This year at Coachella, the late great Tupac Shakur performed live with Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre. You can see it for yourself: Okay, yes, it's digital trickery, employing unimaginably vast quantities of data, but still — it's pretty awesome. I'm ready to see the Jimi Hendrix and Kurt Cobain versions, which are promised soon.Continue reading “How to live forever: become a pop music star”
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A Good Practical Immortality (in Yosemite)
Talk of immortality! After a whole day in the woods, we are already immortal. When is the end of such a day? –John Muir, from his notebooks…and here, via Timknows, a picture of a favorite place I and friends will be visiting soon, Washburn Lake, in the Yosemite backcountry. All this to announce that I'mContinue reading “A Good Practical Immortality (in Yosemite)”
Happy Birthday, John
Back in 1838 on this day, John Muir was born. He remains the most quotable of all environmentalists, and as the years go by, it's fascinating to see how his quotes take on new dimensions. One of the most important of all his thoughts, sez me, is a simple question with no answer, about theContinue reading “Happy Birthday, John”
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