My first story for High Times in 40+ years focuses on Sam Adler, whose #theschooloffineherb produces events where people "puff and play."
Read it at hightimes.com
Listen to a radio story about Ben Masters, who attached bicycles to his sewing machines. His cottage industry uses discarded materials to make belts, wallets and bags. The link to stream this 5-minute story is at www.kalish.nyc
He'll be at the New York Bike Jumble in Brooklyn on 5/16.
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#cranktherapy
Scenes from Minzer Opticians in Borough Park this afternoon where customers include an Hispanic cabbie and his wife from Sunset Park, local Hasidim and an African-American mom with her 18 year-old son.
Listen to a radio story about the architects known as Jersey Devil. They made waves in architecture's design/build movement. In order of appearance: photos of the Hoagie House, Helmet House, Snail House and Hill House. They are followed by photos of the architects Steve Badanes, John Ringel and Jim Adamson. The Snail House prompted one local wag in Jersey's Pine Barrens to remark that the structure looked like the work of the Jersey Devil, a cryptid that roamed the area. Two of the homes built by the Jersey Devil architects were home to public radio hosts when they were growing up. A link to stream the story is at www.kalish.nyc
#wbgojazz #vermontpublic
Where is #SNL and #weekend update when you need it?
#nytimes report: Humans Who Used a Bear Suit to Defraud Car Insurers Are Sentenced to Jail. The California residents collected more than $141,000 in insurance payouts after staging bear attacks on their luxury cars, state officials said.
Listen to a radio story on the Jersey Devil, a cryptid said to inhabit the pine barrens in south Jersey. Link to stream at www.kalish.nyc
#wbgojazz #jerseydevil #cryptozoology
What I'm listening to: Great Soul, Joseph Lelyveld's biography of Mahatma Ghandi. It's narrated by Mark Bramhall, who has the ability to seamlessly shift into Indian, British and Afrikaner accents while he reads. Less than half-way through this nearly 17-hour audiobook, the story is still in South Africa where Ghandi spent 21 years.
Listen to a 7-minute radio story about a klezmer/carnatic mash-up. Link to stream at www.kalish.nyc
#wbgojazz #museumateldridgestreet #jshulmanment #yoshiefruchter #aruntrinastrings #eleonoreweill #klezmer #carnatic
