links for 2008-07-08
Booklamp Beta
Full text book recommendations? Really? I find it suspicious that the first match for 1984 is the full text of the Patriot Act… Cool, though.
(tags: books google internet)
‘Public’ online spaces don’t carry speech, rights (AP)
The AP learns that the First Amendment doesn’t apply to privately owned spaces. I’m tempted to make a snarky comment [...]
A farewell to Troyens
I leave Berlioz’s massive magnum opus, which we gave our final Tanglewood performance this weekend, with reluctance. It’s such a tremendous work, full of enormous dimensions of art, drama, mythology, and humanity.
As I bid my farewell (aside from the reviews, which are rolling in and will show up in my daily links), a few thoughts [...]

