Do happy artists produce better work than gloomy artists? Renee Cox contemplates her own work and says yes. I say: Beethoven. We considered the matter at the Interntional Print Center in conjunction with their exhibition Black Pulp. The featured musical performer was Norris Bennett of the Ebony Hillbillies, whose work made me so joyful I could barely sustain my morose counter-argument.

•  PERSON: Eckhart Tolle
•  PLACE: Blue Mountains, Jamaica
•  THING: “All-Negro Comics”
•  RANDY’S THING: Duke Ellington statue