Brianland

Be  Still  Here (Subtle Streaks of Light) for Vern Victor Hassett  (1912–2004) Just so ya know, dad passed away this week. He was a good guy. If you’re around, you’re invited to a natural joyous Irish wake for him at the townhouse in Oakville this Saturday, March 6th.  Not an obligation, just an invitation. He passed […]

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With the Leafs now in 30th place, I need to clarify why I say … We’re living through a monumental collapse in the history of The Toronto Maple Leafs — a period that will be written about for the rest of hockey time. Every facet of this franchise is now utterly pucked.   Teams can […]

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(Neal, John & Carolyn Cassady) .   “Keep One Neal on The Wheel” . with a twinkling & loving nod to Neal Cassady . . .   Coming into Manhattan thru the Holland Tunnel — 6PM on the Friday of the Labor Day Long Weekend . . .  It’s my first moments in Manhattan since […]

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After Christina Aguilera’s performance of James Brown’s “It’s A Man’s World” at the Grammys, this is one of the more transcendent performances by any musician I’ve seen in years.  Or ever.  This woman’s a channel, for sure. “Live Earth” was the most watched event in human history, the single event experienced by more people at […]

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This is a nice essay that was slipped over the transom by a fellow New York warrior in honor of Women’s History Month, thought I’d share. MEET THE NEW FEMININE FEMINISTS by Zoe Artemis These days my life is divided up into two moving parts: teaching dancing, and campaigning for Barack Obama.  Yes, I’m a […]

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I’m looking for an autographed copy of the book “Barefoot in Babylon” by Bob Spitz, about the Woodstock ’69 concert. It has all sorts of autographs in it of people who were at Woodtsock ’69, many of them “To Brian” I am that Brian, and have been looking for the book since it disappeared from […]

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at John Grady’s request, I pulled this out of the files . . . The Franken Fracas (Democracy in Action – Sunday!  Sunday!  Sunday!) Manchester, NH — Howard Dean’s Town Hall appearance High Noon, the Sunday just before Super Tuesday Hundred year old theater, core heart downtown Manchester, in a city & state completely consumed by […]

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A bunch of YouTubes of the Summit can be found here. The Grand Humanity Jam Continues Summer Summit ’09 The “We Made It This Far” Anniversary. July 31st  —  August 9th, 2009 An historically great crew reuniting . . . A massive scene recreated . . . Look homeward, Angels. *     *     […]

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  I’m Not There — film review “Life is a crazy, dark circus.” FANTASTIC, inspired filmmaking.  (I gotta look for more Todd Haynes.)  Maybe I was super-well prepared for it by this late date, but as it was, I could easily follow it, and it painted a brilliant million-dollar-picture. Obviously the unsuspecting could be caught […]

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We need a strong Leader in the Senate right now. And old Harry Reid is SO not it. Think of this 111th Senate full of all these kick-ass, get-things-done progressives & centrists: Pat Leahy, Carl Levin, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Chris Dodd, Dianne Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Chuck Schumer, Dick Durbin, Barbara Mikulski, Ron Wyden . […]

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