Eye on the hurricane.

Remember the recent flurry of activity that surrounded Dave Douglas's call to arms with regard to the overlooked heroes of jazz in the '70s and '80s -- the period in which the music was allegedly dead? Remember Ethan Iverson's response, and his subequent challenge to the Internet masses, summoning proof to the contrary? Remember how all kinds of folks responded to the call, myself included?

Well, don't look now, but our little communal revolution has just made the pages of The New York Times, in a think piece that appears in the December 6 issue. And don't look at me: this was the doing of the very smart and stylish Nate Chinen.

The article mentions a new Wiki site called Behearer.com, established to document this massive shift in what we've heretofore been forced to accept as The Canon. Prodded by Ethan, I just looked at the site for the first time yesterday, and am both terrified by the responsibility of filling in the blanks and thrilled by the opportunity to do so.

No telling how long this article will be available for free viewing, so get over there now -- and don't fail to notice the stylish screen caps from Darcy's Secret Society and Destination: Out in the sidebar.

Comments

[DJA]

No telling how long this article will be available for free viewing

Steve,

I don't know if this is officially sanctioned by your sometime employer or not, but if you run a NYT URL through the New York Times Link Generator, you can create a non-expiring link. It takes a few hours after the piece goes up for the permalink generator to work, and Nate's piece is (as of this writing) still too fresh for that, but in a few hours, you should be able to replace your link above with a long-lasting permalink.

[Steve Smith]

La, la, laaaaaa, I can't heeearr you...

[Blackmail]

Congrats man! I just re-linked the story sans permalink generator at Paper Thin Walls.

[FrF]

DJA: The New York Times Link Generator is a completely legit operation (and an incredibly useful one at that), so there's no need for Steve to put his hands over his ears. The site is one of Aaron Swartz's projects. Aaron got a lot of attention recently and as far as I read, he's in an enviable position, see Log on, drop out, cash in: These top techies weren't leery about leaving school (SFGate)