“Hatred is Not the Norm”: For a 1964 Multi-Faith Civil Rights Rally, Rod Serling Pens “A MostNon-Political Speech” – delivered by Dick Van Dyke
A Pregnant Teenager Died After Trying to Get Care in Three Visits to Texas ERs
Lee Greenwood: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Trudeau announces sharp cuts to Canada’s immigration targets
Sorry, world. The toxic Rep. Elise Stefanik, the next UN ambassador
What Now? with Trevor Noah: Have We Missed The Message? Bestselling author Ta-Nehisi Coates joins Trevor and Christiana to discuss his new book about how the stories we tell, and the ones we don’t, shape our realities. They also unpack the jaw-dropping CBS interview that followed the book’s release, and our elusive search as a people to see the humanity in others.
CSICON: Island of Reason in a Sea of Madness
Magic Johnson’s new achievement
Judith Jamison, Alvin Ailey Dancer of ‘Power and Radiance,’ Dies at 81
The Capital Region of New York State will become home to a national semiconductor research center, a major part of the federal government’s effort to boost the semiconductor industry in the United States.
I see your pawn and raise you a queen.
NAICS Changes Will Begin to Be Reflected in the Census Bureau’s Economic Surveys and Programs. Impact of Changes to the North American Industry Classification System. You may be amazed at how interested I am in this particular geeky subject.
Intimacy Coordinators Unanimously Vote to Join SAG-AFTRA
The Copyright Office frees the McFlurry machine.
I GOT NOTHING
I have written very little about the topic of the election because I have nothing fresh to say. I’ve read seemingly every single analysis of who’s to blame and what the what is the turning point, blah blah blah. It’s kind of overwhelming and, frankly, a little exhausting.
It’s also true that I’m having difficulty writing anything else, even putting together a links post. Most of the items I’ve posted of late were previously created. I have five blog posts in some form of draft, which is terrible for me because I can’t finish anything. It’s not that I don’t know what I want to write; I just can’t find the energy. I am dumfungled.
I’m sad about the passing of Nancy Frank, our church’s organist emeritus. A group of us will be honored to sing at her funeral on Saturday at 2 p.m. I’ll certainly write about her afterward; writing obit-like pieces should be limited to once a week.
Still, I will recommend Jon Stewart on djt’s win and What’s Next w/ Heather Cox Richardson | The Weekly Show, specifically: 18:14 – Comparison to Steve Bannon’s takeover of Breitbart 21:20 – Groups of voters, motives, and strategies; and 40:40 – Reactionary Movements 41:53 – Propaganda vs. Reality. “Hero is somebody who keeps trying to do the right thing, even when they know the walls are closing in… we can all do that.” Oh, and Last Week Tonight With John Oliver for 11/10/2024.
BILL KENNEDY
Probably the highlight of the month thus far was participating in the 2nd Annual William Kennedy Marathon Reading on November 7, starting at 11 a.m. at the Albany Distilling Co. The reading was of the 1978 novel Billy Phelan’s Greatest Game, “an odyssey through the speakeasies and pool halls of Albany’s grimy and glittering underworld.”
I got to see Mike Huber and Paul Grondahl from the New York State Writers Institute. Bill Kennedy came during the fourth speaker and sat up front. He seemed to appreciate the readings by the 5th (me) and 6th (Frank S. Robinson) readers.
MUSIC
The entirety of Stevie Wonder’s Original Musiquarium I, featuring the hits plus four then-new songs
Subways Of Your Mind – FEX. A mystery solved.
Favorite Songs By Favorite Artists: The Specials
Le Rappel des Oiseaux by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Everybody Wants To Rule The World – Tears For Fears. HQ. Ultimate 12-inch extended mix
Coverville 1508: The Yes Cover Story II and 1509: Covers of Daryl Hall, Low, and Ween and 1510: The Quincy Jones Tribute
Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run) by Billy Ocean
Spooky music
When Do We Stop Finding New Music? A Statistical Analysis
