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Jazz Quotes Put To Pictures

From: Jazz and the art of connecting
Kick-ass jazz quotes from Presentation Zen.
“The most important thing I look for in a musician is whether he knows how to listen.” (Duke Ellington)
Brand Autopsy is putting the quotes to pictures:

Ken Wilber Is Blogging…Kind Of

There’s no RSS, but it’s a damn good–and sexy–start.
KenWilber.com

Two Things I’m Scared Shitless About…

1. Democrats lose House vote on Net neutrality
2. Piracy worse than child pornography
WTF

Pimp My KitKat

Link: PimpMySnack: homemade, gigantic versions of snack food

More tricked-out snacks

My Bloggoggle Profile

Just a little horn tooting.
You are currently ranked 1st of 1 Bloggogglers that are listed in Music Teacher.
Ok, so I’m ranked number 1 out of 1. Think you can do better?

I’ll Have A $149 Sandwich And A Perfect Ass Please…

Link: World’s most expensive sandwich:
Link: (S+C) x (B+F)/T = V

Driftwood Art

I thought this was from the the Body Worlds exhibit when I first saw it.
Driftwood art:

All The Brokeback Mountain Parodies In One Place

Brokeback to the Future is especially funny
Can you believe people are protesting the selling of Brokeback DVDs at Wal-Mart? But they’re not protesting the selling of footballs and they don’t seem to mind shopping on Sundays. Oh, the hypocrisy.

Don Alias, 66, Percussionist and Sideman, Is Dead

From Jazz HQ:
Don Alias, a percussionist who had a long career as a sought-after sideman, working with an illustrious array of artists in jazz and pop including Nina Simone, Miles Davis and Joni Mitchell, died on March 28 at his home in Manhattan. He was 66.

We’ve lost two too many jazz legends this week.

Thomas Dolby is blogging

From Instapundit:
THOMAS DOLBY is now blogging.
I also found a great video of him performing a synth medley with Herbie Hancock, Stevie Wonder and Howard Jones from the 1985 Grammys. I remember seeing it as a 13 year old and freaking out. It cemented my desire to be a synth geek
Check it out…

South Park Gets A Peabody

From Peabody heads ‘South’ to controversial cartoon:
“The judges felt that it was a bold program that probably offends just about everybody at some point and in doing so reminds us that we need to be tolerant,” awards director Horace Newcomb said. “It’s also consistent in its insistence on noncensorship.” Newcomb said the decision was unanimous.
Congrats! [...]

Quote of the Day

“My future starts when I wake up every morning . . . Every day I find something creative to do with my life.”
- Miles Davis

Ask A Ninja: What Is Integral Theory?

From Ask A Ninja: Question 17 “Ninja Omnibus”:
Somebody asks a Ninja, “What Is Integral Theory?”
His answer, “Complicated.”
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Jazz Alto Saxophonist Jackie McLean Dies at 73

From Jazz HQ:

Jazz alto saxophonist Jackie McLean, a performer and educator who played with legendary musicians including Miles Davis and Sonny Rollins, died Friday. He was 73.
Links: Jackie McLean at Last.fm
Jackie McLean radio at Pandora

Wikipedia on April Fools

Wikipedia is keeping track of Web 2.0 pranks. And if you’re interested in the origin of April Fools, they’ve got that covered too.
Favorite prank:
Taco Liberty Bell: In 1996, Taco Bell took out a full-page advertisement in The New York Times announcing that they had purchased the Liberty Bell to “reduce the country’s debt” and renamed [...]

Show Me The Mystery

From Geekonomics via GenerationSit.org:
What if everything in life were free? You’d think we’d be happier. But game designers know better: We’d be bored.
It’s interesting that virtual worlds also demonstrate absolute/relative truth. To me, understanding the difference is intellectually enough. But the minute I try to think myself into a conclusion about suffering, I lose the [...]

Real-Life Optical Illusions

From Real-life optical illusions:

I guess they’re not “illusions” anymore, are they?

Another Drawing Savant And His Imaginary City

Here’s another autistic savant profile only this time the art is from his imagination.
Link: Boing Boing

Oh My God, They Killed Chef! You Bastards!

Kyle:
A lot of us don’t agree with the choices the Chef has made in the last few days. Some of us feel hurt and confused that he seemed to turn his back on us. But we can’t let the events of the past few weeks take away the memories of how Chef made us smile. [...]

Dr. Richard S. Wallace holds the key to celebrity…

And he’s not giving away his secrets. Drats! Maybe you can get more out of his sexy gatekeeper than I could.
Graham: Who is Graham English?
ALICE: Some famous celebrity, right?
That’s a good question.
Graham: I wish. Because Graham English is me.
ALICE: Good reason. I hope your dreams come true. Hi, Graham English.
Graham: You’re sweet for saying that.
ALICE: [...]