The Rogovoy Report 10.7.24

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Oct 06, 2024

Eat Your Vegetables Like a Grown-Up

(The Atlantic) - Powdered greens claim all sorts of benefits, such as more energy, stronger immunity, and a happier gut. But above all, they promise convenience—a “hack” for eating vegetables, as Suja, another powdered-greens company, frames it. The basic premise is that eating vegetables is a slog, but a necessary one. Buying and consuming fresh vegetables—cleaning, chopping, cooking, and chewing them—is apparently so energetically taxing, so time-consuming, so horrible that it’s better to sneak them into tasty drinks, some of which are flavored like candy.... There was a time when eating vegetables was challenging and disgusting, but not now. Greens have never been so cheap, tasty, or accessible. There are so many better ways to eat veggies than slurping them down like baby food.

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Savvy in the Grass: If plants possess sentience, what is the morally appropriate response? by Elizabeth Kolbert (NYRB)

Has social media fuelled a teen-suicide crisis? (New Yorker)

FASCIST TAKEOVER WATCH:

Donald Trump’s foul-mouthed migrant rant captured in private pitch to donors (The Guardian)

‘Undisciplined, unhinged and deranged’: Will Trump’s strange behavior hurt him at the polls? (The Guardian)

Civil War reenactors aren’t just play-acting. They expect a war. (TNR)

Austria’s hard-right victory is a warning signal (New Statesman)

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‘WITHIN YOU WITHOUT YOU’

‘Within You Without You’ Review: George Harrison Out Loud

(WSJ) - To think of George Harrison as “the quiet Beatle” is tempting yet incomplete. True, he didn’t crave the spotlight. Quite the opposite: He was happy to ask a bandmate or a guest to furnish a solo, if that’s what the music called for. He thought like an arranger, with an ear to the overall shape and feel of a song. Other musicians relied on him to suggest the right design to propel the music forward or bring it to a decisive close. In “Within You Without You,” Seth Rogovoy guides us through Harrison’s career. The author of books on Bob Dylan and on klezmer music, Mr. Rogovoy is a keen listener with a knack for rendering musical details in plain language. Here he sheds new light on old favorites and brings forgotten gems out of the shadows.

George Harrison’s Legacy as "The Quiet Beatle" Is Amplified in "Within You Without You"

(Salon) - When it comes to the so-called Quiet Beatle, author Seth Rogovoy’s "Within You Without You: Listening to George Harrison" accomplishes a rare feat. In a sea of ineffectual biographies devoted to the Beatles’ guitarist, Rogovoy makes a case for Harrison’s most important contribution: the music itself.... As with his analyses of Harrison’s indelible musical contributions to the Act You’ve Known for All These Years, Rogovoy’s eye towards soberly capturing the history of the Beatles with a welcome dose of critical objectivity makes "Within You Without You" required reading when it comes to the guitarist. It’s that good.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Journalist and fiddler Daniel Pearl and Music in Common founder Todd Mack in 1992

Continuing Daniel Pearl’s Legacy for a Love of Music: FODfest at Egremont Barn

(Berkshire Edge) SOUTH EGREMONT, Mass. - Music in Common will hold a free concert at the Egremont Barn on Sunday, October 6, at 5 p.m. The concert, which will include performances by Wanda Houston, Rees Shad, Katherine Winston, Jackson Whalen, and several other performers, will benefit the organization, and donations will be accepted for the performance. Musician Todd Mack, a friend of journalist Daniel Pearl, started Music in Common in Berkshire County October 2005. Pearl worked for Berkshire County newspapers the Berkshire Eagle and the North Adams Transcript before working for the Wall Street Journal, eventually becoming its Southeast Asia bureau chief. On January 23, 2002, while working on assignment in Karachi, Pakistan, Pearl was kidnapped by Islamist militant groups working in collaboration. He was murdered by the militants one week later.

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Children’s book illustrators make the biggest design decisions for a book. Marc Rosenthal says it’s a ‘very cinematic’ process (Berkshire Eagle)

Berkshires Jazz and Mill Town Foundation present annual Fall Jazz Sprawl this week (B Edge)

Vets untangle their stories at Hudson theater festival (ATU)

Ping Pong in Schenectady makes for great fun at Bridge Street Theatre in Catskill (WAMC)

NEWS FROM THE BERKSHIRES

Abode of the Message Expands Focus as Retreat Center, Program Host

(RI) NEW LEBANON, N.Y. - Hidden in the rolling landscape of New Lebanon, New York, The Abode of the Message was once just a quiet commune for followers of Universal Sufism. Now the beautiful grounds and facilities also serve as a spiritual retreat and community center offering programs grounded in the principles of the peaceful ideology. Since its establishment in 1975, the Abode has provided a refuge for spiritual seekers, offering a space for introspection, meditation, and connections.

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Driven by lax inventory, the average price of homes in the Berkshires continues to climb (Berkshire Eagle)

Two upcoming meetings will cover risk posed by airborne PCBs in the Rest of River cleanup (B Eagle)

Housatonic Water Works pleads with customers to support Great Barrington bailout (Berkshire Edge)

Is a train from Boston to North Adams worth the expense? The state isn’t so sure (B Eagle)

Sen. Markey tours Berkshire County, meets with local leaders in North Adams, Pittsfield, Great Barrington (WAMC)

Congressman Neal visits Lee with $1 million federal earmark for new public safety complex (WAMC)

Neal, Markey reflect on U.S. political climate (iBerkshires)

Markey applauds Pittsfield’s economic development efforts (iBerkshires)

Hilltown Hot Pies owner is gutting the former John Andrews Farmhouse in Egremont (B Eagle)

Meng’s Pan-Asian restaurant in North Adams falling short of safety standards (iBerkshires)

NEWS FROM THE HUDSON VALLEY

Led by founder Christy Counts, winemaker and Master of Wine Nova Cadamatre, and assistant winemaker Bryce Lianna, Neverstill Wines recently opened a tasting room in Hudson (photo David McIntyre/courtesy RI)

Neverstill Wines Tasting Room Reflects an Homage to Water

(RI) HUDSON, N.Y. - Neverstill Wines, the women-led brand that debuted earlier this year, has opened its much-anticipated tasting room in the heart of Hudson. Before being named for Henry Hudson, the river was known by Native Americans as “the water that is never still.” The name Neverstill could also describe the powerhouse team behind it. Led by founder Christy Counts, winemaker and Master of Wine Nova Cadamatre, and assistant winemaker Bryce Lianna, Neverstill Wines centers on a laser focus on quality and a deep connection to its environment.

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Petition calls for resignation of Hudson schools superintendent (HV360)

Hudson-Athens Lighthouse celebrating 150 years through art and poetry (HV360)

‘Grandpa Woodstock’ defiant amidst dwindling support in hometown (Daily Freeman)

Gomez Mill House, the oldest historic home in Orange County, is longest-standing Jewish-owned building in North America (ATU)

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