Economies of Freedom and Necessity

By JohnR |

I overheard two depressing conversations recently.  One was on the streetcar, where a man was introducing his companion to another friend.  The companion asked the friend, “what do you do?” and she replied, “I’m in development.  I work for a company marketing solar panels.”  The other conversation was in a coffee-shop, and one fellow was […]

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Story and Song Returns: The Quest for the Grail!

By JohnR |

The days of King Arthur, Parsifal, the Crusades: all these and more will be woven together as Story and Song Night returns.  On Tuesday May 8th, at 8:30 pm, John Russon will tell the story of the Quest for the Holy Grail.  This inauguration of the new season of stories and songs will also feature […]

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“Joint Attention” CD Release–Rex Hotel, Wednesday April 4, 9:30 pm

By JohnR |

This Wednesday, April 4, the John Russon Quintet will be releasing our new CD! The CD is called “Joint Attention,” and it features 9 original tunes that the band has been performing for the past few years.  The band is Tom Richards: trombone Chris Gale: saxophone John Russon: guitar Mike Milligan: bass Nick Fraser: drums […]

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An Appropriate Corrective

By JohnR |

The issue of “getting it right” is an important one in human life.  This notion of “right” however, can be interpreted in a number of different ways, and it makes a great deal of difference how we understand this notion.  It makes all the difference whether we “get it right” about “getting it right.” If […]

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February 08–Tranzac

By JohnR |

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 […]

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January Shows

By JohnR |

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

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The DJ and the Stock Market.

By JohnR |

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 […]

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Calculating Your Earnings

By JohnR |

We often have a sense of pride in a product that we have made, and the effort we put into forming the thing gives us a sense of ownership. After years of practice with the soccer ball and the playing field, I feel on the “inside” of soccer, I feel that soccer is “my thing.”  […]

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Music and Mathematics

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Music is essentially about time, about the way a note or a beat picks up on those that went before and sets up those that will come after. A metronome responds to this essential temporality.  It produces a rigid beat to which a musician can refer in order to hold firmly to the temporal “skeleton” […]

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