My Favorite Things

For those of you on the Swing Shift tonight. Click on this beauty and sail through the night. John Coltrane and Jones, Dolphy, Tyner, Peterson, etc, etc. Thanks to Julio Pimintel (subscribe to him on Youtube!) LIVE IN GERMANY 1960 Personnel John Coltrane (Tenor & Soprano Sax) Wynton Kelly (Piano) Paul Chambers (Bass) Jimmy Cobb … Read more

Go Chase Ice

Change comes hard. Let us begin. You can watch “Chasing Ice” streaming on Netflix. Here’s the preamble to Michael Bloomberg’s report  on preparing NYC for future Sandys  . . . and worse:

Blue Monday

If you are on the swing shift as I am, here’s what I’m listening to. Enjoy. And keep cool.  

Michael Mulgrew, Kingmaker

For the new cover of the NY Observer, this portrait of Michael Mulgrew, NY teacher’s union president and political kingmaker. In a crazy mixed-up mayoral race, he carries a big stick. Thanks to the Observer and Ed Johnson, AD.