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AI Will Not Replace Art

“Etonne-moi!” — Serge Diaghilev, to Jean Cocteau Adam Gopnik, the prolific and brilliant writer whose work has appeared in The New Yorker for several decades, has a timely piece in The New York Times that anyone interested in storytelling (why we do it, how we do it, what happens when…

Technology

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AI Will Not Replace Art
AI Will Not Replace Art
Technology

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May 30

1993 + 30 = Saturn (or, a Sun Ra Sampler)

Thirty years ago, today, Herman Poole Blount, aka Sonny Blount, aka Le Sony’r Ra, aka SUN RA, left these spheres to (take your pick): return to Saturn, whence he came, or to travel the spaceways, or blaze new sonic trails in other galaxies or –the correct choice– all of the…

Sun Ra

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1993 + 30 = Saturn (or, a Sun Ra Sampler)
1993 + 30 = Saturn (or, a Sun Ra Sampler)
Sun Ra

6 min read


May 26

A Love Letter to the Inimitable Martin Amis

Style is not neutral; it gives moral directions. — Martin Amis Milan Kundera came to me too early. As a reader, it wasn’t soon enough, as what relatively inexperienced but enthusiastic amateur — fresh from the front lines of grad school and adjusting to no longer deconstructing texts with an…

Writing

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A Love Letter to the Inimitable Martin Amis
A Love Letter to the Inimitable Martin Amis
Writing

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May 12

This Apostle’s Creed: East Broadway Run Down

Fall ’83 and, as if weekly church services weren’t insufferable enough, the Sacrament of Confirmation required mandatory tutelage, also once a week, on Sundays, which meant our soccer games (and football viewing, this being the glory days of the mighty NFC East and the tag-team of Madden/Summerall) were bookended by…

Music

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This Apostle’s Creed: East Broadway Run Down
This Apostle’s Creed: East Broadway Run Down
Music

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Mar 5

Why Wayne Shorter Matters

Wayne Shorter is, for my money, possibly the most underrated genius in any genre of music. To be sure, he certainly received plenty of props within jazz circles and the people who know really know. In his wise, humble way, he always seemed cool with that. He was, from start…

Jazz

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Why Wayne Shorter Matters
Why Wayne Shorter Matters
Jazz

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Mar 1

I’ll See You on the Dark Side of the Moon: Rock Music’s Apex at 50

It doesn’t matter whether Pink Floyd’s masterpiece is the best rock album of all time (just as we can agree that there are other worthy contenders for the imaginary throne, including, of course, Sgt. …

Music

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I’ll See You on the Dark Side of the Moon: Rock Music’s Apex at 50
I’ll See You on the Dark Side of the Moon: Rock Music’s Apex at 50
Music

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Jan 12

Jeff Beck: Guitar Grandmaster

As impossible at it is to believe Jeff Beck has died (aged 78), it’s just as difficult to fathom that he was with us in the first place. If you’re not a fan or are unfamiliar, pay attention to what your favorite guitar players are saying right now. We live…

Rock

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Jeff Beck: Guitar Grandmaster
Jeff Beck: Guitar Grandmaster
Rock

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Dec 30, 2022

Pelé: Ambassador of Joy

There are two ways to describe what a big deal it was to receive this toy as a Christmas gift in 1970-something. First, it was high tech entertainment for the time when games, like the people who played them, were decidedly analog. It was an era when, if sleeping didn’t…

Soccer

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Soccer

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Dec 22, 2022

The Fire Sermon: T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” at 100

Art is long, and Time is fleeting, Longfellow wrote, and we’d already read it — words largely if not entirely lost on the average university freshman. It was 1989, and I was still laboring under the illusion that I’d soon be practicing L.A. Law. Thus, majoring in English was a…

Literature

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The Fire Sermon: T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” at 100
The Fire Sermon: T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” at 100
Literature

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Oct 24, 2022

Deliver Me From Nowhere: Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Nebraska’ at 40

Perhaps because of what followed — the next album, the acclaim — Springsteen’s decision to make the ultimate lo-fi album seems even more prescient, appropriate, and perfect. …

Rock

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Deliver Me From Nowhere: Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Nebraska’ at 40
Deliver Me From Nowhere: Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Nebraska’ at 40
Rock

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Sean Murphy

Sean Murphy

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Executive Director, 1455, @1455LitArts. Avoiding quiet desperation by any means necessary http://seanmurphy.net

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