Today’s Style section.
Chuck Brown (1936-2012).
The obituary | His impact | The reaction | Video
Illustration by Marc Burckhardt
One of D.C.’s greatest homegrown musical figures, Chuck Brown, died Wednesday. Here’s the Post’s coverage on the guy, who was still an active musician in the region well into 2012.
May 10, 1994: Nelson Mandela Becomes President of South Africa
On this day in 1994, Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as South Africa’s first black president. Mandela had spent 27 years imprisoned for working in the anti-apartheid movement.
FRONTLINE’s “The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela” site takes an inside look at his childhood, revolutionary years, imprisonment, and personal life.
The journey of one of the world’s great elder statesmen.
Need to hire a nerd king? Cmdrtaco, the founder of Slashdot, is on the market.
They flew the plane in, but we caused it. We were bombing them, and they told us to stop.Tony Bennett • Discussing September 11, 2001 with Howard Stern on Monday night. As you might guess, the legendary singer regretted saying this after the fact, because it drew a ton of controversy. “There is simply no excuse for terrorism and the murder of the nearly 3,000 innocent victims of the 9/11 attacks on our country,” he said in a statement released Tuesday night. “My life experiences — ranging from the Battle of the Bulge (in World War II) to marching with Martin Luther King — made me a lifelong humanist and pacifist, and reinforced my belief that violence begets violence and that war is the lowest form of human behavior.” So, in other words … he stands behind his basic point (violence begets violence), but admits he worded it really poorly. Check. source (via • follow)
In Jan. 2012, Romenesko will launch his own site — JimRomenesko.com — and become a part-time staffer for Poynter. He’ll post casually to the media-news blog, the soon-to-be renamed “Romenesko+,” and will continue tweeting from the @romenesko and @poynter Twitter accounts. Poynter’s Julie Moos, Steve Myers and Jeff Sonderman will also contribute to the revamped Romenesko blog.
In an interview with The Huffington Post, the 57-year-old journalist said he’s been thinking about doing something new for awhile and must have gotten the “12-year itch.” (He left Milwaukee magazine after 12 years, too). “I went back and forth to renewing (my contract), not renewing,” Romenesko said. “In the end, I decided I wanted to go back and do my own blog, the way I was before Poynter picked me up.”
This guy was a huge inspiration to me when starting the site. Will be sad to see a little bit less of his work at Poynter. He’s one of the real trailblazers in this field.
Clarence Clemons dies from complications following stroke.
This is the saddest news of the entire week. You will be missed, sax man.
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