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About Fenster

Gainfully employed for thirty years, including as one of those high paid college administrators faculty complain about. Earned Ph.D. late in life and converted to the faculty side. Those damn administrators are ruining everything.

Wimmin Singin Wednesday

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Fenster

Fenster writes: I am enamoured of Rosemary Clooney’s interpretation of Cole Porter’s Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye.  How strange the change from major to minor. . . . As McCartney sang in another context entirely, she’s a woman, and she … Continue reading →

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What’s in a Name?

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Boston Globe sports columnist Christopher L. Gasper weighs in on the public debate in the media over the Washington Redskins’ name. Well, that’s not completely accurate.  There is little to no public debate in the media about the … Continue reading →

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Double Feature: “The Lady and the Duke” and “Escape from Tomorrow”

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Fenster

Fenster writes: I wrote here about a double feature screened at home.  I picked up Cool Hand Luke and The Paperboy just because they were both available at the library and found that they had a lot in common, including … Continue reading →

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Think Globally Travel Locally

Posted on August 3, 2014 by Fenster

Fenster writes: It is possible in some of our larger cities to approximate international travel without the need to purchase expensive (and environmentally unfriendly!) airline tickets.  And I am not talking Disney-style simulacra, but more of the real thing, or … Continue reading →

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Sunday Jazz Selection

Posted on August 3, 2014 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Paul Bley, Ida Lupino.

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Wimmin Singin Wednesdays

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Hey Sailor!  Detroit Cobras.  

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Sunday Jazz Selection

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Ornette Coleman, Sadness.

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Wimmin Singin Wednesdays

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Fenster

Fenster writes: A different kind of take on Townes Van Zandt’s Flyin’ Shoes: Jonelle Mosser’s piano and organ heavy version.  

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Sunday Jazz Selection

Posted on July 20, 2014 by Fenster

Fenster writes: McCoy Tyner, Lonnie’s Lament, streaming version here.

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A Kerfuffle

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Fenster

Fenster writes: There has been coverage in the right-wing blogosphere/press of a faculty listerv at Brandeis that is held to contain anti-Israel and anti-Semitic rants.  Odd for a school that is the pride of the American Jewish Community?  Perhaps, but … Continue reading →

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