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This one's for you Ben! Charlie Parker with Buddy Rich! Bird!



My dad turned me on to Ahmad Jamal when I was eight and I've been a fan ever since! Idris Muhamed on drums. Poinciana.



The whitest Latin jazz performer and the best! Cal Tjader! Soul Sauce

Also...

Pentagon Mole at NBC? Salon has this article on retired Gen. Barry McCaffrey here.

Did BushCo. allow Al Qaeda to set up shop in Iraq? From KOS.

The argument for shit-canning Secretary Robert Gates from The Nation.

Eyewitness photographer in Mumbai tells his brief account here.



Happy Birthday Abbie Hoffman. A huge influence and a hero of mine!

Abbie says goodbye to Ronald Reagan in this brief clip!