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history is written on the sands

In this “historic time” (as people enjoy saying), it’s interesting (though admittedly not necessarily that worthwhile) to consider how we’ll be viewed through the lenses of history — what true facts will remain and what misinformation will have crept in. … Continue reading

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New York City

New York Public Library (under construction), down the street from Grand Central: The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree: Manhattan was crowded and claustrophobic. But to leave town I rode the 7 into Queens and got to walk the mile and a … Continue reading

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Amtrak, Nov. 22-25

Leaving Kansas City: Mendota, IL: Naperville, IL: somewhere in upstate NY: The difference between driving through this country and riding the train through: They [whoever] put all the un-aesthetically pleasing things near the train tracks not near the highways. Luckily, … Continue reading

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How to Be Alone by Jonathan Franzen

phrases I liked: in “My Father’s Brain”: the brain as “lovely and postmodern” p. 10 “medicalization of human experience” p. 19 “ever-expanding nomenclature of victimhood”p. 19 “My sense of private selfhood turns out to have been illusory” p. 20 “the … Continue reading

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Rip It Up & Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984

Product Description [Amazon] Rip It Up and Start Again is the first book-length exploration of the wildly adventurous music created in the years after punk. Renowned music journalist Simon Reynolds celebrates the futurist spirit of such bands as Joy Division, … Continue reading

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