David Adler

16
Jun

And the winner is…

Howard Mandel’s Jazz Beyond Jazz, Blog of the Year, 2009 Jazz Awards. Congratulations, pres! Complete slate of winners.

16
Jun

Twitter guide

Via Anastasia, a “cyberwar” guide — Twitter do’s and don’ts to follow when supporting the Iranian protesters from abroad. I don’t Twitter, so most of this is completely, um, foreign to me, but you can really see how solidarity is being reinvented and globalized … my favorite: Help cover the bloggers: change your twitter settings so that your location is

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15
Jun

Jazz Awards

Reminder: The JJA Jazz Awards are tomorrow. I’m up for Blog of the Year (thank you colleagues, readers). Incidentally, the Marsalises and Michelle Obama held a big jazz summit at the White House today. My colleague John Murph was there and should have a report up soon. Thought I’d link again to my recent Z Word piece on jazz and

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15
Jun

“Grit”

Yeah, I’m bothered by gentrification and all, but I agree with Jody Rosen: The glorification of crime-ridden ’70s New York has gotten out of hand. Rosen slaps James Wolcott: Evoking the possibility of a “second go-round of the 70s” this time with “those spiky glass buildings that have gone up in recent years … reflecting our own overreaching folly back

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15
Jun

Chavez’s loyalties

In case it’s still not clear to Sean Penn and his fellow far-left cultists that Hugo Chavez is a foe of democracy and an ally of police-state thugs the world over: The man has now offered his congratulations to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and railed against those who would “besmirch” his “great victory.”

15
Jun

The Gig

My good friend Nate Chinen has launched a new blog — a replacement of sorts for his now-defunct Jazz Times column. Must-read stuff there already, including an introductory post and some behind-the-scenes musings on his recent NYT Grizzly Bear feature.

14
Jun

Use It

My dear friend Andee Hinds, guitarist/songwriter/performer extraordinaire and helmsman of Black Sugar Transmission, has just released a new EP called Use It, featuring Vernon Reid and other serious guests. BST played a killing show last night at Arlene’s Grocery to celebrate the EP. Here’s a video on the making of Use It, followed by my personal BST favorite, “Nine Butterflies,”

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11
Jun

More Muslim Voices blogging

Worthwhile reading from my colleagues Anastasia and Hussein.