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“Toxic certainty”
Good piece by Ginia Bellafante in the Sunday NY Times (9/18; reg. required), on choreographer/dancer Bill T. Jones and his latest work, “Blind Date”: The last presidential election brought [Jones’s] relatively vague ideas about civil malaise into sharp focus. “I’d really thought that the values of the counterculture were moving more into the mainstream of American life,” Mr. Jones said
Bold, original thought
I’m not being sarcastic. Nicholas Powers, writing in New York’s free Indymedia paper, takes apart the warped psychology fueling 9/11 conspiracy theories. With droll, idiosyncratic references to “Airplane,” “Fahrenheit 9/11” and even “Scooby-Doo,” Powers asserts that conspiracy nuts fall back on “the repeated hope that power can rescue us from random chance and human error.” Money quotes (the piece seems
Terence Blanchard
I’d been meaning to go hear Blanchard’s band with Aaron Parks, Lionel Loueke, Brice Winston, Derrick Hodge and Kendrick Scott. Last night at Joe’s Pub I finally did, and I was floored. I knew that Blanchard’s last two Blue Notes, Bounce and Flow, were strong, but live the material was absolutely enormous — full of drama, sonic exploration, harmonic depth,
Beautifully done, JALC
I was taken aback by the beauty of last night’s Higher Ground Hurricane Relief concert, broadcast live from Jazz at Lincoln Center. I tuned in via WNYC-FM for the first couple of hours, then switched to PBS and remained there until the event ended at 1 a.m. One great artist after another kept me glued to the screen. Laurence Fishburne’s
Palast strikes again
Another much-needed anti-Galloway hit from Greg Palast, who will speak at the 9/24 antiwar rally in D.C. (Hat tip: Andrew Sullivan)
On Gilad Atzmon
Visit the articles page of Adlermusic.com for a PDF of my Jazz Times column on Gilad Atzmon, the London-based jazz saxophonist and notorious anti-Semite.
Cooper bites back
In his Sept. 16 post Marc Cooper responds to the stupid ranting of pro-Galloway apparatchik Todd Chretien: Beyond all the hot air from Chretien, you see his absolute refusal to deal with any of the substantive issues raised in the critiques of Comrade Galloway. Like his stalwart support for the car bombers and Baathist militias; his embrace of various dictators;
Jane gets a clue?
Via Harry’s Place, the news comes that Jane Fonda has canceled her appearance with George Galloway. She chalks it up to her recent hip surgery. Perhaps someone “hipped” her to the fact that Galloway supports the Iraqi car-bombers. Tune in to “Real Time with Bill Maher” on Friday, Sept. 23, 11 pm EST. Galloway and Hitchens are both slated to