Willy DeVille: Another Punk Icon Gone
I haven’t thought much in recent years about the rock singer Willy DeVille and his band Mink DeVille, names out of my music writing/selling days in the ‘70s and ‘80s. …
Month: August 2009
Higher, Wired Education
As someone who teaches grad school (if only one semester a year), I was quite interested to read about the array of online ventures that are trying to provide new …
Joseph Rotman, Creativity and the Arts
Gordon Pitts of The Globe and Mail in Toronto has a fascinating Q&A today, Why Joseph Rotman hates the ‘do-gooder’ label, with businessman/philanthropist/volunteer/educator Joseph Rotman, who seems to embody the …
Attorneys and Infinite Jest: Summer Reading Continued
In my previous post I wrote about extending the summer through summer/beach reading lists. Another intriguing one is Michael P. Maslanka’s Summer 2009 Beach Reads for GCs, from law.com/Texas Lawyer. …
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Extending the Summer with Reading Lists
The only thing better than reading books during the summer is reading the summer/beach reading lists and articles. And I particularly enjoy the British ones. Genevieve Fox, on Telegraph.co.uk, presents …
Never Too Late for First Monday
The week is moving fast. It’s already Wednesday. But if you haven’t already done so, check out USA TODAY’s handy First Monday: New in business TV, DVDs, magazines, books. This …
WOMAD for Those Who Couldn’t Be There
I’m back on the festival beat with last week’s WOMAD (World of Music, Arts and Dance) festival in the UK. This is yet another event that most of us can’t …