David Adler
On John Hollenbeck
My preview of John Hollenbeck at (Le) Poisson Rouge (Monday, Nov. 30), in this week’s Time Out New York.
A note to Dennis Kucinich
Fresh from his sanctimonious vote against health care reform in congress, Dennis Kucinich of Ohio appeared on “Hardball” tonight to rail against President Obama’s impending announcement on troops to Afghanistan. I’m not taking a position in advance of Obama’s address next Tuesday. But I do want to object to Kucinich’s statement (I paraphrase) that “we owe a debt to Afghan
“My children were crying on top of my wife’s body.”
That’s one of many quotes from survivors featured in “Terror in Mumbai,” a new HBO documentary narrated by Fareed Zakaria. It’s solidly in the running for the most profoundly disturbing hour of television I’ve ever seen. Now, a year having passed since the attacks, and with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh currently visiting Washington, it’s a good time to reflect
On Tim Berne and Matt Mitchell
I have a fun Q&A with Tim Berne and Matt Mitchell up at PMP: the online magazine of the Philadelphia Music Project. The PMP mag used to be an annual print book sent out to members and not available commercially. It’s been reborn as a bloggy, regularly updated WordPress site. Much better.
Which Muslims?
On the planet where rightists and tea-partiers live, “Muslims” are engaged in an undifferentiated jihad against the West; all are guilty until proven innocent. On the planet where some lefties and liberals live, “Muslims” in the West are terribly offended by the U.S. and NATO making war against “Muslims,” which leads to tragedies like the massacre at Fort Hood. On
Uganda responds
Ugandans do not take kindly to being told, by a president of a country thousands of miles away, that Idi Amin was a great man after all. [Update: Not that present-day Uganda doesn’t have its problems…]
The week on disc (58)
In case you missed the last one… Ted Sirota’s Rebel Souls, Seize the Time (Naim) Bobby Previte, Pan Atlantic (Auand) Laura Andel Orchestra, Doble Mano (Rossbin) Alarm Will Sound, A/rhythmia (Nonesuch) Arturo Stable Quintet, Call (Origen) Wadada Leo Smith, Spiritual Dimensions (Cuneiform)
Most overrated music-maker of the ’00s
This one’s easy. Kanye West. Other suggestions welcome.