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Jazz

Jazz at Lincoln Center
Wynton Marsalis
Albert Murray
Ralph Ellison
Duke Ellington
Louis Armstrong

Poetry

Robert Bly
William Stafford
William Carlos Williams
Charles Simic
Mark Strand
John Ashbery
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Charles Wright
Derek Walcott
Edward Dorn
B.H. Fairchild
Surrealism
Write Your Own!
Poetry Superhighway
More Poetry Links

War & Peace

War in Context
Informed Comment
Poets Against the War
Common Dreams
United for Peace
Links

Twain & Missouri

Mark Twain
Hannibal, MO
Huckleberry Finn
Ron Powers
Life on the Mississippi
Ride With the Devil
Civil War in Missouri

Proust

Fragments of a Dissertation

Lake Champlain

Be glad he didn't
break his neck …

from the Pike Press, Pittsfield, IL, July 18, 1900:

"Among the hundreds of excursionists who went to Springfield Sunday was Fred Davis, the genial dealer of loin steaks, lamb chops, etc. Upon reaching the depot to return he was a little late and finding a train leaving he asked a person on board if it was the Pittsfield train. 'Yes,' came the reply, 'get on board quick,' and Fred did. Again he asked if it was the Pittsfield train. 'No, it's the Litchfield one,' was answered, and Fred jumped although the train was under considerable headway. As a result he is now laid up at home with a badly sprained ankle and it will be several days before his smiling face is seen behind the meat counter."

Fred Davis (1872-1942) was my grandfather.

A site created and maintained by Fred Murphy, where I try out web techniques; supply links to other, more intriguing sites; and keep family, friends and acquaintances informed on my activities and interests. Below are links to recent photographs I've taken, news and commentary I've gathered from the web, books I've been reading, and recordings I've been enjoying. If you miss the old home page, ca. 2003, it's still here.

Recent Photography

Conashaugh Lakes, PA

Central Park, NYC

Inwood Hill Park, NYC

Cornwall, NY

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News & Comments

Defining Moment for Climate Change —Bill McKibben (2008-05-11)

America Out of Gas: Portrait of an Oil-Addicted Former Superpower (2008-05-08)

Adolph Reed on Barack Obama (2008-05-02)

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Recent Reading

John Crowley, Lord Byron's Novel: The Evening Land

Linebaugh, Peter, The Magna Carta Manifesto: Liberties and Commons for All

Guy Debord, Panegyric

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Recent Listening

  Howlin' Wolf, Howlin' Wolf: His Best—The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection
  David Byrne, Music for the Knee Plays
  Ted Nash and Odeon, La Espada de la Noche
  Jason Moran, Same Mother

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