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Doc Searls: Being Robert Scoble

Traditional journalism is static. Its basic units are the article, the story, the piece. The new journalism is live. It doesn’t have a basic unit any more than a river or a storm have a basic unit. It’s process, not product....

Your weekend: Day-by-day planner

Melody Baetens / The Detroit News Thursday "LOUIS ARMSTRONG'S NEW ORLEANS" at The Max M. Fisher Music Center Conductor Jeff Tyzik will lead the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in performing music from the French Quarter. "MY...

The who, what, when and where of our local Jazz scene

At the vanguard of the Lowcountry's live jazz scene is the Quentin Baxter-Mickey Bakst show. "We're the Bax brothers," Bakst is fond of saying. He is the general manager of Charleston Place Hotel's Charleston Grill where Baxter...

Blind Boys & Prez Hall Jazz Band | 09.16 | CO

Words by: Joe Schicke Blind Boys of Alabama & Preservation Hall Jazz Band09.16.08 :: Lincoln Center :: Fort Collins, CO Preservation Hall Jazz Band Some say you can never have too much of a good thing, and if that's true,...

First Listen: Antony & The Jonsons 'Another World' EP

Let’s cut to the chase: the lead track to Antony & the Jonsons' new EP Another World is exquisite. Now, you can compare it usefully (and favourably) to Louis Armstrong’s 'What a Wonderful World' if you like (it’s similar,...

Butch Cassidy

Posted by beeker on September 29, 2008 | 'Well, all right, why is life worth living? That's a very good question. Well, there are certain things I guess that make it worthwhile. Uh, like what? Okay. Um, for me...oh, I...

It's a wonderful world in baseball

I see trees of green, red roses too I see 'em bloom, for me and you And I think to myself What a wonderful world ... Louis Armstrong grew up in Queens, near where Shea Stadium would one day stand, and those words were...

WIN MOSAIC BOX: The Complete Arista Recordings of Anthony Braxton

COMP. 6K COMP. 6I Anthony Braxton The Complete Braxton Freedom : 1971 6K: AB, sopranino sax; Chick Corea, piano. 6I: AB, alto sax; Kenny Wheeler, trumpet; Dave Holland, bass; Barry Altschul, drums. We’re embarking on a...

Paul Newman, RIP

Louis Armstrong & Paul Newman Paul Newman, the legendary actor whose steely blue eyes, good-humored charm and advocacy of worthy causes made him one of the most renowned figures in American arts, has died of cancer at his...

The man of a thousand songs: the forgotten star who inspired Jelly Roll Morton

You hurting its feelings. Let Tony play." That, so the story goes, is what New Orleans musicians would say when Tony Jackson walked into a room. Mister Jelly Roll was the title on an old, hardback book. Jelly Roll Morton's...