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In 1971 Esquire Magazine published an article called "Secrets of the Little Blue Box" by Ron Rosenbaum. Forty years ago, when I first read the article, I was fascinated enough to persuade a an electrical engineer I knew to build me a blue box. This was not as difficult as it could have been, since ATT had inadvertently published the tone codes in a professional journal and they were available in any decent university library.

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Cuban-style black beans and rice--I simplify the recipe by eliminating the sauteing of the pepper and onion, and substituting 1/2 a cup of lean ham for the ham hocks. Top with chopped raw onions soaked in red wine vinegar. Ingredients 1 pound dried black beans, preferably turtle beans 6 cups cold water 2 small ham hocks, about 1 1/4 pounds 1/2 cup olive oil 3 1/2 cups finely chopped vidalia onions 1 1/2 cups chopped green peppers 2 tablespoons finely minced garlic 2 bay leaves 1/4 teaspoon dried, hot red-pepper flakes 3 tablespoons red-wine vinegar Salt to taste, if desired Freshly ground black pepper to taste 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper 1/4 teaspoon Tabasco sauce 3 tablespoons dark rum Cooked rice (see recipe) Onions for black beans (see recipe) Preparation 1. Pick over the beans carefully to remove any foreign particles. Rinse well in several changes of cold water. 2. Put the beans in a bowl with the six cups of cold water. Cover and let stand overnight. 3. Drain the beans, reserving the water in which they soaked. Measure the water and add enough additional water to make eight cups. 4. Place the beans, water and ham hocks in a small kettle or large saucepan and bring to the boil. Cook slowly, uncovered, skimming the surface as necessary to remove any foam. The beans should cook until tender, four to six hours. 5. Meanwhile, heat the oil in a skillet and add the onions and green peppers. Cook, stirring, until the mixture is wilted. Add the garlic and cook briefly, stirring. After the beans have cooked about two hours, add the mixture to the beans. Add the bay leaves, pepper flakes, vinegar, salt and pepper. 6. When the beans are almost tender, uncover and continue cooking 30 minutes. 7. Remove the ham hocks. When they are cool enough to handle, remove and discard the skin, fat, bones and gristle. Shred the meat and return it to the beans. Remove the bay leaves. Add the cayenne pepper and Tabasco. 8. This dish improves if cooked one day in advance. When ready to serve, heat the bean mixture thoroughly. Just before serving, stir in the rum. Serve with rice on the side or spoon a portion of the bean mixture over individual servings of rice. Add the onions according to taste. YIELD Eight servings

If you're interested in the merely staggeringly stupid, there's this.

Steve Post, eh? Are you pining for those glory years at WBAI?

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That's a really interesting collection--all those prole music-making devices and then the Newton. How did he come by the book? Thanks for asking. I wish I knew. There's a bit of documentation, but nothing that would give me a clue as to how he came by the book or why. It wasn't like he was a collector or a Newton junkie. Just one of those really odd little mysteries that will never be solved. Although I have no intention of letting either the book or the uke go, I've often wondered which of the two is more valuable. The book is in good condition (considering its age) while the uke is near mint. Reputable booksellers are asking 2800.00 and up for decent copies of the 4th edition. The 4th was the last edition to include changes by its author. It's not as rare as you might imagine--there are five or 6 copies available on the web.

That's a really interesting collection--all those prole music-making devices and then the Newton. How did he come by the book?

My dad had a collection of classic jazz 78s, most dating from the 1930s, but with a few from the 1920s and the 1940s as well. It wasn't until after my father died, in 1990, that I discovered that he had inherited the best of his jazz collection from his first cousin, a gay man who took his own life while serving in the air force during WWII. I have come to really enjoy how the musical tastes of this cousin of mine, who died before my birth, had a surprisingly large and totally unanticipated influence over my own musical tastes.

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Emanuel Litvinoff, an English-born Jewish poet known for his scathing verse indictment of T. S. Eliot’s anti-Semitism — and for reading it before an audience that happened to include Eliot — died on Sept. 24 at his home in London. He was 96.

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