Neal Hohman

April 2013

3 posts

Trouble In Mind Preservation Hall Jazz Band;Richie Havens

americanroutes:

The late Richie Havens, on “Trouble in Mind,” recorded with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band:

You can really believe that people who hurt really do hurt. Things are not always as bright sounding but it is forgiving sounding if you can accept it.

We were fortunate enough to speak to Richie Havens in 2010 about his tenure as a Greenwich Village portraitist, and his legendary opening act at Woodstock.

Apr 23, 201312 notes

“At the same time that investigators were in the midst of a high-profile manhunt for the marathon bombers that ended on Friday evening, 38 more Americans – with little fanfare – died from gun violence. One was a 22-year old resident of Boston. They are a tiny percentage of the 3,531 Americans killed by guns in the past four months – a total that surpasses the number of Americans who died on 9/11 and is one fewer than the number of US soldiers who lost their lives in combat operations in Iraq. Yet, none of this daily violence was considered urgent enough to motivate Congress to impose a mild, commonsense restriction on gun purchasers.” —

Why does America lose its head over ‘terror’ but ignore its daily gun deaths? - Michael Cohen | The Observer

Some good perspective.

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March 2013

2 posts

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December 2012

1 post

Dec 4, 20121 note

October 2012

4 posts

“Those foot-soldier readers who successfully march through all of Dickens’s fiction may wind up feeling like David at his journey’s end, with shoes in a woeful condition (“the upper leathers had broken and burst until the very shape and form of shoes had departed from them”) and skin powdered “white with chalk and dust, as if I had come out of a limekiln.” Reading projects of this old-fashioned sort are the equivalent of a long pilgrimage on foot. The pace and the proddings of modern life, forever segmenting one’s existence into smaller and busier intervals, counsel against them. On the other hand, those patient, reproachful, grandpaternal voices continue to mutter on your bookshelf. And they say, Start walking.” —Big Reading: A Hike Through Dickens | The New Yorker

Oct 18, 2012

“[Farah] described how the two political parties in the 1990s joined forces to wrest control over the presidential debates away from the independent League of Women Voters, which had long resisted the parties’ efforts to shield their presidential candidates from genuine surprise or challenge. Now run by the party-controlled Commission on Presidential Debates, these rituals are designed to do little more than ‘eliminate spontaneity’ and ‘exclude all viable third-party voices’.” —

The lame rules for presidential debates: a pefect microcosm of US democracy | Glenn Greenwald

Fascinating recent history of the presidential debates.

Oct 16, 20121 note

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#minneapolis

Oct 5, 2012

September 2012

1 post

R.T. Rybak — We built it together: a hand up for Mitt Romney's family, Paul Ryan's family, and mine → rtrybak.tumblr.com

minnpost:

rtrybak:

At first I didn’t think we needed another person chiming in on Mitt Romney’s latest stumble. His remarkably clueless comments dissing 47% of the country he wants to lead speak for themselves.

But when I thought more about this — and watched a different, shocking video last night — I felt I…

The mayor of Minneapolis takes on Mitt Romney.

Excellent.

Sep 20, 2012411 notes

August 2012

2 posts

Aug 31, 201219 notes

#clint eastwood #empty chair #the ennio morricone score makes it so intense

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July 2012

1 post

Recipe for Independence

1 Great Speech
1 sardonic scientist
1 human-sized alien spacecraft
1 Quaid brother
1 dumb alien
1 Fresh Prince
Vivica A. Fox

Pretty simple, really.

Jul 4, 20123 notes

June 2012

10 posts

Jun 16, 20124 notes

#putabirdonit

Jun 15, 201217 notes

Here’s a fascinating Sound Opinions interview with Sharon Van Etten on her songwriting process. I’m going to see her on August 3rd at Lollapalooza, but she’s also playing First Ave on August 4th. It’s between her and the Alabama Shakes for my favorite new discovery of the year.

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Jun 15, 20123 notes

This morning I was listening to the new Tallest Man On Earth album and right as he launched into the chorus of “To Just Grow Away” a kit of pigeons flew past my window—soared, actually—while the clouds on the horizon parted, revealing a roseate dawn. It was pretty much the most beautiful split-second ever.

Jun 14, 20122 notes

Jun 12, 2012