Charlie Parker

Crosstown Cool With the Maya Jensen Quartet and Tony do Rosario

Robert Rodi | Posted 10.01.2009 | Chicago


Robert Rodi

Great jazz players like Dan Tabion and Jarrad Harris remind you of how exciting understatement can be.

Would Allen Ginsberg Like Twitter?

Marissa Moss | Posted 07.24.2009 | Media


Marissa Moss

First thought, best thought. Improvisational jazz, poetry slams and music jams, Ginsberg, Kerouac. First thought, best thought. Holy hell. Is that Twitter?

It's Official: Nobody's Cool. (Kerouac Posthumously Blows It)

Dean Sluyter | Posted 06.19.2009 | Style


Dean Sluyter

But cool as an outer pose, as an attitude you can cop, is dead. When the truly cool people show up in your life, you won't recognize them -- they'll be too cool for that.