Probably makes more sense to watch it on NetFlix than on YouTube but check out the first the first five seven minutes of We Jam Econo here.
Category Archives: Music
Music for Friday night
The original by Junior Murvin.
Music for Friday night
Music for Friday night
(Warning: Lyrics NSFW.)
Most important reads of 2013
In the spirit of the Must Read section of my Weekly Digests, I looked through my posts and reading list from 2013 and found what I thought were the most important reads. My main selection criterion was that the piece motivated thinking about bigger issues. With that in mind, there was one important subject where I didn’t note an exemplar article: domestic surveillance by the NSA. Recently there’s been a fair amount of reporting on the NSA being slapped down in the courts – see, e.g., this – but nothing I’ve read has struck me as a “must read” piece which captures the significance of the whole. That noted, here’s my list of most important reads and listens from 2013 (in no particular order):
Lydon is back!
Christopher Lydon will be back on WBUR Thursday nights starting tonight! Years ago he hosted a morning program on BUR, The Connection, which was the best radio show I’ve ever listened to. The show covered just about every topic you could imagine and Lydon was a great host – got good guests and actually did his homework before the show so that he and his guest could have an intelligent on-air conversation. He took the job very seriously. The Connection started off as a local program then went national after a few years – still had a Boston focus though. Anyhow, Lydon was let go after he and the station couldn’t negotiate a new contract. The new host was decent but the show wasn’t nearly as good as when Lydon was host. Lydon went off to create Radio Open Source, which is what BUR will be broadcasting on Thursday nights. I listened to a number of episodes when it was internet only – all good – but tuning in required I go a bit “off the beaten path” so I didn’t listen often. In contrast, BUR is my default station. I’ll be glad to hear Lydon and I’m glad he’ll be getting a wider audience again. He’s an excellent journalist.
Archive of The Connection broadcasts here. (I think Lydon’s last broadcast was March 9, 2001.)
Music for Wednesday night
Sarah Donner, The Center Pivot Irrigation Song:
Music for Saturday night
Music for Friday night
Music for Wednesday night
The Titanics from way back when. I never saw them live but I always liked this CD:
(Bonus: Nat Freedberg went on to play for these guys. I think he still does.)