Herbie Hancock is the coolest man on this planet.
First, context. America is mired in a pedestrian safety crisis. Deaths among those walking (and cycling, too) recently hit 40-year highs. No other rich country is experiencing anything like the chart below. Source: www.ghsa.org/resources/Pe...
And on an insane touring schedule by the looks of it: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caravan... These combo gigs apparently slotted in between Santana and Mahavishu commitments.
Slightly tangental but could be relevant: 'A' voted in and pineapple tax becomes embedded; "we can't ban pineapples because they are an important revenue raiser".
What's really insane is that they're locking this lot up AT THE SAME TIME as announcing mass early prisoner release since the under-invested prison system is massively overcrowded. www.theguardian.com/society/arti...
Justice secretary says temporary scheme in September and October will ‘avert disaster’ in overcrowding crisis
It's a great pod, very slowly working my way through.
I teach at CUNY. And I assure you , the repression of pro-Palestinian speech on our campuses is coming at the direct orders of our Democratic governor. The president of my college said so herself, in so many words.
Come for John Coltrane, stay for McCoy Tyner 👌
Pretty staggering that was written 30 years ago. Pity that important people didn't read it back then.