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Otto's Didact Diary  
 

 

I'm traveling in Canada and the eastern U.S. from August 12 to September 20, so there might not be much activity on this page for a while. We'll see. — Otto

 

Contents

July 4, 2010:  #1.  New Life in Empire City

July 5:  #2.  Charlatan Tours — A chance discovery in Primrose Hill — Jazz Italian Style

July 6:  #3.  Autobiography as caviar Selznick, Anne Lindbergh & Dr. Johnson — Touching books

July 7:  #4.  Hank Jones (1918-2010)

July 8:  #5.  The Diaries of Kenneth Tynan talking at me

July 13:  #6.  Ken Tynan 's generous ghost

July 15:  #7.  Sargent and the Sea

July 16:  #8.  5000 words a day, vegetarian or not — The idea of a Tynan Society in London

July 19:  #9.  The Total Musicianship of Chet Atkins — That poor overused G-word

July 23:  #10.  Filling gaps in one's education —Hannah Arendt on Brecht the Poet & Political Animal

July 27:  #11.  Making sense of the terms Socialism and Communism

July 29:  #12.  Mother Courage and The Caucasian Chalk Circle — Big Gun Critics

July 30:  #13.  "Wild culture", in a small bottle

August 5:  #14.  Why diarize? — Martin Esslin on Brecht

August 6:  #15.  On Degenerate Noble