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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
Chamber Music Society of Linc Ctr, Feb 1 2026
Barbara and I heard the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center an all-Shostakovich program on Feb 1, 2026. I’ve always loved Shostakovich and clearly need to do a deeper exploration of his music. This was all new music to me and it knocked me out. The first piece was the one I thought I knew - - a Shostakovich piano trio. It turns out it wasn’t the famous trio but an early trio, written when he was sixteen! It had many of the distinguishing characteristics of a Shostakovich
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Feb 54 min read
CDA: Dolly Parton
One of my coworkers just told me about the death of Dolly Parton (age 80). Brought a tear to my eye! She's an American original, not just an iconic singer and entertainer but a crackerjack songwriter and entrepreneur. In the midst of it all it appears that she held onto her roots and stayed authentic to her deep sense of self. I had one in-person experience with her. My husband Richard got two free tickets to a preview performance of 9 to 5, the Broadway musical based on the
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2 hours ago2 min read
Fabulous Friday: "I Want Candy"
I had a little "I Want Candy" moment on my recent trip to Spain. I'll save that story for my travelogue! Here's the song as recorded by Bow Wow Wow, always sure to get me on the dance floor: I read some of the comments on YouTube and was surprised to learn that it's not an original by Bow Wow Wow, it was a cover of a song written by The Strangeloves. Anyone heard of them? I'm sure my brother Howard has. Their original version is pretty fabulous, it made me want to hear it don
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4 days ago1 min read
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