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Marc Ribot leans over his guitar in his performance at INNtöne Jazzfestival 2024. His white hair os frizzy and he looks at a fellow musician over his glasses.
Posted inCommentary Poetry Technology

Noise, art, and AI. A musician considers the function of art

Marc Ribot responds to a question on whether AI can create. So,…
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May 18, 2026
A loaf of bread with a freshly slived piece laying beside it. The bread crustis dark brown, and the slice shows light and airy center of the slice. It is a batard, basically a fat baguette.
Posted inLiving

Perfect(ing) the French baguette, kinda. (Actually it’s a bâtard)

A second perfect bread. Or, more accurately, a bread close to perfection. A lesson in life through baking.
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March 20, 2026
Two kinds of beauty. Brief excerpt from The Score
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Two kinds of beauty. Brief excerpt from The Score

"Object beauty" and "process beauty": brief excerpt from C. Thi Nguyen's The Score
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February 23, 2026
2026 resolutions BINGO
Posted inLiving

2026 resolutions BINGO

I've got an empty card for the year. I hope I get at least one BINGO!
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February 3, 2026
Uff Da! Yeah, You Betcha.
Posted inHistory Living

Uff Da! Yeah, You Betcha.

Lutefisk does have a distinctive odor, but it's a unifying force, too.
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January 31, 2026
Fiat ars, pereat mundus
Posted inLiving Poetry Technology

Fiat ars, pereat mundus

Can one use art in times when it feels so useless? Should one do art at all?
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January 30, 2026
IMAGE & WORD—January 2026
Posted inLiving Poetry

IMAGE & WORD—January 2026

How do images and words fit together? My question in a January project.
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January 5, 2026
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