Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
Mississippi John Hurt sings and plays “Lonesome Valley.” This performance was originally telecast on WNJU-TV in 1965 or 1966 as part of an episode of Rainbow Quest, a series hosted by Pete Seeger:
(This is the latest in a series of arts-related videos that appear in this space each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday)
“I believe that one ought to have only as much market efficiency as one needs, because everything that we value in human life is within the realm of inefficiency—love, family, attachment, community, culture, old habits, comfortable old shoes.”
Edward Luttwak (quoted in Corey Robin, “The Ex-Cons: Right-Wing Thinkers Go Left!,” Lingua Franca, February 2001)