Carter, you would have enjoyed being with us last night in Fayetteville as we heard a nameless group of jazz players at Villages amphitheater. They played familiar straight up jazz for 2 and 1/2 hours. They weren't quite as smooth as preservation hall jazz, but they were a lot closer by. The night was the archtype of sultry, with the air hanging on us like a smoke filled room even though we were outdoors and the huge flag at the corner of the arena hanging absolutely lifelessly throughout the performance as a visual completion of scene, a steamy Georgian August evening.



It is interesting that talk radio is dominated by conservatives, but now it has come to light that blogging is dominated by liberal thinkers. One group talks, the other writes. One listens the other reads. The preznit is famously a non-reader. It's the academics against the college dropouts. Too simple I know, but that element is present. Seriously, why would this contrast of expressive styles come about? Is it dna or experiences?