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Humoresque1 comment

gnarlybuttons wrote 4 months ago: Some recordings from recent appearances in Taipei with pianist Andrew Page: There is No Greater Love … more →

Tags: Playlists, shows + recitals, Humor, jazz, lester bowie, Mingus, Modernism, Monk, Piano

Flâneur daguerre

gnarlybuttons wrote 5 months ago: I’m thrilled to report that the paper I’ve coauthored with Robert Kohn and Janne E. Irvi … more →

Tags: Theory & Analysis, Berio, Lacan, Modernsim, sinfonia, Structuralism

Not Quite Messiaen (Not Even Close)3 comments

gnarlybuttons wrote 10 months ago: I’d say the Inauguration went off without a hitch, wouldn’t you? History making: yes. As … more →

Tags: shows + recitals, obama, aaron copland, John Williams, Simple Gifts, Alex Ross, Inauguration, yo-yo ma, messiaen

Did the math2 comments

gnarlybuttons wrote 10 months ago: St. Louis opened up its new year once again with the marvelous Bad Plus at Jazz at the Bistro this w … more →

Tags: shows + recitals, ethan iverson, For All I Care, Jazz at the Bistro, Ligeti, Milton Babbitt, Ornette Coleman, People Like You, Reid-Anderson

Geriatrics

gnarlybuttons wrote 10 months ago: If only they talked to each other then as they do now. … more →

Tags: Visual Arts, Geriatrics, Pulp

This Climate Calls for a Cosby Sweater!

gnarlybuttons wrote 1 year ago: Last night I found myself watching a Bill Cosby standup routine from 1982 on a friend’s couch. … more →

Tags: Economics, acting white, Barack Obama, bill cosby, blame the poor, Brown vs. Board of Education, Charlton Heston, Colin Powell, conservatism

Gearing Up For Pitchfork3 comments

gnarlybuttons wrote 1 year ago: Ahh yes, home stretch. Only a few days left before heading to Chicago for the Pitchfork Music Festiv … more →

Tags: Theory & Analysis, Pitchfork Music Festival, morseland, Icy Demons, all tomorrow's parties

All that suburban flair - to no avail1 comment

gnarlybuttons wrote 1 year ago: Damn, don’t I get more credit? I worked really hard for this score! I guess it’s all tha … more →

Tags: purpose + direction, whiteness, stuff white people like

Names Have Been Changed to Protect the Innocent1 comment

gnarlybuttons wrote 1 year ago: Yes, I’ve been on hiatus for some time and I owe you, the reader, an apology. We’ll get … more →

Tags: Economics, social value nexus, Work, Bad Service, Friends, Management, Customer complaints

I owe you guys1 comment

gnarlybuttons wrote 1 year ago: a short post. Haven’t had one of those in awhile. Enjoy the holiday!!   I love my job   … more →

Tags: purpose + direction, Blog, short post, Smoke On The Water, Work

Cumulative Deal or No Deal!

gnarlybuttons wrote 1 year ago: Thank you Greg for linking me up yesterday with just the article I needed to read. The last few days … more →

Tags: Economics, duncan watts, Cumulative Advantage, Keynes, Keynesian beauty contest, Wilfred Dolfsma, social value nexus

That 'Ole Fortuna [Revisited]1 comment

gnarlybuttons wrote 1 year ago: Like its spit-turned roasted swan tenor from about midway through, Carmina Burana usually arrives ov … more →

Tags: Theory & Analysis, Carmina Burana, carl orff, Saint Louis Symphony, limerence, Dorothy Tennov, Pornography, sex


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