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April 27, 2007 by wilmington.
Some possibly-random (Dirk Gently may have been right, ater all, about the general interconnectedness of all things) observations:
1) Is it possible yet for people to take an objective look/listen at Wynton Marsalis’ music from the 90’s and, separating themselves from the ridiculous “Progressive” turf wars, assess it in strictly musical terms? I listened to “Citi Movements” and “Blue Interlude” recently. Since it made me think about an essay I wrote for a jazz radio program guide back in 1999, I think I’ll link to it here next week to see what people think of it now.
2) The current Major League Soccer season has more excitement - of both the legitimate quality-of-soccer and the manufactured media hype variety which all pro sports need - than any previous season of American soccer.
The New York RED BULL look to have an exciting brand of attacking soccer and recently added Juan Pablo Angel, a very successful striker from the English Premiere League, and Clint Mathis, former poster-boy rebel for American soccer. It remains to be seen if the BECKHAM FACTOR is an example of the first or the second form of excitement mentioned above. Games are on ESPN2 every Thursday night and Fox Soccer Channel shows others on the weekends. Watch and see the level of our now 11 year-old domestic league.
3) Patrick O’Brian is one of the greatest novelists of the 20th century - possibly one of the best ever considering what the novel is supposed to do.
4) If you haven’t already - check out “Coffee Betsy.” [linked below as a Blog-Buddy]
More to come…
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