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Res Ipsa Loquitur: The Matter Speaks for Itself11/19/2022...you can hear the sharp and distinct clarity of the perfect pitch in his voice... […]
Oscar Peterson: ‘Nuff Said10/28/2022Improvisation that is impossible to copy, emulate, or repeate... […]
ABC suspends Whoopi Goldberg over Holocaust remarks02/02/2022She's 67 years old. With all of her exposure and experience, you would think that she knows better. […]
Beethoven, The Street Musician?05/16/2021The premiere took place in Vienna on May 7, 1824, nearly 100 years ago this month. Despite its unpracticed and under-rehearsed presentation, the audience was ecstatic. […]
I’m trying, people, I really am12/15/2020Hello to all my old blogging friends! Kosh has been very helpful with getting me started here and I'm hoping this post works. If it does, I will surely be back. It's been an eventful couple of years. […]
The End of an Error: Movie Palaces Are Going Under12/03/2020The movie industry isn't in trouble...yet...but the motion picture exhibition business, and the distribution system, are in deep, deep trouble. Once upon a time, motion pictures were a novel innovation. Today, not so much. […]
Expose Yourself to Elijah Pierce08/12/2020If you are in Philadelphia between September 27th and January 1st, you can see the Elijah Pierce exhibit at the Barnes Foundation. […]
Bob Dylan’s Up to Something…04/17/2020Bob Dylan's up to something. I don't know exactly what it is, but he has released two new songs in as many weeks, giving them away free of charge, dropping them right into my mail box, free of charge. His newest release, "I Contain Multitudes," illustrates an essential fact about Dylan: He has become poetry incarnate. […]
Bernstein: A Brief Education in Music Appreciation and Analysys01/14/2020Learning to play is one thing. Learning why is entirely quite another... […]
As to Ron Powell’s Post About BindleSnitch10/07/2019I will do whatever I might do to help; I believe others will, too. […]
Book Cover “Eliminationist” German anti-Semitism, Citizen-Killers09/27/2019The S.S. never needed to act alone. […]
And Another – Elementary!09/26/2019All of the stories are worth reading. […]
Another Title “The Historical Jesus”09/26/2019Bringing together many disciplines.... […]
Book Covers-The Harvard Classics & How I Got Them–Animal Cruelty09/24/2019Those howls stay with me. […]
Book Covers-My Perry Mason Collection09/24/2019...just a few of the original covers....I still re-read them.... […]
Book Cover–All-Time Favorite History, from a Player of the Drama09/24/2019Riveting. […]
A New Book Cover — Reading Now09/24/2019Dense, beautiful poetic- prose-- […]
One More Book Cover -Dos Passos, USA (Among My All-Time Faves)09/23/2019Perhaps the most prescient novel of the early 20th Century. […]
Another Book Cover – Faulkner09/23/2019I hope you'll love this as I have for fifty years. […]
My Four-Day Book-Cover Challenge to BindleSnitch Writers – Day 409/23/2019Book Cover Challenge […]
My Four-Day Book-Cover Challenge to BindleSnitch Writers – Day 309/22/2019A Report on the Banality of Evil […]
My Four-Day Book-Cover Challenge to BindleSnitch Writers – Day 209/21/2019For Readers! […]
My Four-Day Book-Cover Challenge to BindleSnitch Writers09/20/2019Today I Nominate.... […]
Audio: Passionate Justice – Lit-Snips: The Poetry of Walt Worden09/16/2019A Hudson Valley Poet […]
Why I Don’t Write Erotica09/01/2019and that's why i invented.... […]
Bad Ending for “Crocodile Dundee”12/07/2018Interest in the Crocodile Dundee franchise has been reignited by the strong reaction to a bizarre series of Tourism Australia commercials that first appeared during the 2018 Superbowl broadcast....but what happened to the "real" Crocodile Dundee? […]
A Star is Born Experience: New Wine in an Old Bottle10/19/2018We went to see A Star is Born on its opening weekend and my summary description of the film is that several stars were born in the making of that film, with Oscar whispers already starting for the film, Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga and Sam Elliot […]
Review: ‘The Post’ Tells It Like It Was in 197101/15/2018'The Post', the new film by Steven Spielberg, covers the events during a three week period in 1971 when freedom of the press in the United States hung in the balance over the publication of the Pentagon Papers. […]
Bob Dylan’s Lyrics Imported from China12/06/2016In 2014, as if […]
Capsule Reviews: Arrival, Doctor Strange, Shooter, Star Wars VII11/18/2016Arrival, which should be re-titled "Dead on Arrival," is one of the most boring alien invasion-time travel paradox films I've ever seen. Decent acting, really juvenile direction, terrible script (calling it a script makes me gag a little) and an incredible number of repeated long track shots that I think w […]
Some Things to Think About While Watching the Oscars02/25/2016The problem with people […]
Pete Seeger, Folk Music Legend, Dies at 9402/02/2016Pete Seeger, the […]
Movies: Concussion, SWVII, Hateful 801/05/2016We’ve been going […]
HBO Airs Documentary on Designer Drug Traffic Tonight04/10/2015The world of synthetic […]
Joni Mitchell in Good Spirits at Los Angeles Hospital04/02/2015Singer-songwriter Joni […]
Val Kilmer Hospitalized With Potentially Deadly Tumor02/03/2015Val Kilmer, the once […]
Gods & Kings – Oy Gevalt! This Exodus Really Misses the Mark12/16/2014Film reviewers who do not get invited to pre-screenings for critics have to guard themselves carefully to avoid becoming contaminated by others' opinions about the films they are about to review, but that is well nigh impossible these days, with film grosses being reported throughout the media. […]
Stone Poetry by Algis Kemezys11/30/2014Algis Kemezys is one of […]
‘State of Affairs’ Flops11/18/2014Katherine Heigl returned […]
Interstellar Isn’t Stellar11/10/2014Christopher […]
Miley Cyrus, Revisited09/15/2014It might seem a little […]
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I’m trying, people, I really am
Hello to all my old blogging friends! Kosh has been very helpful with getting me started here and I'm hoping …
A New Book Cover — Reading Now
Dense, beautiful poetic- prose--
Stone Poetry by Algis Kemezys
Algis Kemezys is one of those rare human beings who creates new things out of old cloth. A multimedia artist …
The End of an Error: Movie Palaces Are Going Under
The movie industry isn't in trouble...yet...but the motion picture exhibition business, and the distribution system, are in deep, deep trouble. Once …
Oscar Peterson: ‘Nuff Said
Improvisation that is impossible to copy, emulate, or repeate...
As to Ron Powell’s Post About BindleSnitch
I will do whatever I might do to help; I believe others will, too.
Res Ipsa Loquitur: The Matter Speaks for Itself
...you can hear the sharp and distinct clarity of the perfect pitch in his voice...
Bernstein: A Brief Education in Music Appreciation and Analysys
Learning to play is one thing. Learning why is entirely quite another...
ABC suspends Whoopi Goldberg over Holocaust remarks
She's 67 years old. With all of her exposure and experience, you would think that she knows better.
Book Covers-My Perry Mason Collection
...just a few of the original covers....I still re-read them....
Bob Dylan’s Up to Something…
Bob Dylan's up to something. I don't know exactly what it is, but he has released two new songs in …
Bad Ending for “Crocodile Dundee”
Interest in the Crocodile Dundee franchise has been reignited by the strong reaction to a bizarre series of Tourism Australia …
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Another Title “The Historical Jesus”
Bringing together many disciplines....Res Ipsa Loquitur: The Matter Speaks for Itself
...you can hear the sharp and distinct clarity of the perfect pitch in his voice...
My Four-Day Book-Cover Challenge to BindleSnitch Writers – Day 4
Book Cover ChallengeABC suspends Whoopi Goldberg over Holocaust remarks
She's 67 years old. With all of her exposure and experience, you would think that she knows better.Bad Ending for “Crocodile Dundee”
Interest in the Crocodile Dundee franchise has been reignited by the strong reaction to a bizarre series of Tourism Australia …Bob Dylan’s Up to Something…
Bob Dylan's up to something. I don't know exactly what it is, but he has released two new songs in …
Pete Seeger, Folk Music Legend, Dies at 94
Pete Seeger, the banjo-picking folk music legend, passed away at 94 on January 27th, one of the last remaining remnants …
HBO Airs Documentary on Designer Drug Traffic Tonight
The world of synthetic drugs thrives off of accessibility and false advertising. While products are billed as “natural,” they are …Bernstein: A Brief Education in Music Appreciation and Analysys
Learning to play is one thing. Learning why is entirely quite another...
Why I Don’t Write Erotica
and that's why i invented....
One More Book Cover -Dos Passos, USA (Among My All-Time Faves)
Perhaps the most prescient novel of the early 20th Century.
Capsule Reviews: Arrival, Doctor Strange, Shooter, Star Wars VII
Arrival, which should be re-titled "Dead on Arrival," is one of the most boring alien invasion-time travel paradox films I've …
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