I own enough square footage (albeit not contiguously) of Laphroaig to build a decent sized detached house on. Last night I tried Lore for the first time and my default scepticism was immediately and absolutely blown away. This was possibly the greatest all round Islay I’ve ever had. If I were to offer an analogy…
The very underrated Matt Monro (Terry Parsons, Fred Flange) always gives respite from the unrelenting dissonance of the day. I know this is controversial but I’ve always thought that he was far more interesting than Sinatra, Como, Williams and the like (and to their credit they pretty much acknowledged this). For my money Nat King Cole was…
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The painter whom the establishment loves to hate and no doubt so do a whole raft of pearl clutching regressives. aestheticseroticFilm noirJack Vettrianopainting
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This popular book is garnering some very warm reviews — The Economist — NYT — NPR chat with author Alan Burdick alan burdickaugustineJohn M. E. McTaggartmetaphysicsMichael Dummettphilosophy of timePsychologysciencetime
Question: Is amnesia a favorite device in fiction and especially soap operas because (a) The character in the soap opera is sick and tired of himself and his life and wants a change. (b) The writer is sick and tired of his character and wants a change. (c) The writer is sick and tired of…
Who Cooks The Best Red Beans And Rice In New Orleans? Someone should enter Pops and Lucille’s recipe. Then send in the cavalry :) Twenty minutes later — Bisma Rex and Swiss Kriss gastronomyLouis ArmstrongLouisiananew orleanspopsred beans and riceswiss kriss
Samuel P. Huntington’s book The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order is freely available in different formats here. islamLiberalismPolitical philosophyregressive leftSamuel P. HuntingtonThe Clash of Civilizations
The very excellent Yaneer Bar-Yam et al have a new paper published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface and freely available as a preprint here. Complex systemscomplexitycomputational intelligenceglobal brainNew England Complex Systems InstituteSocial mediatwitterYaneer Bar-Yam
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