by Patrick Jarenwattananon

While the mid-Atlantic fills up with two feet of snow, some things that we didn't get around to blogging about this week:

—Peter Hum on beauty vs. "ugly beauty"
—WNYC visits Village Vanguard owner Lorraine Gordon at her apartment, with video
—John Hollenbeck and Kneebody each report from the circus that is the Grammy Awards
—Miguel Zenon plays from Esta Plena on WNYC's Soundcheck
—Chip Boaz on a subgenre that should be exploding, but isn't quite yet: Flamenco jazz
—Steve Wilson and Pete Malinverni meet Franz Josef Haydn and a string quartet: a review from Steve Smith
—Why is Miles Davis playing a tenor saxophone? JazzWax knows
—Not necessarily jazz, but PopMatters' The Best Music Scribing Awards 2009 is worth hours of your time
—Our friends in The Checkout, just because

And some things that we did:

 

—Ethan Iverson on Dave King's solo record
—George Wein speaks his mind, is remarkably not-lame
—The Necks play hypnotizing music for 49 minutes
—Jamie Saft eats food, blogs

And finally, some stuff from the rest of NPR Music, newly-redesigned as of Wednesday:

—Hear the whole new Lionel Loueke album, Mwaliko while you still can
—Eubie Blake on Piano Jazz. Eubie Blake!
—Two whole sets this week on JazzSet, with Stefon Harris and Blackout. I'll vouch for the bonus set; I was there
—Josh Jackson recorded the Gerald Clayton trio at WBGO. They're playing next week at the Village Vanguard, and we're broadcasting on Wednesday night
—Thirty Years of Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz is significantly longer than I've been alive
—An interview with guitarist Charlie Hunter, whose new record is called Gentlemen, I Neglected To Inform You You Will Not Be Getting Paid
—Quartet San Francisco plays Brubeck, live at NPR
—George Winston covers Vince Guaraldi
—The jazz thing to do would be to root for the Saints this weekend, even if you're "(Back Home Again In) Indiana." Music to help you along the way