing To Do.” With Junior Cook (ts), Gene Taylor (b), and, early in their very long and distinguished careers, Chick Corea (p) and Aloysius (Al) Foster (d). #jazzsky

Thank you!!!