John's notebook...

Alvin Ailey dance group in Berkeley

John Wilson — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:42:01 +0000

We saw Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Berkeley last night. What a treat. It started with some soulful rocking with old Otis Redding music (Suite Otis choreographed in 1971), and ended with the classic Revelations, choreographed by Ailey in 1960. Here’s the opening to Revelations:

Hurt Locker is best picture…

John Wilson — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:04:50 +0000

…yes!

The coming climate panic

John Wilson — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:39:53 +0000

Now that Copenhagen has failed, I’m leaning toward my darker feelings about our climate future. This is an important post:

The coming climate panic: will U.S. conservatives usher in the era of permanently big government?

I think it’s time to look to art and science fiction to give us a vision of where we are headed:

The Age of Stupid Gets Smart on Enviropocalypse.

Will novels save the world?

And thanks to the Rolling Stone for starting the list of names we’ll want to remember in ten years. No, make that five years…

The climate killers.

The great DuPont Circle snowball fight

John Wilson — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:41:41 +0000

I was in DC last week, and got out thursday night just before the great blizzard hit Washington. I’m enjoying watching a big snow ball fight at DuPont Circle via webcam. Posted under climate change…

Update: Here it is on TV.

Life lessons from the last decade…

John Wilson — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 23:17:23 +0000

…from Bruce Sterling, thanks to Jamais Cascio.

Rachel Maddow rips the GOP and critiques the press

John Wilson — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:45:22 +0000

We need better democrat reactions to the Republican party sound machine, and a better press corps. Fortunately, we have Rachel Maddow…

Paul Hawken interviewed…

John Wilson — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:11:44 +0000

…at World Changing.

Stewart Brand interviewed…

John Wilson — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:29:19 +0000

…by Yale’s Environment 360.

Happy holidays!

John Wilson — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:25:24 +0000

…with the Beatles…

“On Thinner Ice”

John Wilson — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:26:24 +0000

…from the Asia Society. Recommended.