Memories of Marlon Brando
It doesn’t happen often because it can’t. The taste of the madeleine that unleashes a torrent of memories and associations, the thing that makes you stop what you’re doing and plunges you into unexpected reverie. … read more
AJBlog: CultureCrash Published 2015-09-22
Monday Recommendation: Gabriel Alegría Sextet
Trumpeter Gabriel Alegría’s resourceful band of Peruvians and New Yorkers (Newyoruvians?) continue to meld Latin and North American traditions. Their stimulating fifth album alternates between the continents and blends musics … read more
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2015-09-21
Lookback: on applauding between movements
From 2003: I continue to see obviously excited concertgoers shamefacedly sitting on their hands at the very moment when they ought to be raising a ruckus. What’s more, the concert halls of New York are full of spine-starched prigs who delight in … read more
AJBlog: About Last Night Published 2015-09-22
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