Anyone who thinks it is important to keep alive a space in our culture for music from the people, by the people and for the people will be mourning the death, yesterday, of Mike Waterson. There is a a nice obituary in the Guardian. Here is a link to The Watersons singing The Good Old Way, a hymn some date to the Civil War (though more likely it's from the 18th Century, but who knows...?). A sweet hope of Glory in my Soul!"
Tuesday assorted links
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1. Gideon Lewis-Kraus on Beckert on capitalism (New Yorker). 2. How good
are social scientists as forecasters? 3. Zvi on Gemini 3.0. 4. Jimmy Cliff,
RIP....
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