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Monday, September 08, 2003 |
Warren Zevon, Singer-Songwriter, Dies at 56. The singer and songwriter came up with hard-boiled stories and tender confessions. By Jon Pareles. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]
A good obiturary. I've been listening to a fair amount of this guy's music over the last year. I think I've said this before, but seeing him pass, and looking at his great work in retrospect, and at the same time realizing how you haven't really appreciated it, well, that makes you wonder how many others there are out there like him that I haven't appreciated enough. There must be hundreds of great singers, songwriters, writers, actors, etc. who we'll only miss when they're gone. At least in Zevon's case, he did get to see the birth of his twin grandchildren, and he got to see the release of the final album and its positive reviews. It is great stuff.
8:38:08 PM Permalink
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No More Road Map. Hussein Agha and Robert Malley propose an innovative path to Middle East peace. Their one-paragraph explanation of why the current Road Map is probably doomed is also very good. [ongoing]
Enough with the small steps. Enough negotiating. Years of intermittent talks between Israelis and Palestinians have produced a good notion of what a settlement acceptable to both sides must look like. The challenge is to get there before the onset of a catastrophic chain of events.
7:44:10 PM Permalink
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The Planet That Won't Go Away. Even though the historic Mars opposition has passed, NASA reminds us that Mars is even easier to see than two weeks ago: That's why Mars remains dazzling. It's still nearby. In fact, during the whole month of September Mars will... [Martian Soil]
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