I had the pleasure to spend some time with Sacks while working on a couple stories, and he once gave me a book about Alexander Agassiz because he liked my book about Agassiz — and I’m happy to see him exert his usual charm and humor here in this Stewart segment.
Continue reading →Neil Young at HuffPo. Life is good.
Continue reading →Caleb Carr on why he remains pessimistic about reading despite the recent National Endowment of the Arts report showing a reversal last year in a 25-year decline in reading. It’s a good consideration of several ways i which the data might be a mismeasure or a misleading anomaly.
Continue reading →1. Andrew Sullivan trashed Bono for his Times column (judge it yourself and summarize it in a contest if you’d like) — and trashed Bono’s lyrics as well. 2. A reader objected, saying Bono’s lyrics weren’t ALL so bad. 3. Sullivan half-conceded — and posted this video. Mess not with Andrew.
Continue reading →Beethoven showed up 238 years ago today. No one else, no one else … My violin teacher used to tell me, “You paid for the whole bow; use all of it.” Those violinists aren’t wasting any bow money. NB: earlier title said “Beethoven’s 7th, on his 238th”. I do know the difference! … but had […]
Continue reading →Beautiful — YouTube and Carnegie Hall are holding online auditions for the “world’s’ first collaborative online orchestra”: In short, YouTube is offering a new twist on the familiar formula of how to get to Carnegie Hall: Practice, practice, upload. From the Washington Post, YouTube Announces Auditions for Its Own Symphony Orchestra You can even download […]
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