Dr. Drew's Infrequent Blog

08 May 2007

A Pause for Jazz

I've been trying to grade today, but I have to take a quick break to encourage you to tune in to some cool New Jass with Justin on Tuesdays from 9am to noon on university station KTUH (90.3 FM). You can audio stream online too if you catch this today.

NewJass Quartet @ THIRTYNINEHOTEL (1)


Justin is in the great group New Jass Quartet, which plays on Tuesdays nights (9 or 10ish-2ish am?) at THIRTYNINEHOTEL in a cool Chinatown loft/ gallery space at 39 Hotel St. in Chinatown.

grOOve.imProV.arTISts


My other Hawaii favorite jazz group gr00ve.imProV.arTiSts featuring DeShannon Higa is also playing at THIRTYNINEHOTEL on Thursdays. He's also playing on Mondays at another Chinatown spot as Quadpod @ The Dragon Upstairs (1038 Nuuanu, above Hank's Cafe, 8:30pm-) TEL: 526-1411.

Jazz


I have to update my online jazz guide one of these days. There are many more events at JAZZ MINDS (1661 Kapiolani Boulevard) and all over town. Jazz life in Honolulu is good.

Italian Journalist Carlo Bonini on Junk Intel

White House (1983)

In wartime your enemy is the lies, is the propaganda. No matter if it's the propaganda of your enemies, or if it's the propaganda of your government."--Carlo Bonini on Moyer's Journal

PBS's Moyer's Journal has another fascinating report this week. Moyers interviewed Italian journalist Carlo Bonini, who co-authored the book COLLUSION: INTERNATIONAL ESPIONAGE AND THE WAR ON TERROR. Bonini tells the story of the "junk intelligence" that was the basis of Bush's accusation that Iraq had nuclear material. I can't encourage you enough to check out this brief clip. It is chilling to reflect on the cost of this fabricated rational for the war. If you want more, check out his BUYING THE WAR documentary. This is the kind of investigative journalism we really need. I just did a keyword search of the Honolulu Advertiser online (keywords=Carlo+Bonini), and the only result was an AP sory about Moyer's show. The Star-Bulletin did not have any story using the same search. Sigh.

I hope some of our libraries will get this book as it seems like an important summer read.

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For those of you who've been waiting for news on Lt. Watada's 2nd Trial, the Court Martial is supposed to begin on the week of 16 July. Senator Akaka had some kind words to say about Ehren recently on Democracy Now.