Thursday, September 18, 2025

This blog has moved to Ghost and become a newsletter

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Now that I’ve got it set up and running, I can announce here that I have moved from Blogspot to a newsletter at Ghost, 111 Words . If you fi...
Friday, August 22, 2025

Cumpleaños del gnomo

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Cuando me despierto, voy a la cocina y veo al gnomo tomar un café en la mesa. Nos miramos. "¿Tienes algo que decirme?", dice. ...

El gnomo tiene un trabajo nuevo

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El gnomo tiene un trabajo nuevo como guardia de seguridad en un sitio de construcción de tranvía. Cuando le veo en la intersección cerca del...
Thursday, August 21, 2025

The two versions of The Grateful Dead’s “Frankllin’s Tower” available on official albums in 1982

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When I first got into The Grateful Dead in 1982, two recordings of Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter's "Franklin's Tower" had...

El gnomo en Reikiavik

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Estaba ponderando que no había visto al gnomo por dos semanas, y el espectro todavía no sabía dónde el gnomo había desparecido. Pero hoy hem...
Wednesday, August 20, 2025

“Sweet tarts” and “Maggy’s tea”: Roman Jakobson and James Joyce’s “Finnegans Wake” (1939)

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For Roman Jakobson, in "Closing Statement: Linguistics and Poetics" (1960), "the poetic function projects the principle of eq...
Tuesday, August 19, 2025

“Help on the Way / Slipknot! / Franklin’s Tower” at the Grateful Dead’s concert at Berkeley’s Greek Theater on 14 July 1984

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14 July 1984 at Berkeley's Greek Theater was my favorite performance of the Grateful Dead's "Help on the Way / Slipknot! / Fran...
Monday, August 18, 2025

“The Fate of Ophelia” and “Althea”: Taylor Swift and The Grateful Dead (plus John Mayer)

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The first song on Taylor Swift's album "The Life of a Showgirl" (forthcoming on 3 October 2025) is "The Fate of Ophelia...
Saturday, August 16, 2025

Don Q looks down from the roof of Hush Money House

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From the roof of Hush Money House, Don Q looked down at the people sitting at the beautiful cafe tables and chairs. "The garden has nev...