#CIAPete whowhatwhy.org/2020/02/26/may…

Horrifying traffic cam video of a semi truck going full speed through crowds of protesters on the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis.

Big bebop news! Piano legend Barry Harris, who played w/Charlie Parker in the 40s, joins our celebration! Tix here: 92y.org/event/celebrat…. A stellar The New York Times feature on Barry's jazz workshops by Sheila McClear here: nytimes.com/2020/03/06/nyr… #Bird100

This is like one of those days where Stanley says to Blanche, "Liquor goes fast in hot weather."

I talked to everyone, and the "it" plant is the black-leafed plant. Matches our dark economic times. wellandgood.com/black-leaf-pla…

Randall Kenan, FTW slate.com/culture/2020/0…

Everybody is mis-using this quote. Trump et al aren't simply "careless." There's a brutality behind their actions that was absent in the Gatsby characters. nytimes.com/2020/10/07/boo…

Every few years, you hear about a postal worker hoarding undelivered mail at his/her house. It's a proudly American tradition. cnn.com/2020/10/13/us/…

I'm not proud to say it, but I realized today that I haven't left the isle of Manhattan in over a year.

Maybe we can have some sort of referendum where Biden can start work early?

Currently unemployed, but heartily reviewing a book about working less . washingtonpost.com/outlook/a-call…

Srsly I just kant read a PDF book. Could COVID-19 Mark the End of the Physical Galley? blogs.slj.com/afuse8producti…

I think that CNN has coined a new phrase with "second biting episode." #FreeMajorBiden

I whispered in her ear, 'Come to the picture booth,' so I could ask you some questions, see if you was hundred-proof #BizMarkie

I talked to Phil a year and a half ago for a piece and was happy to have found a mensch in the jazz world. Few knew more about the form. nytimes.com/2021/09/08/art…

I'm at Los Angeles Magazine (from NY) now, on the bear beat, natch. lamag.com/citythinkblog/…

Just spent 20 minutes trying to "show" my super a noise that's bothering me in my apartment.

lamag.com/article/legend… Wrote for Los Angeles magazine about Deadwood/NYPD Blue creator David Milch.