Joan Gaylord
@joan-gaylord.bsky.social
Writer, calligrapher, jazz freak, artist. Book reviewer for the Christian Science Monitor. Board member of the enviro organization, Clearwater.org. Alumni advisor for yujc.org. NYer after a Pittsburgh childhood.
Joel Ross's music is exquisite. Absolutely. But also, when I watched him interact with the students from the Yale Undergraduate Jazz Collective when he visited as their guest, I saw a musician whose character is as exemplary as his talent.
December 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Joel Ross's music is exquisite. Absolutely. But also, when I watched him interact with the students from the Yale Undergraduate Jazz Collective when he visited as their guest, I saw a musician whose character is as exemplary as his talent.
Said by the man whose Jewish family escaped Europe for the US and settled in Pennsylvania where, a generation or two later, they served me matza and latkes, foods I'd never eaten before. But tell me more about assimilation.
November 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Said by the man whose Jewish family escaped Europe for the US and settled in Pennsylvania where, a generation or two later, they served me matza and latkes, foods I'd never eaten before. But tell me more about assimilation.
Said by the man whose Jewish family escaped Europe for the US and settled in Pennsylvania where, a generation or two later, they served me matza, a food I'd never eaten before. But tell me more about assimilation.
November 28, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Said by the man whose Jewish family escaped Europe for the US and settled in Pennsylvania where, a generation or two later, they served me matza, a food I'd never eaten before. But tell me more about assimilation.
And he probably still won't believe that "no" means no.
November 5, 2025 at 3:02 AM
And he probably still won't believe that "no" means no.
He wants the Trump Treatment where everyone knows what's going on, but the press looks the other way.
September 30, 2025 at 4:41 PM
He wants the Trump Treatment where everyone knows what's going on, but the press looks the other way.
"Was just thinking that you were the one, back in high school, who taught me to notice such things and appreciate the beauty in them. Thank you." Oh, my.
September 29, 2025 at 1:51 AM
"Was just thinking that you were the one, back in high school, who taught me to notice such things and appreciate the beauty in them. Thank you." Oh, my.
Could we arrest him for war crimes?
September 16, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Could we arrest him for war crimes?