A Confederacy of Dunces
Evan Thomas and Jeffrey T. Richelson have written books that chart the CIA's legacy of arrogant wrongheadedness.
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Hurray For Captain Pamphile!
OMG, there's a Dumas novel I haven't read? (A Dumas novel I haven't even heard of?)
Words and Music
Speaking of great jazz websites, Rod from Loughborough has a dandy 'un in <I>wordsandmusic</I>. It's just what the title says: thoughtful words on music Rod likes, linked to examples, deep references, and videos.
Free Music and Free Jazz
What a combination, as Forums participant jazzfan would say. I just discovered <I>Destination: OUT</I>, a website that posts MP3s of out of print jazz discs. Lots of good stuff there. Play nice.
High Water Rising
While compiling the data for Recommended Components, I came across High Water Sound's new website. Stark, black backgrounds are broken by quiet images of strength and beauty, New York City's Brooklyn Bridge taken from so many lovely angles, presenting all of its long lines and promises. Brick walls, cold air, and hard work. 2-channel with attitude. It's always a nice surprise to find a good-looking audio website, so I congratulated High Water's Jeffrey Catalano on a job well-done.
Some Days You Eat the Bear
I was desperately cruising the web looking for a final post for the day when Jon Iverson sent this tea partay.
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Props to Carl Zimmer
I enjoy reading science writer Carl Zimmer and browse his website <I>The Loom</I> frequently. The post I link to below is a great example why.
Al Alvarez on Losing "It"
The list of poetry editors with whom I am not familiar is not a short one, but until I read this appreciation of Al Alvarez in <I>The Scotsman</I>, I only knew his name from my tattered copy of <I>The New Poetry</I>—a book that lived on the transmission hump of my 'lime green 69 Plymouth Valiant and got quite a workout as I waited (endlessly) for my waitress girlfriend to get off shift at the IHOP.
Building a Viola
The first time I met PSB's Paul Barton, he mentioned that his love of music had been kindled by, among other things, his father building him a violin when he needed a better instrument in order to become a better player.
Unnatural Acts of Opera
La Cieca at <I>Parterre.com</I> has posted a new podcast episode of "Unnatural Acts of Opera," wherein Elenore Steber performs at the Continental Baths in 1973. <I>The Village Voice</I>'s Arthur Bell described the performance as "an affair to rank with the coming of Christ, the death of Garland, the birth of the blues, and the freezing of spinach."