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  • Happy 100 Woody

    July 14, 2012

    Woody Guthrie would have been 100 years old today. He was the prototype rebel folk singer/songwriter, who traveled with migrant workers from Oklahoma to California, busked the streets and campfires, rode the rails with the hobos, and all the while wrote 100’s of songs that spoke to and represented the viewpoint of the working class.… [ read more ]

  • back again

    July 5, 2012

    A year or so ago I wrote the following blog piece after seeing Woody Allen’s romantic homage to the City Of Light – “Midnight In Paris”. It turns out that the composer of the theme song and much of the soundtrack for the movie, French-born jazz guitarist Stephane Wrembel, will be coming to San Diego… [ read more ]

  • the right to privacy – am I a hermit?

    June 8, 2012

    It seems to me that it’s one thing to try and keep pace with the onslaught of web and mobile based communication technologies, staying up-to-date with all the latest – and quite another to buy into the deepening sociological implications that they present. Or to put it more simply – does the fruit of these… [ read more ]