Bayou Maharajah
Genius — born on this day. For more on Booker check out the documentary Bayou Maharajah. Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Bookerboogie woogieJames Bookermusicnew orleanspiano
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Rory Gallagher and the Pianist from the Audience
Lovely recollection of Rory by Chris Morrison. This story brings to mind that of Scot Halpin. Chris MorrisonguitarKeith Moon.musicrock ‘n rollRory Gallagherscot helpin
John Kennedy Toole
Born on this day. Every thing you need to know about Toole can be found here (documentary), here (biography) and here (review of aforementioned bio). Stay tuned for the forthcoming theatrical feature based upon JKT bio. When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against…
Paul Schrader and Alan Poul on Mishima
Paul Schrader and Alan Poul discuss the trials and tribulations in the making of Mishima: A life in four chapters. For copyright reasons, one is not contemporaneously privy to what Paul and Alan are viewing (much like Herzog’s commentary tracks). As a curtain-raiser one should listen to Benjamin Noggle’s Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters — Criterion Retrospective.…
The Coddling of the Western Mind
Forthcoming. Though the American context is specified, this book would be of salience across the Anglophonic world. A portion of the proceeds of the sale of the book go to support the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), a vital and most effective bulwark against the inquisitors, their complicitous bloated bureaucrapcy and their zombie swarm…
Studies on the Abuse and Decline of Reason
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Walker Percy Wednesday 163
The road is better than the inn, said Cervantes-and by this he meant that rotation is better than the alienation of everydayness. The best part of Huckleberry Finn begins when Huck escapes from his old man’s shack and ends when he leaves the river for good at Phelps farm. Mark Twain hit upon an admirable…
A Confederacy of Dunces: Audio book
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Michael Joseph Oakeshott
Born on this day, that most subtle, civilized, cultivated, elegant, insightful, humane and liberal quality of mind. For all things Oakeshottian check out the Michael Oakeshott Association, the unaffiliated Michael Oakeshott Society, loads of stuff on this site including a very rare BBC recording of Oakeshott on the philosophy of history, and last, but no means least, A Companion to…
Symposium on Gerald Gaus’s The Tyranny of the Ideal
Coming soon featuring this stellar lineup (to keep apprised of updates see here): Introduction to Symposium on Gerald Gaus’ The Tyranny of the Ideal — Ryan Muldoon The Imperative of Complexity — Scott E. Page The Tyranny of a Metaphor — David Wiens How Can We do Political Philosophy? — Fred D’Agostino Public Reason in the Open…
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