Audio, Audio
Here is a link to an interesting interview with Terry Teachout. Teachout is a writer on cultural matters for the WSJ. Teachout has written a book about the great Louis Armstrong, which he discusses in the interview. Armstrong was at one time criticized unfairly for being too ingratiating; but his enormous talent and authentic ebullience as a man overcame many barriers, including those partisan criticisms. Armstrong was underestimated as a musician and as a man. Teachout said Armstrong was “a man who embraced and loved life”.
Teachout, whose name is Dutch — he is from Missouri — has a nice easy going manner that one doesn’t often encounter in the media.
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Speaking of audio, just finished listening to a really excellent audio CD rendition of Joseph Finder’s “Paranoia”. It is an industrial espionage thriller. Cleverly and tightly plotted. The book isn’t dumbed down the way many mystery writers affect a common man persona to seem more “authentic”. Of particular note, Jason Priestly did a wonderful job reading the book.
