Author: Don Durito

Midweek Cafe and Lounge Vol. 2

Here’s the second in what hopefully will be a continuing series. Long before bands like Tortoise emerged on the scene, there was Dif Juz. This was one of my favorite tracks off Extractions. Beautiful album really. Have a...

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Austria dodges a bullet…for now

According to the Guardian (and I am sure plenty of other news sources), in the race for the office of President in Austria, the former Green Party leader, Van der Bellen just edged out far-right nationalist Hofer after the...

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Syriza wins big

The question now remains, how big? Some exit polls had projected a possible outright majority for the left-leaning populist party in today’s snap election in Greece. However, that had always seemed like a bit of a stretch....

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Happy 88th, John Coltrane

I am beat. Enjoy the music everyone. Steven D Today marks what would have been John Coltrane’s 88th birthday. The video clip I am sharing is from his “Classic Quartet” period, and is a piece I have always...

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