Saturday, September 13, 2008

Infrequent blog update

My old friend Keith works for the Utne Reader. On Thursday, he interviewed Lawrence Lessig for a profile in an upcoming issue. He says:
Lessig totally shifted gears and is now waging a campaign against corruption in Congress (http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080616/hayes). Talk about an uphill battle …

Have you seen any good live music lately?


I'm looking forward to reading the profile. Here's a clip of Lessig comparing McCain and Obama on tech issues:



I haven't seen any good live music lately, but earlier in the year I saw the Ramsey Lewis Trio perform at the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Unity Temple right here in Oak Park, and the CSO perform Mahler's 6th Symphony (turned out to be way cooler than it sounds). Tonight I'll likely see Hammond B3 master, Dr. Lonnie Smith. Calexico is playing for free at the Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park, with Mariachi Luz de Luna. That should be incredibly cool. 

In October, I'll see Ravi Shankar with his daughter Anoushka. That is, unless I'm roasting for eternity in a lake of fire after the hadron collider vaporizes us all...