Dilettante (or Polymath) Wanted
Andy Senior
June 30, 2025
As if Anno Domini 2025 were not fraught enough with rumors of war and the vain, blustering hubris that ensures a constant level of High
As if Anno Domini 2025 were not fraught enough with rumors of war and the vain, blustering hubris that ensures a constant level of High
Snook Haven County Park & Restaurant, which hosted the Gulf Coast Banjo Society since 1987, is now undergoing a thorough renovation that will take at
I am heartened that the response to last month’s Static column, “Tearing Apart the Arts,” was overwhelmingly positive. I was expecting a flood tide of
If you’re anything like me, you had “that friend” as a child. Not really a friend, but someone you knew at school or from the
Aside from the weather and just about everything else, it’s been a good month. This is the sort of old-fashioned winter we had when I
Yes, I admit it. It’s a shorter issue this month. I could just be flippant and say “It’s a short month.” Or I could suggest
I don’t mean to get too serious in this column, but I want to begin by saying how grateful I am to readers who have
Now that The Syncopated Times has achieved nonprofit status and stands on the verge of its tenth year of publication, the excitement in this office
Spike Jones was born Lindley Armstrong Jones on December 14, 1911, in Long Beach, California. At the age of 11 he got his first set
I love you and the horse you rode in on; I see you there Mounted on your mare— You make quite a striking pair As
This profile of the late Dr. Eli Newberger was published in the September 2015 issue (and again in the October 2015 issue) of The American
Ruth Etting was born on November 23, 1896, in David City, Nebraska. Etting was interested in drawing at an early age; she drew and sketched
Would you rather be a jellyfish or a cloud? It has to be one or the other. If you opt out of the choice or
In Praise of Nathan Tokunaga To the Editor: Lew Shaw’s profile of Nathan Tokunaga in your October issue diligently covered all his accomplishments. But I
Ever since a long-time reader told me my column was “depressing,” I’m hesitant to be sincere about anything at all. Maybe somebody else’s static would
The present certainly has its discontents. As my veneer of magnanimity and tolerance wears molecule-thin, even I must concede that it is too mean, ugly,
Focus on Arbors To the Editor: Thank you for featuring Arbors Records above the fold (“Rachel Domber and Arbors: A Great Jazz Legacy Continues,” TST,
A SONG OF BLUNDER Years ago I read a clever story And it inspired the song that I will sing: Time-travelers sought prehistoric glory, Went
Leon Brown “Chu” Berry was born September 13, 1908, in Wheeling, West Virginia. After high school, he attended West Virginia State College for three years.
There are many (myself included) who regard this paper and music in general as a haven of peace and conviviality in a world that seems
To the Editor: I enjoyed the “Profiles in Jazz” article on Lil Hardin Armstrong by Scott Yanow which appeared in the June 2024 issue of
Transcendentalists on TikTok Thoreau tried to post a preliminary draft Of On the Duty of Civil Disobedience But even his own mother Chose an exercise
It was distinctly embarrassing (but not altogether surprising) for me to discover the editorial glitches in the June 2024 issue of The Syncopated Times. I’d
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