The Holes in Things
May 26, 2022 | Jim Angehr
(Programming note #1: this blog entry, which will consider some of the ramifications of the shooting in Uvalde, TX, on 5/24/22, is intended as a follow up to some of my thoughts recorded and posted previously to our YouTube page.) (Programming...
Ben Simmons: It’s Us, Not You
May 19, 2022 | Jim Angehr
As the Sixers wind down yet another coulda-woulda-shoulda campaign, this die hard fan who has ridden on the Process bandwagon from the very beginning is feeling nostalgic. Maybe one day our team will reach the mountaintop, and Joel Embiid will...
COVID in the Age of Ultron
April 7, 2022 | Jim Angehr
Like a lot of young boys in the late 1980’s, I picked up the habit of reading comic books. Unlike a lot of those young boys, I never stopped reading them. I’d call it a peccadillo of mine, except that over the past two decades, nerd...
The Consolation of Desolation
March 31, 2022 | Jim Angehr
Most often when I’m asked where I’m from, I’ll say something like, “I’m from New Orleans, but I’ve spent most of my adult life in the Philadelphia region.” You've been lied to! Well, not quite, but call...
Those Lonely, Lonely Lents
March 23, 2022 | Jim Angehr
The history of 20th century music in New Orleans is at once a tale of great success and constant defeat. Exhibit A on the plus side of the ledger: jazz. As in, no New Orleans, and say good bye to the the absolute pinnacle of America’s...