Froomkin does Kos. The lefty Daily Kos syndicate is holding the Yearly Kos Convention this year in Las Vegas, whereat a panel will feature Joe Wilson (of Joe Wilson scandal™ fame) to discuss “the Bush Administration’s alleged role in the disclosure of the identity of his wife, the former Valerie Plame, as a covert CIA officer” and “the subsequent investigation by Patrick Fitzgerald, the indictment of Scooter Libby and the role that journalists have played.”
At this lefty convention, seated on a dais with Joe Wilson, will be Dan Froomkin of the WashPost’s dot-com.
There is no more credible, plausible denial that Dan is a leftist and a rabid anti-Bushie. One cannot hide behind a fraudulent “high-mindedness” a questioning authority, when one sings to a choir of robots who know the words to the dirty tunes as well as does he.
Tonight’s music. A Mendelssohn piano trio. For a long time, Felix Mendelssohn was underrated, as people were digging Bartok and Janacek and Poulenc, (All three are marvelous composers in their own rights.) I don’t know if Mendelssohn has yet made a total comeback, but he seems to be getting greater repertoire space and airtime.
What’s ironic, and also kind of neat, is that the world had forgotten about J.S. Bach until Mendelssohn reminded everyone of what they were overlooking in that unyielding and often myopic quest to be “modern.”
