Reading Around on July 23rd through July 28th

A few interesting links collected July 23rd through July 28th:

• Soundtrack: ESPN’s Coverage Fit for a King – Today’s Soundtrack blog – Boston.com – It’s a big deal. It exposes ESPN as a positive publicity machine for James and the NBA and damages its reputation as a news provider. It’s not a little, dumb thing — it is a manifestation of ESPN’s corporate values.

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• Old Enough To Drink -Tally-ho and pass the tater salad.Twenty-One
  – 2 oz gin
  – ¾ oz Pimm’s No. 1

  – 1 oz fresh-squeezed lemon juice
  – ¾ oz simple syrup
  – cucumber slice

  Combine first four ingredients (as always, adjust the syrup:lemon ratio to taste) in a cocktail shaker. Add a big scoop of ice, give it a dozen good shakes, and strain into a chilled rocks glass. Slide in the cucumber.

  Optional: Grow muttonchops and refer to everything as “Striking!” Play croquet and care about Wimbledon.

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  “Shape of the Jazz to Come (Incl. 2 Bonus Tracks)” (Ornette Coleman)

• Great moments in jazz: Ornette Coleman defines the Shape of Jazz to Come | Music | guardian.co.uk – Initially regarded as a fraud or a fool, his playing influenced half a century of jazz – and this album defines his greatness more than any other