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Mugabe on Hitler/Mugabe as Hitler
Oh, this is rich. Robert Mugabe at a UN meeting in Rome, referring to Bush and Blair: Must we allow these men, the two unholy men of our millennium, who in the same way as Hitler and Mussolini formed their unholy alliance, formed an alliance to attack an innocent country? But what’s so bad about Hitler? Here’s Mugabe on March
Hirsh on the “academic intifada”
Read his take in Dissent magazine here.
Where Wings Take Dream
My friend Andee just sent this around. It must be seen and heard. Come to think of it, this too must be heard. (Via David Bloom.)
Ari Hoenig on DVD
We critics and editors should start considering DVDs along with CDs when making our poll choices, monthly best-of lists and whatever else. Now we’ve got DVDs banished to little box items, maybe two a month, somehow not warranting the kind of attention we give to CDs. Ari Hoenig’s Kinetic Hues (Smalls Records) is fantastically filmed and grippingly performed by the
Jazz is dead?
I went to the Canal Room last night, mainly because I have a piece pending in Slate about hip-hop’s “hidden” influence on jazz, in which I discuss the work of pianist Robert Glasper. The Canal Room event was in part a 15th anniversary celebration for Giant Step, the underground dance party series turned “internationally respected brand.” The Brit superstar DJ
“No more public scatology”
A curious item on the Harriet Miers/Dubya correspondence from TNR. I’m almost impressed that Bush knows the word “scatology.”
Celebs on politics
Jacob Weisberg has a good Slate piece about what happens when celebrities, politicians and corporations get “socially conscious.” Money quotes: If Washington is Hollywood for ugly people, Hollywood is Washington for the lazy.…When they have no idea what to do, celebs tell other people to tell other people what to do.
Sullivan hacked
Some cretin with the tag “revie_perizh” has hacked Andrew Sullivan’s website. Clearly we’re all in the dark ages when it comes to cyber-security. Good luck, Andrew. Hope you’re able to resolve it soon. **Update: Resolved. That’s a relief.