KCRW radio at Santa Monica College has produced an excellent documentary on OWS during the crucial month of October, when the authorities were determined to disperse the demonstrators as the movement went global: “This is the moment that Occupy Wall Street won.” You can listen here.
(Photo: Reuters)
We have some readers in Sweden who enjoyed our Steely Dan post and sent us this clip from a Steely Dan-influenced Swedish band. It’s a good tune. And no mistaking the influence. Enjoy.
Margaret Atwood at the Capitol Theatre
Thanks to CBC Moncton, here are some Highlights from the Frye Festival, including an excerpt from Margaret Atwood’s talk, an inteview with Sylvia Tyson, and much more.
B.W. Powe’s recent lecture on Frye and McLuhan at York University can be heard here. (Scroll down just past the half way mark to “Listen to Past Presentations.”)
“Salt Peanuts” (with Charlie Parker on sax): the tune that in 1945 blew open the bebop era with maximum bop
Today is Dizzy Gillespie‘s birthday (1917-1993).
