Howard Beale Street Blues

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Assistant Director of the Institute of Advanced Columbo Studies; Certified Meth(eny) Head (the handle is a clue)

portion of the liner notes to the album Audio Visualscapes, by Jack DeJohnette’s Special Edition.
oh no. I wish there were a way to make authors understand *what* publishing *is.* a lot of them treat their manuscripts like a rundown house that the publisher acts as a contractor to renovate and then there are the ones who are constantly paranoid and act like everyone besides their acq ed is conspiring in a plot to sabotage the book.
It's hard to find fault with the deeply emotional ride of Beyond the Wall except, perhaps, in its unrelenting seriousness. Still, with a cast of players this strong, one can forgive its earnestness and revel in performances that bring Tyner's and Coltrane's innovations into the 21st Century.
Little enough is certain about the painter Romare Bearden (1911–88) that even the pronunciation of his name remains unclear. In taped interviews, Bearden pronounced it RO-mer-ee, while his intimates simply called him Romy. Oddly, today Ro-MARE is what one hears most often, and even longtime friends have largely adopted this pronunciation.
forest with a mix of conifers and deciduous trees up in the Smoky Mountains. low clouds hang just over the trees and block the view of a nearby peak.
a huge craggy wall of rock with two kids far in the background. various types of trees on the left edge of the photo
5 windshield stickers each made to look like the battery status icon on a smartphone: 2 large batteries are almost drained, 3 small batteries are at full power
photo portrait of the journalist Sam Donaldson
screenshot of a weather forecast for Durham NC, showing that the weather is sunny, the current temp is 83 Fahrenheit, and the high will be 92
James Earl Jones in a still from the movie Conan. his hair is long and dark, but with extremely short bangs in the front
cover of the album Side-Eye III+, by Pat Metheny. the cover is a typographic design with the title, and the names of Metheny and his two main bandmates, Chris Fishman and Joe Dyson
a story in The Atlantic magazine. the headline reads, Kash Patel’s Personalized Bourbon Stash. below the headline and byline is a photo of a bottle of bourbon showing Patel’s name printed on the front
the Bernie Sanders “I am once again” meme but it says “I am once again contemplating burning the whole house down”
the cd edition of Ahmad Jamal, At the Jazz Showcase, lying on a wooden table
a brown and black dog faces sideways and looks up at the camera
screenshot of the top of the Wikipedia entry for the Worcester Worcesters, a long-defunct professional baseball team
screenshot of a music app showing the tracks of the Pat Metheny Group’s album Still Life. the words “secretly” and “third” are underlined in red.
cover of the audiobook edition of THE HOT ROCK, by Donald E. Westlake, with the phrase A Dortmunder Novel underneath the title. the cover shows an emerald on green cloth.
still from the show Columbo. Columbo is holding a cigar that’s creating a cloud of smoke in front of him. he’s looking disapprovingly at someone off camera
the natural bridge: a huge mass of limestone with a large hole in it through which people can walk. a few people are visible on the ground and walkway under the “bridge.” they appear tiny, showing how large the rock formation is.
cover for the audiobook edition of More Than You’ll Ever Know, by Katie Gutierrez
screenshot of the Apple Music app showing covers of albums by Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Zombi, Brian Eno, the Neville Brother, and David Bowie
a male duck with green iridescent head feather stands next to water
a very small turtle on asphalt, with my index finger next to it for size reference
still from the movie Videodrome (1983) showing a man sticking his head into a TV set
drawing of an animate roll of toilet paper and what looks like a turd wearing red Speedos
blurry still of Yoda from EMPIRE STRIKES BACK. his eyes are wide open. caption reads: “boy he bout to do it!!!”
The Dude from the movie The Big Lebowski. the image is captioned "I am extremely focused, man"
Elliott Gould and George Segal as two crazed gamblers in the movie California Split
the hardcover edition of SEA OF TRANQUILITY, by Emily St. John Mandel
two successive posts of mine, both reading “ ‘ internal server error’ = Bluesky is constipated”
screenshot showing that the post I’m responding to showed up twice in a row on my feed
screenshot of the Apple Music app, showing the covers of 6 albums. five of those covers are incorrect—showing the cover of Tangerine Dream’s Phaedra
still of Hyman Roth from the movie THE GODFATHER PART II
bag of epsom salts; the label reads, Epsom Salt MAGNESIUM SULFATE U.S.P. • Saline Laxative for Relief of Occasional Constipation • Soaking Aid for Minor Sprains and Bruises
screenshot from the New York Times, showing poll results: THE NEW YORK TIMES/SIENA POLL Jan. 12-17 Do you think the tactics used by ICE have gone too far, have not gone far enough or have been about right? All respondents: 61% (too far); 26% (about right); 11% (not far enough) Democrats: 94% too far; 4% about right; 2% not far enough Republicans: 19% too far; 56 % about right; 24% not far enough
still from Columbo; the lieutenant is slightly smiling with an index finger pressed against his mouth. captioned “isn’t that something?”
still from Columbo: he’s looking out the driver-side window of his Peugeot, looking especially disheveled. caption: “it’s been a bad night”
photo of tree tops and clouds in the sky at dusk. the clouds are wispy and a warm orange-pink
photo of the Pat Metheny Group onstage; everyone is dressed very casually
Chick Corea sitting at a piano, looking very casual and nondescript in a striped cotton t-shirt
Bernie Sanders standing in winter coat, captioned, “I AM ONCE AGAIN ASKING YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT WATCHING SAD MOVIES DOESN'T MAKE *ME* FEEL SAD”
an orange plate with two bagel halves and a pickle. each bagel half is dressed with cream cheese, smoked salmon, and red onion slices.
screenshot of a weather app showing that the current temperature in Durham, NC, is 17 degrees Fahrenheit
Image of a white guy wearing a blue shirt and tie, his collar unbuttoned. he's pointing an index finger toward the camera. image is captioned "The Morton Downey Jr Show Weeknights 11:30pm"
still from Columbo where he’s gesturing to his head and saying, “it gets like a traffic jam up here”
photo of the salad described in the post, in a clear tupperware bowl with tongs
white guy with oily hair and skin and squinting airs gesturing with his hands as he explains something
still from a Columbo episode, showing the lieutenant sitting and holding his cigar with a quizzical look
image of the cover of the album PLACES, by Jan Garbarek. a black and white photo of a rural landscape on a cloudy day. a curving road recedes from the foreground far into the background, where fog obscures the horizon. evergreen trees lie some distance from each side of the road
photo of a line of trees in silhouette, underneath a partly cloudy sky. the sun is behind some of the clouds.
photo of trees in afternoon sunlight. it’s autumn, and some of the leaves in the distant have changed to orange and red.
photo of a small stream surrounded by forest growth in afternoon sunlight. the leaves are turning autumnal colors
landscape-oriented photo of a meadow backed by trees in afternoon sunlight. the sky is full of cumulus clouds, and the light casts a golden color on the trees and grass
album cover of To Be Continued, by Terje Rypdal, Miroslav Vitouš, and Jack DeJohnette. cover art is a daytime photo of a dining table with white table cloth, two bottles, some utensils, two wine glasses, a pack of cigarettes, and a lighter. at the top edge of the photo, a person’s torso and arms lean on the table.
album cover of TRISTAN, by pianist Igor Levit. a black-and-white photo of the pianist standing next to an open grand piano with stage mist in the air and dramatic lighting
photo of brown forest ground in fall, focusing on a white puffy substance that looks like cotton, tangled among twigs and leaves