August 11, 1995: It was twenty years ago today: the third time really was a charm. After postponements occasioned by Bill’s brain surgery in March and Mike’s gut surgery in July, R.E.M. FINALLY got to play their show in Prague (although Michael was not exactly feeling fine during the show); one of my favorite photographs … Continue reading August 11, 1995: Third Time’s the Charm in Prague
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A Look Back at Tel Aviv (1995)
t was twenty years ago today: R.E.M.’s only show ever in Israel. Security was tight. First time for that kind of stuff for us. Mike and Peter had been to Israel three years earlier for promo for Automatic. They’d visited the Dead Sea. We saw a Ben and Jerry’s on the beach and thought that … Continue reading A Look Back at Tel Aviv (1995)
Parent: What I Saw, Learned and Enjoyed at #NPEChicago
Cloaking Inequity, May 2015 Like most public school parents, I try to discern how to simultaneously support our schools and teachers while also figuring out ways to make sure that the educational experience our kids receive is constantly improving and moving in the right direction. That’s one reason I serve on the board of the … Continue reading Parent: What I Saw, Learned and Enjoyed at #NPEChicago
All the Right Friends (best heard LOUD!): One of the joys of insomnia
…is finding long-lost gems like this chestnut, one of the great, way underrated R.E.M. songs and one that extended our tradition of putting wonderful songs in films that, uh, didn’t pan out all that brilliantly For the rest, please go here.
In our schools, the worst of times, the best of times
Online Athens, March 2015 There are some negative developments this legislative season in Atlanta — but I am optimistic about Georgia’s public schools. There is simply too much good work going on locally to get discouraged over the General Assembly’s shortsighted and misguided priorities... Read full article
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