Leonard Benardo
@lbenardo.bsky.social
Senior VP at Open Society Foundations; publisher of theideasletter.org; opinions my own (but offered for free)
The greatest pop-rock/singer-songwriter record you may not know is Kevin Ayres’ 1973 masterpiece Bananamour
June 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The greatest pop-rock/singer-songwriter record you may not know is Kevin Ayres’ 1973 masterpiece Bananamour
Teo, it’s for you *again*!
December 25, 2024 at 6:43 PM
Teo, it’s for you *again*!
Life lessons from Hunter S Thompson
December 22, 2024 at 12:50 PM
Life lessons from Hunter S Thompson
Check out this superb 1970 date just brought out from the archives. Evans was deep into a methadone program that summer that seems to have reawakened him. The “So What” is unreal.
December 16, 2024 at 6:56 PM
Check out this superb 1970 date just brought out from the archives. Evans was deep into a methadone program that summer that seems to have reawakened him. The “So What” is unreal.
A Zeppelin Christmas
December 16, 2024 at 2:22 AM
A Zeppelin Christmas
“Mickey Mouse was a Scorpio” by Arthur Jafa (taken from the Sappho poem). Mickey in minstrelsy mode.
December 8, 2024 at 11:25 PM
“Mickey Mouse was a Scorpio” by Arthur Jafa (taken from the Sappho poem). Mickey in minstrelsy mode.
Hancock Tower reflected in Lake Michigan
December 8, 2024 at 6:08 PM
Hancock Tower reflected in Lake Michigan
On the wonderful Avenida Paulista, São Paulo’s great spine. The second photo is Lina Bo Bardi’s brutalist-adjacent 1968 Museum of Art (MASP).
November 19, 2024 at 9:14 PM
On the wonderful Avenida Paulista, São Paulo’s great spine. The second photo is Lina Bo Bardi’s brutalist-adjacent 1968 Museum of Art (MASP).