This is sad, but she died doing what she loved.
[Update in the afternoon]
Here’s another story, but it says she was 39, not 36. Not that it matters.
Category Archives: Popular Culture
Dave Brubeck’s “Time Out”
How it changed jazz.
Yes, a classic album. My sister went to music school in Ann Arbor with his son, Chris.
[Afternoon update]
I had not realized that Joe Morello started out as a violinist. How often does someone go from violin to drums?
[Monday-morning update]
The top 100 jazz albums you should own. With a meditation on the art.
[Bumped]
The Democrats’ Nominee
Will it be Grandpa Simpson?
It seems to me that the Democrats are screwed this cycle, which is ironic, considering who they’re trying to defeat.
All The people Who Think They Are Better Than You
…are much, much worse.
Yes, I’ve noticed that. I’m no saint, but I’m a lot better than most of those people.
Nuclear Power
What Hollywood scripts would look like if the scriptwriters understood it.
Now do space.
Snopes And The Babylon Bee
The war has gotten brutal.
I love it.
[Update Monday evening]
Under mounting pressure from Snopes, the Babylon Bee is forced to admit that its reporters are not real journalists.
This story is too much fun. But probably not for Snopes.
Sexbots
Will they bring about the end of civilization?
Virtual Reality
An interesting article on the latest advances in integrating all of the sensory apparatus. I’m assuming that, like most technology of this nature, it will be extensively and intensively porn driven.
A Lunar Assassin
I haven’t read it, but Mike Combs has written a short story about killing JFK.
Frankenstein
An insightful essay for the 21st century, on the 200th anniversary of the first modern science-fiction novel.