Author: fred chong rutherford
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Tragedy + Comedy = Timing | An SEO Experiment
I did a search yesterday to see if I could find the attendees for this year’s Republican National Convention. This year has been awful, so much death, and so much scapegoating and cowardice from the people who led us here. I didn’t want to watch the convention. I just wanted to know who was going.…
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Talking about Summerhill in Crown Heights
I got quoted by Gothamist in a piece Emma Whiteford wrote about that awful new bar, Summerhill. I still can’t believe this is all happening. I do believe it, because, of course racism exists. I just mean that I’m always going to be shocked by it, if not surprised. I’m watching all the Black people…
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On Prince Rogers Nelson for Listen and Culture
Prince died on April 21, 2016 from a fentyl overdose, and it’s stupid and awful. This year is looking more and more like it’s going to be a stupid and awful year. I sometimes wondered as a kid what it would be like to live when Mozart was alive. To be around when his oeuvre…