Pete Seeger Was In Selma (And Just About Everywhere Else Activism & Music Were Happening) From “Talking Points Memo”: << One of the few missing ingredients in the film Selma is the centrality of music during the Selma-to-Montgomery, Alabama march. A tiny snippet of field recordings from the march can be heard at the very … Continue reading Pete Seeger Was In Selma
Revelation & Memory: Garrison Keillor Saw Garrison Keillor last night. Not his show; just him, solo except for a short set with a local guitarist. He was very much himself: baggy suit, long red tie, long red socks, red tennis shoes. He told stories and sang songs for two hours straight. The Durham Performing Arts Center … Continue reading Garrison Keillor & Me: A Startling Revelation
Our Calico Cat is really the World’s cutest, and we had this vase made so that the world could better appreciate that.
It Had to Happen: the AP Is Using Robots to Write Thousands of Routine Business Stories.Now all we Need Is Some Robots to READ Them . . . Philana Patterson, an assistant business editor at the AP tasked with implementing the system, tells us there was some skepticism from the staff at first. “I wouldn’t … Continue reading Robots Writing News Stories?? You Mean You Hadn’t Noticed??
Teen Murders Down –And The BIG Reason Is Quite A Surprise! George Tita, a criminologist at UC Irvine who studies homicide, said the increase in age is consistent with the changing nature of gang violence and the sharp decrease in killings throughout the county. Others say that the trauma of losing brothers, cousins and fathers … Continue reading Teen Murders In Los Angeles Are Way Down