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23
Mar

Becoming Haunted: The Music in Your Head

Guest Post by Lawrence Kramer “Why do we personify ourselves in music?” The question, emphasis included, came up in an earlier blog post of mine dealing with the impromptu competition among readers …

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06
Jan

It Is Now Safe to Leave Your House

With 2011 underway and the sun shining in the Bay Area (at least temporarily), UC Press has declared it safe to come out of winter hibernation. We know of at least three …

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16
Aug

A Life of Jazz

Jazz called to Nat Hentoff when he was 11 years old, and he heard Artie Shaw’s “Nightmare” wafting from a Boston storefront. At that moment, he writes in At the Jazz Band …

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