Thursday, August 31, 2017

@23:30, 8/30/17

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1
Books

‘Good Booty’: The Sexual Power of Music

In her new book, the critic Ann Powers examines the “erotic pull” of rock ’n’ roll.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij5CYIfR4_M

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085244/

2
T Magazine

What to Do (and Where to Stay) in the Western Catskills

One of New York’s last isolated frontiers, sleepy Sullivan County has finally found its place in the sun.

Have you a place in mind?

3
Opinion

Trump in Texas: Words vs. Actions

Readers criticize the president’s policies, which they say would result in more catastrophic weather events.

"Heck of a job, Brownie"


U.S.

Google Critic Ousted From Think Tank Funded by the Tech Giant

When the New America Foundation praised a large fine levied on Google, the people behind the statement were exiled.

Google speaks with money.   It is heard.

5
T Magazine

Swim in a Lake, Without Leaving the City

In Berlin and in a handful of other European locales, the great outdoors is right in the heart of town.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sandy+Hook,+Middletown,+NJ/@40.4220834,-74.0071822,13z/data=!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x89c239b1b400b135:0xa
538ef8abdf37c5!2sSandy+Hook,+Middletown,+NJ!3b1!8m2
!3d40.4333496!4d-73.9885498!3m4!1s0x89c239b1b400b135:0xa538ef8abdf37c5
!8m2!3d40.4333496!4d-73.9885498

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Smith+Point+Beach+Hut/@40.7323565,-72.8722661,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89e85a9b11a4b429:0x28bcbf3a013a9a88
!8m2!3d40.7339622!4d-72.8614729

6
Arts

A Man on an Eco-Mission in Mixed Media

The Brooklyn artist Justin Brice Guariglia has turned Greenland’s meltdown into a new show at the Norton Museum of Art.

I am not much interested in preaching.

7
Business Day

David Tang, Fashion Retailer and Raconteur, Dies at 63

A lifelong entrepreneur from a wealthy family, he founded a succession of businesses catering to the affluent but also backed democracy for Hong Kong.

If you want to do retail I will try to help.

8
Times Insider

When the News Begs for a Book: Behind the Newsbook Column

Concepción de León starts with dozens of books and whittles her list down to three. This is how she does it.

Put her column on your list if the subject interests you.

9
Books

Two New Old Books That Show Walt Whitman’s Different Selves

Electronic sleuthing has identified two additions to the Whitman canon. What do they tell us about the man who sang of himself and of America?

Read the work.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/walt-whitman#tab-poems

10
Books

Books for Adults That Channel the Back-to-School Spirit

In time for the new academic year, novels set in elite boarding schools contain heartwarming coming-of-age tales and twisted adolescent dramas alike.

Trying to learn is different from learning.

Most learning is done by doing.

I find study is for background.


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