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Andrew Ousley is the founder and artistic director of Death of Classical, a nonprofit that produces a series of musical experiences at Green-Wood Cemetery, both outdoors and in the catacombs.
THE WORLD CAN SING AGAIN
May. 27, 2021 at 11:00 am
WITH MUSIC IN THE AIR
SAM FIRST “O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!” (“Jabberwocky,” Carroll), “HUZZAH!” (Albert Alligator, or mebbe Howland Owl, from the uniquely precious Pogo cartoon strips by Walt Kelly), “Great googly-moogly!” (Willie Dixon, F. Zappa) I had to call out all the great orators to express my elation that Sam First is back in the saddle. They were pretty much the last club to wave the white flag, as the pandemic forced venues to shutter like falling dominoes, so this is fitting.
Many of you still don’t know of this superb jazz club near LAX. Well, now is the time to make that right. It is laid out artfully, jazz-cool decor, because owner Paul Solomon wanted to create an intentional space, not convert to one, and gutted the room to build it out as a jazz club, period. It’s small, but that means you are really close to the performers, playing at floor level.
Kevin Condon’s idea for a new way to pay for gas developed over the course of many slow Friday commutes from Boston to his former home in Truro.
It started, as so often happens, as a way to solve an entirely different problem. A businessman with experience in transportation and public policy, Condon wondered how to get people to buy more fuel-efficient vehicles. Could a variable gas tax be instituted that was tied to the efficiency of a vehicle? Could there be a way to identify a vehicle at a gas pump?
“There is no more price sensitive place in the world than a gas pump,” he said.