Jimmy Buffett’s Final Album · MarkFord Archive

From Letters Live: The hilarious story of Delmore the cat

July 16, 2024 · 1 min read

Woody Harrelson cannot contain himself when reading a letter written by John Cheever to a Josie Herbst, a fellow writer, about the behavior of a cat whom Herbst had foisted on him before moving to another…

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David Foster Wallace’s Legendary Commencement Speech

August 29, 2023 · 1 min read

David Foster Wallace’s Legendary Commencement Speech LC sent this in. “Forgive me if this 23-minute recording is repetitive,” he wrote. “Perhaps you’ve posted about it before. I find it poignant.” David Foster…

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Pop-Up Classical Music Performances

May 23, 2023 · 1 min read

DF, my elder sister, sent an issue of The Marginalia, where Maria Popova included this link to a pop-up performance of Beethoven’s final symphony. Click here. I’ve covered a few of these before. I especially…

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An Amazing Conversation

September 26, 2023 · 1 min read

Listen to this conversation between David Pakman of CNN and Dennis Prager of Prager U. Pakman is a Liberal. Prager is a Conservative. They are discussing some of the hottest issues that are separating Liberals…

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Playing Nirvana Blind…

March 4, 2024 · 1 min read

Julliard jazz professor Ulysses Owens Jr. plays drums to Nirvana’s “In Bloom,” a song he’d never heard before, and comes amazingly close to Dave Grohl’s original track. Click here.

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