Monthly Archives: April 2014

The End Of New York

April 17, 2014 – 4:27 pm

Last week I walked past the Rizzoli bookstore in Milan, which is located in the Grand Galerie next to Duomo Cathedral. Customers have been walking in and out of that address since 1927 and all they sell are books. The same went for the Rizzoli in New York, until the owners of the building on […]

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Bullshitters Unite

April 16, 2014 – 8:55 pm

Last week Francois Nel reported on his blog that more people work in Public Relations than as journalists. He added that the same goes for the USA and that PRs earn 40% more a year on average than journalists. Public Relations agents or flaks tell people what to think and journalist tells people their version […]

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The Mormon Right Of Way

April 14, 2014 – 7:43 pm

The Paiutes traditional hunting grounds in Southern Nevada were usurped by Mormom colonists in the 1870s. The well-watered land along the Colorado was especially appealing to the polygamous sects and Edward Bunker, who is no relation to Archie Bunker, founded Bunkerville in 1877 to establish a commune based on shared labor. It lasted four years […]

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You Bet I Would / Redhead and Boots

April 14, 2014 – 5:53 pm
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Jesse Winchester RIP

April 14, 2014 – 1:43 pm

Back in 1970 I found an LP by a folksinger named Jesse Winchester. I loved this LP, especially the songs YANKEE LADY, SNOW, and THE BRAND NEW TENNESSEE WALTZ. Jesse Winchester never played in Boston or Cambridge or anyplace in the USA, since he had fled the USA to avoid the Draft in 1967 after […]

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