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Indictment, not impeachment
I’ve received a number of emails, from musicians and others, crying out in support of Dennis Kucinich’s silly impeachment drive. Says Marc Cooper in the LA Weekly: …[H]ow on earth does any rational being believe that George W. Bush will actually be impeached by a bunch of Democrats who voted for his war in the first place — with fewer
Support our troops
By which I mean: Support them when one is apparently raped and murdered and the U.S. Army rules it a suicide. Darcy has more details on the fate of Private LaVena Johnson. There’s a petition calling on Henry Waxman to launch a full inquiry. Please sign on.
Give us your poor…
My Philadelphia Weekly story on Matt Davis touched on City of Arrivals, Davis’s reverie on the immigrant experience in Philadelphia. With that fresh in mind I came across this story in the Inquirer, about Bintou Soumare and her husband, Amissi Ndikumasabo (above), Malian immigrants who opened a clothing store in North Philly, saving up money in the hope of bringing their
On Sonic Liberation Front
My review of Sonic Liberation Front (with Shot x Shot and the SEA Trio), in today’s Inquirer.
Quagmire reality check
In the midst of the Obama-McCain sparring over Iraq this past week, George Packer provides a useful reminder: “The Shiite-led government has been trying to get American forces out of the way for at least two years.” Maliki’s endorsement of the Obama timetable is not some bolt from the blue, and it has everything to do with Iraq’s internal politics,
Johnny Griffin R.I.P.
And just after I mentioned him in my Ronnie Mathews post. All I can say is: Wes Montgomery’s Full House and Thelonious Monk’s Misterioso. Some of the scariest, most perfectly realized tenor sax playing ever. Thankfully I caught him at the Vanguard in the early ’00s, with Michael Weiss on piano. I seem to remember “Just One of Those Things”
Questions
“Will we extend our hand to the people in the forgotten corners of this world who yearn for lives marked by dignity and opportunity; by security and justice? Will we lift the child in Bangladesh from poverty, shelter the refugee in Chad, and banish the scourge of AIDS in our time? “Will we stand for the human rights of the
Matt Davis and Aerial Photograph
My cover story on guitarist Matt Davis and his incredible Aerial Photograph project, in the current edition of Philadelphia Weekly.