Curations from the Human Jungle
[Binge away! This is a very thought-provoking essay from one of my favorite Substackers, Ted Gioia. So much of the reality that we were fed in our formative years has come unraveled in recent decades. What's up and what's down? What's good and what's bad? Where does our moral compass point? These are no longer... Continue Reading →
[There's an ongoing discussion in this house. If you enjoy NOT spending money, are you Judicious?Thrifty? A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned? Waste Not, Want Not? Yankee? Scottish? Or ... Cheap? Pennywise, Pound Foolish? What are you saving for ... the worms? This discussion takes place frequently in our household. The participants are the... Continue Reading →
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=wm&ogbl#inbox/FMfcgzQdzvzNbgPctMLkrLvZTQMLDNWM Four Perspectives on Bing Crosby Pop culture devours its own. The destiny of all bestsellers is to fall off the charts. Even the stars in Hollywood, like those in outer space, eventually stop shining—and it happens a lot sooner. Consider the case of Bing Crosby. Some of my readers might not even recognize the... Continue Reading →
[Chris Dalla Riva is a Substacker brought to my attention by another Substacker, Ted Gioia. Thanks to both. SB SM] From UNCHARTED TERRITORY By Chris Dalla Riva When I decided that I was going to listen to every song to ever get to number one on the Billboard Hot 100, I wasn’t in a great spot. My mental... Continue Reading →
[I've cribbed material from Substacker and musicologist Ted Gioia, The Honest Broker, before, but this piece struck me as particularly eye-opening. Country music/Agricultural, Rock 'n Roll/Hunter-Gatherer. Simplistic? Yes. Insightful? Well, maybe. Read what he has to say and decide for yourself. The more I think about it, the more exceptions and questions arise. How do... Continue Reading →
[Breaking News ... (Dateline Chicago) The Chicago Sun-Times has published its recommended summer reading list, and, once again, I am not on it. The real news, however, is neither are the books they recommend. Turns out ... they are figments of the imagination that we know collectively as Artificial Intelligence. Here are some of the... Continue Reading →
[In the "nothing new under the sun" category, I reprint this recent posting from Ted Gioia, who has reprinted a checklist from Wendell Berry. Just to establish my own credibility in this arena, I once paid $1400 for a used VCR player. A few years later you could get a new one for $99 bucks... Continue Reading →