Thursday, April 18, 2013

Polyphonic Journeys: Voy a la Frontera

I am off to a polyphony workshop in the south of Spain, commune of Andalusia. A small pueblas blancas called Jimena de la Frontera.  Not famous, like it's neighboring Jerez de la Frontera, which begat Sherry for the world. I fly into Malaga, birthplace of Picasso, but I won't have time to walk...

Sunday, April 7, 2013

Season 6 of Mad Man: Teasing Images

My original 2013 post: The community comes back together at 9:00 pm ET as Don Draper and his circle re-enter our pop culture present. Images have been stacking up in my mind. We've been teased by a poster of two Dons, going in opposite directions. One Don is holding the hand of...

Saturday, April 6, 2013

Roger Ebert: The Man of Many Voices

I often learn of breaking news on Twitter, but it was an email alert from The New York Times that delivered the sad news after I got back from a meeting. It was shocking because I along with thousands had read only the day before of Ebert's "Leave of presence," talking about pulling back from the...