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NY Phil & Spanish Harlem Orch, May 9 2026

Jim, Michael, Dave, and I heard the New York Philharmonic and the Spanish Harlem Orchestra on May 10, 2026. The concert didn’t appear to be part of the NY Phil season, it seemed to be a pop-up concert at a Washington Heights venue, a project conceived of by the incoming artistic director, Gustavo Dudamel. We heard about it because Michael got an email from the venue, the United Palace. Jim, Michael, and I all live within five minutes of the United Palace - - I had walked past

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May 114 min read

Chris Ryan's Top Five Fave Movies for 2025

TOP FIVE Sinners Weapons La Grazia Sentimental Value The Secret Agent Honorable Mention: Blue Moon, The History of Sound, Bugonia SINNERS This is the fifth film directed by Ryan Coogler and the fifth to star Michael B. Jordan. Jordan plays identical twins in this movie, and with him being one of the handsomest men on earth and all, what a treat to have twice as much screen time looking at him. But in addition to that he gives an impressive couple of performances. He different

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Mar 1924 min read

CDA: Peter Max

Peter Max died earlier this week at the age of 88. I asked my brother Howard to write about him (thank you, Howard): The 60s were colorful. They were psychedelic. They were fun and full of possibilities. Robert Indiana’s LOVE and Sister Corita Kent’s vibrant activist paintings are seared into our memory as images that represent this magical era. But perhaps more than any, Peter Max’s flat and fabulous landscapes captured the style and fervent optimism of those times. As a chi

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Fabulous Friday: "Gonna Make You Sweat"

This week's Great Song, Wrong Title number is "Gonna Make You Sweat" by C + C Music Factory. Clearly it should be called "Everybody Dance Now." Do you know the story? The great Martha Wash recorded the song as a demo and they recorded the video with another woman lipsynching to Wash's vocals. Wash went to court! Here she is spilling the tea: One more funny story. I had a VCR back in the late 80s and early 90s but it wasn't fully functional. It was a discarded rental VCR from

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1 day ago1 min read