When I was in India recently, I had occasion a number of times to travel on the highway. What was striking to me, while travelling from Chennai to Puducherry or from Delhi to Agra, was how slow highway travel was. Despite my drivers’ constant, aggressive attempts to push through traffic, and despite their preferred speeds […]
There are many essential aspects of human life that are inherently non-individual, that is, aspects of life that individuals depend upon but that no individual alone could ever define, create or maintain. Language is one of most obvious examples of this: minimally, language must be something adopted and developed by at least two people acting […]
This Wednesday, February 8, the John Russon Quintet will perform at the Tranzac Club. We’ll play from 10 pm until midnight. The band is: Chris Gale, saxophone John Russon, guitar Mike Milligan, bass Nick Fraser, drums We’ll play tunes from our freshly mastered CD, and a few new ones. The Tranzac Club is at 292 […]
January 28: Pamenar Cafe David French, John Russon, Mike Milligan, Nick Fraser January 24: Holy Oak Cafe–Welcome Back Chris Gale! Chris Gale, John Russon, Chris Banks, Morgan Childs January 23: The Central Rebecca Hennessy, John Russon, Michael Herring, Blake Howard
In the Gorgias, Socrates draws our attention to an important parallel between the human organism and the human psyche—both can be healthy or unhealthy. Though we are very accustomed to thinking in terms of bodily health, we can find ourselves to be quite inarticulate when we consider our psychological health. When we think about the […]
We are constantly describing. “I’m nervous about the interview” or “He’s such a funny guy” or “You have to pick that up.” Our days are filled up with talking, or listening to others talk or reading what others have written, and all of these activities of language are basically matters of description. In many situations, […]
This Sunday, January 15, a night of jazz music at the Emmet Ray Featuring: Tom Richards on trombone Shawn Nykwist on saxophone John Russon on guitar Chris Banks on bass Ethan Ardelli on drums We’ll play some original tunes and some standard jazz tunes. There is no cover charge, but please pay what you can. […]
In his observation of the animal world, Aristotle noted that some animals naturally flock together, while some are naturally solitary. The human animal, he observed, partakes of both characteristics. We humans thrive only if it is both the case that we can be involved in groups and if we can function as independent individuals. This […]
Though there are smaller examples from earlier times in history, it is the British East India Company that is usually thought of as the first great “joint-stock company,” and it is shortly after its founding around 1600 that the “stock market” began in Amsterdam. The basic idea of the joint-stock company is simple: a number […]
On Sunday December 11, from 5 until 8, the John Russon Quartet will play jazz standards and original tunes at Gate 403, 403 Roncesvalles Avenue, Toronto. Please come out and enjoy some music. Shawn Nykwist–saxophone. John Russon–guitar. Chris Banks–bass. Sly Juhas–drums.