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On Michael Moore
My review of Jesse Larner’s Forgive Us Our Spins: Michael Moore and the Future of the Left, for Democratiya 7 (December ’06/January ’07), is now online.
Current doings
Saw “Borat” over the holiday weekend and left the theater physically exhausted from laughter. I’d rebut this annoying anti-Borat column by Joe Queenan (and endorsed by Norm Geras) but I don’t have the time. I’ll just say this: like any comedy that people will actually care about 10 years from now, Sacha Baron Cohen’s work pushes the envelope. Yes, “Borat”
Closed for Thanksgiving
I’ve been under the weather and otherwise unable to blog. And now I’m taking a holiday. Check back in early December for year-in-review comments on music, among other things. Thanks for reading.
McLaughlin on the Tonight Show
I knew I wasn’t dreaming when I saw John McLaughlin, fusion guitar god, play “Cherokee” on the Johnny Carson show in 1985, shortly before I graduated high school. Here’s the video. I can’t express how excited I am to rediscover this. There’s lots of other Mahavishnu clips to be found on YouTube.
Bigotry rebutted
In early August I linked to an explicitly antisemitic article in the Berkeley Daily Planet by an Iranian student named Kurosh Arianpour. To her credit, Becky O’Malley, the editor of the Planet, has written a pretty forceful rebuttal, addressed to Arianpour directly. Not sure what took her so long, however, or what possessed her to print Arianpour’s piece without additional
“Considering Genius” — a book review
The following review appears in the September 2006 issue of Jazz Notes, the quarterly publication of the Jazz Journalists Association (JJA), edited by yours truly. — Considering Genius: Writings on JazzBy Stanley CrouchBasic Civitas Books, Cambridge, MA, 2006; 360 pp.; $27.50 hardcover Review by David R. Adler Easily one of the world’s best-known jazz critics, Stanley Crouch is also a
“The Path to 9/11”: rightist agitprop
It pains me that on the fifth anniversary of 9/11, I need to spend time commenting on the ABC docudrama “The Path to 9/11,” which has occasioned controversy for its unflattering portrayal of Clinton administration officials. I watched part one last night. The uproar is entirely justified. At every critical juncture in the film, some high-ranking Clinton official emerges to
Lerterland turns 1
This blog is one year old as of today. Thanks for reading.