Why didn't Jethro Tull composer(s) sue the Eagles for the latter's Hotel California rip-off of We Used to Know? Did band members ever comment on this?

Short and to the point. I hope SCOTUS is listening or better yet, has come to this view on their own.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. nytimes.com/2024/04/22/opi…

#PhilipNorris rocking a solo on Tea For Two from the latest Emmet’s Place 118!

Check out this debut album by Obed Calvaire. I go out of my way to hear/see any band he's in. He makes every ensemble explode with intensity. The tracks here give us a window on his Haitian roots. Mes Ami !!!
obed-calvaire.bandcamp.com/album/150-mill…

For a clear take on this, skip the ugly responses and read newrepublic.com/article/179438…

'It’s mind-boggling that in 2023 we appear to be going backward.' I was moved by this beautifully crafted piece. Happy(?) Black History month.
The ordinary death of an extraordinary civil rights icon wapo.st/4bn1pK3

In the style of Maria Popova, couple Claudine Gay's nytimes.com/2024/01/03/opi…
with @charlesmblow's insightful piece: nytimes.com/2024/01/03/opi…
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This is a thoughtful, level-headed, compassionate, piece. It's neither both- nor one-sided (¿pan-sidism?) Charles Blow had the courage to write it; we have the responsibility to discuss it respectfully
An Evolving Moral High Ground in the Israel-Gaza War nytimes.com/2023/10/18/opi…

That photo kills me. What a loss to our world of science, music, and fun. My thoughts are with his family, trainees, friends, fans and fellow musicians. I will miss especially his smile and subversive sense of humor.

Hot — and accurate!!

Why aren't people talking about this?! Reagan and his entourage were traitors. It wasn't a secret to me; same for his cocaine running. Sickening.
A Four-Decade Secret: One Man’s Story of Sabotaging Carter’s Re-election nytimes.com/2023/03/18/us/…

“Unhinged from judicial standards, the court now roves through the policy landscape, overturning decades of law and reordering Americans’ lives and institutions. It upends women’s health, revamps college admissions, snatches student aid from millions and redefines public

Sickened by this week's SCOTUS decisions, I followed a thread through the case for reparations, to this tragic event 100 years ago. Have it and Tulsa and… in mind on 4 July.
How History Forgot Rosewood, a Black Town Razed by a White Mob - smithsonianmag.com/history/how-hi… Smithsonian Magazine

Affirmative action produced Barack and Michelle Obama. It gave talented students a seat at elite tables. We must fight onwards, as usual, unbowed and graceful - but today still hurts.

Arkin's genius is on full display in his adaptation of Jules Feiffer's Little Murders—my all-time favorite movie (1971).
Alan Arkin, Comic Actor With a Serious Side, Dies at 89 nytimes.com/2023/06/30/mov…

Looking forward to Black In Neuro 🧠 week. I’m also excited to deliver this year’s Keynote. I’ll discuss some of the ongoing science in my lab and discuss my journey as a Philly kid interested in science, to an HBCU for college, to many steps that have taken me to where I am today.

Join Columbia University's Zuckerman Institute neuroscientist Dr. Michael Shadlen who studies decision-making 💭 & jazz pianist/composer 🎹 Helen Sung in exploring the components of choice as demonstrated by a jazz band: synchronicity, sympathy, and simpatico. Learn more: bit.ly/MusicalMinds

It was a beautiful memorial and tribute to a great human being. Sharing my love and support for Krishna's family family and science family. I will miss him and I will do my best to honor his memory by emulating his example as best I can. Hold me to this, please, when I stray.