May 2013
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"Charlie Parker: Timeless Innovation" with Rudresh... →
Via CUNY Events Calendar, a jazz thing tonight at BMCC:
Rudresh Mahanthappa will present recontextualizations of Charlie Parker’s work as well as new material based on extractions of Bird’s vocabulary as both composer and improviser. Mahanthappa’s celebrated groundbreaking approach of synthesizing the traditions of jazz with modern musical concepts exemplifies the spirit of...
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Egotrip posted this:
This Mothers Day, you might think twice about dedicating any of THESE songs to your mom: bit.ly/13K5aBz
— ego trip (@egotripland)
May 10, 2013
..which led me to look up this Ghostface’s classic. Simultaneously touching and harrowing. Read along on Rap Geniius.
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April 2013
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HELLO, BROOKLYN: When the Nets face the Chicago Bulls on Saturday night,...
– Via “5 things to watch in the NBA’s first round - NBA - ESPN”
The game just tipped off, down the street at Barclays Center.
That game in October 1956 was of course at Ebbets Field, the site of which is not far either—and the 100th anniversary of which just passed earlier...
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March 2013
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Bernoulli trials & binomial coefficients in NYT...
via @republicofmath, link to an NYT Off the Dribble post about the statistical likelihood of the Miami Heat’s winning streak:
Bernoulli trials, binomial coefficients, & more Greek letters than you really want to see in the sports section nyti.ms/10kuuuV
March 28, 2013
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Cities need to redefine their relationship with the car – shaping cars and...
– Bruce McVean on reallocating urban space away from cars (via thisbigcity)
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