Monthly Archives: January 2009
Catskills Corner: We’ve joined the modern world
One of the perverse joys of living in the Mount Tremper area this last year and a half has been the lack of cell phone coverage. There’s something reassuringly old-fashioned...
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January 30, 2009
Why I (Still) Store Wine: Southern Rhônes 1998
Having finally completed my home cellar and retrieved many of my wines from storage, I’ve recently been opening up some of my Southern Rhônes from 1998, a particular warm and...
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January 28, 2009
My Top 10 Songs of 2008
Singles – to the extent that they still exist – offer a lot more leeway for one’s end-of-year round-up than do albums. You can pick a passing fancy with less...
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January 27, 2009
My Top 10 Albums of 2008 (and the Village Voice Pazz & Jop Poll)
I probably wouldn’t have gotten around to a Top 10 List for 2008 were it not for wanting my votes to count in the annual Village Voice Pazz and Jop...
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January 23, 2009
Catskills Corner Jan 23-29
The line-up for our region’s annual three-day rock festival, the Mountain Jam held on the Hunter ski slopes over Memorial Weekend, has just been announced, and it lives up to...
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January 22, 2009
Hope
A few months ago, when the collapse in the mortgage industry began bringing down the major American banks, causing the stock market to collapse, and forcing the Government to put...
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January 20, 2009
State of Independence
Driving through the wintery woods last night, picking up pizza from Phoenicia for our guests from the city, I was thrilled to hear Dave Leonard on WDST play “Spiritual High”...
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January 19, 2009