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Arts

Still A Fool

July 8th, 2013 | by msalt

Something a little different — I’m going to trace back several versions of a favorite blues song, known alternately as [&hellip


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No guru, no method, no teacher

May 26th, 2013 | by msalt

Van Morrison is problematic. Sometimes he’s so precious, easy listening or POETIC that I just want to slap him. But [&hellip


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Flow

April 22nd, 2013 | by msalt

I seem to be on a music kick lately, for no particular reason, except that it suits this website super [&hellip


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Mindful Practice

April 19th, 2013 | by msalt

“Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to sound like yourself.” – Miles Davis Email this [&hellip


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The Leopard

April 17th, 2013 | by msalt

Mysterious. Witty. Catchy. Intuitive. Irreducible and unanalyzable. Compelling. Robyn Hitchcock, from the uneven but often brilliant “Element of Light.” Email [&hellip


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Elliot Smith on how to write songs

April 13th, 2013 | by msalt

Elliot Smith was an amazing singer/songwriter for about 9 years, from his solo debut in 1994 until he killed himself [&hellip


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Philosophy with heart

March 13th, 2013 | by msalt

There’s a stereotype of philosophical people in general, and Daoists in particular, as cold, cerebral, aloof, heartless. It’s easy to [&hellip


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The SymmyS Awards

March 10th, 2013 | by msalt

I’ve written before about how a “little dao,” some tangible skill you master, can lead to the Big Dao. It [&hellip


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no words

March 2nd, 2013 | by msalt

“I’m haunted a little this evening by feelings that have no vocabulary and events that should be explained in dimensions [&hellip



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