A couple of years ago, I splurged and purchased the 24-CD Centennial Edition box set that features the complete recordings by Duke Ellington for RCA Records and spans his entire career. I’ve always had a soft spot for the Duke, and this was a way to ensure that I will always have something “new” to […]
Regardé hier ce film d’André Téchiné que j’avais sur cassette depuis longtemps… Je n’ai pas pu m’empêcher de trouver tout cela très lourd, et pas seulement à cause de la longueur. Ressasser sans répit toutes ces grosses questions existentielles, ça donne quelque chose d’assez indigeste. Les questions sous-jacentes sont tellement présentes que le fait qu’elles […]
More discouraging stuff by Paul Krugman in The New York Times about the “banana republic” that the US has become: “Behind Our Backs” by Paul Krugman, The New York Times For the overwhelming political lesson of the last year is that war works — that is, it’s an excellent cover for the Republican Party’s domestic […]
Chessball at Highbury! All kinds of twists and turns, all kinds of action, all kinds of mind play, all kinds of drama. It is, of course, a fair result on the whole — but the red card against Sol Campbell was indeed a bit harsh and probably would only have been a yellow card if […]