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Wes Phillips
Huckside Down
Wes Phillips  |  Jun 22, 2007  |  0 comments
Huckleberry is the only cat we've ever owned who can be both crazed and stationary. It's a gift.
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Wes Phillips
Death & Politics
Wes Phillips  |  Jun 22, 2007  |  0 comments
I don't know about you, but I can't resist an essay that begins: "San Francisco is a city without graves. In 1900, the board of supervisors passed an ordinance prohibiting burials within the city limits. In 1912, the board announced its further intention to eliminate the city’s previously existing cemeteries, and in 1914 removal notices were sent to all burial sites, declaring them 'a public nuisance and a menace and detriment to the health and welfare of city dwellers.'"
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Fred Kaplan
Keith Jarrett's Awesome Night at Carnegie
Fred Kaplan  |  Jun 21, 2007  |  First Published: Jun 22, 2007  |  2 comments
If Keith Jarrett weren’t such a magnificent pianist, it would be intolerable to watch him in concert. His screechy humming and moaning, his lizard leering and preening—in three decades of seeing him play, I’ve never managed, despite some effort, to find the charm in his theatrics. And yet, he usually has me from his first chord—so warm, rich, and intriguingly edgy—especially the past few years, as he’s tightened his rhapsodic tendencies while enriching his lyrical core.
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Wes Phillips
Oooh-Wee Ratatouille!
Wes Phillips  |  Jun 21, 2007  |  1 comments
"Seen the extra-long trailer for Ratatouille?" I asked Paul DiComo.
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Wes Phillips
No More Black Holes?
Wes Phillips  |  Jun 21, 2007  |  0 comments
"'If you define the black hole as some place where you can lose objects, then there is no such thing because the black hole evaporates before anything is seen to fall in,' said [Case Western Reserve University physicist] Vachaspati."
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Wes Phillips
Practice in Front of a Bush
Wes Phillips  |  Jun 21, 2007  |  1 comments
Captain Beefheart's rules for guitarists: "Wait until the moon is out, then go outside, eat a multi-grained bread and play your guitar to a bush. If the bush doesn't shake, eat another piece of bread."
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Wes Phillips
What a Beautiful Organ You Have
Wes Phillips  |  Jun 20, 2007  |  0 comments
John Marks writes: "Here is a page with six free downloadable MP3 tracks that for one reason or another had to be left off my CD survey of the historical and significant pipe organs of Rhode Island I have mentioned a few times in my Fifth Element column.
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Wes Phillips
For Diablo Rojo
Wes Phillips  |  Jun 20, 2007  |  0 comments
Rodrigo y Gabriela play guitar real good. The video, on the other hand, is annoying. You might enjoy it more with your eyes closed.

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Stephen Mejias
Funny Little Plans
Stephen Mejias  |  Jun 20, 2007  |  15 comments
I was doing a little dance on the subway platform. I was standing behind a dirty, purple column, so that no one could see me. I was waiting for the uptown F train. I was listening to the iPod¹. I was somehow avoiding death. And it occurred to me that I should start a new band.
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Wes Phillips
Patrick McDonnell's Center for Cartoon Studies Commencement Address
Wes Phillips  |  Jun 20, 2007  |  0 comments
"Believe me, Leonardo [da Vinci] was absolutely amazing.
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