Mental health struggles, burnout, isolation from community, feeling a loss of control over one’s own life. These are the things that we have all had to deal with since the chaos of the pandemic descended upon us.
Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Lester Young, Louis Jordan, Duke Ellington Billie Holiday, Count Basie, Thelonious Monk, …
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Where to begin, friends? If your experience in the last year has been anything like mine, you have felt flabbergasted, …
Welcome to the music issue, friends. I will give you three guesses as to the content of this edition’s “Astute …
Sweet Solanum lycopersicum! Holy tomatoes! How do you spell tomatos? I’m not sure. I’ll ask Dan Quayle. He doesn’t know …
April in Paris, doo doo de doo doo. Count Basie’s version of this 1932 classic show tune is one of …
Is it really 2019 already? As is customary at this time of year, I am looking inward; reflecting, if you …
Chronologically speaking, I find myself in an interesting place with this issue’s column. The thing is, dear readers, today is …
Ah, yes, the food and drink issue. Greetings, my fellow epicureans, discerning gourmands, and unique flavor fans. I am currently …
It’s true. Nonetheless, it’s been a fantastic summer thus far. The bass gods have smiled upon me in this fair …
