More Proof, If Needed, That Funk Still Works. What worked in the 1950's, 1960's and 1970's is good enough for Soulive, which set a packed house dancing at the Mercury Lounge on Thursday night. By Jon Pareles. [New York Times: Arts]

This is the shit. I may have started guitar with a synthesis of "On Top Of Old Smokey", "Kathy's Clown", and "Rebel Rouser", but after everything under the sun in between, I'm proud to say that I ended my performing carreer with "Green Onions" and "Back At The Chicken Shack." 

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William Phillips, Co-Founder and Soul of Partisan Review, Dies at 94. William Phillips was the co-founder and longtime editor of Partisan Review, the forum for the brilliant and contentious stable of writers known as the New York Intellectuals. By Joseph Berger. [New York Times: Arts]
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