The Daily Music Break: David Grisman
The Daily Music Break, the site that covers all musical eras and genres, has relaunched. Please check it out.Long time Jerry Garcia collaborator David Grisman is a singular talent. Wikipedia does its...
View ArticleThe Daily Music Break: Maurice Ravel's "Bolero"
The Daily Music Break, the site that covers all musical eras and genres, has relaunched. Please check it out. and sign up for our free newsletter.Bomb disposal experts may be the only vocation more...
View ArticleThe Daily Music Break: Buddy Guy
The Daily Music Break, the site that covers all musical eras and genres, has relaunched. Please check it out. and sign up for our free newsletter.AllMusic's bio of blues legend Buddy Guy was written by...
View ArticleThe Daily Music Break: Pearl Jam
The Daily Music Break, the site that covers all musical eras and genres, has relaunched. Please check it out. and sign up for our free newsletter.Pearl Jam, of course, was one of the super groups of...
View ArticleThe Daily Music Break: Dr. Ralph Stanley
The Daily Music Break, the site that covers all musical eras and genres, has relaunched. Please check it out. and sign up for our free newsletter.Jana Pendragon at AllMusic does a nice job of profiling...
View ArticleThe Daily Music Break: Lennie Tristano
The Daily Music Break, the site that covers all musical eras and genres, has relaunched. Please check it out. and sign up for our free newsletter.Jazz pianist Lennie Tristano is called an...
View ArticleThe Daily Music Break: Van Morrison
The Daily Music Break, the site that covers all musical eras and genres, has relaunched. Please check it out, sign up for our free newsletter and visit our Patreon crowd funding page.It is hard to...
View ArticleThe Supreme Court and ACA
Clearly, yesterday's news from the Supreme Court was bad news, because it threatens the health care of millions of people.From the purely political POV, however, this could be a godsend to the...
View ArticleThe Daily Music Break: Blind Boy Fuller
Editor's Note: I edit The Daily Music Break. I re-posted posts from there at DK for a long time, and stopped. I am going to start doing it again, though, I think. Check out the site and contact me for...
View ArticleTDMB Podcast: Jazz Writer Scott Yanow on John Coltrane
(If you like this post and podcast, please check out The Daily Music Break. There are more podcasts, playlists and posts across all eras and genres.)It’s hard to write a brief post about John Coltrane...
View ArticleFeedback Requested for a Proactive Idea
I have an idea, and I want to run it by everyone. It’s vague right now. I am interested in reactions to the notion.Think of three things: The fact that there almost certainly going to be a backlash...
View ArticleIntroducing The Political Bridge
Hello. I hope you all are well.Please take a minute, if you can, to visit my new site The Political Bridge.The idea is to present information/analysis and encourage dialog aimed at making it more...
View ArticleThe Political Bridge's Interview with Texas Dem Chair Gilberto Hinojosa
I recently launched The Political Bridge, a site aimed at bringing alienated Democrats back into the fold. I had the pleasure yesterday of interviewing Texas Democratic Party Chair Gilberto...
View ArticleDemocrats Must Make Choices
Cross-posted at The Political Bridge.On the day after the election, things seemed as if they could either way. Donald Trump could have acted like a president-elect. He didn’t, of course. Coupled with...
View ArticlePodcast: A Conversation with Analyst and Consultant John Couvillon
John Couvillon is a Louisiana-based national political consultant and strategist. In a wide-ranging conversation, John shares his thoughts on what went wrong for the Democrats and what they must do —...
View ArticleAre You Ready for Your Closeup, Senator Schumer?
Cross-Posted at The Political Bridge Thank you, Mr. Trump.A traditional republican president would have done many of the things that Trump is doing. The Keystone Pipeline would have been resurrected,...
View ArticleTrump’s Strategy is Simple: Accuse the Opposition of Lying
Cross-posted at The Political BridgeUsually, it is an insult to say that people are lying. In the case of the Trump administration, that’s a very fair description of its strategy. It is evident in...
View ArticleIt's Getting Late Early for Trump
The Trump Administration won't be able to sustain itself as it now is being run for four years. It either will change or crash. The first important thing to note is that Trump’s approval rating, as...
View ArticleReady for Some Good News?
(Cross-posted at The Political Bridge)And now, finally, for some good news. From the broadest landscape, the biggest structural shift between the Obama administration and what so far has transpired...
View ArticleOf Course Trump is in Bed with the Russians
The logical conclusion from the first five weeks of the Trump administration is that the president ordered associates to work directly with the Russians or did so himself during the campaign.It is a...
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