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Happy Birthday and here’s to tomorrow!

RIP E.S. Reddy, who led the U.N.’s efforts against Apartheid https://24newsorder.com/e-s-reddy-who-led-u-n-s-efforts-against-apartheid-dies-at-96/ http://www.noeasyvictories.org/interviews/int03_reddy.php

The 2020 Presidential Election, Through the Eyes of Magnum Photographers https://www.magnumphotos.com/newsroom/the-2020-presidential-election-through-the-eyes-of-magnum-photographers/

Art Saves Lives

I only stuck with it as Mel was enjoying, but the last 4 or so episodes are pretty explicit.

As always playing catch-up. Just finished season two of The Boys (Prime). Maybe a bit on the nose at times, but is anything else in popular culture addressing the current state of America this directly? Season three sounds like it’s going to be plenty interesting.

The Bad Plus streaming tonight at the Village Vanguard (or if you want to watch during the day seems yesterday's stream goes until tonight). $10. https://villagevanguard.com/livestream

Prine: Crooked Piece of Time: The Atlantic & Asylum Albums (1971-1980)

Sorry Rocky De La Fuente Guerra & Kanye Omari West.

Speaking of pilots, just watched How To with John Wilson (HBO). First episode is on small talk. This is fun.

RIP Viola Smith. “The fastest girl drummer in the world” has died at 107 https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/oct/24/viola-smith-swing-big-band-drummer-dies-aged-107?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

That concert and hearing for the first time in an concert space, certainly an acoustically great full concert space, but sounds I never had similarly before, a person within sight, but down the isle, rotating his thumb on a water bottle label, a foot slightly shifting, in likely a still shoe, a row back and down... I mean even when I type that it sounds like an exaggeration... except I mentioned both after the show. I'd never experience massive group silence before. That degree of silence anyway. Even it it was interrupted with yells. Artist v. audience is always an interesting battle, but Jarrett made me a convert to his side. I can't thank you enough for the invite. I hope Jarrett can find contentment within his situation and maybe even find a way to still musically create to his high standards. And sorry to hear you've gone through it Dusty.

I was just watching some of his videos last week.

And Romeo Void!

Continuing the 2020 news... Keith Jarrett Confronts a Future Without the Piano The pathbreaking musician reveals the health issues that make it unlikely he will ever again perform in public. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/21/arts/music/keith-jarrett-piano.html?action=click&module=Editors Picks&pgtype=Homepage

If anyone still buys movies, 50% off Criterion for the next four hours. https://www.criterion.com/sale?utm_source=Instagram_Feed&utm_medium=paid-social&utm_campaign=fall-2020-sale&utm_content=pierrot-le-fou

"Isn’t This a Lovely Day (To Be Caught in the Rain)?" by Irving Berlin

Just a reminder of Tyll's preferences... And an alternative take (skip to 14 min if the below doesn't)...

Hmmm looks what happens when I tweak the URL... https://www.adorama.com/etyer4sr.html?emailprice=t&sterm

Wait, we were supposed to hold off if are current ER4s were fine?

Rhonda Fleming, 'Queen of Technicolor', dies aged 97 “Suddenly my green eyes were green. My red hair was flaming red. My skin was porcelain white,” Fleming remarked in a 1990 interview. “There was suddenly all this attention on how I looked rather than the roles I was playing. I’d been painted into a corner by the studios, who never wanted more from me than my looking good and waltzing through a parade of films like The Redhead and the Cowboy.” https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/oct/17/rhonda-fleming-queen-of-technicolor-in-the-1940s-and-50s-dies-aged-97?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Me too. Wait... also ordered. Thanks.

It’s a big one.