Saturday, January 11, 2025
Saturday Music Post - Rescue Me
"Rescue Me" was written in 1965 by Raynard Miner, Carl William Smith, and Fontella Bass (although she did not get credit until much later). Released by Chess Records that same year, it was Bass's biggest hit by far, reaching number 4 on the Hot 100 and number 1 on the R&B chart. Minnie Riperton was one of the backup singers, with drums and bass by members of Earth, Wind & Fire. It was Chess's biggest hit since Chuck Berry's heyday, selling over a million copies. Bass nonetheless left Chess after a couple years, having been under-appreciated and underpaid. She finally obtained a fair share of royalties following extended litigation, but she never achieved similar recording success again. You can hear the original and some covers at The Faculty Lounge.
Posted by Steve Lubet on January 11, 2025 at 05:46 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Friday, January 10, 2025
Revised Draft on Women's Suffrage and the Reconstruction Amendments
I've posted on SSRN a revised draft and abstract of my paper entitled "Right in Theory, Wrong in Practice."
Posted by Gerard Magliocca on January 10, 2025 at 11:36 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Wednesday, January 08, 2025
Greenland Whale Fisheries
Oh, Greenland is a dreadful place/ A land that's never green./ Where there's ice and snow/ And the whale fishes blow/ And daylight's seldom seen.
Peter Yarrow, R.I.P.
Posted by Steve Lubet on January 8, 2025 at 09:50 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tuesday, January 07, 2025
JOTWELL: Pfander on West on constitutional torts
The new Courts Law essay comes from James Pfander (Northwestern) reviewing E. Garrett West, Refining Constitutional Torts, 134 Yale L.J. ___ (forthcoming 2025) on how reconceptualizing constitutional rights changes the process of litigating constitutional rights. I am also thinking about how it affects disputes over offensive and defensive litigation and laws such as S.B. 8.
Posted by Howard Wasserman on January 7, 2025 at 10:53 AM in Article Spotlight, Civil Procedure, Howard Wasserman | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, January 06, 2025
Trans-parenting
I published an essay over break for the Boston Globe about parenting trans youth. Although some of the piece draws on my work in ethical theory about the subject, it presses a somewhat more personal and political view. If you can't get past the paywall, here is a PDF: Download __1Ideas__001KGLXXX1222F.
Posted by Ethan Leib on January 6, 2025 at 11:16 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Saturday, January 04, 2025
Saturday Music Post - The Hot Sardines
The Hot Sardines were "founded in 2011 by Elizabeth Bougerol and Evan Palazzo over a mutual love of Fats Waller." They got their start at underground parties in Brooklyn, and have since toured worldwide with their brand of "reinvigorated classic jazz." Some Fats Waller covers are at the bottom of today's post at The Faculty Lounge.
Posted by Steve Lubet on January 4, 2025 at 07:19 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)