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Doin my part

There’s a brief review of the Jozi and the (M)other City net.art site on Artthrob, by Chad Rossouw. Snip on me:
Nathaniel Stern, a natural on the web, produced the most engaging work. He challenged the above-mentioned Sean O’Toole to live without electricity for a day. The documentation of their correspondence is a good insight into [...]

Saturday Night Knight

In the 50s and 60s, my dad used to write songs for Jimmy Radcliffe (who also sang at my folks’ wedding). Anyhow, a few covers of his hits have made it up to youtube, posted by various peops. This is one by none other than Phil Stern. My dad is sooooo cool :) Enjoy!
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Sterny news

You can tell I’m uber uber busy (who isn’t? But I still used to make time for blogging…) when I am not only posting very infrequently, but also mostly / only in response to comments left here (and it’s not as if my comments section is very forthcoming). Last week it was something on my [...]

Ingrid Michaelson chat

I wrote this post on a long lost high school friend and current rock star a while back, and so it seems some Ingrid Michaelson fans (good taste ladies and gents) are winding up on my blog. If you are one of them, you should be aware of a live chat with Ingrid this weekend. [...]

yes we can (updated below)(another update)

I have been been mostly refraining from posting on politics (compared to how much time I have invested in it personally). But this, I could not resist. Mr.Dippy: Yes We Can. Just beautiful. Go OBAMA!!!!!!!!
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update.
The gist:
The Black Eyed Peas’ frontman, songwriter and producer known [...]

ingrid michaelson

I rarely look up a song I’ve heard on television. Maybe on a late night show now and again (I think I found Corinne Bailey Ray thanks to a meta-late night show, Studio 60), or something in a movie, but on TV, not so much. But after the third time I had turned to my [...]

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out of the woodwork

holy crap. who knew anyone remembered the dominant seven? somebody just emailed me this link via the cornell alumni magazine. a little snip:
… Nat Stern spent most of his time in Ithaca leading the town’s reigning dance band, The Dominant 7, but he also slept in Goldwin Smith with the rest [...]

Laura Bush Music Video (Liberal’s Just Another Word…)

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