I'm not a fan of musicals, but Les Miserables the movie is great!

It's available on HBO.

Questlove on stop and frisk

this video interview is informative and moving.

today only: Infinite Jest Kindle edition for $1.99

at Amazon

new favorite dance performance on SYTYCD

Amy and Travis 2013

thinking of Aunt Francis

Listening to Steep Ravine playing on West Coast Live - the fiddle playing brought to mind Aunt Francis and her performance with Merle Haggard in Reno all those years ago.

Dwight House sold in January for $800k

"Memories, of the way we were..."

Larry on Charlie

The August 14, 2013 episode of the Charlie Rose show is a one hour interview with LJE.

Looking forward to seeing the documentary "Approximately Nels Cline"

Let me know if it appears somewhere...

Hipster Channel

OK, I admit it - I'm listening to NapsterSean's Hipster Channel on Spotify...

RIP Professor Arnold Schultz

http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/news/2013/08/professor_arnold_schulz_dead_a.php#more

You are not Facebook’s customer, advertisers are Facebook’s customer.

"You are not Facebook’s customer, advertisers are Facebook’s customer. Same is true for Google. You become an asset that they monetize and sell to their customers, aka the advertisers."  -Phil Zimmerman

Om Malik interview with Phil Zimmerman

interesting article on the Spotify music service (and others)

at Techcrunch

recommended documentary: First Position

The Sundance Films documentary First Position is a very informative and moving film about a global ballet competition for young Americans.

recommendation for podcast catcher and for learning Spanish

Player.FM podcatcher and http://www.newsinslowspanish.com/

Does lead lead? Crime and lead levels

very convincing article in Mother Jones