This Fats rocking and rolling on “Ain’t That a Shame” – a great musician and song, and the video is a fascinating document. Observe. This is one of my farewell songs to Reeducation. I am really happy to have ejected as much of Reeducation from myself as I have over the past few weeks. It … More Fats Domino
I As of today I am hiding in Mexico for two whole weeks. There are posts coming up, but they have been written ahead of time! Where I really wanted to be this summer, of course, was the Faroes first and Brazil second, and also several interesting places in the United States. But I am … More Des Voitures. Sobre los hombres y el feminismo.
I am leaving in the morning. It is time to repost this excellent video and recording of Nicomedes Santa Cruz, que es linda y veraniega, como el Pacífico ecuatorial en enero con sus doradas islas. Axé.
I University Diaries writes about the male humanities professor who has a single-minded focus on research and a talent for bureaucratic maneuvering, and hates teaching. That formula, except for those it works for, gives us the washed-up, frustrated, ineffectual professor one sees in many popular representations. Reading this, it struck me that these were precisely … More On Self-Servingness in Academia
We have moved to July levels of humidity and heat. This ratcheting up makes it hard to walk outside, even at night. In August things ratchet up another notch, giving meaning to the band name, Hot August Knights. After the fall equinox begin the dry, sunny days reminiscent of Southern California and home, as it … More Austin City Limits
I To fall like dry leaves, to rot on my topsoil, and be called by no name except “deportees.” Everyone knows about the plane wreck at Los Gatos by now, but there is a detail: once harvested by the braceros being sent back to the Mexican border, oranges were packed in creosote dumps to render … More Creosote
I never recovered from my first trip to Spain, made when I was a small child, and this was a good thing. Later I spent several months in Peru and also never recovered; this was again a good thing. Here is part of the 2007 Candelaria festival in Puno, with Los Sicuris, a traditional Aymara … More Candelaria 2007 Pasa Calle
I “Since racial discrimination and segregation are over in this country,” said Z/Cero sardonically, “we can go right back to court sanctioned segregation.” Read all about it. “This is a decision that the Court and the nation will come to regret,” said Stephen Breyer, still lucid despite sitting with the likes of Rehnquist, Scalia and … More Purification
Once upon a time I was sitting in a coffeehouse reading, as strands of conversation from another table wafted over to me. Under discussion was Israel’s right to exist. I was very young at the time and had not heard the phrase before. That is it, I said to myself. That is what I am … More Sonia Johnson
Today the weather was lovely and I was up early and worked all day, getting a lot done. My job at its best involves drawing pictures and saying things, much like a blog, if more officially serious (although I would say that it is in fact less serious). One narrator in my unfinished novel Madrid … More More on MADRID
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