Posts By: Jessi

Bike/pedestrian rant for January ’08

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What about not blocking the entire width of the crosswalk do drivers not understand? I barely escaped the Branciforte/Soquel intersection with my life. And if you, dear driver, ended up blocking it ’cause you didn’t realize that the heavy traffic was not going to magically speed up for you, then why didn’t you at least… Read more »

2007 albums I delight in

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2007 was an excellent year for music. I’ve already highlighted some 2007 songs I enjoy; these are albums that I like very much but can’t easily single out individual tracks from. Best to play the whole thing and wallow in it. There’s a baker’s dozen of great discs here. Starting off with African music: Bassekou… Read more »

2007 songs I’m fond of

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What a musical year it was! I’m taking up hack’s challenge but it is excruciatingly difficult to pick only 10 songs from the entire year of 2007 to highlight. I narrowed it down a little by excluding any musicians already on hack’s list. I also excluded entire albums, if I simply liked the album as… Read more »