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Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington, et al (Part Two)
You'll notice I reversed their names in the title for the second installment. This 2007 film by Robert Levi helps provide context to the...
Archipelago Travels
Technically Challenged
On the photographer Lewis Hine
Allow me to begin by conceding, as so often on must do, my complete ignorance with the career of Lewis Hine prior to reading...
Miscellany
Fire in the hole: Labor Day in America should be May...
Just a wee bit of clarity, then some music, and finally a benediction. The content herewith is derived from past posts at the NA...
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Times change, but Ernest Hemingway was an inspiration to this youthful traveler
Originally published as "(Ernest) Hemingway in a time of mercifully silent thunder" on April 23, 2020. A Ken Burns documentary about Hemingway is coming...
My year in music, at least so far
I remain wedded to the CD format, but these days I stream music first, then purchase the physical discs of those new releases that...
40 Years in Beer, Part 2: Brontosaurus Stomp, or the Time Before Time Began
Previously: 40 Years in Beer, Part 1: Fun in Hi Skule.
(A version of Part 2 appeared in The Aggregate's January 2022 issue.)
I turned 21 in...
Common Haus Draft Preview II: What is “German” beer, anyway? Quite a lot, actually
Previously I introduced the 10 core drafts slated to debut at Common Haus Hall in Jeffersonville, these being the 10 beers available to patrons...
Diary
Them ominous vultures
Last week we went for a walk to the pharmacy on a day with clear skies and warmth in the air, too early for...
Diary for 21 July 2021: The artist’s name comes first
Can you name the Pope who commissioned Michelangelo to paint the Sistine Chapel?
Didn't think so. I had to look it up: Julius II.
While I'm...
Shane’s Excellent New Words: NIMBY versus YIMBY, though not to neglect BANANA
Now I'm hiding in Honduras
I'm a desperate man
Send lawyers, guns and money
The shit has hit the fan
-- Warren Zevon
"Shane's Excellent New Words" was a...
ON THE AVENUES: A design for life
Originally written in 2016, lightly edited here.
Throughout my decidedly mediocre high school basketball career, members of the coaching staff often administered what they surely...
What I do that occasionally equates to a monthly house payment
For those who've just tuned in to my periodic "Notes from the Underground," kindly note that I hold two minor positions inside the New...
Recipes for Chaos
Strong Towns: “The American Jobs Plan Will Make Our Infrastructure Crisis...
It's a funny thing living in Nawbany. The Democrats claim to be progressive, and insist they understand principles pertaining to worldviews like the Strong...
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Dr. Fritz Briem 1809 Berliner Weisse, now pouring at Common Haus
Dr. Fritz Briem 1809 Berliner Weisse currently is pouring at Common Haus Hall.
In late May of 1989, I flew into West Berlin for three...
The famous mishap in Madrid, November, 1989
This column from "On the Avenues" originally was published at NA Confidential on November 14, 2019. Kindly note that nothing came of my plan...
From 2017: “When it comes to beer, less might yet be more”
This column was written in 2017. Pints&union came along in 2018, and Common Haus Hall in 2022. At both these establishments, owned by Joe...
