Howard Beale Street Blues

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)

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Howard Beale Street Blues
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**boutique poast**

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friend and I were just thinking about how Bill Evans and Toots Thielemans could’ve recorded a bunch of movie themes during the sessions for AFFINITY and released a whole second album of movie music. - Midnight Cowboy theme - The Pawnbroker theme - The Long Goodbye theme - Umbrellas of Cherbourg

Howard Beale Street Blues
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friend and I were just thinking about how Bill Evans and Toots Thielemans could’ve recorded a bunch of movie themes during the sessions for AFFINITY and released a whole second album of movie music. - Midnight Cowboy theme - The Pawnbroker theme - The Long Goodbye theme - Umbrellas of Cherbourg

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Interested in open access publishing? Join @jesherer.bsky.social on Thursday, October 29, for a conversation about expanding access to scholarship. Register now 👇 iah.unc.edu/event/open-a...

iah.unc.eduOpening the Book: A Conversation on Open Access Publishing - Institute for the Arts and HumanitiesJohn Sherer, Spangler Family Director of the University of North Carolina Press, will discuss Open Access publishing, with a focus on publishing by Carolina faculty.

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Hypothetical: if we launched a Scholars & Creators Program with influencer-program vibes (think curated book mailings, opportunities to connect with authors, early access to campaigns, etc) would you want in? 👀

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- just a matter of time until they release Toni Morrison volumes (I would *think*) - if they’re doing Straub, they really need to Stephen King at some point - Louise Erdrich? and while she’s still alive? - ditto for Percival Everett

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ok, I think this piece has a lot of valid insightful things to say. but I will also note that it leaves out a use of phones that I personally have been engaged in: reading ebooks from the library ON my phone. it’s an option that has allowed me to conveniently read dozens of books over the years

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I wouldn't go so far as to subscribe to the view that any technological is morally neutral—that just isn't so. but the smartphone doesn’t *have* to be inherently deleterious or bad. it depends on how one uses the machine. I've tried to minimize my interaction with the most addictive types of sites—

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off Facebook, never used Instagram or Tiktok in the 1st place. I hang out here a lot, but I don't feel that this site is algorithm-ing me, really. my “time on phone” stats look unhealthy on their face, but at least 40% of those hours are spent reading ebooks

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ok, I think this piece has a lot of valid insightful things to say. but I will also note that it leaves out a use of phones that I personally have been engaged in: reading ebooks from the library ON my phone. it’s an option that has allowed me to conveniently read dozens of books over the years

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that said, I must admit that I still prefer to read print on the page. but reading ebooks on your phone can be very handy when you’re waiting in a doctor’s office, or in a school pickup line, or on hold with an insurance company, etc., etc.