[contextly_auto_sidebar id="nSfJU3F4qca0WNdrRd2gjfF0g8ANwvpR"] WELL, this time it seems to be for real: Jazz pianist, songwriter and founding Jazz Messenger Horace Silver has died at 85. Silver's recordings, under his own name and in his 1950s group with Art Blakey, were some of the first jazz I got into, and I've been marveling at his genius all over again since I've learned to play his "Song … [Read more...]
Archives for June 18, 2014
How Silicon Valley’s Disruptors Defend Themselves
[contextly_auto_sidebar id="CoNTgysgG97fFP472ViQZnWcE75qU22x"] I EXPECT the big car companies were as defensive, back when reformers suggested seat belts and the like, as digital-disruptor types are when they receive any bit of criticism. In this case, the Silicon Valley types lash back that anyone who doesn't buy their cyber-utopian vision is "anti-technology." Salon's Andrew Leonard gets … [Read more...]