ginsberg said

ginsberg once said that he saw the best minds of his generation destroyed by madness. pretty deep. well, here are some things i have seen and heard over the last couple of weeks.

parking spaces being sold for 350 dollars a month.

a pack of cigs being sold for 8.50.

right wingers talking about how obama is turning america into a fascist nation. these are the same guys who support every war, bash every non-white immigrant, and think god created the sun to warm the earth.

chavez met obama and gave him a book on u.s. intervention in latin america. the book was by eduardo galeano, and is called "open veins of latin america."

i have listened to more jazz. early dexter gordon is better than i recall, though i still find him annoying at times. ben webster was a monster ballad player, but limited on fast tunes. zoot sims never plays badly. wardell gray may well have been the man on the tenor if he had lived into the lp era. the same goes for fats navarro on trumpet. harvey pekar liner notes tend to be mediocre, but you like them, because they are written by harvey pekar.

the bulls-celtics series is one of the best i have ever seen. of the 4 games so far, 2 have gone into overtime, and a third was decided with half a second left.

game 5 is minutes away.

go bulls.