2001: A Space Odyssey film introduction

90th Birthday Reflections

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Think About It

"The Democrats seem to be basically nicer people, but they have demonstrated time and again that they have the management skills of celery. They're the kind of people who'd stop to help you change a flat, but would somehow manage to set your car on fire. I would be reluctant to entrust them with a Cuisinart, let alone the economy. The Republicans, on the other hand, would know how to fix your tire, but they wouldn't bother to stop because they'd want to be on time for Ugly Pants Night at the country club."

- Dave Barry



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Today's Gift Idea

Lithographs and Giclees by Barbara Freeman

Chet Baker

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Ben Ratliff, author of Coltrane: The Story of a Sound

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Giant Steps

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Mark Kerstetter is the winner of the Jerry Jazz Musician Short Fiction contest. His story is called "Mountain"

Mark Kerstetter

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Ralph Ellison biographer Arnold Rampersad, on the complex life of the author of Invisible Man

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Blowin' Hot and Cool: Jazz and Its Critics author John Gennari on jazz criticism

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Jelly Roll Morton

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Now in the Art Gallery

The Art of James Allen



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"The political and commercial morals of the United States are not merely food for laughter, they are an entire banquet." "

- Mark Twain