Month: November 2011

2011, Music

BBNGLive 1 (2011) by BADBADNOTGOOD

Before I get into it, I will say first off that I like this music. I generally like fusion – the idea that this is “instrumental hip hop” is more than a little hilarious, if this isn’t jazz then I don’t know what it is – that stays away from “cool jazz” cliches, as this …

2010, Books, Non-Fiction

The Mendacity of Hope (2010) by Roger D. Hodge

I was extremely skeptical of this book when I was lent it by my father. I don’t particularly like polemics and I figured, despite the claims on the back cover, that I would react the usual way to such things: which is that I would dismiss outright after 25-50 pages.